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Lectures Proposed by the Board of the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography
For particulars of the University Composition Fee and of the fees payable at for attendance separate
courses of lectures, see p. 2.
Lectures will be delivered in the Department of Geography, unless otherwise stated. A detailed timetable
will be displayed in the Department.
GEOGRAPHICAL TRIPOS
MI C H A E LMA S 2006
L E NT 2007
E AST E R 2007
PART I A
First year: for students intending to take Part IA in 2006–2007
Paper 1. People, Space and Geographies of Difference
DR A. JAMES (Three lectures)
DR A. JONES (Four lectures)
Paper 1. People, Space and Geographies of
Difference
DR M. WARRINGTON (Eight lectures)
Paper 1. People, Space and Geographies of
Difference
DR M. WARRINGTON (One lecture)
Geographical Skills and Methods Section:
Numerical Methods
PROF. H. GRAF (Eight lectures and eight practicals)
Geographical Skills and Methods Section:
Spatial Data (GIS and Remote Sensing)
DR W. REES (Three lectures and four practicals)
Documentary and Archival Data
DR A. REID (Two lectures and four practicals)
Survey and Interview Methods
DR M. WARRINGTON, DR E. WATSON, DR M. GRAY,
DR J. DUNCAN (Five lectures and four
practicals preceded by an introductory
talk)
Geographical Skills and Methods Section:
Field, Laboratory and Desk-based Skills for
Understanding the Physical Environment
DR H. ALLEN, DR T. SPENCER, DR T. BAYLISSSMITH, DR S. BOREHAM, DR S. TRUDGILL
(One lecture, 1 field trip, 1 laboratory
practical and two computer practicals)
Paper 2. Historical Geography
PROF. R. SMITH (Four lectures)
DR P. HOWELL (Four lectures)
Paper 2. Historical Geography
DR G. KEARNS (Four lectures)
DR J. DUNCAN (Four lectures)
Paper 3. Society, Environment and Development
DR S. RADCLIFFE (Four lectures)
PROF. W. ADAMS (Four lectures)
Paper 3. Society, Environment and Development
DR B. VIRA (Four lectures)
DR W. SMITH (Four lectures)
Paper 4. Environmental Processes
PROF. H. GRAF (Four lectures)
DR J. BRASINGTON (Four lectures)
Paper 4. Environmental Processes
DR T. SPENCER (Four lectures)
DR H. ALLEN (Four lectures)
Paper 5. Environmental Change through Time
PROF. J. DOWDESWELL (Five lectures)
DR C. OPPENHIEMER (Five lectures)
Paper 5. Environmental Change through Time
DR N. ARNOLD (Four lectures)
DR I. WILLIS (Four lectures)
Paper 2. Historical Geography
DR P. HOWELL (One lecture)
PROF. R. SMITH (Two lectures)
Field trips to examine hydrological and coastal
management issues in the local region
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GEOGRAPHICAL TRIPOS, PART I B
MI C H A E L MA S 2006
L E NT 2007
E AST E R 2007
Second year: for students intending to take Part IB in 2006–2007
Geographical Ideas: Open Book and Submitted Work:
DR G. KEARNS (Five lectures)
PROF. W. ADAMS (Four lectures)
Geographical Ideas: Open Book and Submitted
Work:
DR T. SPENCER (Two lectures)
DR M. BRAVO (Two lectures)
PROF. P. GIBBARD (Two lectures)
DR H. ALLEN (Two lectures)
Geographical Ideas: Open Book and Submitted
Work:
DR T. BAYLISS-SMITH (Two lectures)
Geographical Skills and Methods
Research Design
DR M. WARRINGTON, DR B. VIRA, DR E. WATSON, DR I.
