Geography, BA (Hons), with study abroad

Geography remains highly relevant, from understanding landscape formation and population dynamics to assessing climate change impacts.Our Geography degrees develop practical, numerical, and computational skills for careers in regional planning, environmental management, local authority roles, financial planning, computing, business, and retail management. Strong industry ties offer excellent work experience, while our location near the Gower Peninsula—AONB—provides access to Bannau Brycheiniog, rural west Wales, and South Wales landscapes, plus overseas fieldwork in Austria, Berlin, Malaysian Borneo, Mallorca, New York, or Vancouver. Explore key issues like climatic change, migration, glaciology, global modelling, Earth observation, and urban space, with cultural immersion and language skills via a year abroad. Study in £4.2m state-of-the-art labs featuring high-performance computing for GIS and satellite data, isotope mass spectrometers, climatic chambers, and more. Also available as a four-year course with industry placement (F554)."I loved my degree—it fosters an analytical view of the world, weighing evidence and questioning origins, much like journalism." Melanie Bromley, BA (Hons) Geography, West Coast bureau chief, US Weekly.Book an Open Day: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/our-open-days/