Undergraduate Course: Frontiers in Human Geography 2 (GEGR10069)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course examines issues related to two important modes of human valuing of nature, the ethical and the aesthetic. The first part of the course covers key concepts and theories in environmental ethics including: anthropocentrism and nonanthropocentrism; animal ethics; Leopold's land ethic; deep ecology; and recent attempts to develop an urban environmental ethic. In the second part, we examine aesthetic and landscape values in our engagement with wild nature, rural environments and other cultural landscapes. The course concludes with a look at conflicts between aesthetic, ethical and other values as they arise in environmental conservation and policy, including cases of ecological restoration. Case studies are used throughout the course to reflect on how values are embodied in practice. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
- to provide a critical understanding of key concepts and theories in environmental ethics
- to explore aesthetic valuing of 'wild' environments as well as environments modified by humans
- to consider the role of values in engagement with a range of environments and to examine conflicts between values in conservation and policy-making
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | GEGR10069 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Andrew Dugmore
Tel: (0131 6)50 8156
Email: Andrew.Dugmore@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Catherine Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: cathy.campbell@ed.ac.uk |
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