WILLIS, DR T. SPENCER
Project 2: Survey and Interview Methods
Component One: Questionnaire survey design and analysis
PROF. R. BENNETT (Two lectures, three practicals
Project 5: Sedimentology: Description and Environmental
Interpretation of Sedimentary Deposits
PROF. P. GIBBARD, DR S. BOREHAM, DR T. SPENCER (One
lecture, one field trip, two laboratory practicals)
Geographical Skills and Methods
Project 1: Multivariate Methods in Geographical
Research
DR I. WILLIS (Five lectures and five computer
laboratory classes)
Project 2: Survey and Interview Methods
Component Two: Face to Face Interviews and
their Interpretation
DR S. RADCLIFFE (One lectures and one
practicals)
Project 3: Geographical Interpretations of some
Historical Sources
DR M. BRAVO (One lecture, three computer
practicals)
Project 4: Water Quality: Field and Laboratory
Procedures in Water Quality Analysis
DR S. TRUDGILL AND DR S. BOREHAM (Three
lectures and three laboratory classes)
Five Field Classes - Easter Vacation
(Switzerland, Berlin, Morocco, Algarve and
Majorca)
Paper 1. Human Geography I: Cities
DR G. KEARNS (Eight lectures)
Paper 1. Human Geography I: Cities
DR P. HOWELL (Eight lectures)
Paper 2. Human Geography II: Understanding the Economy:
Contemporary Geographies of Capitalism
PROF. R. MARTIN (Three lectures)
DR A. JAMES (Five lectures)
Paper 2. Human Geography II: Understanding the
Economy: Contemporary Geographies of
Capitalism
PROF. R. MARTIN (Two lectures)
DR M. GRAY (Two lectures)
Paper 3. Human Geography III: Development
ANO (Three lectures)
DR B. VIRA (Four lectures)
Paper 3. Human Geography III: Development
DR E. WATSON (Eight lectures)
Paper 4. Human Geography IV: Geography and Public
Policy
PROF. R. MARTIN (Three lectures)
PROF. R. HAINING (Two lectures, one practical)
DR M. WARRINGTON (Four lectures, one practical)
Paper 4. Human Geography IV: Geography and
Public Policy
PROF. R. MARTIN (Three lectures)
PROF. R. HAINING (Four lectures, three
practicals)
Paper 5. Human Geography V: Culture and Society
DR A. FITZGERALD (Three lectures)
DR S. RADCLIFFE (Four lectures)
Paper 5. Human Geography V: Culture and
Society
DR J. S. DUNCAN (Four lectures)
DR S. A. RADCLIFFE (Five lectures)
Paper 6. Physical and Environmental Geography I: Earth
Observation
DR W. REES (Four lectures)
DR C. OPPENHEIMER (Four lectures)
Two or more practicals to be arranged
Paper 6. Physical and Environmental Geography I:
Earth Observation
DR W. REES (Four lectures)
DR C. OPPENHEIMER (Four lectures)
Two or more practicals to be arranged
Paper 7. Physical and Environmental Geography II: Glacial
Processes, Landforms and Sediment
PROF. J. DOWDESWELL (Four lectures)
DR I. WILLIS (Four lectures)
Paper 7. Physical and Environmental Geography
II: Glacial Processes, Landforms and Sediment
DR N. ARNOLD (Four lectures)
PROF. P. GIBBARD (Two lectures)
Paper 8. Physical and Environmental Geography III:
Environmental Hazards
MS S. DAMERY (Four lectures)
PROF. H. GRAF (Four lectures)
Paper 8. Physical and Environmental Geography
III: Environmental Hazards
DR C. OPPENHEIMER (Four lectures)
DR I. WILLIS (Four lectures)
Paper 9. Physical and Environmental Geography IV:
Catchment Systems
DR J. BRASINGTON (Eight lectures and two practicals)
Paper 9. Physical and Environmental Geography
IV: Catchment Systems
ANO (Eight lectures)
Paper 10. Physical and Environmental Geography V:
Biogeography and Biogeomorphology
DR T. SPENCER (Six lectures)
DR I. MOELLER (Two lectures)
Paper 10. Physical and Environmental Geography
V: Biogeography and Biogeomorphology
DR H. ALLEN (Four lectures, two hour visit to
Sedgwick Museum)
DR S. TRUDGILL (Four lectures)
Paper 10. Physical and Environmental
Geography V: Biogeography and
Biogeomorphology
Field Class: Wicken Fen Nature Reserve Conservation Management in practice
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GEOGRAPHICAL TRIPOS PART II
MI C H A E LMA S 2006
L E NT 2007
E AST E R 2007
Third year: for students intending to take Part II in 2006–2007
Paper 1: Human Geography I: The Human Geography of the
UK: The Restructuring of Britain
PROF. R. MARTIN (Eight lectures)
Paper 1: Human Geography I: The Human
Geography of the UK: The Restructuring of
Britain
PROF. R. MARTIN (Eight lectures)
Paper 2. Human Geography II: The New Europe: People,
Places and Politics
DR M. WARRINGTON (Eight lectures)
Paper 2. Human Geography II: The New Europe:
People, Places and Politics
DR M. WARRINGTON (Seven lectures)
Field Trip to Birmingham TBA
Paper 3. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in Geography I:
Environment and Development in the Global South
DR E. MAWDSLEY (Eight lectures)
Paper 3. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in
Geography I: Environment and Development in
