Bachelor's Degree in Geography and Land Management

Field(s) of education and training (ISCED-F)

• Sociology and cultural studies (0314)

Main focus

The main objective of the Bachelor’s Degree in Geography and Land Management of the University of Granada is to provide students with integrated theoretical and practical training that will allow them to perform territorial diagnostics based on the skilled interpretation of spatial processes from a physical-environmental as well as a socio-economic perspective. They will learn how to deal with territorial diversity and complexity, based on the knowledge of relevant elements, factors, and interrelations. With a view to identifying, analysing, and interpreting the nature and functionality of the territory, this degree programme provides students with a practical knowledge of work techniques for the collection, analysis, treatment, and representation of geographic information. This includes primary sources, with a special emphasis on field work as well as secondary sources, accompanied by the effective use of ICT. From a holistic perspective and at various levels, graduates of this degree programme will be able to identify the characteristics, potentialities, opportunities, impacts, and risks that affect the territorial system in order to facilitate its planning and management. They will also be qualified to work in research and teaching.

Competences

In consonance with the objectives of the degree programme, graduates will develop a set of skills that facilitate the attainment of objectives within the context of training that favours high-quality professional performance, as stated in the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MECES). In line with the general competences shared with other professional profiles, this degree programme qualifies graduates to do the following:
1. Be aware of the importance of the socio-economic and physical-environmental processes of territories.
2. Know about and be able to reflect on environmental problems in today’s world and on economic, urban, political, demographic, and cultural problems reflected in the territory and landscape.
3. Know, organise, synthesise, and map geographic information by using tools such as GIS to formulate proposals of scientific-technical intervention for territorial planning and management, based on complex diagnostics.
4. Know how to teach and disseminate geographic information.

Name of title awarded in original language

Graduado o Graduada en Geografía y Gestión del Territorio

Qualification requirements

– The student must prove the level B1, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
– The student has to complete the ECTS credits of the study program distributed as follows:
Basic Formation (60 ECTS)
Obligatory (114 ECTS)
Optional (60 ECTS)
Final degree project (6 ECTS)

Admission information

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to students with the following degrees/ diplomas or studies, or any other recognized as equivalent to these:
A.1. Spanish Bachiller, European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate.
A.2. Baccalaureate from European Union Member States’ education systems or other countries withinternational agreements.
A.3. Advanced Technician in Vocational Training, Advanced Technician in Plastic Arts and Design orAdvanced Technician in Sports Education, from the Spanish Education System.
A.4.Studies carried out in European Union Member States or in other countries with international reciprocal agreements which meet the academic requirements in those States to access their university studyprogrammes.
A.5. Official Spanish university degrees of Diplomado, Arquitecto Técnico, Ingeniero Técnico, Licenciado, Arquitecto, Ingeniero, Graduado or Máster Universitario.
A.6. Partial (foreign or Spanish) university studies.

Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is also possible for:
B.1. People over twenty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
B.2. People over forty with work or professional experience related to a university field of knowledge.
B.3. People over forty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.

Likewise, access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to:
C.1. People meeting the requirements to enter university according to the Spanish Education Systemregulations prior to Ley Orgánica 8/2013, of December 9.

Grading scale
In the Spanish university system, modules/courses are graded on a scale of 0 to 10 points with the following qualitative equivalence:
0-4,9: «suspenso»; 5-6,9: «aprobado»; 7-8,9: «notable»; 9-10: «sobresaliente». A special mention, «Matrícula de Honor» may be granted to up to 5% of the students in a group provided they have got a «sobresaliente». To pass a module/course is necessary to get at least 5 points.
In cases of recognition of ECTS, professional experience, cultural or sports activities, or student representation no grading will be recorded but, where appropriate, the word «Apto».

UGR Examination Regulations
https://docencia.ugr.es/sites/vic/docencia/public/inline-files/Normativa_de_evaluacion_y_calificacion_EN.pdf

More info on academic regulations at: 

https://ugrcat.ugr.es/en/about-ugr/#regulations