Rivers in the Landscape
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| GEOG2008 | Geography | 2 | 20 | Autumn UK, Full Year UK |
- Code
- GEOG2008
- School
- Geography
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK, Full Year UK
Summary
This module considers how rivers behave in the landscape and the controls on their morphology and dynamics. A combination of lectures, fieldwork and laboratory practical’s will allow us to explore how channels are formed and maintained by hydrological, geomorphological and ecological processes at scales from millimetres to kilometres, and seconds to millennia. Students will gain an understanding of how rivers work, providing fundamental information necessary for environmental management.
Target Students
This module is open to all Year 2 students. Available to Natural Sciences students.
Classes
Teaching will take place through a mixture of lectures, seminars, laboratory practicals, and a local field trip.
Assessment
- 50% Coursework 1: 2,000 words Autumn Semester
- 50% Coursework 2: 2,000 words Spring Semester
Assessed in both autumn & spring semest
Educational Aims
This module aims to provide an understanding of river hydrology, geomorphology and ecology, necessary for understanding the morphology and dynamics of rivers in the landscape. The knowledge gained and coursework assignments, will enable and encourage the meaningful assessment of river condition and change trajectories, important for environmental management.Learning Outcomes
a. Knowledge and understanding
• Understanding of the fluvial system
• Comprehension of how the movement of water and sediment drives changes in river channel form and processes
b. Intellectual Skills
• Recognition that ideas and explanations are contested and that in many areas of fluvial geomorphology no consensus exists
• Ability to evaluate river condition based on channel and catchment information
c. Professional Practical Skills
• Laboratory skills in problem solving, data gathering and visual observation of natural forms and processes
• Field-based methodologies commonly employed by government and consultancy agencies in assessing river condition
d. Transferable Skills
• Communication of ideas, concepts and observations through written and visual means
• Time management
• Data presentation
Conveners
- Dr Matthew Johnson