Human Geography, BA (Hons), with industry placement

The study of geography remains highly pertinent, encompassing the shaping of landscapes, population dynamics, and the effects of climate change. This BA in Human Geography is ideal for those seeking to boost employability through practical, numerical, and computational skills, preparing graduates for careers in regional planning, environmental management, local authority roles, financial planning, computing, or business and retail management. Strong industry ties offer valuable work placements, with support for securing opportunities in the UK or abroad, alongside access to stunning locales like the Gower Peninsula and international fieldwork in places such as Berlin or New York.The programme explores key issues like global economic processes, migration, and political geography, with modules progressing from foundational topics in Year 1 to advanced options in Years 2 and 4, including a dissertation. Year 3 involves a 40-week industrial placement. Teaching occurs in state-of-the-art facilities, with assessments via exams, coursework, practicals, and fieldwork. Flexibility allows switching between BA and BSc schemes until Year 2's end.

In Year 1 you'll study several compulsory modules covering topics such as global environmental change, people place and nation, global shifts, colonial and postcolonial geographies, mobilities and migration and urban geography. You will then choose from optional modules covering geographical skills and methods, writing skills and personal development planning, and topics such as sustainability, Earth's changing face and geology. In Year 2, you'll choose from a range of optional modules covering data analysis, approaches to human geography and conducting social research, and topics such as geographic information systems, creative geographies, boundaries and connections, political geographies and urban modelling. You'll also have an opportunity to take part in an overseas field trip. In Year 3, you'll spend a minimum of 40 weeks in an industrial placement in a UK company. Occasionally, opportunities may arise outside of the UK. You'll receive support from our placements team during your 2nd year to help you prepare for and secure a relevant industrial placement. In Year 4, you'll undertake your dissertation and choose from a range of optional modules covering topics such as migration, security and humanism, contemporary rural Britain, geographies of national identity, capital and labour in the 21st century, World cities and environmental modelling. You'll also have the opportunity to undertake an interdisciplinary field trip to the Indian Himalayas (Sikkim).