UNDERGRADUATE REGULATIONS & SYLLABUSES 2013 – 2014 THE FACULTY OF FOOD & AGRICULTURE
BSc Geography
LEVEL III (FROM 2014/15) SEMESTER 1 Course Code Course Title GEOG 3111* Natural Hazards GEOG 3113* Remote Sensing & GIS
Credits 3 3
SEMESTER 2 Course Code GEOG 3116*
Credits 3
Course Title Geographies of the Caribbean
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 nonGeography courses.
AND any twelve (12) credits of ELECTIVES from the following: SEMESTER 1 Course Code Course Title Credits GEOG 2105 Geographies of Discourses and Development 3 GEOG 3000 Research Project 4 GEOG 3003* Meteorology and Climatology 4 AGSL 3010 Geophysical and Environmental Soil Sensing 4 GEOG 3105* Meteorology and Climatology 3 GEOG 3114* Geographies of Migration and Settlement 3 GEOG 3115* Geographies of Equality and Social Justice 3 SEMESTER 2 Course Code GEOG 2013 GEOG 2014 GEOG 2017*
Course Title Credits Geography Research Methods 3 Geographies of Food 3 Geopolitics and Political Geography 3
GEOG 3000 GEOG 3006 GEOG 3117* GEOG 3118*
Research Project Global Environmental Change Environmental Modelling with GIS Quaternary Environments
NOTE: The BSc Geography programme is currently being implemented. Level III courses will commence with effect from academic year 2014/15.
COURSE LISTING The structure of the programme is follows: LEVEL I SEMESTER 1 Course Code GEOG 1231 GEOG 1131 SEMESTER 2 Course Code GEOG 1232
4 4 3 3
GEOG 1132
Course Title Research Project (not offered in 2013/14)
Course Title Credits Earth Environments 2: Climate & Biosphere 3 Human Geography 2: World Economy, Agriculture & Food 3
PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 12 CREDITS OF APPROVED COURSES
SEMESTER 3 (SUMMER) Course Code Course Title Credits GEOG 2018 Geography Residential Field School (Tobago) 3 GEOG 3120* Geography Residential Field School (International) 3 YEAR LONG Course Code GEOG 3110*
Course Title Credits Earth Environments 1: Geomorphology & Soils 3 Human Geography 1: Population, Migration & Settlement 3
Credits 6
*NOT OFFERED IN 2013/2014
45
CORE COURSES LEVEL II SEMESTER 1 Course Code GEOG 2010 GEOG 2011
Course Title Credits Geographical Information Systems 3 Geomorphology 3
SEMESTER 2 Course Code GEOG 2013 GEOG 2016
Course Title Credits Geography Research Methods 3 Introduction to Urban Geography 3
LEVEL III SEMESTER 1 Course Code GEOG 3111* GEOG 3113*
Course Title Natural Hazards Remote Sensing and GIS
Credits 3 3
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