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Introduction to BA (Hons) Geography

The BA (Hons) Geography program at the University of Plymouth is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the impact of humans on societies, mobilities, and environmental governance. The program is set in a vibrant urban environment surrounded by iconic rural and coastal landscapes, offering a unique blend of theoretical and practical learning experiences.

Program Details

• The typical offer for this program is 104 UCAS points.
• The program is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (IBG).
• Students can choose from a range of exciting human and physical geography modules, allowing for flexibility and specialization.
• The program includes hands-on learning, field trips, and research projects, providing students with specialist geographical skills sought by graduate employers.

Year 1 Modules

• Culture, Society and Space: Explores the role of human geographers in understanding global societal challenges.
• People and Place: Examines the importance of places in people's lives and how they are imagined, used, and contested.
• Glaciers, Deserts and Climate Change: Investigates the impact of climate change on cold and dry environments.
• Water, Landscapes and Environmental Management: Focuses on the dynamic world of physical geography, exploring environmental themes centered on water and landscape change.
• Sustainable Futures: Introduces students to critical global sustainability challenges and solutions.
• Our Digital Planet: Develops skills in data analysis, GIS, and cartographic techniques to tackle pressing issues.

Year 2 Modules

• Placement Preparation: Prepares students for placements, work experience, and volunteering, enhancing employability.
• Designing Research for a Changing Planet: Develops research skills through the design of an independent research project.
• Research Design in Action: Fieldwork for a Changing Planet: Enhances subject understanding through fieldwork, exploring real-world challenges in dynamic landscapes.
• Principles and Professional Skills in Geography: Explores the different ways geographers investigate the world and develops practical skills.

Optional Modules

• Nature, Country and Society: Examines how different societies understand and interact with the natural world.
• Transport, Travel and Mobilities: Identifies where people and goods move, why, and the challenges this presents.
• Urban Planning, Design and Security: Appreciates the evolution and practice of urban planning, design, and security.
• Quaternary to Anthropocene: Explores how and when the planet moved from natural processes to human-dominated environments.
• Catchment and River Processes: Develops an understanding of how rivers and their catchments co-function and respond to issues like climate change.
• Geographical Information Systems: Masters the theory, methods, and spatial literacy needed to analyze real-world geographic data.

Final Year Modules

• Independent Project: Undertakes an independent research project tackling a real-world challenge.
• Work Based Learning in Geography and Sustainability: Provides opportunities for students to develop transferrable employability skills through work experience.
• Frontiers in Fieldwork: Unlocking Multidisciplinary Potential: Embarks on a novel international field trip exploring real-world challenges.
• Sustainable Cities: Examines the crucial role of cities in actioning many of the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Citizenship, Territory and War: Explores the geographies of citizenship, territory, and war.
• Living Landscapes: Uncovers the stories, meanings, and experiences of places.
• Environmental Politics and Governance: Deepens understanding of the politics of the Earth and how science, ethics, interests, and power shape debates and decision-making.
• Dryland Change: Learns how drylands experience dramatic changes and develops expertise in reading the landscape.
• Long-term Environmental Change: Places current issues in a long-term context, exploring 'grand environmental challenges.'
• Contemporary Arctic and Alpine Challenges: Investigates challenges facing extreme landscapes and societies.
• Big Data & Spatial Analytics: Develops hands-on skills in data processing, management, and programming.
• Climate Change Action: Equips students for the drive to deliver climate action, training in climate risk analysis.

Fieldwork and Facilities

• The program offers a fieldwork program enabling students to gain hands-on research experience in various environments.
• Facilities include cutting-edge resources such as a 5G interactive microscope laboratory and access to specialist software for data analysis and GIS.

Careers and Placement

• Geographers have a broad range of career paths open to them, including environmental consultancy, flood risk, environmental planning, geospatial science, education, commerce, transport, and the public sectors.
• The program includes an optional placement year, which can be completed in the UK or abroad, providing invaluable work experience.

Fees and Funding

• Tuition fees for UK students are Ł9,790 per year, with optional placement years costing Ł1,955 (in the UK) or Ł1,465 (outside the UK).
• International tuition fees are Ł19,200 per year, with the same optional placement year costs.
• The University offers various funding options, including scholarships, bursaries, and support funds.

Entry Requirements

• The typical offer is 104 UCAS points, with eligibility for contextual offers.
• GCSE mathematics and English at grade 4/C or above are required.
• Specific requirements for A levels, BTEC National Diplomas, Access courses, T levels, and International Baccalaureates are outlined.
• English language requirements must be met for international students.

Application and Other Routes

• Applications are made through UCAS, with the course code L700 and institution code P60.
• Other routes into the program include the BSc (Hons) Geography with Foundation Year for those without traditional entry requirements.