Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-0.5-0.5-3-4
Preclusion: GE1101E/GEK1001
Cross-listing: GE1101E/GEK1001

This module introduces contemporary issues shaping our world and the geographical perspectives needed to understand them.

Starting with ‘how geographers view the world’, the module offers a lens to analyse issues like climate change, urban flooding, human-environment relations, challenges of migration, cultural diffusion, economic integration and so forth.

Each lecture will touch on contemporary scenarios and geographical analyses of issues. Students will also be exposed to field work techniques and strategies of project management in group discussions and project assignments.

The goal is to develop students with strong ‘geographical imaginations’ better able to understand the world and all its complexities.

C.A.: 40%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-4-3
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Football is found in one form or another in almost every part of the modern world. “Worlds of Football” takes the ubiquity and diversity of football as an entry point for critical examination of issues of geography and human culture at a range of scales – from the most intensely local and embodied, to globe-spanning networks. The module uses football as a window into: contextual and environmental variegation in human practices; worldly cultural politics (along lines of age, (dis)ability, class, gender, and race, among others); and processes through which everyday lifeworlds are bound up with distant and not-so-distant people and places.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Carl Grundy-Warr

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This is cross-Faculty module aimed at introducing Geopolitics to a broad range of students. The module is designed to be as engaging and interactive as possible: utilising various multi-media tools, including documentary clips, news media, filmic resources, popular journals and magazines. Not surprisingly, the course has a very lively section on Popular Geopolitics. In addition, we introduce students to the interactions of geopolitics and political space through detailed examination of different geopolitical eras and codes, specifically: Cold War Geopolitics and the Human Landscapes of Southeast Asia: and the so-called "Global War on Terror".

C.A.: 40%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

In general, this module is aimed at getting student to critically engage with the ‘work’ or ‘power’ of maps in shaping the historical emergence of the modern world and in its ongoing transformation. To do this we will combine diverse modes of learning, covering issues of knowledge and content (the history of cartography), practical skills of map making/reading, and critical skills of evaluating and interpreting maps. We will stimulate a critical awareness of mapping as an evolving technology that has far-reaching social and political considerations.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 50%

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Preclusions: GEK2001, SSA2202, GES1003
Cross-listings: GEK2001, SSA2202

This module attempts to understand the rationale of changes in Singapore’s urban landscape.

It places these changes within a framework that considers Singapore’s efforts to globalise and examines how policies are formulated with the idea of sustaining an economy that has integral links sub-regionally with Southeast Asia while developing new spatial linkages that will strengthen its position in the global network.

Emphasis is also given to recent discussions about how diversity and difference in the perception and use of space pose a challenge to the utilitarian and functional definition adopted by the state.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Preclusion: GE2018
Prerequisite/Cross-listing:Nil

The module will focus on the functions of the biophysical environment of the city state of Singapore. The topics include geology, soils, river systems, water supply, natural reserves, green areas, land reclamation and coastal environments. The environmental problems that arise from the development of a large tropical city within a limited area, and the possible solutions for such problems will be examined.

The module does not require an extensive science or mathematics background.

C.A.: 40%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-1-4-2
Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusions: GE2225

This module aims to introduce undergraduate students to various methods and practices widely used in geographical research. It covers such topics as designing research questions, writing proposals, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting research results. Students will be exposed to a range of research practices in the discipline such as fieldwork and in-depth case studies.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: NA

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5

This module examines relationships between economy and space through a focus on ‘development’. Through interrogating theories, strategies and trajectories of ‘development’, students will develop an understanding of the past and contemporary global political economy and its geographies. The course will emphasise the geopolitical and cultural backdrops to ‘development’ and attendant economic geographies amidst debates about ‘globalisation’, international trade and investment.

C.A.: 40%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-4
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module is concerned with the changing roles of cities in an age of globalisation. The first part examines cities as part of urban networks at the national, regional and international levels, and focuses on the implications arising from the rise of mega-cities and global cities. The second half of the module investigates the challenges facing cities on the ground, including issues of the revitalisation and re-imaging of city cores, changing retail landscapes, and the impact of telecommunications on the location of urban activities and peoples’ mobility. The module is targeted at students with an interest in urban issues.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module introduces students to contemporary debates in population from a geographical perspective, focusing on the ways that geography is implicated in the processes and meanings of life and death.

Besides examining historical and contemporary population trends and demographic transitions, this module also investigates the discourses and politics of fertility and women’s bodies, migration and transnational life, disease and health-care, and ageing, death and dying.

The module enables students to think critically about contemporary population problems and solutions and to understand how these influence policy formulation and everyday lives.

This module is open to all students who are interested in population issues from a social science perspective.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-0-2-3-3
Preclusion(s)/Pre-requisites: Nil

This module focuses on the important concepts and the practical use of Geographic Information System (GIS) in problem solving in both the social and physical sciences. Topics to be covered include vector and raster data formats and their analytical functions. This module is designed as learning through practicing, so practical laboratory excises utilising GIS software such as ArcGIS will be major classroom activities. This module is mounted for students throughout NUS with interests in GIS applications in sciences, social sciences, engineering and business analysis.

