Study plan Bachelor's Degree in Geography and Spatial Planning (online)

Study guides

Title of qualification awarded

Bachelor's degree in Geography and Spatial Planning

Timetables

Study plan information

Table of credits for each course

  Basic training Compulsory Optional Final Project
1st year 60      
2nd year   60    
3rd year   48 12  
4th year     54 6
Totals 60 108 66 6

Period of study

The degree is organised into semesters

Part-time or full-time

Full-time dedication. Part-time option available.

Specialisations

Basic training
Specialisation in Environmental and Land Planning
Specialisation in Demography and Migrations
Specialisation in Urban, Regional and Cultural Studies

Basic and compulsory training

1st year 2nd year
  • Human Geography
  • Physical Geography
  • Economics
  • Mapping
  • Main Themes of History
  • Statistics
  • Written Expression (Catalan or Spanish)
  • Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
  • Regional Geography
  • Case Study: Geography Techniques 
  • Geography of Catalonia
  • Urban Geography
  • Geographical Information Systems
  • Geomorphology
  • Demography
  • Rural Geography
  • Economic Geography
  • Geography of Spain
  • Climate and Waters
  • Social and Cultural Geography
3rd year 4th year
  • Applied Geographic Information Systems
  • Geography of Europe
  • Land Management
  • Geographical Thought
  • Spatial Analysis and Models
  • Research Methodology Applied to Social Sciences
  • Environmental Diagnosis and Planning
  • Bioinformatics
  • Final Project

Optional subjects

3rd and 4th Courses
  • Spatial and Landscape Planning
  • Geography of Modern Cities
  • Modern Language I and II (English, French, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Portuguese, Occitan, Romanian, Basque, Galician) (*)
  • Geography of Global Change
  • Geography and Gender 
  • Work Experience
In order to obtain a specialisation at least 30 credits (five subjects) must be taken for each pathway.
Specialisation in Environmental and Land Planning Specialisation in Demography and Migrations Specialisation in Urban, Regional and Cultural Studies
  • Planning of the Physical Environment
  • Applied Human Geography
  • Land Planning Models
  • Legal Regime of Planning
  • Regional Planning for Tourism
  • Remote Sensing and Photointerpretation
  • Geographical Distribution of Water Resources
  • Spatial and Territorial Planning
  • Geography of Global Change
  • Demographic Analysis
  • Local and Regional Demography
  • Settlements of Catalonia and Spain
  • Regional Population of the World
  • Migration and Society
  • Mobility and Transport
  • Qualitative Analysis in Geography
  • Political and Administrative Geography
  • Regional Population of the World
  • Geography of the Mountains
  • Coastal Geography
  • Local and Regional Development
  • Theory and Methods in Geography
  • Geography of Metropolitan Regions
  • Geography of Tourism
  • Geography of Modern Cities
  • Geography and Gender
(*) You may take a maximum of 12 credits.

Additional information

All optional subjects are not scheduled each year.