Program Overview

Geography (with integrated year in industry)

Key Facts

• UCAS Tariff: 120 - 96
• Course duration: 4 years
• Available for September start 2025

Course Overview

This programme has been accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

As a large dynamic Geography community we are able to offer you an extremely broad range of geographical specialisms, opportunities and facilities:

• quaternary environmental change
• current trends in Geohazards
• urban sustainability
• regional development
• political and cultural geography
• fieldwork opportunities in New Zealand, Crete, New York, and Ireland
• travel awards available each year to fund your own adventures (up to £400)
• state of the art teaching facilities with the latest technology to enhance learning
• fully stocked laboratories with an array of analytical instruments e.g. mass spectrometers and core scanners of which can be used for fieldwork and independent study, abilities and expertise to face and engage with the challenges facing society today.

Modules

Year 1

• Conflict and Change: the making of urban and rural spaces (GS10220, 20 credits)
• Earth Surface Environments (GS10520, 20 credits)
• How to Build a Planet (GS11520, 20 credits)
• Living in a Dangerous World (GS10020, 20 credits)
• Place and Identity (GS14220, 20 credits)
• Researching the World: data collection and analysis (GS13020, 20 credits)

Year 2

• Practising Human Geography: Methods, Approaches, and Contexts (GS20920, 20 credits)
• Visualisation and Analysis of Geographical Data (GS23620, 20 credits)
• Concepts for Geographers (GS20410, 10 credits)
• Geographical Information Systems (GS23710, 10 credits)
• Graduate Career and Professional Development (CD20220, 20 credits)
• Physical Analysis of Natural Materials (GS22010, 10 credits)
• Quantitative Data Analysis (GS23810, 10 credits)
• Social Research Methods (GS20510, 10 credits)

Year 3

• Work Placement (GSS0260, 60 credits)

Year 4

• Geography Dissertation (GS34040, 40 credits)

Careers

Employability is embedded within all courses provided by us. Our degrees provide a solid foundation for a vast array of careers across a range of sectors. In a rapidly shifting global economy, our graduates are adaptable and able to draw on a range of transferable skills, ensuring that they are always in demand. The year spent in industry as part of this degree will, however, provide you with specific skills and experiences that will be directly relevant to particular career paths.

Teaching & Learning

Our courses are taught through lectures, seminars, laboratory and computer practical classes, small group tutorials, field courses and individual supervision of project work.

Typical Entry Requirements

• UCAS Tariff: 120 - 96
• A Levels: BBB-CCC
• GCSE requirements (minimum grade C/4): English or Welsh and Mathematics
• BTEC National Diploma: DDM-MMM
• International Baccalaureate: 30-26
• European Baccalaureate: 75%-65% overall
• English Language Requirements: See our Undergraduate English Language Requirements for this course. Pre-sessional English Programmes are also available for students who do not meet our English Language Requirements.

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