Geography BA, BA (Hons)

This BA/BSc Geography course is designed for individuals committed to sustainability and global challenges. It explores key topics such as climate change, globalisation, and human-environment interactions, while developing skills in data analysis and geospatial problem-solving. Students can select from a variety of optional modules, apply knowledge through field trips in the UK and abroad, and examine issues like human impacts on physical and built environments or global economic development. Opportunities include studying abroad for a semester, undertaking a year-long industry placement, or attending partner institutions in regions like Canada, Europe, the USA, China, or Malaysia. The program is based at the expansive, eco-friendly University Park campus, spanning 300 acres of green space around a lake, equipping graduates with essential skills for professional careers in sustainability and justice.The curriculum begins with foundational modules in human and physical geography during the first year, allowing students to complement their studies with optional subjects from across the university, such as languages, arts, sciences, or engineering. In the second year, fewer core modules enable greater flexibility in choosing geography-related options and up to 20 credits from other disciplines, subject to approval. The final year focuses on a dissertation as the sole core component, alongside advanced geography modules tailored to individual interests.

Your first year covers the foundation of both human and physical geography. You are encouraged to choose optional modules that are appropriate to your geography degree, or at an appropriate level from across the university. Many students opt to study languages, the arts, social and natural sciences or engineering, in addition to geography modules. Year two includes fewer core modules. Instead, you will choose from a range of optional modules appropriate to your geography degree. You will have the opportunity to pursue 20 credits of appropriate modules from outside of geography, subject to approval. In year three, the dissertation is the only core module. Alongside this, you can choose from a range of advanced geography modules appropriate to your degree.