Students will discuss with the Degree Tutor their ideas for a possible dissertation topic. The degree tutor will suggest specialised members of staff with whom...

MA Medieval &amp; Renaissance Studies Dissertation (HIST0819)

Students will discuss with the Degree Tutor their ideas for a possible dissertation topic. The degree tutor will suggest specialised members of staff with whom you can develop these ideas and who can supervise the dissertation. Students will develop a dissertation proposal with bibliography for approval by the MARS Chair of the Board of Examiners with the Degree Tutor. In addition to these development meetings students will have at least three supervisory meetings with their supervisors and participate in the dissertation workshop in the summer term.

 

This module builds on work completed in the first year, using translation and comprehension exercises to enhance fluency in reading, writing and understanding...

German Translation and Reading Comprehension (GERM0009)

This module builds on work completed in the first year, using translation and comprehension exercises to enhance fluency in reading, writing and understanding contemporary German, as well as continuing to explore its relation to English. Passages for translation and comprehension will include contemporary literary, historical and journalistic texts.

The natural environment is undergoing substantial changes due to human activities spurred by industrialization, agriculture and other forms of economic...

Environmental Consequences of Human Activity (GEOG0170)

The natural environment is undergoing substantial changes due to human activities spurred by industrialization, agriculture and other forms of economic development in the absence of adequate environmental regulation. In this module, students will learn about the sources and fate of environmental contaminants, the negative impacts on the environment, and approaches adopted to repair and prevent damage to the environment.

The primary aim of this module is to enhance student understanding of the influence of humans on past, present and future environments, the scale of the effect of humans on different components of the natural environment, and the types and relative successes of mitigation and remediation measures and adaptation to changed environments.

Secondary aims are to encourage students to participate in discourse related to contemporary environmental issues and engage with, understand and critique data that shows evidence of human influence on the environment.

On completion of the module, students will have acquired:

Enhanced understanding of the types, sources, evolution and persistence of anthropogenic environmental contaminants in the environment
	Knowledge of the direct and indirect effects of humans on the environment, public health, and food security and the methods used to quantify this human footprint.
	Understanding the approaches used to repair the environment and methods used to assess the efficacy of these approaches.
	The ability to effectively manage, quality check, analyse, visualize and report on environmental data
	Valuable transferable skills in academic writing, effective verbal communication, interpreting the primary literature, and problem solving.
	Improved awareness of the most pressing contemporary environmental issues, empowering students to critically engage with and contribute to discourse on these topics