Program Overview

Geography and Environmental Science BSc

Key Information

• Course type: Single honours
• Delivery mode: In person
• Study mode: Full time
• Required A-level: AAB
• Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
• Duration: Three years
• Application status: Open
• Start date: September 2025
• Application deadline: 29 January 2025
• Optional study abroad
• Apply via UCAS

Course Description

Our Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Geography and Environmental Science offers an exciting course of study covering Physical Geography, the Environment, Spatial Data Science as well as interactions with Development, Urban and Cultural Geography. You will learn advanced analytical and technical skills that can be applied to understanding a range of real-world issues, and graduate with a career-relevant set of skills, determined by your study pathway.

Key Benefits

• You will be studying cutting-edge topics taught by staff who are recognised leaders in their fields.
• Our recently refurbished accommodation offers high-quality teaching, laboratory and social facilities.
• Situated in central London, you will have access to numerous libraries and facilities as well as discovering the cultural destinations of the city.
• Successful graduates are employed in a range of different sectors, including the financial services industry, non-governmental organisations, government bodies and research.
• Field trips are an important aspect of the King’s experience. We run a domestic residential fieldtrip in the first year, and in the second year we expect to run international fieldtrips (subject to travel restrictions) with likely destinations including Tenerife, Lisbon and others.
• This programme has been accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). Accredited degree programmes contain a solid academic foundation in geographical knowledge and skills, and prepare graduates to address the needs of the world beyond higher education.

Course Essentials

• This course is primarily taught at the King’s College London Strand Campus, with occasional lectures and practical sessions taking place at the Waterloo Campus.
• Please note that locations are determined by where each module is taught and may vary depending on the optional modules you select.
• Off-site study will take place at specific fieldtrip destinations. UK and International Residential fieldtrips take place at various locations and are continually reviewed and subject to change.

Base Campuses

Strand Campus

Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties.

Waterloo Campus

Waterloo campus is home of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery and facilities for other faculties

Special Features

Optional Study Abroad

On this programme, you will have the opportunity to apply to study abroad, supported by the Study Abroad Tutor in your department and King’s Global Mobility Office. Together with partner organisations around the world, you will be supported in navigating your international, educational journey, developing new skills and competences and learning to apply different perspectives to your chosen discipline.

Entry Requirements

• Subject requirements: None
• Preferred subjects: None
• A-Levels: AAB
• International Baccalaureate Diploma: 35 points overall or an aggregate score of 17 from three Higher Levels
• Alternative accepted qualifications: Access to HE Diploma, BTEC Nationals/CTECs, Cambridge Pre-U, European Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers

Teaching and Structure

• Teaching methods: Lectures, seminars, workshops, laboratory sessions, field trips
• Assessment: Assessed essays, field reports, dissertation, written examinations, oral presentations, posters, practical worksheets
• Structure: Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 360 credits. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits, comprising of 15 and 30 credit modules.

Careers

• Employability: Geography at degree level provides a broad education leading to a range of opportunities to pursue a career doing further research or employment in a range of sectors, from London’s financial services industries to non-governmental organisations in areas such as development and environmental justice.
• Recent graduates have found employment as:
  • Data analyst in financial and not-for-profit sectors
  • Senior executive officer at The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
  • Sustainability officer
  • Environmental planning consultant
  • Management consultant
  • Account executive at international communication company
  • University lecturer
  • Secondary school teacher
  • TV presenter (Countryfile)
  • Documentary film maker
  • Fashion buyer and entrepreneur

Fees and Funding

• Full-time tuition fees UK: £9,535 per year
• Full-time tuition fees International: £30,000 per year
• Additional costs: Books, clothing for optional course-related events and competitions, library fees and fines, personal photocopies, printing course handouts, society membership fees, stationery, graduation costs, travel costs for travel around London and between campuses, partial contributions to fieldtrip costs

Related Departments

• Department of Geography
• School of Global Affairs
• Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy