Geography Education

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 10 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 21.7 k / Year(s) Deadline: Sep 1, 2024
16 place StudyQA ranking:3552 Duration:1 year

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This MA will increase a student's understanding of the literature and concepts of geography education, while advancing their professional skills and developing their knowledge for successful subject leadership.

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).

Core modules

  • Leading the Geography Curriculum
  • What is Education?

Optional modules

  • Issues of Concern in Education or an approved elective module from across the UCL IOE offering.
  • Leading the Geography Curriculum
  • Students submitting a report (please see below) choose an additional elective module.

Dissertation/report

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

Teaching and learning

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 20,000-word dissertation or a 10,000-word report.

Normally a minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard is required.

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