Physical Geography BSc Honours
UCAS Code: FH82
(3 Years)
Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.
Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.
Stage 1
Compulsory modules
- CEG1702 Geographic Information Systems
- CEG1706 Principles of Remote Sensing
- GEO1019 Physical Geography Field Course
- GEO1020 Introduction to Physical Geography
- GEO1095 Study Skills for FH82 Physical Geographers
Optional modules
You take 40 credits of modules from within ONE of the following pathways:
Earth Surface Environments
You must take one of the following combinations of optional modules:
EITHER
- ACE1101 The Global Environmental System
- ACE1102 Earth Surface Materials
- CEG1712 Fundamentals of Surveying I
OR
Earth Surface Observation
Stage 2
Compulsory modules
- CEG2715 Advanced Study Skills
- GEO2106 Earth Surface Processes
- CEG2704 GIS: Theory and Applications
- CEG2709 Applied Remote Sensing and Image Processing
Optional modules
You choose one of the following field course modules:
- GEO2108 Physical Geography Fieldcourse III: Morocco
- GEO2052 Physical Geography Fieldcourse II: Iceland
You take 40 credits of modules, choosing from either list below:
Earth Surface Environments
- ACE2052 Geological Resources
- GEO2107 Climate and Environmental Change: Present, Future and Past
- GEO2042 Aquatic Pollution
- CEG2717 Fundamentals of Surveying II
Earth Surface Observation
- CEG2701 Digital Surveying for Geomatic Engineering and Geosciences
- CEG1705 An Introduction to GNSS and its applications
- CEG2708 Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning I
Other optional modules may also be available.
Stage 3
Compulsory modules
Optional modules
You take 90 credits of optional modules from the following lists. You must select a minimum of 30 credits of GEO-coded modules along with a minimum of 30 credits of CEG-coded modules:
Earth Surface Environment
- GEO3110 Tectonic Geomorphology
- GEO3112 Quaternary Palaeoclimatology
- GEO3117 Sustainable Water Resource Management
- GEO3118 Ice Age World
- GEO3124 Introduction to Environmental Modelling
- GEO3128 Polar Environments
- GEO3126 Lakes: Sentinels of Environmental Change
- GEO3121 New Zealand Fieldtrip
Earth Surface Observation
- CEG2708 Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning I
- CEG3701 GIS Field Course
- CEG3704 Advanced Geoinformatics
- CEG3707 Geohazards and Deformation of the Earth
Other optional modules may also be available, including those listed below:
