The dissertation module facilitates the execution of a piece of independent research and the production of a research thesis. In this module you are supported throughout by your dissertation supervisor, alongside a range of lectures and activities on key aspects of research, including: health, safety and ethics in research; identifying and formulating research aims and objectives; searching for relevant literature and writing the literature review; creating a rationale for the research; primary and secondary data collection techniques; mapping; statistical analysis; writing and presenting the dissertation report.

Geospatial Data Science develops advanced skills for handling, analysing and visualising geospatial data including the use of geographical information systems, remotely sensed data, scripting and programming and an understanding of data quality issues and metadata. It builds upon skills developed during the ‘Geographical Research: Methods and Geomatics’ module at Level 5 and provides skills highly sought after by employers.

This module provides you with the opportunity to conduct primary field research to extend their skills in project design and management, team-work, data collection and analysis. You will work on projects and in field locations suited to your chosen course/pathway, enabling you to pursue your individual interests.  Overseas residential and UK-based non-residential options are available.

Exclusion underpins many experiences of migrants and refugees throughout the world.  This module seeks to analyse exclusion to understand the factors preventing migrants from having a socially-just experience.  Exclusion and inclusion may be social, political, economic and cultural.  The extent to which these different types of exclusion are experienced varies between places and people according to social factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, immigration status, education background, etc. This module is built on three core themes: debating laws and policy, lived experiences, and popular representation. 

Sustainable Futures develops your understanding of contemporary theorisations of sustainability challenges and solutions. It fosters critical perspectives on ‘sustainability’ in industry, government, community and individual contexts through lecture bites, discussion and workshop activities. Project work with external collaborators enables 'real world' application of these ideas, building transferrable skills for graduate careers.