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For more information, please read our guide on how Pathways work.
This pathway provides you with an understanding of society, culture, development and issues of globalisation within a framework of environmental issues in the 21st century.
*Please note: some field courses will incur additional costs
| Year One | Year Two | Year Three |
|---|---|---|
| Core modules | Core modules | Optional modules |
| Geographical Skills and Application in a Changing World | Development, Geography, and the Majority World | Africa: Geographies of Transformation |
| Society and Space - Human Geography | Human Geographical Pioneers and Concepts | Cities and Globalisation |
| Optional modules | Climate and Society | |
| Cultural Geography | Dissertation | |
| Economic Geography | Dissertation with Work Placement | |
| *Field Course in Paris - Globalizing Food: Food Politics and Culture | Environment, Politics and Society in Amazonia | |
| Geosocial Spaces | Environmental Governance and the Biodiversity Crisis | |
| Introduction to Eco-Innovation | *Field Course in the Brazilian Amazon - Conservation and Sustainable Development | |
| People and the Sea | *Field Course in Croatia - Water, Society and the Istrian Landscape: Environmental Management in a Mediterranean Context | |
| Political Geography | *Field Course in New York - Inequality and the City | |
| Research Project Skills | Geographies of Health: Understanding and Tackling Inequity | |
| Spatial Analysis and GIS | GIS: Principles and Practice | |
| Global Consumption | ||
| Independent Research | ||
| Urban Infrastructure in a Changing World |
You will learn about the main components of our ‘Earth-system’, how environments have changed in the past, what controls the dynamics of environments in the present, and how we can predict changes in the future. All this is studied in the context of an interconnected planet.
*Please note: some field courses will incur additional costs
| Year One | Year Two | Year Three |
|---|---|---|
| Core modules | Core modules | Optional modules |
| Environmental Processes and Systems | Interacting Landscapes: Biogeography and Geomorphology | Dissertation |
| Geographical Skills and Applications in a Changing World | Soil Sciences | Dissertation with Work Placement |
| Optional modules | Environmental Remote Sensing and Image Processing | |
| Aquatic Biogeochemistry | *Field Course in Croatia - Water, Society and the Istrian Landscape | |
| Atmospheric Science | GIS: Principles and Practice | |
| Catchment Hydrology | Glacial Systems | |
| Environmental Data Visualisation and Analysis | Independent Research | |
| *Field Course in the Mediterranean - Investigating Mediterranean Environments | Lakes, Rivers and Estuaries | |
| Introduction to Eco-Innovation | ||
| Physical Geographical Pioneers and Concepts | ||
| Research Project Skills | ||
| Spatial Analysis and GIS |
To study on any particular Pathway you must meet the entry requirements of that subject. The information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research. For more information, please read our guide on how Pathways work.
