Each single module is worth 150 hours of student study. Class contact time (lectures, tutorials and practicals etc) could be anywhere between one and four hours per week for each module. The remainder of the time is spent undertaking directed reading, making notes and doing assignments.
A typical module may consist of a one hour lecture followed (after a coffee break) by a laboratory or group practical exercise session per week. The course is primarily delivered using lectures, hands on practicals / demonstrations, tutorials, self directed exercises and field work.
How you're assessed
We use a diverse range of assessment methods, including essays, reports, field and laboratory notebooks, portfolios, posters, oral presentations and exams. You may be assessed individually or as part of a group. We’ve mapped our assessments against key graduate skillsets that employers require.
Fieldtrips
Field work is an important part of the programme. All fieldwork is associated with particular modules, many of which are optional. Most fieldwork involves half or full day trips to locations around the region (including Derby, Nottingham and the Peak District).
In the first year there is a weekend residential field course to Skegness, Lincolnshire (Geographical Methods). In the third year, overseas residential fieldwork destinations include Brussels, Belgium (Applied Transport Geography) and Agadir, Morocco (Environment, Landscape and Place).
Work placements
An optional vocational work placement module is available by negotiation in the third year.