Programme Summary and Regulations 2011-2012 - EMFSS Access Route (New Regulations)

Table of Contents

1. University of London International Programmes Programme Summary and Regulations Access route to the degrees and diplomas in Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences
2. Important information regarding the Programme Summary and Regulations
3. Programme Summary
4. Detailed Regulations
5. Annex A Syllabuses
   1. DV1171 Introduction to international development
   2. GY1009 Human geography
   3. GY1147 Physical geography: fundamentals of the physical environment
   4. GY1148 Methods of geographical analysis (half course)
   5. IR1011 Introduction to international relations
   6. IR1034 World history since 1917
   7. IS1168 Introduction to computer systems architecture and programming
   8. PS1130 Introduction to modern political thought
   9. LA1031 Common law reasoning and institutions
   10. MT105A Mathematics 1 (half course)
   11. MT105B Mathematics 2 (half course)
   12. MT1174 Calculus
   13. PS1114 Democratic politics and the State
   14. SC1021 Principles of sociology
   15. SC1158 Reading social science (half course)
   16. ST104A Statistics 1 (half course)
   17. ST104B Statistics 2 (half course)
6. Annex B Assessment Criteria
7. Glossary of terms
8. Related documents and other sources of information
9. Corrections

GY1148 Methods of geographical analysis (half course)

Note

GY1148 Methods of geographical analysis must be taken after or at the same time as ST104A Statistics 1.

Syllabus

• Evolution of the principal methodological and philosophical approaches to the study of human and physical geography.
• Quantitative and qualitative data collection in human and physical geography from primary and secondary sources.
• Data presentation and mapping geographical distributions and relationships.
• Descriptive statistics in geographical applications.
• Modelling systems and relationships in real geographical contexts.
• Interpreting qualitative data, case studies and ethical considerations in human geography.