Admissions Criteria:
To engage in the BSc Geography (Special), you must satisfy the following specific subject requirements:
Some more information:
Students registered for the BSc (General), Major in Geography, will be eligible for transfer to the BSc Geography programme after successful completion of Level 1 geography courses provided that they have achieved an average GPA of at least 2.8. A BSc Geography would require successful completion of 12 credits of LEVEL I PREREQUISITES, plus an additional 12 LEVEL I credits and 9 credits of foundation courses. At LEVEL II/III, students must obtain 42 credits of Geography courses (of which, 27 are core), plus an additional 18 credits of approved non-Geography courses.
THE FOLLOWING PREREQUISITE COURSES MUST BE COMPLETED:
LEVEL I |
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Semester 1 |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
GEOG 1131 |
Human Geography 1: Population, Migration and Settlement |
3 |
GEOG 1231 |
Earth Environments 1: Geomorphology and Soils |
3 |
LEVEL I |
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Semester 2 |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
GEOG 1132 |
Human Geography 2: World Economy, Agriculture and Food |
3 |
GEOG 1232 |
Earth Environments 2: Climate and Biosphere |
3 |
*Plus an additional 12 credits of approved courses at level 1
THE FOLLOWING CORE COURSES MUST BE COMPLETED:
LEVEL II |
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Semester 1 |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
GEOG 2010 |
Geographical Information Systems |
3 |
GEOG 2011 |
Geomorphology |
3 |
LEVEL II |
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Semester 2 |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
GEOG 2013 |
Geography Research Methods |
3 |
GEOG 2016 |
Introduction to Urban Geography |
3 |
LEVEL III |
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Semester 1 |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
GEOG 3111 |
Natural Hazards |
3 |
LEVEL III |
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Semester 2 |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
GEOG 3113 |
Remote Sensing and GIS |
3 |
GEOG 3116 |
Geographies of the Caribbean |
3 |
YEAR LONG |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
GEOG 3110 |
Research Project |
6 |
YOU MAY CHOOSE FIFTEEN (15) CREDITS FROM THE FOLLOWING ELECTIVES:
Semester 1 |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
GEOG 2014 |
Geographies of Food |
3 |
GEOG 2019 |
Physical Hydrology |
3 |
GEOG 3114 |
Geographies of Migration and Settlement |
3 |
GEOG 3305* |
Planning, Development and Sustainability |
3 |
GEOG 3107* |
Meteorology and Climatology |
3 |
GEOG 3118 |
Quaternary Environments |
3 |
AGSL 3010 |
Geophysical and Environmental Soil Sensing |
4 |
Semester 2 |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
GEOG 2015* |
Discourses of Development and Globalisation |
3 |
GEOG 2017 |
Political Geography |
3 |
GEOG 3115 |
Geographies of Equality and Social Justice |
3 |
GEOG 3117* |
Environmental Modelling with GIS |
3 |
Semester 3 |
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Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
GEOG 2018* |
Geography Residential Field School (Tobago) |
3 |
GEOG 3120* |
Geography Residential Field School (International) |
3 |
* PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 18 CREDITS OF APPROVED NON-GEOGRAPHY COURSES