Geography Education MA/PG Dip/PG Cert

This programme offers students the opportunity to develop a personal response to the challenges of geography education, looking at the contribution geography will make to educating young people in the future. It will also encourage students to seek publication for excellent pieces of coursework and research and will advance professional skills and knowledge of successful geography subject leadership.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of two core modules (60 credits), and either two optional modules (60 credits) and a dissertation (60 credits), or three optional modules (90 credits) and a report (30 credits).

A Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits) is offered

A Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits) is offered

• Leading the Geography Curriculum
• What is Education?

• Issues of Concern in Education
• Communicating Geography in Education
• Understanding Research
• Students submitting a report (please see below) choose an additional module

All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a 19,000-word dissertation or a 10,000-word report.

This programme is delivered via online learning, with optional face-to-face sessions or equivalent online sessions. It is assessed by coursework assignments of up to 5,000 words (essays, articles, curriculum artefacts such as schemes of work or virtual learning environment projects, and reports) and a 19,000-word dissertation or a 10,000-word report.