Swansea University's three-year BSc Geography and Geographical Information Science is suitable for students with a passion for computing, geography and mathematics, as well as an interest in spatial data. This course will teach students how to understand human-environment relationships and how they vary across time and space.
This degree will train students as a geographical information scientist. They will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, and discussion groups, supported by practical classes and field courses. Students will study themes including Global Vegetation Patterns and Dynamics, Earth from Space – monitoring environmental change, Plate Tectonics and Global Geophysics.
Field courses might take students from areas of outstanding natural beauty on Swansea's doorstep in the Gower Peninsula, to locations across the world such as Malaysian Borneo, Colorado and Sikkim in the Indian Himalayas. Students will be prepared for potential postgraduate study in surveying, cartography, remote sensing or Geographical Information Systems.
| Level | Bachleors |
| Discipline | Sciences |
| Duration | 36 months |
| Intakes | Jan, Sep |
| Application Fees | GBP 0 |
| Tuition Fees | GBP 19100 |
| Campus | Singleton Park |
| Language proficiency (minimum) | |
| IELTS | 6 |
|---|---|
| TOEFL | 79 |
| PTE | 56 |
| Duolingo | Not Accepted |
| Exam proficiency (minimum) | |
| SAT | Not Required / Waiver |
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| ACT | Not Required / Waiver |
| GRE | Not Required / Waiver |
| GMAT | Not Required / Waiver |
Minimum GPA - 75.0%
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