C.A.: 70%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-4
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Tourism is the largest industry in the world today, and its impacts on the physical environment and human societies are worthy of scrutiny. The module provides a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of tourism and leisure, exploring in detail their economic, social, cultural and geographic implications on physical and human landscapes. Concepts, models and theories drawn from the social sciences as well as geography, and case studies from the Asia-Pacific will be explored. The module is designed for 2000 and 3000-level Geography students, but cross-faculty students are welcomed as well.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-2-3-2
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module provides an assessment of the main contemporary terrestrial and coastal processes that combine to influence the development of landscapes. Included is a detailed discussion of weathering, soils, mass movements and hillslope erosion processes. Fluvial, volcanic, limestone, coastal and reef geomorphic processes and landforms are also presented. Examples are drawn from across the globe for illustration and comparison, although some emphasis is placed on the humid tropics for regional environmental relevance. Examples of human-assisted modification of terrestrial and coastal environments are also given.

Students will obtain a sound understanding of basic geomorphic principles, which can be applied in the context of broader environmental management issues in both urban and rural settings. The module is not highly technical and so does not require an extensive science or mathematics background.

The course is therefore highly suitable as a general elective module for FASS as well as for science and engineering students.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2.5-4.5
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

The module hopes to show a critical evaluation of human-nature relationships in different societies and culture groups, and seeks to demonstrate that different human-nature relationships can provide important underpinnings to understanding the obstacles to development programmes on how best to tap these relationships for sustainable development. Besides defining nature, environment, ecosystems, the module discusses human-nature relationship in gender; religion; political ideology and economics. This multi-disciplinary module is targeted at students from the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Law, Engineering and School of Design and Environment.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-4
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module introduces students to the major thematic concerns that have traditionally shaped political geography as a sub-discipline. It also allows students to engage with emerging issues that are likely to become focal points in shaping future debates among political geographers.

The aim of the module is to explore the co-constitutive relationship between politics and space. As the political organization of society has spatial consequences, so too does geography influence our understanding of political relationships.

These relations are negotiated and contested in multiple ways that cut across different locations, scales, and temporalities. Accordingly, we will examine political concerns, disputes, accommodations, and consequences from a geographical perspective, where students can expect to acquire a critical appreciation for the historical trajectories and evolving implications of states, sovereignty, territoriality, nationalism, colonialism, democracy, ethnic conflict, policing and crime, terrorism, war, environmental justice, and political activism.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-4
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil Preclusion: GE3208

This module deals with a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the regional geography of Southeast Asia. Students are expected not only to critically analyse their readings but also to be able to synthetize materials to provide a holistic understanding of the region. Specifically, it looks at the region through historical, cultural, social and political-economic perspectives. The module also discusses sustainable development issues. This is a module that is open to all students in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Engineering, Law, Science, School of Design & Environment and School of Business.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-1-4-2
Preclusion(s)/ Pre-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module aims to introduce students to the basic concepts and techniques for the manipulation, analysis, and the graphic representation of geographic information. Topics covered include the history of mapping, projection, data handling and display, map design, colour and pattern, and computer mapping. Students will learn to produce high quality cartographic displays. The module prepares students for further course work in Geographic Information System (GIS). Additionally, cartographic skills are useful to students preparing for degrees in natural, physical, social and behavioural sciences.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-0-1-2-5
Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE2219

Weather has an immediate effect on the personal and climate is important in human affairs on a global level. This module provides an introduction to the processes underlying the atmospheric environment from local to global scales. It commences with a discussion of atmospheric concepts in a visual and practical manner. Understanding and application of meteorological principles will be emphasised which help to elaborate environmental phenomena such as clouds and rainfall, tropical storms or global climate change. Given its introductory and nonmathematical nature, this course is appropriate for students from all faculties.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-0-1-2-5
Pre-requisite(s)/ Co-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE2219

Water is crucial for the survival of living organisms. The current emphasis on the availability and supply of water in Singapore and on a global scale points to the need for increased knowledge and awareness of this vital resource. This course provides a basic introduction to the subject of hydrology. Hydrology processes will be covered in detail in addition to lectures on relevant water-related issues at the global and regional scale with examples taken from the region

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-2-0-2-4
Pre-requisite(s)/ Co-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s):

The extraction, production, distribution and use of energy sources have significant environmental, social, political, and economic impacts. These impacts are multi-scalar, ranging from global climate change to socio-cultural disruption at the local and national scale.

This module exposes students to these impacts with detailed case studies. The module also gives students a comprehensive background on the development and use of promising future post-carbon alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, geothermal, tidal, and biofules. It also discusses how to build the architecture of a post-carbon economy.

C.A.: 70%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-4-3
Pre-requisite(s)/ Co-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil

Preclusion(s):
This module will examine the fundamentals of Social and Cultural Geography. Designed as an introductory platform, its primary aim will be to provide students with the knowledge and skills to undertake more specialised modules in Social and Cultural Geography.

The module will provide the historical, conceptual and methodological underpinnings that will enhance students’ understanding of the relationship between culture, space, place and society.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload:
Preclusion(s)/Pre-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module allows for a new topic of current interest in the discipline of Geography to be offered. It may be offered by existing faculty members of the Department on an experimental basis before the module is regularised, or by visiting members with expertise in a particular subject not already found in the regular curriculum. The module contributes to furthering geographical understanding and practice in a specific field within the discipline

