Geographic Information Science BSc Honours (F862)

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

• CEG1702 Geographic Information Systems
• CEG1703 Surveying
• CEG1705 An Introduction to GNSS and its Applications
• CEG1706 Principles of Remote Sensing
• CEG1707 Quantitative Methods for Geomatics
• CEG1711 Tutorial Study Skills for Geomatics
• CEG1713 Informatics 1
• CEG1714 GIS Field Course

If you have A level Mathematics at grade B or above, you normally take the following module:

• ENG1001 Engineering Mathematics I

If you don't have A level Mathematics, or with A level Mathematics at grade C or below, you normally take the following modules:

• SFY0001 Basic Mathematics
• SFY0003 Foundation Mathematics 1

• CEG2704 Geographic Information Systems: Theory and Application
• CEG2707 Map Projections and Geodetic Datums
• CEG2708 Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning 1
• CEG2709 Applied Remote Sensing and Image Processing
• CEG2718 Applied Geospatial Data Handling
• CEG2720 Geomatics Practice and Research
• CEG2721 Spatial Data Modelling and BIM
• CEG2722 Informatics 2
• CEG2723 Digital Data Acquisition
• CSC2513 Database Systems

• CEG3701 Advanced GIS Field Course
• CEG3703 Professional Practice
• CEG3707 Geohazards and Deformation of the Earth
• CEG3715 Environmental Informatics
• LAW2053 Law and Land Use*
• CEG3799 Individual Research Project

*Available for students entering Stage 3 in 2017/18 onwards

You take 30 credits (20 credits from 2017/18) of modules normally selected from the following:

• CEG2401 Land, Traffic and Highways
• CEG2703 Observation Processing and Analysis
• CEG2710 GNSS Theory and Practice
• CEG3401 Design of Transport Infrastructure
• CEG3710 Offshore Surveying
• CSC3721 Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
• CSC3722 Advanced Interaction Design
• NCL3007 Career Development for Final Year Students
• SUG3500 Creativity and Market Research in Science and Engineering