You are introduced to a range of case studies of development in the first year, exploring the social, economic and environmental causes and consequences of change in both Britain and the wider world. You will be encouraged to question the values which underlie decisions about how people use their environment, and to recognize how those values vary across time, space and society. In your third year you will work, on your own, but with staff supervision, on your dissertation, an extended piece of original research which offers the opportunity either to specialise in one of your fields, or to combine them both in an interdisciplinary project. The optional specialist modules, available mainly in the second and third years of the course, reflect the research expertise of the Geography staff. We also offer a range of linked modules which are taught in other Departments within the University, but can be counted as Geography credits.
Fieldwork is an important element of the course.
You will have two compulsory residential fieldcourses, plus a lot of local day trips, built into the core modules. In addition, many of the optional modules also entail fieldwork, and some offer laboratory based projects. You will use a range of dedicated GIS packages in both core and optional modules. This page is maintained by David Elsmore.