Human Geography - BSc (Hons)

at University of Kent

Stage 1

Compulsory modules currently include
 

• ANTS3080 - Academic and Research Skills (15 credits)

• GEOG3001 - People, Place and Environment (15 credits)

• GEOG3004 - Environmental Sustainability (15 credits)

• GEOG3005 - Geographical Patterns and Processes (15 credits)

Optional modules may include
 

• ANTB3020 - Foundations of Biological Anthropology (30 credits)

• ANTB3160 - How Humans Evolved (15 credits)

• ANTS3010 - Introduction to Social Anthropology (30 credits)

• ANTS3070 - Thinkers and Theories in Anthropology (15 credits)

• POLI3250 - Introduction to Conflict Analysis and Resolution (15 credits)

• POLI3360 - Politics Today (15 credits)

• WCON3101 - Skills for Wildlife Conservation and Management (15 credits)

• WCON3111 - Principles of Biogeography and Ecology (15 credits)

Stage 2

Compulsory modules currently include
 

• GEOG5001 - Methods and Field Work in Social Science (15 credits)

• GEOG5002 - Critical Approaches in Geography (15 credits)

• GEOG5003 - Sustainable Landscape Planning (15 credits)

• GEOG5004 - Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Principles and Methods (15 credits)

• GEOG5007 - Geographies of Development and the Global South (15 credits)

Optional modules may include
 

• ANTS5730 - Ethnicity and Nationalism (15 credits)

• ANTS6270 - Ethnographic Methods and Visual Anthropology (15 credits)

• ANTS6310 - Power and Money: Political and Economic Challenges of our Contemporary Societies (15 credits)

• GEOG5005 - Cities and the Climate Emergency (15 credits)

• GEOG5006 - Tourism and Conservation (15 credits)

• POLI6580 - The Rise of China (15 credits)

• POLI6600 - International Conflict and Cooperation (15 credits)

• SOCI5250 - Environmental Politics (15 credits)

• WCON5010 - Climate Change and Conservation (15 credits)

• WCON5390 - Applied Ecology and Conservation (15 credits)

• WCON5450 - Conservation Policy and Practice (15 credits)

• WCON5460 - Conservation and Communities (15 credits)

Stage 3

Compulsory modules currently include
 

• GEOG6001 - Critical Geopolitics (15 credits)

• GEOG6002 - Geographies of Tourism and Development (15 credits)

• GEOG6004 - Geography and Environmental Social Science Research Project (30 credits)

• GEOG6200 - Contemporary Topics in Geography and Environment (15 credits)

Optional modules may include
 

• ANTB5560 - Human and Social Sciences in the Classroom (15 credits)

• ANTS5730 - Ethnicity and Nationalism (15 credits)

• ANTS6210 - The Human-Environment Nexus: Contemporary Issues & Critical Approaches (15 credits)

• GEOG5006 - Tourism and Conservation (15 credits)

• GEOG5007 - Geographies of Development and the Global South (15 credits)

• GEOG6003 - Geography Residential Fieldtrip (15 credits)

• SOCI5250 - Environmental Politics (15 credits)

• SOCI7120 - Urban Sociology (15 credits)

• SOCI7550 - Migration and Belonging (15 credits)

• WCON5010 - Climate Change and Conservation (15 credits)

• WCON5460 - Conservation and Communities (15 credits)

GCSE

Mathematics grade C/4 or above

Access to HE Diploma

The University welcomes applications from Access to Higher Education Diploma candidates for consideration. A typical offer may require you to obtain a proportion of Level 3 credits in relevant subjects at merit grade or above.

BTEC Nationals

Distinction, Distinction, Merit in Countryside Management, Animal Management or Applied Science. Other subjects will be considered on a case-by-case basis

International Baccalaureate

30 points overall or 15 points at HL, including 5 at HL or 6 at SL in Biology, Geography, Environmental Science, Psychology, Geology, Chemistry, Physics or Maths.

International Foundation Programme

Pass all components of the University of Kent International Foundation Programme with a 60% overall average including 60% in LZ045 Life Sciences (1 & 2), 60% in LZ036 Academic Skills, and 50% in LZ013 Maths and Statistics if you do not hold GCSE Maths at 4/C or equivalent).

T level

The University will consider applicants holding T level qualifications in subjects closely aligned to the course.

The annual tuition fees for this course are:

Home full-time
£9250

EU full-time
£13000

International full-time
£17400

Using our network of NGOs and consultancy companies, we identified the key skills that successful employees should have. This programme has been designed to equip students with the theoretical and practical skills that are highly demanded by employers in a wide range of fields relating to:
 

• nature conservation

• town and country planning

• environmental protection

• sustainable development

• environmental consultancy

• tourism

• international aid/development.

This programme also equips graduates with the ability to think critically and creatively, enabling them to thrive in research-led teaching environments, and with the necessary practical and research skills to prepare them for high-level postgraduate studies or the increasingly competitive job market.