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Our virtual curriculum below collates courses from across the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences that address the critical realities of the Anthropocene.
If you are interested in taking one of the below courses/modules or using it to help design a personalized course on the Anthropocene within your current programme allowances, please use the relevant contact below for further information and availability. You can also find further information via the UCL Module catalogue.
This list will be updated regularly.
Interdisciplinary
| Courses | Level | Contact |
|---|---|---|
Comprehending COVID-19: A pandemic in social and historical perspective | Undergraduate Undergraduate |
Anthropology
| Courses | Level | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| MSc Anthropology, Ecology and Development | Postgraduate | Marie-Annick Moreau |
| Modules | Level | Restrictions | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTH0021: Hunter-gatherers: past, present and future | Undergraduate | This module is open to students on BSc Anthropology, BSc Anthropology with a Year Abroad and students from other departments. | Jerome Lewis |
| ANTH0065: Fishers and Fisheries: Anthropology, Aquatic Resources and Development | Undergraduate | This module is open to all undergraduate students including full-year affiliates. | Caroline Garaway |
| ANTH0066: Anthropologies of Science, Society and Biomedicine | Undergraduate & Postgraduate | Open to UG students on BSc Anthropology, BSc Anthropology with a Year Abroad and students from other departments who have taken ANTH0182 Medical Anthropology as a pre-requisite or equivalent background knowledge. Open to all postgraduate students. | Sahra Gibbon |
| Postgraduate | This module is open to students on any Masters programme at UCL. | Sahra Gibbon | |
| ANTH0102: Ecology of Human Groups | Postgraduate | Core option for students on MSc Anthropology, Environment and Development. Open to all students on other Masters programmes in Anthropology. Other Masters students from Natural Sciences and Social Sciences also welcome. | Katherine Homewood |
| ANTH0105: Resource Use and Impacts | Postgraduate | This module is compulsory and open to students on MSc Anthropology, Environment and Development only. | Katherine Homewood |
Archaeology
| Courses | Level | Contact |
|---|---|---|
MSc Environmental Archaeology (N.B. not being offered in 2020/21) | Postgraduate | Manuel Arroyo-Kalin and Dorian Fuller |
| Modules | Level | Restrictions | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCL0077: Archaeology in the World | Undergraduate | Only available to students enrolled on undergraduate degrees at the Institute of Archaeology. | Miljana Radivojevic |
| ARCL0010: Introduction to Archaeology | Undergraduate | N/A | Andrew Reynolds |
| ARCL0002/14 World Archaeology | Undergraduate | N/A | Kevin Macdonald |
| ARCLG187: Resources and Subsistence | Postgraduate | ||
| ARCL0121: Cultural Memory | Postgraduate | There is a strict limit on the numbers that can be accommodated on this module | Beverley Butler |
ARCL0097: Geoarchaeology (N.B. not being offered in 2020/21) | Postgraduate | Please check with the module organiser that you have sufficient background for this module. | Yijie Zhuang |
| ARCL0096: Archaeobotanical Analysis in Practice | Postgraduate | Students should check with the tutor that they have sufficient background knowledge for this module. | Dorian Fuller |
| ARCL0149: Critical Perspectives on Cultural Heritage | Postgraduate | This is a Core Module for the MA in Cultural Heritage Studies. There is a limit on numbers for this module. | Beverley Butler |
| ARCL0152 Archaeologies of Asia | Postgraduate | N/A | Yijie Zhuang |
Economics
| Modules | Level | Restrictions | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECON0028 The Economics of Growth | Undergraduate | Suitable for: Final year Economics (L100/L101/L102) students. Also available to final year Econ/Geog (LL17) & Phil/Econ (VL51) students. Prerequisites: students must have taken ECON0013 and ECON0016 (or equivalents). | Economics UG Team |
History
| Modules | Level | Restrictions | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIST0399: Emergency History: A Natural History of Humanity for the Present | Undergraduate | Optional module for 2nd-4th year students. | History UG Team |
| HIST0089: Mountains and Frontiers | Undergraduate | Rresearch semina for all History Undergraduate second year students. Not open to Affiliate students, or History department first or third years. | History UG Team |
| HIST0512/HIST0513: The Medieval Universe (not being taught 20/21) | Undergraduate | 1st-2nd year survey module. | History UG Team |
| HIST0103/HIST0317: Identity, Cosmology and the Supernatural (not being taught 20/21) | Undergraduate | Final year special subject. | History UG Team |
| HIST0088/HIST0123: The Disunited States: Contested Visions of America, 1775-1860 | Undergraduate | 2nd-4th year thematic module. | History UG Team |
| HIST0068: Nations, Empires, and Homelands: Key Themes in Nineteenth-century Native American History | Postgraduate | N/A | History PG Team |
History of Art
| Modules | Level | Restrictions | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| HART0080: Changes in the Landscape: Empire, Industry, Environment | Undergraduate | This module is available to final year undergraduate students taking BA History of Art or BA History of Art and Material Studies. Also, final year students in the School of European Languages and Cultures (SELCS) who are taking a combined honours degree which includes History of Art in the title, and final year combined honours students taking BA Philosophy and History of Art. | Nicholas Robbins |
| HART0081: ‘Art and Science in Britain, 1750–1900 | Undergraduate | N/A | Nicholas Robbins |
Geography
| Modules | Level | Restrictions | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEOG0008: Environmental Change | Undergraduate | This module is only available to Geography undergraduate students. | Geography Office |
| GEOG0052: Palaeoclimatology | Undergraduate | N/A | Geography Office |
| GEOG0014: Geography in the field | Undergraduate | This module is only available to full time undergraduate students in the Geography department. | Geography Office |
| GEOG0034 Coastal Geohazards | Undergraduate & Postgraduate | This module is only available to full time year 3 Geography undergraduate students and Geography MSc students. | Geography Office |
| GEOG0007: Human Ecology | Undergraduate | N/A | Geography Office |
| GEOG0062: Urban Political Ecology | Undergraduate | N/A | Geography Office |
| GEOG0021: Reconstructing Past Environments | Undergraduate | N/A | Geography Office |
| GEOG0083 The Politics of Climate Change | Postgraduate | N/A | Geography Office |
| GEOG0120: Past Climates | Postgraduate | This module is available to MSc Climate Change students only. | Geography Office |
| GEOG0122: Biological Indicators of Environmental Change | Postgraduate | This module is only available to Geography MSc students. | Geography Office |
| GEOG0123: Climate proxies | Postgraduate | N/A | Geography Office |
| GEOG0073: Environmental Knowledges | Postgraduate | This module is for MSc Environment, Politics and Society only. | Geography Office |
Political Science
| Modules | Level | Restrictions | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLS0099: Politics of Nature | Undergraduate | N/A | Cathy Elliott |
| PUBL0041: International Peace and Security | Postgraduate | Only open to MSc Security Studies students in the Department of Political Science. | Nils Metternich |
| PUBL0061: Global Governance | Postgraduate | N/A |
School of European Languages, Culture and Society
| Modules | Level | Restrictions | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAN0044: Nordic Landscapes | Undergraduate | This module is open for anyone at UCL, from intermediate level | Annika Lindskog |
| SCAN0071: Nordic Landscapes | Postgraduate | N/A | |
| CMII0152: Environment, Ecology and Contemporary Culture | Postgraduate | N/A | Deborah Martin |