Fieldwork
Fieldwork
Geography fieldwork consists of half or full day site visits, or residential field courses. Our fieldwork is linked to modules so the visits are relevant to your study and you'll be able to apply your knowledge to real situations.
Visits are normally provided at no cost to you. Our overseas residential field courses are linked to optional rather than compulsory modules, so you can choose whether to do overseas fieldwork. We provide a 50% subsidy of total costs, and you can contribute the remaining 50% in installments.
Links with overseas universities
We have several long standing fieldwork links with selected overseas universities such as Rennes II - Universite Haute Bretagne (Rennes, Brittany), Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II (Agadir, Morocco) and the University of Gambia (Banjul, The Gambia). This means you'll benefit from expert local knowledge and the use of top quality academic facilities during your studies.
Where will you go?
Birmingham, UK
Module: Transport Geography
You'll study the integration (or lack of) between different modes of public transport in a large urban conurbation. You'll be introduced to some challenges of urban transport planning.
Skegness, UK
Module: Geographical Methods
You'll learn basic methods of field survey, data collection, mapping and analysis. The field study provides the opportunity to demonstrate and apply the skills you've acquired during the course.
Brussels, Belgium
Module: Applied Transport Geography
You'll look at the interaction and inter-relationship between different modes of transport, as well as the notion of sustainable transport.
Agadir, Morocco
Module: Environment, Landscape and Place
You'll look at contested notions of environment, landscape and place. You'll consider the nature, evolution and perception of physical, economic, political, cultural, rural and urban environments, landscapes and places.
You'll do an in-depth investigation, along with an evaluation of methodologies of landscape assessment and environmental management.
The Gambia and Senegal, West Africa
Module: Development: Theory and Practice
You'll evaluate development theory in the light of empirical field-based study. You'll study physical, social, cultural and economic factors supporting and constraining development with reference to local projects in the Gambia and Senegal.
Geneva, Switzerland
Module: Comparative Political Institutions
The field study involves visits to and evaluations of the United Nations (Geneva). You have the opportunity to observe UN debates, attend UN briefings and meet staff with whom you can discuss the role of the organisation and the challenges it faces.
