Teaching & Modules
Modules
Year
Required modules
You are required to take the following modules:
- Environmental Skills: Data Science and Analysis (30 credits)
- Fundamentals of Environmental Science (30 credits)
- The Changing Natural Environment 1 (15 credits)
- The Changing Natural Environment 2 (15 credits)
- Current Research in Geography, Society and Environment (15 credits)
- Environmental Challenges: Sustainability and Society (15 credits)
Optional modules
There are no optional modules in year one.
Teaching methods - what to expect
We use a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials together with workshops, laboratory sessions and field trips to teach a very wide range of modules covering all areas of Geography.
You are expected to spend approximately 150 hours of work (ie about 10 hours per credit) for each 15 credit module you attend in your degree. These 150 hours cover every aspect of the module: lectures, seminars, tutorials, field trips, independent study based on lecture notes, tutorial preparation, coursework preparation and submission, examination revision and preparation, and examinations.
You will take 120 credits each year. Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
The MSci programme has been designed to ensure that graduates can:
- Understand environmental systems and their complexity.
- Evaluate human impacts on the environment.
- Apply scientific reasoning to environmental issues.
- Communicate findings to various audiences.
- Understand the international policy context and this will include teaching that connects with the Sustainable development goals (SDGs), climate change and global environmental justice.
Assessment
- Exams
- Reports
- Case studies
- Oral presentation
- Dissertation
Assessments are aligned to the above outcomes listed in teaching methods and will have an emphasis on critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning and will include examinations, reports, case studies, oral presentations, and a final year dissertation.
Key Information
UCAS code:
F750
Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
On campus
Study mode:
Full-time
Required A-Levels:
AAA
Duration:
Four years
Application status:
Start date:
September 2027
Application deadline: