Study Mode:
Full time: 3 Years
Part time: 4 Years
Start Date:
September 2025
Administrative Unit:
Department Geography
Email: geography@sta.uwi.edu
Phone: 1(868) 662 2002 ext. 84129
Programme Overview
This programme exposes you to a variety of exciting fields such as: Sustainable Planning, Social and Environmental Justice, Climatology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Natural Hazards and Disasters, Geomorphology, Hydrology and Environmental Modelling.
By the end of your degree you will be proficient in many valuable and in-demand skills such as GIS, remote sensing, mapping, interview and questionnaire design, proposal writing, programming, SPSS/Minitab, project management, presentation, critical thinking and analytical skills. A degree in Geography will be recognized globally and is one that will take you places.
PROGRAMME GOAL
The BSc Agriculture programme equips you with the skills needed to excel as a modern food production specialist, empowering you to lead agricultural innovation and education.
GRADUATE CAREER PATHS
- Cartographer
- Urban Planner
- GIS Specialist
- Transportation Management Officer
- Geomorphologist
- Researcher/Teacher
- Demographer
- Remote Sensing Specialist
- Commercial/Residential Surveyor
- Hydrologist
- Climate Change Analyst
- Meteorologist
- Eco-Tourism Consultant
Programme Breakdown
A major in Geography would require successful completion of 12 credits of LEVEL 1 PREREQUISITES and a total of 30 credits at the advanced level consisting of 18 credits of core courses and any 12 credits of elective courses. Elective courses are subject to prerequisite and can be taken from Level II/III.
COURSE LISTING
PREREQUISITE COURSES
LEVEL I – SEMESTER 1
GEOG 1131 Human Geography 1: Population, Migration and Settlement
GEOG 1231 Earth Environments 1: Geomorphology and Soils
LEVEL 1 – SEMESTER 2
GEOG 1132 Human Geography 2: World Economy, Agriculture and Food
GEOG 1232 Earth Environments 2: Climate and Biosphere
CORE COURSES
LEVEL II – SEMESTER 1
GEOG 2010 Geographical Information Systems
GEOG 2011 Geomorphology
LEVEL II – SEMESTER 2
GEOG 2013 Geography Research Methods
GEOG 2016 Introduction to Urban Geography
LEVEL III – SEMESTER 1
GEOG 3501 Natural Hazards and Disasters
LEVEL III – SEMESTER 2
GEOG 3116 Geographies of the Caribbean
ELECTIVE COURSES
SEMESTER 1
GEOG 2014 Geographies of Food
GEOG 2019 Physical Hydrology
GEOG 3114 Geographies of Migration and Settlement
GEOG 3305 Planning, Development and Sustainability
GEOG 3107 Meteorology and Climatology
GEOG 3502 Climate and Environmental Change in the Quaternary
SEMESTER 2
GEOG 2017 Political Geography
GEOG 3113 Remote Sensing and GIS
GEOG 3115 Geographies of Equality and Social Justice
GEOG 3117 Environmental Modelling with GIS
SEMESTER 3 (SUMMER)
Course Code Course Title Credits
GEOG 2015 Discourses of Development and Globalisation
GEOG 2018 Geography Residential Field School (Trinidad and Tobago)
GEOG 3120 Geography Residential Field School (International)
YEAR LONG
GEOG 3110 Research Project (6 credits)
Entry Requirements
To enter into this programme, you must possess one of the following:
- UWI Certificate in Environmental Geography
- UWI Certificate in Agriculture
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2 CAPE Science subjects (Units | & Il) or ‘A’ Level equivalent and a pass in Geography at CSEC (CXC) or GCE O-Level or an approved equivalent
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2 CAPE subjects (Units | & Il) or ‘A’ Level equivalent, one (1) of which must be Geography or Environmental Science normally with a minimum Grade of IV or D
- An approved Associate Degree with a minimum GPA of 2.5