BSc Geography

at Durham University

Year 1

Compulsory modules:

• Physical Geography

• Introduction to Climate Change

• Introduction to Geographical Research (BSc) – double module including overseas residential fieldwork

• Human Geography.

Examples of optional modules:

Choose two optional modules from:

• Understanding Earth’s Principles

• Planet under Pressure

• Geographies of Crisis

• Level One Module(s) offered by another department, subject to approval.

Year 2
 

In the second year, you will develop further practical and scientific research skills and, through your choice of modules, may start to specialise in a number of themes or may choose a broader approach. These include our integrated modules that span the human/physical geography interface.

Compulsory modules:

• Scientific Research in Geography

• Handling Geographic Information.

Examples of optional modules:

Choose three modules (the modules may vary from year to year but typical options include):

• Climate Change: Geographical Perspectives

• Contested Environments

• Catchment and Fluvial Systems

• Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles

• Glaciers and Glaciation

• Reconstructing Environmental Change

• Mountain Landscapes

• One Level Two module from the BA list or from another department (with permission and subject to timetable compatibility).

Year 3
 

In the third year, you will undertake your own Research Project (the Dissertation), supervised by a member of staff. You will also choose from a selection of modules that involve material at the cutting-edge of contemporary research.

Compulsory module (40 credits):

• Dissertation (individual Research Project based on an approved physical geography topic) – double module.

Examples of optional modules (80 credits from the following):

20 credits:
 

• The Arctic (Norway field trip)

• Alpine Landscapes and Processes (Switzerland field trip)

• Iceland: Field Research in Glacial Environments (Iceland field trip)

• Mountain Hazards (Nepal field trip)

• Natural Hazards, Risk and Resilience

• Oceans Past and Present

• Remote Sensing

• River Dynamics

• Sea Level Change and Coastal Evolution.

10 credits:

• Antarctic Environments

• Catchment Modelling for Management

• Landslides

• Peatland Geomorphology and Management

• Past Climates of the Low Latitudes

• Ice Age Environments

• Glacial Sedimentary Environments

• Earth Surface Processes and Landscape Evolution.

Up to 20 credits from the Level 3 BA list (with permission and subject to timetable compatibility).

A level offer – AAA or A*AB including Geography or a science subject.
 

BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma/OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma – DDD and an A level science or Geography at grade A.
 

IB Diploma score – 37 with 666 in higher level subjects, including one science subject or Geography.
 

Science A levels
 

Applicants taking Science A levels that include a practical component will be required to take and pass this as a condition of entry. This applies only to applicants sitting A levels with an English examination board.

The tuition fees shown for students are for one complete academic year of full time study and are set according to the academic year of entry. Fees for subsequent years of your course may rise in line with an inflationary uplift as determined by the government.

 

Of those students who graduated in 2019:

• 86% are in paid employment or further study 15 months after graduation across all our programmes

Of those in employment:

• 86% are in high skilled employment

• With an average salary of £27,000.