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Human Geography and Planning with a Professional Placement Year (Accredited) (BSc)

Overview

The Human Geography and Planning with a Professional Placement Year (Accredited) (BSc) program is designed to equip students with the skills, knowledge, and confidence needed to tackle the challenges affecting how and where we live. This 4-year full-time degree combines the problem-solving approaches of planning with the topical insights of geography.

Why Study This Course

• Enhance your skills: Develop technical and practical skills with software including GIS (Geographic Information System) & Edina digimap mapping.
• Professionally recognised: Accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
• Field-based studies: Field visits and field study modules apply learning to real-world contexts and develop practical skills.
• Year abroad: Gain global experience and broaden horizons by studying abroad with the 4-year course option available after enrolment.
• Placement year: Gain industry experience, develop skills and connections, and accelerate your career.

Subject Area

• Subject area: Geography (human) and planning
• UCAS code: LK75
• Next intake: September 2026
• Duration: 4 years
• Mode: Full time with sandwich year

Accreditations

• Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

Entry Requirements

Typical Offers

• A-level: ABB-BBC
• Extended/International Project Qualification: Applicants with grade A in the EPQ/IPQ will typically receive an offer one grade lower than the standard offer.
• International Baccalaureate: 32-30 overall or 665-655 in 3 HL subjects.
• Baccalaureate Wales: From September 2023, there will be a new qualification called the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales (level 3).

Essential Requirements

• English language or Welsh language at GCSE grade C/4 or an equivalent.
• GCSE Maths grade C/4 or equivalent qualification.

English Language Requirements

• GCSE: Grade C or grade 4 in GCSE English Language.
• IELTS (academic): At least 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each subskill.
• TOEFL iBT: At least 90 overall with a minimum of 17 for writing, 17 for listening, 18 for reading, and 20 for speaking.
• PTE Academic: At least 69 overall with a minimum of 59 in all communicative skills.
• Trinity ISE II/III: II: at least two Distinctions and two Merits. III: at least a Pass in all components.

Tuition Fees for 2026 Entry

Fees for Home Status

Year	Tuition Fee	Deposit
Year one	｣9,535	None
Year two	｣9,535	None
Year three (sandwich year)	｣1,905	None
Year four	｣9,535	None

Fees for Overseas Status

Year	Tuition Fee	Deposit
Year one	｣24,700	None
Year two	｣24,700	None
Year three (sandwich year)	｣4,940	None
Year four	｣24,700	None

Course Structure

This is a 4-year full-time degree containing compulsory and optional modules. Year 3 is spent working in professional practice.

Year One

• Introduced to the core areas of geography and planning.
• Develop essential skills for accessing and processing information.

Year Two

• Builds on year one, looking in more depth at the history of geographical thought and the core practical disciplines of planning.

Year Three: Sandwich Year

• The placement year gives valuable practical experience in professional practice.
• Allows beginning to build a professional profile and network.

Year Four

• Explores the broader relevance of geography to policy and society.
• Conducts own research and produces an extended report through the compulsory dissertation module.

Learning and Assessment

Approach

• Based on a commitment to provide the highest quality teaching.
• Typically, you'll study 6 modules per year and receive 12 hours of guided study per week.

Support

• Regular feedback from your personal tutor.
• Access to relevant multimedia material, presentations, lecture handouts, bibliographies, further links, electronic exercises, and discussion circles through the Learning Central website.

Assessment

• A range of assessment methods are used, including essays, presentations, portfolios, and creative assignments.
• The placement year assessments include a Professional Development Plan, written report and presentation, worklog, and employer report.

Careers and Placements

Career Prospects

• Numerous exciting and varied career opportunities open to graduates of this degree program.
• Careers include surveying, design and development, transport, economic development, and urban regeneration.

Placements

• This degree is a 4-year option with a placement year in the third year.
• The placement may be paid or unpaid.

Fieldwork

• Each academic year offers a subsidised field study visit.
• Allows researching and investigating a live issue/case study on location.

Additional Costs

• The School does not cover subsistence costs related to the placement year.
• The year 2 residential field study experience is fully subsidised.
• The final year field study visits are currently subsidised (approximately two thirds of the cost) by the School.