Geography with Remote Sensing and GIS BSc(Hons)

Course structure

This integrated course combines the two related subjects of geography and geoinformatics.

For the geography component of this course, you will develop an understanding of the physical forces of landscape change, human interaction with the environment and socially divergent views of the world. 

For the geoinformatic component, you will learn the principles of GIS and develop a comprehensive understanding of data collection, storage, analysis and display.

You'll experience a field trip to Sicily in your second year, giving you the opportunity to apply your knowledge to real-world concerns.

Year 1

In your first year you will gain a strong foundation in both physical and human geography, while developing basic tools of geoinformatic analysis. You will learn field techniques through fieldwork.

Modules

• Fundamentals of Physical Geography
• Global Environmental Issues
• Human Geography
• Academic and Field Research Skills
• Statistical and Spatial Data Analysis
• Land and Construction Surveying

Year 2

In your second year you'll find a greater emphasis on research skills, fieldwork, applied GIS and remote sensing while you build on the skills and techniques you learned in your first year.

Fieldwork includes a trip to Sicily. 

Modules

• GIS and Remote Sensing Principles and Practice
• Practising Geography and Environmental Sciences
• Research Design and Analysis with Dissertation Planning
• Geography Fieldwork, Sicily

Option modules*

• Earth Surface Processes
• Humans Origins and Evolution
• Ice Age Earth
• Prehistoric and Ancient Societies
• Environment Pollution 
• Climate Change
• Biogeography
• Sustainable Development
• Community Engagement
• Social and Cultural Geography
• Basic Expedition Leadership
• Palaeoenvironments

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Placement year

A placement year offers you a great opportunity to:

• build knowledge of real-world businesses and organisations;
• develop existing skills and discover new ones;
• make contacts in industry and commerce;
• increase your confidence; and
• improve your time management.

In recent years, our students have been successful in competing for nationally advertised positions with the Department for Energy and Climate Change, Transport for London and the Field Studies Council.

Other students have secured placements with environmental firms and consultancies, a multi-national telecommunications company and a renewable energy research centre in Spain.

Final year

The focus for your final year is your independent dissertation. You will work closely with an expert academic to investigate a topic of your choice, applying the research methods and analytical skills covered in the first two years of your course.

Option modules enable you to tailor your programme of study to support your dissertation and your future career aspirations.

You'll also have the opportunity of fieldwork in Brazil.

Modules

• Dissertation

Option modules*

• Oceans and Coasts
• Aquatic Environments
• Humans of Ice Age Britain 
• Geographies of Heritage
• Cold Environments: Land systems, Processes and Environmental Change
• Environmental Impact Assessment and Planning
• Environmental Management: Air and Waste Management
• Water, Sanitation and Health
• Gender, Space and Embodiment
• Political Ecology
• Territory, Power and Security
• Community Engagement
• Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing
• Research Field Skills, Brazil

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

International requirements

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Course fees

If you choose to take the professional placement (sandwich) year offered on this course you will pay a reduced fee during this year. Our fee for the professional placement year is £1,230 for home students and £2,060 for international students. This fee may be subject to small increases, in line with inflation.

Info

The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2019–20.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK/EU students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

What's included in the fee?

When costs such as health or DBS checks, or use of specialist materials are incurred as a mandatory requirement of the course they are included in your tuition fee.

You may incur additional costs depending on the optional modules or activities you choose. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. Before you apply check with the school that provides your course using the contact details in the Find out more tab (at the end of this page) for advice about what is included and what optional costs you could face so you can budget accordingly.

See our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships as well as further information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

Local area

Campus where this course is taught

Accommodation

Maps

Accommodation

University building

Moulsecoomb campus map