Postgraduate Modules

A list of postgraduate modules offered by the UCL Department of Geography in 2024/25

Our Courses

• MSc Aquatic Conservation, Ecology and Restoration  
• MSc Climate Change
• MSc Conservation
• MSc Environmental Modelling
• MSc Environment, Politics and Society
• MSc Global Migration
• MSc Remote Sensing and Environmental Mapping
• MSc Social and Geographic Data Science
• MSc Urban Studies

MSc Aquatic Conservation, Ecology and Restoration    

Compulsory

• GEOG0106 – Environmental Data Acquisition and Analysis (Available to Geography Study Abroad students)
• GEOG0108 – Scientific Basis for Freshwater and Coastal Conservation (Available to Geography Study Abroad students)
• GEOG0173 – Aquatic Systems and Monitoring with Fieldclass

Optional

• GEOG0034 – Coastal Geohazards
• GEOG0035 – Environmental GIS 
• GEOG0067 – Surface Water Modelling
• GEOG0091 – Wetlands
• GEOG0096 – Lakes
• GEOG0107 – Aquatic Macrophytes
• GEOG0160 – Rewilding
• GEOG0101 – Ocean Circulation and Climate Change
• GEOG0176 – Field Evidence of Environmental Change
• GEOG0179 – Designing and Managing Citizen Science

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MSc Climate Change 

Compulsory

• GEOG0109 – Models in Environmental Science
• GEOG0118 – Climate Dynamics
• GEOG0120 – Past Climates
• GEOG0159 – Tropical Futures (Available to Geography Study Abroad and External students)

Optional

• GEOG0034 – Coastal Geohazards
• GEOG0067 – Surface Water Modelling
• GEOG0101 – Ocean Circulation and Climate Change
• GEOG0112 – Climate Change Impacts to Hydro-Ecological Systems
• GEOG0113 – Terrestrial Carbon: Modelling and Monitoring 
• GEOG0121 – Climate Modelling
• GEOG0122 – Biological Indicators of Environmental Change
• GEOG0123 – Climate Proxies 
• GEOG0176 – Field Evidence of Environmental Change
• GEOG0179 – Designing and Managing Citizen Science

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MSc Conservation    

Compulsory

• GEOG0093 – Conservation and Environmental Management (Available to Geography Study Abroad students)
• GEOG0106 – Environmental Data Acquisition and Analysis (Available to Geography Study Abroad students)
• GEOG0108 – Scientific Basis for Freshwater and Coastal Conservation (Available to Geography Study Abroad students)
• GEOG0159 – Tropical Futures (Available to Geography Study Abroad and External students)

Optional

• GEOG0091 – Wetlands
• GEOG0096 – Lakes
• GEOG0107 – Aquatic Macrophytes
• GEOG0122 – Biological Indicators of Environmental Change 
• GEOG0123 – Climate Proxies
• GEOG0035 – Environmental GIS  
• GEOG0160 – Rewilding
• GEOG0176 – Field Evidence of Environmental Change
• GEOG0179 – Designing and Managing Citizen Science

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MSc Environmental Modelling    

Compulsory

• GEOG0044 – Mitigation and Adaptation to Environmental Change (Available to Geography Study Abroad students)
• GEOG0109 – Models in Environmental Science
• GEOG0110 – Analytical and Numerical Methods (Available to Geography Study Abroad and External students)
• GEOG0111 – Scientific Computing

Optional

• GEOG0034 – Coastal Geohazards
• GEOG0067 – Surface Water Modelling
• GEOG0101 – Ocean Circulation and Climate Change
• GEOG0112 – Climate Change Impacts to Hydro-Ecological Systems
• GEOG0113 – Terrestrial Carbon: Modelling and Monitoring 
• GEOG0121 – Climate Modelling

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MSc Environment, Politics and Society

Compulsory

• GEOG0073 – Environmental Knowledges (Available to Geography Study Abroad students)
• GEOG0082 – Social Science Research: Methodologies and Methods (Available to Geography Study Abroad students)
• GEOG0084 – Environmental Geopolitics (Available to Geography Study Abroad students)
• GEOG0085 – Environment, Politics and Practice (Available to Geography Study Abroad and External students)
• GEOG0093 – Conservation and Environmental Management (Available to Geography Study Abroad students)

Optional

• GEOG0078 – Geographies of Material Culture
• GEOG0179 – Designing and Managing Citizen Science
• GEOG0083 – Politics of Climate Change
• GEOG0087 – Precarious Urban Environments
• GEOG0091 – Wetlands
• GEOG0100 – Postcolonial Cultural Geographies
• GEOG0103 – Research Dissertation 
• GEOG0155 – Social Science Research: Methodologies and Methods
• GEOG0182 – Energy Geographies: Politics, Policy and Poetics
• GEOG0185 – Environmental Governance

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MSc Global Migration

Compulsory

• GEOG0127 – Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Migration (Available to Geography Study Abroad students)
• GEOG0128 – Issues in Global Migration (Available to Geography Study Abroad and External students)

Optional

• GEOG0155 – Social Science Research: Methodologies and Methods
• GEOG0083 – Politics of Climate Change
• GEOG0100 – Postcolonial Cultural Geographies
• GEOG0129 – Gender, Generation and Forced Migration
• GEOG0167 – Migratory Activisms, Creative Citizenships  

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MSc Remote Sensing and Environmental Mapping

Compulsory

• GEOG0040 – Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing (Available to Geography Study Abroad and External students)
• GEOG0110 – Analytical and Numerical Methods (Available to Geography Study Abroad and External students)
• GEOG0111 – Scientific Computing 

Optional

• GEOG0034 – Coastal Geohazards
• GEOG0035 – Environmental GIS 
• GEOG0051 – Mining Social and Geographic Datasets
• GEOG0067 – Surface Water Modelling
• GEOG0113 – Terrestrial Carbon: Modelling and Monitoring 
• GEOG0121 – Climate Modelling
• GEOG0162 – Cartography and Data Visualisation  

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MSc Social and Geographic Data Science

Compulsory

• GEOG0114 – Principles of Spatial Analysis
• GEOG0115 – Introduction to Data Science
• GEOG0125 – Advanced Topics in Social and Geographic Data Science (Available to Geography Study Abroad and External students)
• GEOG0163 – Data, Politics and Society

Optional

• GEOG0034 – Coastal Geohazards
• GEOG0051 – Mining Social and Geographic Datasets
• GEOG0067 – Surface Water Modelling
• GEOG0113 – Terrestrial Carbon: Modelling and Monitoring 
• GEOG0121 – Climate Modelling
• GEOG0162 – Cartography and Data Visualisation  
• GEOG0179 – Designing and Managing Citizen Science

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MSc Urban Studies

Compulsory

• GEOG0082 – Social Science Research: Methodologies and Methods
• GEOG0140 – Urban Practices (Available to Geography Study Abroad and External students)

Optional

• GEOG0155 – Social Science Research: Methodologies and Methods
• GEOG0138 – Creative Cities
• GEOG0142 – London: Aspects of Change
• GEOG0184 – Critical Debates in Interdisciplinary Urban Studies

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Please note: Compulsory modules are usually only available to Geography students enrolled on Geography MSc programmes unless otherwise indicated in the module catalogue.