COURSE: BA IN GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANA...

Each of the three years of the course is made up of (1) compulsory modules; and (2) limited-option modules allowing students a choice from a prescribed list of modules.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 year full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subject:

• Introduction to general geoscience


• Introduction to human geography and cartography


• General reasoning skill


• Basic computer literacy


• Information skills


• Advanced computer literacy

Second year subjects:

• Urban development


• Process geomorphology and geomorphic hazards


• Introduction to tourism


• Environmental studies


• Geographic information systems


• Tourism: safety and security

Third year subjects:

• Applied urban development and spatial transformation


• Environmental geomorphology


• Tourism and policy


• Environmental management and –analysis


• Geographic information systems


• Tourism and local economic development

Careers: Graduates can be employed by the State, non-governmental organisations and the private sector as geographers, development planners and managers, land-use planners, urban managers, environmental managers and Geographical Information System (GIS) users.

Source: www.ufs.ac.za

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