Geography, BSc (Hons)

Geographers address critical challenges such as disaster relief, climate change, resource depletion, and social inequities by providing insightful solutions. This course appeals to those passionate about human-environment interactions, offering a practical degree at Brackenhurst Campus with extensive fieldwork, trips, and customizable study options. Students can select from diverse geography areas, undertake industry placements, or participate in international exchanges in places like Australia or Canada, ensuring graduates emerge with real-world experience and versatile skills for high-demand careers in environmental assessment, sustainability, and beyond.The curriculum includes core modules like Geographies of Global Change and Weather and Climate in Year One, building to advanced topics such as Geographical Information Systems and Natural Hazards in Year Two, and a dissertation with options like Natural Resource Management in the final year. Assessment emphasizes coursework, with Year One split between coursework (67%) and exams (33%), Year Two favoring coursework (83%), and the final year relying entirely on coursework for the BSc (Hons) Geography pathway.

Year One

• Geographies of Global Change

• Weather and Climate

• Geographical Fieldwork

• Earth Systems

• Practical and Professional Skills

• Global Environmental Issues

• Principles and Practice in Geography

• Geographical Information Systems and Spatial Analysis

• Global Climate Emergency

• Sustainability

• Natural Hazards and Disasters

• River Dynamics and Management

• International Development and Social Justice

• Law and Policy

• Environmental Change (Fieldwork)

• Dissertation

• Contemporary Topics in Geography

• Natural Resource Management

• Drylands

• Global Agriculture and Food Security

• Applications of Remote Sensing

• Energy for a Low Carbon Future

• Glaciers and Glaciation