Our accredited Geography with Remote Sensing and GIS BSc(Hons) provides a foundation in contemporary geographical issues while using geoinformatics and geographic information systems to explore the scientific and social context of global issues.
Balancing study of a broad subject area with an innovative technical component, you will develop expertise in the collection, processing, analysis and presentation of large spatial data sets.
You’ll build on the knowledge and skills you learn in the classroom and the lab through field work. Field trip locations include the local South Downs and Sussex coast, Sicily and an optional trip to Brazil. You also have the opportunity to take year’s work placement helping you to develop your skills and build your network of professional contacts.
Learning with a team who are active in research and consultancy and visiting lecturers from industry gives you a feel for what the working world is like. Alongside this you develop your scientific, technical and transferable skills helping to get you career ready.
More info: Click here
Year 1
In your first year you will build a strong foundation in both physical and human geography and learn the basic tools of geoinformatic analysis. You will learn field techniques through fieldwork.
Modules
Fundamentals of Physical Geography
Global Environmental Issues
Human Geography
Academic Learning and Field 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
Professional Practice
Research Design and Analysis with Dissertation Planning
Geography Fieldwork, Sicily
Options*
Earth Surface Processes
Humans Origins and Evolution
Ice Age Earth
Prehistoric and Ancient Societies
Environment Pollution
Climate Change
Sustainable Development
Community Engagement
Social and Cultural Geography
Palaeoenvironments
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. Working closely with our researchers you will investigate a topic of your choice, applying the research methods and analytical skills you have developed.
Option modules enable you to tailor your studies to support your dissertation and your future career aspirations.
You'll also have the opportunity of fieldwork in Brazil.
Modules
Dissertation
Application in GIS
Options*
Tectonic Morphology
Aquatic Environments
Humans of Ice Age Britain
Geographies of Heritage
Environmental Impact Assessment and Planning
The Frozen Planet
Water, Sanitation and Health
Atmospheric Environment
Waste Management and the Circular Economy
Gender, Sex and the Body
Political Ecology: Contested Environments
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.
Graduate destinations
Our Geography graduates have gone on to careers in organisations including the Environment Agency, Southern Water, Low Carbon Europe, GIS consultancies. They are working in roles such as GIS officer, environmental consultant, energy consultant, sustainability manager, performance analyst, archaeologist, heritage manager, and planning and development surveyor.
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