the Global South
DR E. MAWDSLEY (Eight lectures)
Paper 4. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in Geography II: The
Social Engagement with Nature
DR S. TRUDGILL (Four lectures)
DR T. BAYLISS-SMITH (Four lectures)
Paper 4. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in
Geography II: The Social Engagement with
Nature
DR S. TRUDGILL (Four lectures)
DR P. VITEBSKY (Four lectures)
Field Trip TBA
Paper 5. The Geography of a Prescribed Area or Areas I:
State, Land and Resources in SubSaharan Africa
DR E. WATSON (Six lectures)
PROF. W. ADAMS (Two lectures)
Paper 5. The Geography of a Prescribed Area or
Areas I: State, Land and Resources in
SubSaharan Africa
PROF. W. ADAMS (Four lectures)
DR W. SMITH (Two lectures)
Paper 6. The Geography of a Prescribed Area or Areas II:
State and Society: Latin America and South Asia
DR S. RADCLIFFE (Four lectures)
DR B. VIRA (Five lectures)
Paper 6. The Geography of a Prescribed Area or
Areas II: State and Society: Latin America and
South Asia
DR S. RADCLIFFE (Five lectures)
DR B. VIRA (Four lectures)
Paper 7. Historical Geography I: The Historical Geography
of the AIDS Pandemic
DR G. KEARNS (Six lectures)
Paper 7. Historical Geography I: The Historical
Geography of the AIDS Pandemic
DR G. KEARNS (Eight lectures)
Paper 7. Historical Geography I: The Historical
Geography of the AIDS Pandemic
There will be a few optional extra talks related
to the themes of the course
Paper 8. Historical Geography II: Historical Demography
PROF. R. SMITH (Eight lectures)
Paper 8. Historical Geography II: Historical
Demography
PROF. R. SMITH (Eight lectures)
Paper 8. Historical Geography II: Historical
Demography
Revisions classes TBA
Paper 9. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in Geography III: The
Human Geography of the Arctic Regions
DR T. BAYLISS-SMITH (Six lectures)
Paper 9. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in
Geography III: The Human Geography of the
Arctic Regions
DR P. VITEBSKY (Six lectures)
DR M. TYRELL (Four lectures)
Paper 10. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in Geography IV:
Fluvial System
ANO (Eight lectures)
Paper 10. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in
Geography IV: Fluvial System
DR J. BRASINGTON (Eight lectures)
Plus practicals
Paper 11. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in Environmental
Geography: Environment, Politics and Society
PROF. S. OWENS (Eight lectures)
Paper 11. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in
Environmental Geography: Environment, Politics
and Society
PROF. S. OWENS (Eight lectures)
MR B. SMITH (TBA)
Two hour workshop with Mr B. Smith (Deputy
Chief Executive of Environment & Community
Services, Cambs County Council)
Paper 5. The Geography of a Prescribed Area or
Areas I: State, Land and Resources in
SubSaharan Africa
DR W. SMITH (Two lectures)
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GEOGRAPHICAL TRIPOS, PART II (continued)
MI C H A E L MA S 2006
L E NT 2007
Paper 12. Physical Geography I: Morphodynamics of largescale coastal systems
DR T. SPENCER (Two lectures)
DR I. MOELLER (Six lectures)
Paper 12. Physical Geography I:
Morphodynamics of large-scale coastal systems
DR T. SPENCER (Eight lectures)
Paper 13. Physical Geography II: Volcanology
DR A. WOODS (Four lectures)
DR C. OPPENHEIMER (One lecture)
Paper 13. Physical Geography II: Volcanology
DR C. OPPENHEIMER (Eight lectures)
DR P. BAXTER (Two lectures)
E AST E R 2007
Two or more practical classes TBA
Paper 14. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in Geography V:
Glacial Environments
DR I. WILLIS (Four lectures)
PROF. J. DOWDESWELL (Four lectures)
Paper 14. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in
Geography V: Glacial Environments
DR N. ARNOLD (Four lectures)
ANO (Four lectures)
Paper 15. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in Geography VI:
Quaternary Environments
PROF. P. GIBBARD (Three lectures)
DR R. PREECE (Two lectures)
DR L. SKINNER (Two lectures)
DR V. SWITSUR (Two lectures)
Paper 15. A Prescribed Topic or Topics in
Geography VI: Quaternary Environments
DR P. L. GIBBARD (Six lectures)
DR C. TURNER (Four lectures)
Field Trip TBA
Field Trip TBA
M.PHIL. IN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
All lectures to be delivered in the Department of Geography, at times to be arranged
Core Modules
Introduction: MPhil E&D
DR E. WATSON (One hour)
Option Modules
Option 01: TBA
ANO (Eight hours)
Environment: Ethics and Policies
DR S. OWENS, DR B. VIRA (Eighteen hours)
Conservation and Society
PROF. W. ADAMS (Two hours)
DR W. SMITH (Two hours)
DR J. HUTTON (Two hours)
Culture, Society, and Development
DR E. WATSON, DR C. UPTON, DR S. RADCLIFFE, DR P.
