The module introduces the foundational physics needed to understand the function (and malfunction) of some of the major systems of the human body, linking...

The module introduces the foundational physics needed to understand the function (and malfunction) of some of the major systems of the human body, linking physics to physiology and healthcare. You will learn: 1.How the body maintains an optimal internal environment by comparing human auto regulation with other examples of control in science and engineering; 2.To examine thermoregulation of the human body in some detail and see examples of how relatively simple physical principles can be used to explain aspects of human physiology; 3.About the human vision system; 4.About pressure, volume and flow in blood vessels and the brain; 5.To perform an optics experiment to develop experimental skills and identify limitations; 6.To design and perform a physiology experiment to consider the implications of human variability in experimental design and analysis;

This module introduces students to different ways of understanding the natural landscape, its relationship to rural society, and the role of architecture....

This module introduces students to different ways of understanding the natural landscape, its relationship to rural society, and the role of architecture. Taught through a series of seminars, students work in groups to discuss and present on topics including rural architecture, art, landscape and situated practice, and the economics and politics of landscape settlement, culminating in a written paper investigating a chosen seminar topic.

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This module is an individual investigative project conducted in the third year of the BEng and MEng degree courses. Students conduct a project on a...

PAST ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE|HOLOCENE PERIOD|CLIMATE CHANGE

Understanding the nature and timing of past environmental change is key to our understanding of contemporary events and processes. The Holocene period is the...

Understanding the nature and timing of past environmental change is key to our understanding of contemporary events and processes. The Holocene period is the most recent interglacial covering the last c. 11,700 years. It is inextricably linked to human cultural evolution and our study of natural and anthropogenic changes within The Holocene is central to our understanding of human impacts on the earth. We need to understand how humans have impacted the environment and changed climate over a range of temporal and spatial scales. Indeed, in recent years a new human-forced geological era has been proposed called the Anthropocene. The course aims to provide students with an introduction to the concepts and techniques useful for studying the nature of past environmental change from the last glacial period to the Holocene.

The following topics are covered: (i) the range of natural archives of environmental change used (e.g. lake and marine sediments, ice cores, speleothems) ; (ii) the chronological techniques used to date these archives (e.g. 210Pb and 14C); (iii) the biological indicators (e.g. diatoms, ostracods) used to reconstruct past environmental change; (iv) and a range of case-studies (e.g. palaeoclimate and human-impact).