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Centre for Geography and Environmental Science Modules 2026/7

Stage One Modules

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)	ELE link
CGE1401B	Approaches to Geographical Knowledge	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1405B	Earth System Science	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1408B	Global Issues in Environmental Science	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1412	Society, Environment and Energy	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1413	The Geography of Cornwall	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1414	Geography Tutorials	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1416	Environmental Science Tutorials	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1418	Granite Landscapes and Society	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1419	Introduction to data science	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1420	Atmospheric and oceanic systems, their interactions and importance	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1421	Marine and Environmental Science Field Course	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1422	Marine Science Tutorials	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1423	Biodiversity and its Conservation	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE1506B	West Penwith Fieldclass	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)

Stage Two Modules

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)	ELE link
CGE2440	Geographical Information Science and Systems	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2441	Remote Sensing for Environmental Management	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2444	Landscape Evolution	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2445	Rural Social Issues	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2449	Green Consultants	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2450	Biogeography	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2451	Ice Sheets: Glaciology, Climate and the Oceans	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2454	Waste and Society	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2456	Social and Cultural Geographies	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2457	Physical Ocean Processes	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2458	People and Nature	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2460	Environment and Sustainability on the Isles of Scilly	15	3	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2461	Second Year Tutorials	15	1, 2 and 3	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2462	Research Design and Methods	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2467	Climate Change: The Physical Basis of the IPCC	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE2508	Introduction to Professional Placements	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)

Stage Three Modules

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)	ELE link
CGE3437B	Climate Change and Society	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3448	Quaternary Environmental Change	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3455	Marine Climate and Environmental Change	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3460	Dissertation in Geography-Geology	40	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3461	Arctic Frontiers: Can We Preserve the Arctic Environment?	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3463	Research Cruise	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3466	Biological Oceanography	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3467	Human-Animal Interactions	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3470	Marine and Coastal Social-ecological systems	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3472	Geography, Environment and Society Field Course	15	3	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3475	Sustainable Cities	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3476	Dissertation in Environmental Science	45	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3477	Dissertation in Marine Science	45	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3478	BSc Dissertation in Geography	45	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3479	BA Dissertation in Geography	45	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3480	The Southern Ocean and Oceanic Eddies	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGE3508	One Year Study Abroad	120	1, 2 and 3	View on ELE (current students only)

Masters Modules

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)	ELE link
CGEM247	Transforming Energy Systems	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGEM363B	Themes in Climate Change	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGEM407	Perspectives on Sustainable Development	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
CGEM409	Dissertation	90	2 and 3	View on ELE (current students only)
CGEM418	Marine and Coastal Social-ecological systems	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
CGEM436	Energy Policy Dissertation	60	2 and 3	View on ELE (current students only)