Course structure
Find out more about units available in the School of Geographical Sciences.
These units represent a sample of the range of units we offer on our courses, to give you a flavour of what it's like to study at Bristol. Please note, this list is not comprehensive, and we do change our units from time to time.
First year
- Physical Geography
- Human Geography
- Geographical Practices 1
- Geographical Methods 1
- World in Crisis?
- optional open units
- relevant language unit (for students spending the third year in Continental Europe)
Second year
- Spatial Modelling 2
- either:
- or:
- plus three optional units from a choice including:
- relevant language unit (for students spending the third year in Continental Europe)
Third year
- one of two dissertation-based units:
- a choice of units from a wide range of options including:
The third year of Geography with Study Abroad or in Continental Europe is spent abroad.
Fourth year (Geography with Study Abroad or in Continental Europe)
As third year above
Fourth year (MSci)
Physical pathways:
Human/mixed pathways:
Three units from a range of options including:
- Explanation, Causation and Longitudinal Analysis
- Geographies of Time and Timing
- Affect, Technology and Biopolitics
- Researching Society and Space: Hermeneutics, Genealogy and Critical Theory
- Environmental Change 4