C.A.: 70%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

The module examines the patterns of growth and location of service industries. A number of current theoretical perspectives explaining the growth in service employment in developed countries will then be examined. Locational patterns and trends of producer and consumer services are compared at the metropolitan and national scales. The module also analyses the role of the service sector in economic development of selected countries, including Singapore. Other topics covered include the internationalisation of service firms, outsourcing of services, privatisation of public services, and the impact of new technology on service sector development.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-4
Preclusion(s): GE3203
Pre-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module provides an introduction to the basic ideas and context of both urban and regional planning. Key planning systems, policy agendas and perspectives are critically assessed. Examples are drawn mainly from rapidly changing regions in Asia. Challenges addressed include infrastructure, land policy, housing, poverty, governance dilemmas and environmental problems. Planning in regions and cities is viewed in light of wider social, political and economic trends as well as the geographical context. Planning is placed into perspective relative to other forces that influence development patterns. The module is aimed at students wanting to understand planning and its place in society.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-4
Preclusion(s)/Pre-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module examines the impact of feminism on human geography, from the call to insert women into geographical analyses and take into account gender relations in rethinking dominant definitions of space, place, landscape and nature to more recent debates on diversity and difference. It also explores the politics and practice of doing feminist research in geography. Drawing on case studies in both developed and developing countries, the gendering of specific sites (ranging from the home to the nation) and processes (e.g. migration) is explicated in the module. The module is targeted at all students interested in gender issues.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-4
Preclusion(s)/Pre-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module examines important geographical, ecological and political concepts and approaches to natural resources management. In particular, we focus on ownership regimes, access, exploitation and conservation in different social, economic and cultural contexts. Detailed cases of fisheries, forestry, freshwater and agriculture conflicts and problems are discussed.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-0-2-4-2
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil Pre-requisite(s): students must have taken GE2215

This module focuses on the applications of GIS and remote sensing in a geographical context. The emphasis is on the use of spatial data in business analysis, environmental planning, and resource and impact assessment. One section of the module covers topics on digital image processing with emphasis on the knowledge and understanding of techniques used in a planning context. The second section deals with spatial analysis and visualisation for geographical and business analysis (GE2215 is a prerequisite for this module).

C.A.: 100%

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-0-7
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module aims to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the social, political, and economic changes at various geographical scales with respect to globalisation. More specifically, the module focuses on developing understandings of the complex forces driving globalisation and the related urban and regional changes and the relationship between globalisation and regionalisation. This module is not just for geography students, but for all students who are interested in the urban and regional changes in the Asia-Pacific with respect to globalisation and regionalisation and the driving forces of the changes.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-2-3-2
Preclusion(s)/Pre-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module adopts an ecological and systems approach to discussing the composition, functioning and inter-relationships between major ecosystem types and the soils, fauna and flora found within. Subjects covered include ecological processes; the ecosystems concept and ecosystems functioning (including biogeochemical and energy fluxes). Basic principles will be developed as a basis for the examination and comparison of humid tropical systems with better understood temperate environments.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-4
Preclusion(s)/Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil Pre-requisite(s): GE2220: Terrestrial and Coastal Environments; or GE2228: Atmospheric Environments or GE2229: Water and Environment

The tropics are presently the world’s most rapidly changing region. This module looks in detail at the causes and consequences of high rates of environmental change in tropical environments. The content of the module includes an examination of processes of climate and geomorphological (including sea-level) change and human-induced degradation. Current high rates of changes in these processes, and their nature, are placed within the context of the most recent geological period (the Quaternary). Southeast Asia is a particular focus of the module, which will also examine the basis for predictions of future environmental change in the region.

C.A.: 40%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-4
Preclusion(s)/Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module examines the contribution of cultural geography to an understanding of interrelations of landscape, space and culture. After charting the development of the concept of ‘landscape’, the module explores cultural landscapes in a variety of historical and geographical settings. Cultural Landscapes works through four key themes: imaginative geographies of exploration and representation; landscape and national identity; moral geographies of environmental conduct and belonging; and issues of cultural deterritorialisation associated with processes of globalisation. The module will be of interest to students across the university seeking to develop critical perspectives on cultural landscape formations at a variety of scales.

C.A.: 40%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module evaluates the intersections and diversions between development and leisure/tourism. Using critical development lenses, the module will first critique “big D” Development’s (specific intentional interventions to achieve improvement or progress) globalized approaches in tourism development and then “respond” to these critiques by considering more localized political, economic, and cultural connections in tourism strategies. While localized “development” projects often suggest more equitable growth, input from local stakeholders, an incorporation of livelihood strategies and grounded knowledge, and more “sustainable” models with a long-term sensibility, the module will take a critical position toward these ideas as well.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Pre-requisite(s): GE2228 or permission from lecturer
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Modifications made by humans to the surface of the Earth during urbanization alter just about every element of climate and weather in the atmosphere above the city.

This module examines how these changes affect environmental variables such as solar radiation, surface and air temperature, evaporation, storage of heat, wind climates, emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases and the wider implications for air quality and environmental change.

Students are expected to read widely and conduct an empirical research project.

This module is suited for students reading geography, climatology, ecology, engineering and planning.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 8
Workload: 10-0-0-20-10
Preclusion(s): GE3230 Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This is essentially a module designed to encourage students to apply different fieldwork methods in small-team projects in an overseas context within the region. The module exposes students to different geographical methods, both human and physical, and as such it is an ideal preparation for any student wishing to undertake further primary research at higher levels in geography, and indeed other social science disciplines. After a series of lectures/seminars on fieldwork methods, fieldwork ethics, and health and safety issues in the field (which may include some basic introductory language classes), students then undertake a 2 – 5 week period of field study overseas, depending on logistical and other constraints. The previous field studies have been for periods of 4-5 weeks overseas in Thailand and Malaysia. Whilst overseas, students undergo orientation workshops, meet peers in host universities, visit potential field sites before conducting an intensive period of fieldwork in small groups of 3-5 students. The module concludes with (group and individual) project report writing and presentations. Field Studies provides basic training, a chance to apply skills and techniques learnt in the classroom in real field settings, and rich opportunities for cultural exchanges.