VITEBSKY, ANO (Sixteen hours)
Rural resources and Society
DR E. WATSON (six hours)
Option Modules
Option 01: TBA
ANO (Eight hours)
Conservation and Society
DR B. VIRA, PROF. W. ADAMS (Twelve hours)
Rural resources and Society
DR T. BAYLISS-SMITH, DR E. WATSON (Ten hours)
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M.PHIL. IN QUATERNARY SCIENCE
All lectures to be delivered in the Department of Geography, at times to be arranged
MI C H A E LMA S 2006
L E NT 2007
Core Lecture Course
Introduction to the Quaternary
PROF. P. GIBBARD (One hour)
Core Lecture Course
Quaternary changes in the oceans
DR I. MCCAVE (Four hours)
Background to Quaternary
DR R. MULVANEY (Four hours)
Terrestrial sedimentation
DR A. MOSCARIELLO (Four hours)
The terrestrial stratigraphical record
PROF. P. GIBBARD (Four hours)
E AST E R 2007
OPTIONAL MODULES
Quaternary landscapes
PROF. P. GIBBARD (Six hours)
DR C. TURNER (Two hours) (two practicals, one
field trip)
Quaternary of the Tropics: Overview
DR S. GRIFFITHS
Marine and Ice-core Records of Climate Change:
Stratigraphy and Proxies
DR L. SKINNER (Four hours)
Sea level changes and coastal evolution
DR T. SPENCER (Four hours)
Quaternary Palaeoecology
DR C. TURNER (Four hours)
DR R. PREECE (Four hours)
Palaeoceanography and climate change
PROF. I. MCCAVE AND DR ELDERFIELD (Sixteen
hours)
Dating Quaternary events
DR V. R. SWITSUR (Two hours)
Human evolution and diversity
DR M. LAHR (Sixteen hours)
The Holocene
DR C. TURNER (Two hours)
Soil Development as a function of climate
DR C. V. JEANS (Two hours)
Continental system evolution during the
Quaternary
DR A. MOSCARIELLO (Sixteen hours)
Floral and Faunal Change
DR PREECE (Four hours)
Atmospheric models
PROF. H. GRAF (Six hours)
Glacial-interglacial and sub- Milankovitch climate
variability: the marine and ice-core records
DR SKINNER (Two hours)
Quaternary Research Methods
DR R. C. PREECE, DR S. BOREHAM, PROF. P. GIBBARD (Eight
hour lectures, with practicals, one field excursion )
Quaternary Research Seminar
PROF. P. GIBBARD (Sixteen hours)
Please see the Joint Schools Social Science Research Methods Course entry on (p. 244)
M.PHIL IN G.I.S. AND REMOTE SENSING
All lectures to be delivered in the Department of Geography, at times to be arranged
Fundamentals of IGIS
DR B. DEVEREUX, DR S. KEARSEY (Twelve hours)
Physics of Remote Sensing
DR W. REES, DR C. OPPENHEIMER (Eight hours)
High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy (Optional course
in Chemistry)
DR J. KEELER, PROF. J. KLINOWSKI (Ten hours)
Image Processing
DR B. DEVEREUX, DR G. AMABLE (Eight hours and
practicals)
Spatial data analysis
PROF. R. P. HAINING, DR J. LAW (Ten hours, four practicals)
Cartography and Design
DR W. REES, MR P. STICKLER (Two hours, two practicals)
Environmental Impact Analysis
DR B. DEVEREUX (Eight hours and practicals, field class
and student presentations)
Theory of Image Processing and Image Coding
(Optional course in Engineering)
DR N. KINGSBURY, DR J. LASENBY (Sixteen hours)
Field Techniques
MR A. WILSON, DR J. BRASINGTON, DR C.
