DescriptionThis course enables you to explore the Scottish landscape and its natural resources through a major research project, on any topic from geology, through forestry, agriculture, parks and recreation, to modern tourism. You will consider the relationship between the land itself, its history, and the use made of that land today. The course will emphasize recognizing relationships between the natural environment and human society and considering how we manage that relationship.
(Offered through Distance Education only.)
Textbooks
A Short History of Scotland (Confirmed)
Author(s): R. Killeen
Published by: Gill and MacMillan, Dublin
Required Textbook
Scotland, Land and People: An Inhabited Solitude (Confirmed)
Author(s): J. McCarthy
Published by: Luath Press, Edinburgh in 1999
Scotland: The Creation of its Natural Landscape (Confirmed)
Author(s): A. McKirdy and R. Crofts
Published by: Edinburgh: Scottish Natural Heritage in 1999
Required Textbook
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