UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
FACULTY OF ARTS
Geography Programme of Studies
(for academic year 2013-2014)
Geography as a Subsidiary Area
YEAR ONE (2013-2014)
1 st
Semester (October 2013 - January 2014)
Compulsory study-units (All students must register for these units):
GEO1003 SKILLS IN GEOGRAPHY I
GEO1012 CLIMATE AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
GEO1015 FIELDWORK IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
GEO1028 POPULATION, CULTURE AND SOCIETY I
Elective study-unit (Students are to obtain elective units to the value of 4 credits, over semester 1 and semester 2):
GEO1031 APPLIED HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Minimum workload this semester: 15 compulsory credits
2 nd
Semester (February 2014-June 2014)
Compulsory study-units (All students must register for these units):
GEO1004 SKILLS IN GEOGRAPHY II
(5 credits)
(4 credits)
(2 credits)
(4 credits)
(2 credits)
(5 credits)
GEO1016 FIELDWORK IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (2 credits)
Elective study-units (Students are to obtain elective units to the value of 4 credits, over semester 1 and semester 2):
GEO1010 OCEANOGRAPHY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY
GEO1029 POPULATION, CULTURE AND SOCIETY II
GEO1032 APPLIED PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Minimum workload this semester: 7 credits
Geography workload this year: 26 credits
(4 credits)
(4 credits)
(2 credits)

UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
FACULTY OF ARTS
Geography Programme of Studies
(for academic year 2013-2014)
Geography as a Subsidiary Area
YEAR TWO (2013-2014)
Year (October 2013-June 2014)
(This study-unit starts in semester 1 and continues in semester 2):
Elective study-unit
(Students are to obtain elective units to the value of 8 credits, over semester 1 and semester 2):
ANT3038 ECOLOGY&CULTURE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN (4 credits)
1 st
Semester (October 2013 - January 2014)
Elective study-units (Students are to obtain elective units to the value of 8 credits, over semester 1 and semester 2):
GEO2000 GEOLOGY
GEO2008 APPLIED GEOMORPHOLOGY I
GEO2009 APPLIED GEOMORPHOLOGY II
GEO2010 ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT
GEO3004
GEO3021
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
MEDITERRANEAN SUSTAINABILITY AND
DEVELOPMENT
GEO3096 AGRICULTURE
2 nd
Semester (February 2014 – June 2014)
Compulsory study-unit (All students must register for this unit):
GEO2038 REMOTE SENSING
(4 credits)
(4 credits)
(4 credits)
(4 credits)
(4 credits)
(4 credits)
(4 credits)
(2 credits)
Elective study-units
(Students are to obtain elective units to the value of 8 credits, over semester 1 and semester 2):
GEO2035 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
GEO3006
GEO3082
SETTLEMENT AND URBANISATION
ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES
Minimum workload this semester: 2 credits
Geography workload this year: 10 credits
(4 credits)
(4 credits)
(4 credits)