University of Glasgow

This course has two aspects. The first is to increase students' understanding of more technical issues of geospatial data management and the underpinning geospatial databases necessary for GIS to be useful. The second is to develop practical skills and understanding of GIS by using it in a more extensive applied project, which takes the form of a work-based task (a "virtual placement") where students assist a virtual company to respond to client requirements for GIS analysis.

This course offers an exploration of radical film and television in French Surrealism, Soviet Montage, Hollywood, and Third Cinema. It explores how cinema and television have provided a space for the representation of both radical ideas and radical aesthetics; introduces students to a wide range of radical texts from French Surrealism to Soviet Montage, from Hollywood to Third Cinema, analyzing feature films, documentaries, and television drama, and examines what is at stake in the attempt to challenge mainstream aesthetic norms and political ideologies.

This course provides a broad-based understanding of classic and contemporary theory and research in Physiological Psychology, including the development of the nervous system; the biological basis of human and non-human animal behavior, typical and atypical neuropsychology; evolutionary theories of behavior; the roles of hormones, genetics, and epigenetics in behavior; and critical evaluation of cognitive neuroimaging techniques.

This course introduces students to the languages and protocols of performance theory and analysis. Students explore critical methodologies for the analysis of theatre and performance events and develop critical languages and methodologies by studying the potential role of performance theories in the engagement with and analysis of the theatrical text and performance

This course involves student-led research and dissemination around contemporary environmental topics e.g. renewable energy, food security etc. Working in groups, students explore an issue or problem, undertake research on it, and communicate their work in a form accessible to non-academic audiences e.g. a policy note or a science communication piece. This helps students to develop key graduate attributes and consider their own employment prospects beyond the academy.

This course engages with key contemporary issues and debates in politics through the thought of political theorists writing from different traditions and perspectives. It examines fundamental and perennial political questions as well as issues new to our time. Topics may include freedom and autonomy, epistemic crisis and democracy, intergenerational justice, animal rights, the impact of AI etc. It offers the opportunity for students to examine more contemporary theorists, debates, and literature in dialogue with each other. The course introduces students to a variety of competing theoretical perspectives, requiring critical consideration of the insights and problems each perspective offers. It provokes students to engage with, evaluate, and critically reflect upon the different ways to think about and conceptualize key issues and debates in political theory.

This course surveys the paradoxical (sometimes productive) neuro-psychological phenomena that can be observed after lesions of the central or peripheral nervous system, or by non-invasive (transcranial) brain stimulation. These phenomena contrast with the more common functional deficits of brain lesions or brain stimulation, and are used as windows to detail current concepts in cognitive neuroscience, brain plasticity, and rehabilitation. Each lecture begins with case descriptions of patients with paradoxical (sometimes productive) effects of stimulation/lesions on behavior. Examples include hyper-attention; an anarchic hand; the experience of leaving one's own body; or the integration of phantom limbs into one's own body scheme. The lectures explore how these phenomena fit or inform models of cognitive processes and plasticity in different domains (e.g. attention, motor control, interhemispheric interactions, multisensory integration) and point to implications for neurorehabilitation. 

The period from the accession of David I in 1124 to the death of David II in 1371 forged the modern nation of Scotland. This course considers the extent to which David I's feudal and economic innovations shaped Scotland. Students examine the influence of the Church on society and how religion was utilized to political advantage. The territorial expansion of Scotland is assessed. Students also examine Anglo-Scottish relations during the period and consider the lives of William Wallace and Robert Bruce.

This course engages students in global scale geological and environmental processes and challenges from deep geological time, to the present, and into the future. This is achieved using a variety of spatial, numerical, geochemical, computational, and field data collection methods and analysis.