Program Overview

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Course overview

Our BA Geography explores key societal, economic and environmental challenges. It encourages you to engage with, explore and understand the world.

Our degree is informed by the research of our world-leading academics and spans the breadth of the discipline. As a flexible degree, you can tailor it to your interests and evolve into the geographer you want to be. This includes:

becoming a specialist in your chosen field

remaining active across the Geographic terrain

You can select from dozens of Geography modules. These range from:

geopolitics to glacial environments

river catchment dynamics to geographies of sustainable production and consumption

You will join a community of geographic researchers whose research has been funded by:

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC)

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

EU funding

the Scottish Government environment agency

the UK Government

the Environment Agency

a range of charities

major industrial organisations

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BA or BSc?

During your degree you will have the opportunity to study both Human and Physical Geography modules.

You'll study at least one physical geography module in first year. Then in Stages 2 and 3 you will have the opportunity to:

specialise in human geography

maintain a mixture of human and physical geography

pursue physical geography

Optional modules during Stages 2 and 3 are the same whether you are studying BA Geography or BSc Geography.

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