C.A.: 100%;

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-1-3-3
Preclusion(s)/Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Natural hazards result in high losses in human life and welfare, property, resource productivity, and infrastructure. Often human activities interact with the landscape to exacerbate the risks associated with potentially hazardous areas. Various types of natural hazards, including tropical cyclones, floods, drought, wildfire, storm surges, rapid mass movements, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunami will be highlighted with respect to their origins, geographical distribution, forms and processes. The module will also describe some of the links that exist between natural hazards and environmental change. Recent and historical examples will be presented from the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide. Societal vulnerability, awareness, preparedness and similar challenges are mentioned, particularly within the context of the Pacific Rim. Hazard mitigation and adaptation strategies will also be discussed.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion (s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module is divided into two sections. Using examples from the Southeast Asian region, the first focuses on the aims of historical geography and explores different approaches used in the geographer’s attempt to reconstruct or interpret landscapes of past times (e.g. changing landscapes, peopled landscapes, imagined landscapes, contested landscapes). Some attention will also be given to the sources of evidence used in reconstructing historical landscapes. The second part examines the significance of studying past landscapes for contemporary purposes. This will involve a discussion of the question of heritage in general, and more specifically, the debate surrounding urban heritage conservation.

C.A.: 40%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-4
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion (s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module examines the geography of development from the micro-geographical (local) to the macro-geographical (global) perspectives. It looks at the changing geography of economic activities and development processes under three thematic issues: i) poverty and inequality, ii) people, environment and development, iii) institutions, governance and the reality. The relevant theories developed and applied by geographers (and non-geographers) and corresponding case studies in different regions of the world will be introduced to explain the contextual issues throughout the module.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-4-3
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion (s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

The transport of goods, people and information is analysed using a systems approach, embracing the spatial patterns of demand and supply, transport modes, networks, volume and composition of flows, and political considerations. The module also evaluates the different modes of transport and communications in terms of comparative advantages, coordination and integration, infrastructural support, technological advances, role in economic development and management in the urban, regional and international scales. Students will learn about tools of network and flow analysis, and about analytical techniques associated with planning and management of transport and communications.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-5-2
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion (s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module focuses on theoretical and applied perspectives on international migration and settlement, with particular reference to the Asia-Pacific region. It includes analyses of international regimes regulating migration, giving attention to immigration policies and settlement policies, outcomes and experiences; transnational circuits of skilled and unskilled labour migrants; and forced migration and displacement. The consequences of migration for gender relations, citizenship and socio-economic development in sending and receiving countries will also be discussed. Case studies include Australia, Canada and the Southeast Asian context.

C.A.: 70%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-0-2-4-2
Pre-requisite(s): GE2215
Preclusion (s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module examines the range of considerations necessary to develop a GIS database and perform spatial analysis. It is intended for geographers, planners, IT managers and computer scientists who have already acquired an introductory knowledge of the field. The module begins with an in-depth understanding of raster GIS analysis and its applications in physical or urban environment. It then provides formal understanding of the development of a GIS database.

Topics covered include representation and storage of spatial data, database design, and basic scripting language in ArcGIS. Students will obtain substantial hands-on GIS skills in support of geographic analyses.

NOTE: This module will be offered in alternate years; (i.e. AY2016/17, AY2018/19 etc).

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: Nil

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-2-2-3
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Preclusion (s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module aims to provide Geography major students with the basic foundation skills, necessary knowledge, and recommended practices for the preparation of honours theses (HT).

These essential skills and knowledge include philosophies, theories, and key concepts in human and physical geographies, research ethics and field safety, proposal writing and literature review, and other crucial skills and techniquest that all Geography major students should possess.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: Nil

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-2-5
Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion: GE2224

This module explores debates in geography about social issues. It emphasises the relationship between social identity and social space, and how different places reflect and shape diverse ways of life. The module examines the role of space in the interplay of different social groups (e.g. ethnic groups, men/women), and in relation to different aspects of daily life (e.g. housing, leisure). Its emphasis, however, is on how to think about these issues in different scales/contexts (streets, public spaces, global cities). The course is intended for geography majors, and students throughout NUS with an interest in the relationship between society and space.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-1-6
Pre-requisite(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion: Nil

This module will examine the environments in which clastic, carbonate and (bio)chemical sediments are deposited at the present day, both terrestrial and marine. Following this, the structural and stratigraphic architecture of ancient and modern sedimentary basins will be studied through the theory of stratigraphy.

Relationships between climate change, sea level change and changing sedimentation patterns in the geological past, present and future will be examined.

Students will see the relevance of these topics to the understanding of the evolving present day sedimentary environments and their application to the exploration for petroleum.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-0-1-1-6
Pre-requisite(s)/ Co-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil

Preclusion(s):
Students will learn how to apply the theory of petroleum exploration to real data sets provided by Industry and the literature. Data sets to be studied include bathymetric, gravity and magnetic surveys, 2D and 3D seismic surveys, drilling and well log records. Students will make visits to exploration, service and petroleum engineering companies in Singapore and will be encouraged to apply for internships.

C.A.: 70%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-0-1-4-3
Pre-requisite(s)/ Co-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil
Preclusion(s): GE3880A Topics in Petroleum Geoscience

The existence of commercial deposits of oil and gas depends on geological conditions. These include the presence of a source rock, a reservoir rock and a geological structure to migrate, trap and concentrate hydrocarbons.

This module focuses on the petroleum system and its significance for understanding the subsurface environments in which hydrocarbon resources accumulate.

The module provides a useful introduction to geological information used by the upstream petroleum industry in exploration, appraisal and production.

