Postgraduate Diploma in Science (PGDipSci) in Geography

The University of Auckland

The Postgraduate Diploma in Science (PGDipSci) is an opportunity for Bachelor of Science graduates to advance their qualifications. Pursue advanced study in your specialist area with the Postgraduate Diploma in Science. Extend your knowledge with coursework or try a project or dissertation as part of your diploma – the option is yours. The PGDipSci offers a pathway toward masters and doctoral study. The PGDipSci programme involves one year of full-time study, or up to four years of part-time study, after you have completed the requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree. You can study Geography at postgraduate level in either Faculty of Science or Faculty of Arts programmes. Postgraduate Geography spans the full range of research interests in the discipline through a wide variety of advanced and specialised courses. These include: Physical and biological systems: climatology, hydrology, biogeography, and geomorphology Social, economic and cultural change: urban processes, policy formation, globalisation and its effects, political economy, or political ecology, health and well-being, regional and rural spaces Environmental management: environmental change, sustainable development, science and society relations Geographical Information Science (GIS): mapping and analysing information.

Faculty of Science