OPPENHEIMER, DR C. SHELL (Four hours,
four practicals)
Airborne remote sensing
DR A. K. WILSON, DR B. J. DEVEREUX, DR G.
AMABLE (Eight hours and practicals)
Crysospheric Remote Sensing
DR W. REES (Four hours)
Volcanological Remote Sensing
DR C. OPPENHEIMER (Two hours, two practicals)
Cartography and Design
DR W. REES, MR P. STICKLER (Two hours, two
practicals)
Passive Microwave Radiometry
DR K. SALEH-CONTELL (Two hours and practicals)
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M.PHIL IN G.I.S. AND REMOTE SENSING (continued)
M IC H A E L M A S 2006
L E NT 2007
E AST E R 2007
Atmospheric Models (also for MPhil QS)
PROF. H. GRAF (Three hours)
Modelling Socio-Economic Data
PROF. R. HAINING, DR J. LAW (Six hours, two
practicals)
Modelling Environmental Change
DR F. GERARD, DR G. SMITH (Four hours, two
practicals)
Biodiversity and Terrestrial Ecology
DR F. GERARD, DR R. HILL AND DR B. DEVEREUX
(Four hours, two practicals)
Coastal Environments
DR G. SMITH, DR T. SPENCER, DR R. HILL (Four
hours and practicals)
Cultural Landscapes and Historic Environment
DR C. SHELL (Four hours, one field class)
Please see the Joint Schools Social Science Research Methods Course entry on (p. 244)
M.PHIL IN GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH
All lectures to be delivered in the Department of Geography, at times to be arranged
Option 1: GIS and Remote Sensing
DR G. AMABLE
DR B. J. DEVEREUX
PROF. R. P. HAINING
DR S. KEARSEY
DR J. LAW
DR W. REES
Option 1: GIS and Remote Sensing
DR G. AMABLE
DR B. J. DEVEREUX
PROF. H. GRAF
PROF. R. P. HAINING
DR S. KEARSEY
DR J. LAW
DR C. OPPENHEIMER
DR C. SHELL
DR W. REES
Option 2: Environment and Development
PROF. W. ADAMS
DR T. BAYLISS-SMITH
DR E. MAWDSLEY
PROF. S. OWENS
DR S. RADCLIFFE
DR P. VITEBSKY
DR B. VIRA
DR E. WATSON
Option 2: Environment and Development
PROF. W. ADAMS
DR T. BAYLISS-SMITH
DR J. HUTTON
DR W. SMITH
DR E. WATSON
Option 3: Regional Political Economy
PROF. R. J. BENNETT
DR A. JAMES
PROF. R. MARTIN
DR M. WARRINGTON
Option 3: Regional Political Economy
DR A. JAMES
PROF. R. MARTIN
DR M. WARRINGTON
Option 4: Culture, history, space and place
DR P. HOWELL
PROF. R. M. SMITH
Option 4: Culture, history, space and place
DR M. BRAVO
DR P. HOWELL
PROF. R. M. SMITH
Research Methods
The course provided by the Joint Schools Social Science
Research Methods Course
Research Methods
The course provided by the Joint Schools Social
Science Research Methods Course
Research Training
DR T. BAYLISS-SMITH
PROF. R. J. BENNETT
DR M. BITHEL
DR P. GIBBARD
DR A. JAMES
PROF. K. S. RICHARDS
MR R. CARTER
DR M. WARRINGTON
Research Training
PROF. W. ADAMS
DR B. DEVEREUX
DR J. DOWDESWELL
DR J. DUNCAN
DR M. GRAY
DR P. HOWELL
DR G. KEARNS
PROF. K. RICHARDS
DR T. SPENCER
DR E. WATSON
DR M. WARRINGTON
Dissertation
Supervised by individual staff members
Dissertation
Supervised by individual staff members
Please see the Joint Schools Social Science Research Methods Course entry on (p. 244)
Dissertation
Supervised by individual staff members
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