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Centre for Geography and Environmental Science Modules 2023/4

Stage One Modules

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)	ELE link
GEO1401B	Approaches to Geographical Knowledge	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO1405B	Earth System Science	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO1408B	Global Issues in Environmental Science	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO1413	The Geography of Cornwall	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO1414	Geography Tutorials	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO1416	Environmental Science Tutorials	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO1418	Granite Landscapes and Society	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO1419	Introduction to data science	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO1420	Atmospheric and Oceanic Systems, Their Interactions and Importance	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO1421	Marine and Environmental Science Field Course	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO1422	Marine Science Tutorials	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO1506B	West Penwith Fieldclass	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)

Stage Two Modules

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)	ELE link
GEO2440	Geographical Information Science and Systems	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2441	Remote Sensing for Environmental Management	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2444	Landscape Evolution	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2445	Rural Social Issues	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2449	Green Consultants	15	1, 2 and 3	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2450	Biogeography	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2451	Ice Sheets: Glaciology, Climate and the Oceans	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2454	Waste and Society	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2456	Social and Cultural Geographies	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2457	Physical Ocean Processes	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2458	People and Nature	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2460	Environment and Sustainability on the Isles of Scilly	15	3	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2461	Second Year Tutorials	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2462	Research Design and Methods	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO2463	Hazards and Human Society	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)

Stage Three Modules

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)	ELE link
GEO3437B	Climate Change and Society	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3438	BA Dissertation in Geography	40	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3439	BSc Dissertation in Geography	40	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3448	Quaternary Environmental Change	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3452	Literature Review in Environment and Society	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3455	Marine Climate and Environmental Change	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3457	Geographies of Democracy	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3460	Dissertation in Geography-Geology	40	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3461	Arctic Frontiers: Can We Preserve the Arctic Environment?	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3463	Research Cruise	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3466	Biological Oceanography	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3467	Human-Animal Interactions	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3469	Catastropolis	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3470	Marine and Coastal Social-ecological systems	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3471	Preparing to Graduate	5	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3472	Geography, Environment and Society Field Course	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3473	Antarctica & the Southern Ocean	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3508	One Year Study Abroad	120	1, 2 and 3	View on ELE (current students only)
GEO3513	Dissertation in Environmental Science	40	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)

Masters Modules

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)	ELE link
GEOM247	Transforming Energy Systems	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM363B	Themes in Climate Change	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM403	Independent Work-based Learning	15	1 and 2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM407	Perspectives on Sustainable Development	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM408	Transdisciplinary Methods for Sustainability Science	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM409	Dissertation	90	2 and 3	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM416	Dissertation with International Research Placement	90	2 and 3	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM418	Marine and Coastal Social-ecological systems	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM419	Research Design in the Field	15	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM424	Governing the Seas in a Changing World	15	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM425Z	Our Home Planet	30	3	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM427Z	Climate Change Science & Solutions	30	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM428Z	Innovation, Theory & Practice	30	2	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM429Z	Research Methods & Routes to Impact	30	3	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM430Z	Research Skills and Solutions Project	30	1	View on ELE (current students only)
GEOM434Z	Systems Thinking for Sustainability Challenges	30	3	View on ELE (current students only)