All students currently undertake a one or two week field course in Malta, which highlights the way in which geographical skills and knowledge can be developed in a distinctive cultural and physical environment. The Geography programme was relocated in Summer 1997 to Whitelands College. Specialist facilities include a Geography Resource Room, a Map Library, newly equipped laboratories for teaching and undergraduate research, image-processing terminals, pollution detection equipment and an automatic weather station. All staff are engaged in research on topics as diverse as aquatic ecology in Alaska, the geography of climatic change in Europe, the marketing of bottled water, and students' use of computers, to name but a few. Expertise gained in these fields maintains the relevance and topicality of our teaching.
Most staff also have active research interests in Malta, our main fieldwork venue.
You will experience a variety of teaching methods and approaches, for example lectures, discussion and seminar groups, and field work. All students take a field course in Malta. Option of an additional advanced field course on Gozo. Many opportunities for independent or group work. Strong emphasis on learning skills, including information retrieval via the Internet.