Year 1
You will study a broad range of physical and human geography topics in order to understand the breadth of the subject. A UK-based residential field trip will get you out of the lecture theatre and into the field where you will develop fieldwork skills and do project work.
Modules
- Human Geography for a Globalized World
- Environment, Nature, Society
- Evolution of the Earth System
- Exploring our Digital Planet
- Human Geography Fieldcourse: The dynamics of people and place
- The Contemporary Earth System
- Skills for Professional Geographies
- Working with Geographic Information
Apart from the field course, this is the same as the BSc in Geography, enabling you to switch between the two degrees at the end of your first year if your grades in BSc modules allow this.
Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.
Year 2
During this year you will begin to focus on human geography, covering topics such as environmental justice, gentrification, and the politics of development. Your second year will involve an international field trip (previous locations have included New York). A physical Geography option remains and you will take the interdisciplinary Climate Change module in semester one.
Core modules
- Geographical Research in the Field (Human Geography Overseas Field Course)
- Histories and Philosophies of Human Geography
- Research Design and Methods (with Dissertation Planning)
- Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation
- Geographical Information Science
Option modules
Choose two option modules from:
- The Dynamic Biosphere
- Environment and Development
- Social and Cultural Geography
- Economy, Society and Space
Then choose one option module from:
- Political Geography: Space, Territory and Power
- Geography in Education (This module has limited spaces)
- Remote Sensing for Geographers
Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.
Year Abroad or in Industry (optional)
If you want to, you can spend the third year of the BA studying abroad at one of our partner institutions or working in an industrial placement. Alternatively, you can opt to continue studying at the University and complete your degree in three years.
Final Year
Your final year incorporates a blend of teaching and research. You will select a topic to research in your dissertation and choose from a wide range of optional modules.
Choose six option modules from:
- Critical Digital Geographies
- Contemporary Environmental Challenges
- Cities of the Global South
- Geographies of the Market Place
- Information Visualisation
- Migration, Place and Diversity
- Critical, Symbolic and Emotional Rural Geographies
- Berlin Fieldcourse: Tracing Geopolitics in Urban Space
- Understanding the Tropical Forests of SE Asia
- Research Communication
- Neotropical Rainforests*
Plus your Dissertation
*On the BA programme, the prerequisite for this module is The Dynamic Biosphere
Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.