Year 2 Students choose from regional and thematic options in both physical and human geography. Year 3 Further choice is available so that you can follow a pathway giving you specialisation in your programme. The individual Geographical Study is compulsory for majors and gives you the opportunity to work on a topic of your choice to produce a dissertation. Special Facilities Specialised teaching facilities assist your study at the College and include a Departmental computer laboratory with excellent technical support, well equipped resource centre and an environmental process laboratory. We make use of splendid new lecture theatre and enjoy the benefit of a wide range of student support services.
Teaching is by lectures, seminars and tutorials.
There is a strong practical element throughout the course which aims to foster personal development and independent learning. There is a good tradition of fieldwork both within the region and abroad. In the first year students experience a series of one-day field visits. This experience serves as a basis for residential fieldwork in Malta in Year 2, where students undertake field projects on agricultural land use change, social change in Maltese villages, landscape and tourism studies in Valletta and rural Malta. Entry requirements Typical qualifications on entry are two A-level subjects at C grade, including Geography, or equivalent qualifications such as an Access course which includes a substantial amount of geography.