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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

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Degree Programme Table: Geographical Information Science (MSc) (Part-time) - 3 Years (PTMSCGISCI2P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Important information regarding optional courses: please be aware that the optional courses listed on this degree programme timetable may be subject to closure or a change of semester at short notice, and there may be a limit on places available. Unfortunately we can't guarantee that every student will get their preferred course option choices.

Before selecting your optional courses, please ensure you have met your Student Advisor.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Research Practice and Project Planning
PGGE11138 20 credits
Spatial Modelling and Analysis
PGGE11236 20 credits
Technological Infrastructures for GIS
PGGE11234 20 credits

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Important information regarding optional courses: please be aware that the optional courses listed on this degree programme timetable may be subject to closure or a change of semester at short notice, and there may be a limit on places available. Unfortunately we can't guarantee that every student will get their preferred course option choices.

Before selecting your optional courses, please ensure you have met your Student Advisor.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

GIS (MSc) Part-time Option Courses

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Text Mining for Social Research (fusion on-site)
EFIE11006 10 credits
Data Science for Society (fusion on-site)
EFIE11020 10 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10137 20 credits
Land Use/Environmental Interactions
PGGE11010 20 credits
Water Resource Management
PGGE11018 20 credits
Object Orientated Software Engineering: Spatial Algorithms
PGGE11106 10 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
Active Remote Sensing: Radar and Lidar
PGGE11235 20 credits
Visual Analytics
PGGE11239 20 credits
Passive Earth Observation: New Platforms, Sensors, and Analytical Methods
PGGE11241 20 credits
Ecosystems and Global Change
PGGE11247 20 credits
Introduction to Environmental Modelling
PGGE11250 20 credits
Environmental Governance and Policy
PGGE11257 20 credits
GIS and Spatial Analytics for Health
PGGE11272 20 credits
Public Participation in Policy
PGGE11305 20 credits
Making science relevant to policy and decision-making
VESC11260 20 credits

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Important information regarding optional courses: please be aware that the optional courses listed on this degree programme timetable may be subject to closure or a change of semester at short notice, and there may be a limit on places available. Unfortunately we can't guarantee that every student will get their preferred course option choices.

Before selecting your optional courses, please ensure you have met your Student Advisor.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Dissertation in GIS
PGGE11096 60 credits
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