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Geography

You may find these awards of relevance if you are a teacher of geography looking to keep up with developments in your subject, an employee of a government body, or a graduate wishing to update or broaden your knowledge and skills.

Our staff are professional geographers who undertake research and scholarship at the cutting edge of the discipline, publishing research papers in international journals, textbooks, and speaking at international conferences, as well as making media appearances. All research within the department is of direct benefit to students, much of it directly concerning improvements to student learning.

Course Structure and Content

• Graduate Certificates in Human Geography, Physical Geography or Geospatial Techniques – two modules.
• Graduate Diploma in Geography - one compulsory module and three optional modules (at least one human geography and one physical geography module).
• Graduate Diploma in Human Geography, Physical Geography or Geospatial Techniques – four compulsory modules.

Teaching Methods and Resources

Modules are delivered through a combination of lectures, practicals, field trips, projects, and on-line materials, depending on your choice of modules. Classes occur on a fortnightly basis in alternation. Each has three or four hours of contact per fortnight. Assessment varies between modules, including laboratory exercises, field work, reflective diaries, projects, posters, seminar presentations, essays, and exams.

Modules may contain a field work element, one or two days away at a local destination with tutor and sometimes external guidance. Coach or minibus transport is provided free of extra charge. Destinations include Avebury, Oxford, the Gordano Valley and the River Exe catchment. Field work allows you to view subject material from a different perspective and offers the opportunity for training in the application of specialised equipment and techniques.

Entry Requirements

To undertake any of these awards, you should normally have either:

• An Honours Degree allied to Geography, such as Physical Geography, Human Geography, Environmental or Earth Science, Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Systems, Planning or Social Science.
• An Honours Degree in any field with a postgraduate qualification allied to Geography;
• An Honours Degree in any field with appropriate professional experience in an area allied to Geography;
• Equivalent experience.

Neither Bath Spa nor external graduates can normally claim APL for previous studies towards these qualifications. Please contact the Course Leader for queries on entry requirements.

C = Compulsory, PO = Physical Option, HO = Human Option.

To be eligible for the Graduate Diploma in Geography you must take a minimum of one Human Option and one Physical Option.