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英國倫敦大學學院嘅地理究竟係讀啲咩?| UCL Year 1 Geography Modules

唔知大家會覺得大學嘅geog係點呢?我會覺得佢真係差唔多所有野都會觸及到🤣 與其好抽象咁講係學啲咩,不如我介紹吓我year 1讀咗嘅modules,等大家了解清楚呢科究竟係讀d咩 (帶吓頭盔先,應該間間大學嘅geog都唔同,以下只係我嘅個人經驗)~


Term 1嘅必讀modules👇🏻

1. Thinking Geographically

呢個module真係如其名😂 教你點用geog嘅角度去睇呢個世界~咁佢有講關於唔同topics嘅,例如有mapping, space (absolute & relative), landscape, earth etc...有d topic會比較抽象(悶d),有d就比較有趣🤤 呢個module嘅coursework都幾搞笑,其中一條係叫你寫點解而家d geographers需要讀the history of geog。


2. Geography in the Field

呢個module好正!!! 我見其他大學第一年都好似未有機會離開英國去field trip keke🤤 咁之前都講過,佢包含咗river, coastal同urban fieldwork。其實每part都幾好玩(雖然有d攰),尤其是urban嗰part (因為你可以揀個theme然後同groupmates規劃路線+research Q!)。咁佢就會由field notebook, field worksheets同computer practical (用喺field trip收集倒嘅數據plot落map到)評估你~


Term 1我自己揀嘅modules👇🏻

1. Human Ecology (選修)

個post入面條片係我為呢個要exam嘅module而整咗嘅notes😂 都有成80+頁~咁呢個module都cover咗唔同野,例如有water scarcity, community-based natural resource management等等。某d部分我覺得有少少悶(因為relate唔倒)🤣 但整體上都幾好嘅,因為都學咗唔少新野 (DSE Geog幾乎冇講過嘅野)。


2. Global Events (選修)

My FAVOURITE module🤤😍 咁佢就會cover 3個唔同嘅events嘅,分別係Mighty China & HK's reluctant exiles, the Trump Presidency同Brexit!當然,我最感興趣就係關於香港嗰d lectures啦哈哈哈!佢就唔係淨係同你講發生咗blah blah blah咁,而係會教你點用一個geog嘅角度去分析呢d events~超級正😭 d lecturers都好好!有興趣可以睇吓我d lecturers Alan Ingram同Jason Dittmer出嗰d書keke


Term 2嘅必讀modules👇🏻

1. Thinking Geographically II⁣

呢個module主要係想同我地班學生講吓UCL Geog Dept/其他相關嘅dept係做緊咩research, etc. 我覺得有少少悶😂🤯 但好在之前都有得interview一個professor,然後根據個interview同個professor嘅research寫番份計分嘅report出黎。我地之後都要整個webpage寫篇blog post,聽落好似幾好玩🤣⁣

2. Geography in the Field II

呢個module嘅workload幾大🤦🏼‍♀️ 上個term就話可以用一個禮拜去field trip然後好intense咁做曬所有野,但今個就要分散黎做。我地主要研究London嘅air quality同埋social change,基本上每個禮拜都要同自己個group出去做fieldwork或者做computer practical (e.g. mapping, R studio)。


Term 2我自己揀嘅modules👇🏻

1. Space and Society

呢個係比較抽象嘅,但同時間喺geog黎講係一個好基礎同重要嘅課題。佢lecture有分開幾個blocks,包括nation states, migration, historical geographies of globalisation同global responsibility。我而家淨係上完頭兩個blocks,已經覺得幾正!雖然一開始覺得d野好抽象唔知想點,但畀多d時間你就會get倒!最後尾應用落自己嘅例子到係最正嘅部分😍 我成日好鐘意用香港嘅野黎做例子😂 因為我relatable~⁣


2. Understanding Management (Ancillary Module)

咁上個term我就係冇take任何一個geog以外嘅module嘅,但今個term我就take咗一個management嘅module😂 我揀佢係因為我對呢方面都幾有興趣,想讀完書都向呢一方面發展。咁據我所知,UCL management嘅modules好多都會涉及到group project,而呢個都唔例外💩 咁我自己本身上堂嘅時候就一個人都唔識嘅(似乎其他人都係😂),勁驚唔知點分組,好彩後來知道係randomly咁分。⁣

咁我呢個module係讀d咩嘅呢?主要會讀好多唔同management tools, e.g. SWOT, VRIO analysis, Porter's Five Forces等等,然後就畀個case你應用落去。其實都幾得意、幾生活化😂

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