C.A.: 70%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 6
Workload: 12.5-15-0-10-7.5
Preclusion(s)/ Co-requisite(s)/ Cross-listing(s): Nil
Pre-requisite(s): None (Preferance for enrolment given to BES and Geography students, 5 slots set aside for both combined. Total enrolment: 10 students.)

This module is a field-based, intensive module run in collaboration with Duke University. Together with Duke students, students will learn about urban tropical ecology and environmental conservation in Southeast Asia in two three-week sessions. Learning will be through lectures, simulations, day field trips around Singapore, group conservation projects, and a 7-10 day field visit overseas.

C.A.: 100%

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-0-7
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Description
Environmental pollution, the introduction of contaminants to the environment through human activity in amounts that can have adverse effects on biota, including humans, and ecosystem services, has in recent years become both more widespread and, in places, more acute. This module introduces the fundamental principles of environmental pollution; examines human activities resulting in the production and release of pollutants and their eventual contamination of the environment; explores how pollution processes and effects may have varied over time; and discusses how problems of environmental pollution can best be addressed.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-4-3
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Description
This module offers a work and labour-based perspective on the contemporary global economy, which is still predominantly studied from the viewpoint of firms and states in the social sciences. It profiles the vast range of work types and conditions that constitute the economy, and their wider societal implications. Moreover, it develops an explicitly geographical perspective, using the lenses of place, space and scale to reveal the inherent spatialities of worlds of work.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 200 working hours
Pre-requisite(s): The GISIM is for Geography majors who are taking/intend to declare GIS minor, subject to the specific requirements of the hiring company or government agency. Students must have completed GE2215 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, before taking thismodule. Some companies may also require students to pass GE2227 and/or GE3238 Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): GE3550B and any other XX3550 module [Note: Students who change major may not do a second internship in their new major.] Cross-listing(s): Nil

Description
This module presents Geography majors who are taking/intend to declare GIS minor, a unique opportunity to gain practical experience in using GIS. It allows the students to apply their geospatial technology skills, such as spatial database management, data visualisation, and data analysis, in a real working environment. Through mentoring from internship managers of employing companies/public sectors and NUS advisors, students are trained to apply theoretical aspects of GIS for solving real-world problems. They will also be able to collaborate with colleagues from the employing company or agency, and develop research questions involving the use of GIS in environmental issues.

C.A.: 100%

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 200 working hours
Pre-requisite(s): Students should: 1) have completed a minimum of 24 MCs in Geography; and 2) have declared Geography as their major Preclusion(s): GE3550A and any other XX3550 module [Note: Students who change major may not do a second internship in their new major.] Cross-listing(s): Nil

Description
Internships will take place in organisations or companies located in Singapore Through the mentoring from internship managers of the employing companies/organisations and NUS advisors, students are trained to apply theoretical aspects to solving real prblems Students will learn how policies and practices that they read about are applied in a real world situation. The hands-on experience they gain while on internship will provide an added dimension to their education. It will give thema practical edge and prepare them for work in the future. You can register for GE3550B only if you secure an internship program approved by the Dept. You have to proactively identify and approach a lecturer who is willing to supervise you under this module, and an organisation or company willing to host you as an intern. The internships are normally carried out during the vacation period. If you are interested in an internship under GE3550B, ahead of the vacation period you should approach a relevant lecturer (i.e. with a topical interest) to enquire whether such internship opportunities available. Before you proceed with an internship under GE3550B, you must ensure that the internship program has been approved by the Dept.

C.A.: 100%

A UROP involves the student working with a supervisor, and usually in a team, on an existing research project. It has relevance to the student’s Major, and involves the application of subject knowledge, methodology and theory in reflection upon the research project.

UROPs usually take place within FASS or ARI, though a few involve international partners. All are vetted and approved by the Major department. All are assessed.

UROPs can be proposed by supervisor or student, and require the approval of the Major department.

The CA components in UROP is fixed and cannot be adjusted: Essay (50%), Journal (30%), Research Involvement (20%). For more details, please click here.

C.A.: 100%;

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 2-1-0-3-4
Pre-requisite(s)/Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

The module provides an overview of geology - the science of the earth. An understanding of geology is important to many disciplines, providing information about the physical and chemical processes that determine the distribution of resources, location of hazards, operation of surface processes and the interaction between engineering structures and earth surface materials. The four components of the module begin with consideration of the earth's structure and the role of plate tectonics, before considering the nature of earth surface materials and the functioning of earth surface systems.

C.A.: 50%;

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-3-6.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):

Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, or 28 MCs in SN, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

(Global Studies students): Must have read and passed GE1101E and at least one of the following modules: GE2202, GE3201 and GE3238. Completed at least 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, or 28 MCs in SN, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

This module examines the interrelationships between transnational corporations (TNCs) and regional development in an era of global economic restructuring. The module seeks to achieve a mixed blend of theory and practice of TNCs and regional development. It provides students with not only description and explanation of TNC operations, but also practical knowledge in analysing the impact of TNCs on regional development. In addition to regular readings, students are expected to conduct specific case studies on the role of TNCs in regional development.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-2-7.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):

1) Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.

2) Cohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

The module provides an overview of transport’s role in the evolving patterns of international movement of goods (trade) and people (travel and tourism). The regulatory frameworks governing the provision of international transport services, the development of port and airport systems, competition within and between modes, and the impacts of recent developments such as containerisation, electronic data interchange systems, liner conferences, just-in-time logistics management, intermodalism, and the evolution of mega-carriers are some topics covered in this module. The module also examines the development of Singapore as a major global transport hub and evaluates the problems and prospects of its future growth.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-0-9.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE or 28 MCs in SN, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

(Global Studies students) Must have read and passed GE1101E and at least one of the following modules: GE2204, GE3204 and GE3219. Completed at least 80MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE or 28 MCs in SN, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Geographers have contributed much to understandings of urban lives, landscapes and processes. Urban Space: Critical Perspectives explores this contribution in two interrelated ways. First, through an examination of key themes in geographical analyses of cities and urban regions.

