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Degree Programme Table: Geographical Information Science (MSc) (Part-time) - 2 Years (PTMSCGISCI1P)

Jump to: Year 2

Year 2 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Dissertation in GIS
PGGE11096 60 credits

Course options

GIS (MSc) Part-time Option Courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Land Use/Environmental Interactions
PGGE11010 20 credits
Water Resource Management
PGGE11018 20 credits
Visual Analytics
PGGE11239 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
Remote Sensing for Disaster Management and Risk Mitigation
PGGE11307 20 credits
Geospatial Programming for Planetary Scale Analysis
PGGE11310 20 credits
Earth Observation, Platforms, Sensors and Analytical Methods
PGGE11315 20 credits
Making science relevant to policy and decision-making
VESC11260 20 credits
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