Department of Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies




	Department of Geography & Geology


*	offered during second half of Semester I and first half of Semester II
**	available only to students in the Environmental Sciences Option
*******	Summer Course
†	not offered every year
††	available only to students registered in the B.Sc. (special) degree programme
‡	Year-long courses

Undergraduate Courses
Semester I	Semester II
Level I
GEOG1101 (6 credits) Introduction to Human Geography	GEOG1201 (6 credits) Introduction to Physical Geography
GEOL1001 (6 credits) Introduction to Earth Sciences I	GEOL1002 (6 credits) Introduction to Earth Sciences II
Level II
GEOG2101 (4 credits) Urban Geography	GEOG2301 (4 credits) Geographical Thought and Research Methods
GEOG2201 (4 credits) Geosphere and Hydrosphere	GEOG2102 (4 credits) Geography and Development
GEOG2202 (4 credits) Atmosphere and Biosphere	GEOL2001 (4 credits) Palaeontology
GEOL2002 (4 credits) Sedimentology	GEOL2004* (4 credits) Structural Geology and Geological Mapping
GEOL2003 (4 credits) Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology
Level III
GG3301 (4 credits) Geography of the Caribbean	GG36R (4 credits) Geography Research Project
GG31A (4 credits) Urbanization in Developing Countries	GG37B** (4 credits) Project
GG31B (4 credits) Global Economic Structure and Process	GG31D (4 credits) Global Structure and Political Order
GG31C (4 credits) Tropical Agricultural Systems and Development	GG31E (4 credits) Geographies of Tourism
GG32A (4 credits) Geomorphic Processes and Landforms	GG31F (4 credits) Health and Society
GG33C (4 credits) Information Management and Analysis	GG32E (4 credits) Climate Change: Concepts, Causes and Issues
GG32F (4 credits) Biogeography of Tropical Environments	GG33B (4 credits) Urban and Regional Planning
GG33F (4 credits) Introduction to Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing	GG33K (4 credits) Disaster Management
GG33H (4 credits) Environmental Resource Management	GL38B (4 credits) Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals
GL32A (4 credits) Caribbean Geology	GL30D*** (4 credits) Analysis and Management of Natural Hazards and Risks
GL33A (4 credits) Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology	GEOL3001 (4 credits) Geology Research Project
GL37B (4 credits) Marine Geology and Geophysics
GL39M (4 credits) Field and/or Laboratory Project