These range from housing and infrastructure provision to mobility and labour market issues. And, second, through an engagement with diverse histories and geographies of cities. This involves a questioning of the spatiality of urban processes in various regions of the world, interrogating Euro-American-centred conceptions of urbanization and discussing alternative perspectives.

The module thus examines both urban geographies and geo-histories of ‘the urban’.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-2-7.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227.

BES students from both specialisations: Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.

Gobal Studies students: Must have read and passed GE1101E and at least one of the following modules: GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221, GE3223 and GE3231 and completed at least 80MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227.

BES students from both specialisations: Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.

This module provides an understanding of the tropical coastal ecosystems and evaluates various approaches and techniques to achieve sustainable coastal management.

The issues for discussion include sea level rise, beach erosion, coral reefs degradation, mangroves depletion, small-scale tourism development, and coastal management strategies of small island states.

Case studies are taken mainly from Southeast Asia. The module should appeal to all geography students taking an applied approach to coastal management.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-2-3-4.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227.

Global Studies students: Must have read and passed GE1101E and at least one of the following modules: GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, and GE3221 and completed at least 80MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours Track.

BES students from both specialisations:Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227. Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.

Cohort 2020 onwards Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227.

BES students from both specialisations:Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227. Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.

This module adopts a catchment-based approach to discussing fluvial and hydrological processes and their application to water management issues, with emphasis on Asia.

A detailed analysis of the changes that occur to these processes as a result of the degradation and urbanisation of catchments is a particular focus of the module, as is the use of Asian and local examples.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-4-5.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):
Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227.

BES students from both specialisations: Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227. Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.

Global Studies students: Must have read and passed GE1101E and at least one of the following modules: GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221, GE3223 and GE3227. Completed at least 80MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track. Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227.

BES students from both specialisations: Must have read and passed GE1101E or at least one of the following modules: GE2219, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3221 and GE3227. Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.

This course provides an introduction to the application of models (analytical, numerical, physical) through theory and practice in environmental or social sciences. Strengths and weaknesses of individual model types are discussed. Hands-on practical experience in the design and application of computer-based modelling will be a focus of the course. After completion the students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the concept of modelling, explain why and how modelling is employed in environmental or social sciences and possess skills in developing and critically assessing such models.

C.A.: 100%;

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-3-6.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):

Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, or 28 MCs in SN with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

(Global Studies students): Must have read and passed GE1101E and at least one of the following modules: GE2206, GE3206 and GE3237. Completed at least 80MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, or 28 MCs in SN with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

This module facilitates a theoretical and methodological engagement with ‘the cultural’ in Geography and related fields of study.

Cultural Analysis examines: theoretical developments in geographical studies of culture, particularly interrelations with domains that have conventionally been considered extra-cultural (such as ‘the economic’ and ‘the political’); and methodological techniques and approaches for studying reconceptualised notions of culture (in particular, ‘cultural politics’ and ‘cultural economy’).

The module will appeal to advanced students in Geography and related disciplines interested in interrelationships between culture and space.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: NA

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-2-3-4.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):

1) Cohort 2011 and before: Read and passed GE2215. Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.

2) Cohort 2012 onwards: To read and pass GE2215. Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

3) Cohort 2012 onwards: (BES students from both specialisations)

• To read and pass GE2215.
• Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.
• Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.
• Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.

The objectives of this module are to build upon the fundamentals taught in GE2215 and GE3216 through more in-depth study of remote sensing technology, error analysis, calibration, and image analysis. On the other hand, various applications of remote sensing to different subjects are covered in greater detail than in lower level modules, with the introduction of various kinds of remotely-sensed data.

This module is taught with lectures, laboratories/tutorials and final project. Students are required to initiate, present and submit the final project to complete the module requirement.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-3-6.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):

Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

(Global Studies students): Must have read and passed GE1101E and GE2222. Completed at least 80MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

This module focuses on the relationship between space and power.

It investigates how political processes shape human geography, and conversely, how assumptions about geography underscore global politics. We will examine key themes, concepts, & theories that define the study of critical politics from a geographical perspective.

Students will gain a critical understanding of and appreciation for the historical and contemporary challenges of sovereignty, territoriality, governmentality, identity, citizenship, difference, violence, genocide, colonialism, and war.

The module culminates with the themes of resistance, emancipation, direct action, and anarchism, which will allow students to consider alternative configurations of space and power.

C.A.: 50%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-4-5.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):

Cohort 2019 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

(Global Studies students): Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

The recent decades has seen a rise in concern over the ills of tourism, and an attendant shift towards forms of tourism that is considered ‘alternative’, ‘sustainable’, or ‘responsible’. Central to such rhetoric is the idea that tourism can and should consider ethics, morals, and responsibility.

This module intends to critically analyze these contemporary shifts towards more responsible tourism, and its implications on society and space.

On a broader level, it posits important questions on what is leisure, recreation, and enjoyment, in a time when increasing calls are made towards acknowledging the implicit moralities in all aspects of life.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-3-6.5
Preclusion: Nil
Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):

Cohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, or 28 MCs in MS, or 28 MCs in SE with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Cohort 2012 onwards: (BES students from both specialisations). Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.

This module focuses on the intersection between development and environment in Southeast Asia. Utilising a range of conceptual lenses from sustainable development to political ecology, the module interrogates the varied environmental impacts and ramifications of the development of the region.

The module pays particular attention to the ways in which environmental change affects everyday lives. Case studies include issues such as upland living and forest peoples, trans-boundary environmental issues, and the role and place of Buddhism as an eco-centric religion.

The module encourages a critical view of the trade-offs between economic growth (development) and environmental protection.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: NA

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-7-2.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):
1) Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.

2) Cohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

The module provides an opportunity for students to gain hands-on skills and research design practice through residential fieldwork in physical geography.

The field trip will be embedded within the regular semester and will be preceded by preparatory classes to provide concepts, theories and specific techniques relevant to the fieldwork location. It will be followed by a period of post fieldwork analysis and presentation of project outcomes.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: Nil

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-7-2.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):
1) Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.

2) Cohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

The module provides an opportunity for students to gain hands-on skills and research design practice through residential fieldwork in human geography.

The field trip will be embedded within the regular semester and will be preceded by preparatory classes to provide concepts, theories and specific techniques relevant to the fieldwork location. It will be followed by a period of post fieldwork analysis and presentation of project outcomes.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: Nil

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 3-0-2-4-3.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Pre-requisite(s):

1) Cohort 2011 and before:
Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.

2) Cohort 2012 onwards:
Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

This course addresses the interactions between surface processes and landforms and landscapes. These interactions lead to physical, chemical and biological changes, which in turn create the current landscapes and the geological record of past landscapes.

This focus is core to both physical geographical and geological communities, and also the wider geosciences.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-4-5.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):
1) Cohort 2011 and before: Completed at least 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.5 or be on the Honours track.

2) Cohort 2012 onwards: Completed at least 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

3) Cohort 2012 onwards: (BES students from both specialisations).
- Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. - Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.
- Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.

Aimed at developing a critical perspective on the nature and practice of modern geography, the module situates the development of geography within the wider context of philosophical and social change.

It examines the basic nature of the discipline by considering some of the ways in which the relationship between the society and space has been theorised within geography.

It traces the history of the discipline and evaluates the different paradigms, approaches and methodological considerations which have influenced human geography including the impact of positivism, humanism, Marxism, feminism, realism and postmodernism, before examining the unity diversity of physical and human geographies through key concepts such as space, place, environment and landscape.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-1-2.5-6
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):
1) Cohort 2011 and before: Completed at least 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.5 or be on the Honours track.

2) Cohort 2012 onwards: Completed at least 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

3) Cohort 2012 onwards: (BES students from both specialisations).
- Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. - Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.
- Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.

In addition to developing fundamental knowledge in the field of Biogeography, this module also covers the quickly developing technologies (including genomic tools, computer models and Earth observation), big data and quantitative and qualitative forms of analyses that characterise biogeographical applications. In particular the content of the module illustrates how biogeographical understanding can be, and is, used to enable biodiversity to cope with and adapt to rapidly changing ecological conditions. The module has relevance beyond geography, ecology and evolutionary biology to include bioinformatics, global change, conservation, invasion biology, food security and ecosystem services.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: NA

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-4.5-5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil

Cohort 2019 and before: Completed at least 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Global Studies students: Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed at least 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

This module will examine the theories and concepts of childhood and youth-hood from critical geography and development studies perspectives. The module will particularly focus on approaches and material from the sub-discipline of children’s and young people’s geographies. It will explore material and representational geographies of children and young people from a global perspective. Different strands of examination may include key issues such as: children’s and young people’s social and spatial identities; the complexities of growing up global; young people and social and cultural development; mediated representations of younger people; youthful politics and activism; contexts of education, employment and aspirations.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: Nil

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-4-5.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Pre-requisite(s):Cohort 2019 and before: Completed at least 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

(Global Studies students): Completed 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE or 28MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed at least 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

This module offers students theoretical and applied understandings of mobilities as a productive site of social life and culture. Drawing perspectives from the 'new' mobilities paradigm, it demonstrates how movement is not a sterile activity or zone, but a space replete with meaning.

To exemplify this point, this course takes transportation as a lens of analysis, and interrogates its socio-cultural organisation and experience.

Three aspects will be emphasised, namely the identities and embodiments latent in transportation; the infrastructures of transit; and the (geo)politics of mobility.

Case studies will be drawn internationally, including Asia.

C.A.: 70%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-4-5.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Pre-requisite(s):

1) Cohort 2011 and before:
Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.

2) Cohort 2012 onwards:
Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

3) Cohort 2012 onwards (BES students from both specialisations):

• Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.
• Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.
• Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20

This module investigates geographical aspects of recent and future climate change, especially at regional and local spatial scales.

The following major topics will be introduced, with greater focus in places depending on the specialisation of the lecturer(s).

1. The physical science of climate change, which include observational and modelling techniques and evidence;

2. Sectorial and multi-scale impacts on natural and human systems, which include vulnerability frameworks, and communicating aspects of climate change;

3. Adaptation, mitigation measures and sustainable development, which include technological developments, risk and decision making under uncertainty, governmental responses and socio-economic assessments of climate change mitigation.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: Nil

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-3.5-6
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Pre-requisite(s):

1) Cohort 2011 and before:

• Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.
• GE3206

2) Cohort 2012 onwards:

• Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.
• GE3206
• Other modules (e.g. GE3241) will also be consider. Please get in touch with the lecturer-in-charge for more information.

This module explores the co-constitutive relationship between gender and the city.

Drawing from theoretical arguments made by geographers on feminist interventions into the urban, the module provides a gendered re-orientation of critical issues for the city such as transport, housing, uneven development, regeneration and social exclusion.

Students will draw from their understanding of key spatial concepts covered in GE3206 Gender, Space and Place to further develop their understanding of the socio-spatial dialectic and the politics that underpin the social (re)production of built environments and their impact on gendered representations and (re)distribution in cities.

C.A.: 70%; Duration of examination: 30%

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-4-5.5
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Pre-requisite(s):

1) Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.

2) Cohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

3) Cohort 2012 onwards (BES students from both specialisations):

• Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.
• Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.
• Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.

Earth Systems Science is an integrated discipline that has been rapidly developing over the last two decades.

This module explores the Earth Systems Science discipline by investigating the important bio-geo-physical processes of the couple air-land-ocean system. The following major themes will be examined, with greater focus placed in specialisation area of the lecturer(s): Evolution of the Earth; Transfers of energy and materials; Biochemical cycling; and Linkage of all processes, the influence of humans, and the global change.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: N.A

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-3.5-6
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Pre-requiste(s)

Cohort 2019 and before: Completed at least 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Global Studies students: Completed 80MCs, including 28 MCs in GE or 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Cohort 2020 onwards: Completed at least 80MCs, including 28MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

This module focuses on the political economy and contemporary transformation of Greater China (broadly defined to include the mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau SARs, Taiwan and overseas Chinese communities in Asia) in the contemporary period. By adopting an institutional analysis from new economic geographies, it examines the ways in which state formation (and transformation), business systems, organisational structures and socio-cultural factors account for the geographical processes and outcomes of economic and political changes at various spatial scales. Issues covered include economic development and reforms, the financial and banking system, national business systems, financial crises, technology, foreign direct investment and international trade, government-business relations, mobility and urbanisation, and geopolitics.

C.A.: 100%; Duration of examination: NA

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-3.5-6
Preclusion(s)/Cross-listing(s): Nil
Pre-requiste(s)

Cohort 2011 and before:
Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.

Cohort 2012 onwards:
Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

This module examines the dynamics of urban and regional development from the perspectives of economic and political geography. It is primarily concerned with contemporary issues such as urban assemblages and clusters, regional networks and institutions, and their relationships with the evolving global political economy. Uneven geographical development is both underpinned by, and contributes to, these urban and regional development dynamics around the world. The module will draw upon a wide variety of examples from across Asia.

C.A.: 70%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 4
Workload: 0-3-0-3.5-6
Preclusion(s): Nil

Prerequisites:
Cohort 2011 and before:
Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.

Cohort 2012 onwards:
Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

This module explores the relationships between politics (broadly defined) and the environment at a global level.

Global political ecologies will examine environmental issues that have explicit global impact. It is also interested in issues that have comparatively less global impact but are nonetheless considered “global” because they are endemic in many places around the world.

Drawing on the theoretical underpinnings of political ecology and case studies around the world, this module will explore themes such as: environmental ideology and discourse; politics and livelihoods; energy and natural resource management; production and consumption of food, nature conservation and climate change.

C.A.: 60%; Duration of examination: 2 hrs

Modular credits: 5
Workload: 0-3-0-3-6.5
Preclusion(s): GE4102 Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s):

1) Cohort 2011 and before: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.50 or be on the Honours track.

2) Cohort 2012 onwards: Completed 80 MCs, including 28 MCs in GE, with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

3) Cohort 2012 onwards: (Global Studies). Must have read and passed GE1101E and at least one of the following modules: GE2202, GE2206, GE2220, GE2228, GE2229, GE3201, GE3206, GE3221, GE3223, GE3227, GE3231 and GE3237, Completed at least 80MCs, including 28 MCs in GL/GL recognised non-language modules with a minimum CAP of 3.20 or be on the Honours track.

Through this module, students engage with key contemporary global/regional events, issues and changes through geographical lenses. The events, issues and changes selected for geographical analysis will vary each year so the module remains contemporary. Students will draw upon their accumulated geographical knowledge to research, analyse and interpret the selected events.

Working in self-defined sub-disciplinary groups (climate change geography, geomorphology, social, economic, political geography, etc) students will be assigned research and evaluation tasks to bring their particular critical perspective (connected with academic debates) to a selected event, for example, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti or food insecurities.

C.A.: 100%

Modular credits: 15
Workload: 0-0-0-37.5-0
Preclusion(s): GE4660
Cross-listing(s): Nil

Pre-requisite(s): For GE majors/BES NVG students

Cohort 2011 and before:
To read and pass GE3240. Completed 110 MCs including 60 MCs of GE requirements with a minimum CAP of 3.50.

Cohort 2012:
To read and pass GE3240. Completed 110 MCs including 60 MCs of GE requirements and CAP of 3.50.

Cohort 2012 onwards: (BES NVG students).
To read and pass GE3240. Completed 80 MCs of NUS modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need to complete 28 MCs of GE modules before they can read any level-4000 GE modules. Do not need a minimum CAP of 3.20 before they can read any level-4000 GE modules.

Cohort 2013-15:
To read and pass GE3240. Completed 110 MCs including 60 MCs of GE requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.

Cohort 2016 onwards:
To read and pass GE3240. Completed 110 MCs including 44 MCs of GE requirements with a minimum SJAP of 4.00 and CAP of 3.50. Students may seek a waiver of the SJAP pre-requisite from the department if they have a minimum CAP of 4.25 after completing 110 MCs.

The Honours Thesis may be on either:

1. an aspect of the geography of Singapore or Malaysia; or
2. any other approved geography topic.

The subject for the thesis is to be chosen in consultation with the staff of the Department.

More information can be found in the Honours Programme page.