Year 1
You will study a broad range of physical and human geography topics in order to understand the breadth of the subject and build foundational knowledge of the discipline. A residential field course in Devon provides field experience in physical geography (landscapes, ecology, coastal management), and will allow you to develop new skills in the context of staff-led projects and activities.
Modules
- Human Geography for a Globalized World
- Environment, Nature, Society
- Evolution of the Earth System
- Exploring our Digital Planet
- Field and Laboratory Techniques for Physical Geographers
- The Contemporary Earth System
- Skills for Professional Geographies
- Working with Geographic Information
Apart from the field course, this is the same as the BA in Geography, enabling you to switch between the two degrees at the end of your first year if you wish.
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
In Year 2 you will begin to focus on key areas of physical geography, via core modules on (for example) climate change and analytical methods, and through a range of optional modules. These cover topics including geomorphology and biogeography, as well as satellite remote sensing and palaeo-climatic change. You will attend a residential field course in the Lake District at the start of Year 2, which provides a field-based introduction into these topics and will also go on an overseas field trip (Almeria) mid-way through semester 2.
Core modules
- Geographical Data Analysis
- Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation
- Geographical Research Design (Overseas Field Course) (Almeria)
- Geographical Information Science
- Option modules
Choose two modules from:
- Catchment Systems
- The Dynamic Biosphere
- Environment and Development
Then choose one module from:
- Geography in Education (This module has limited spaces)
- Remote Sensing for Geographers
- An Introduction Of Past Global Climate Changes
- 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 BSc 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 and is constructed largely from optional modules, which allow you to build your degree in the way that most interests you. There is scope to develop specialisms, or remain a generalist. In semester 1 you will develop you own research project with your supervisor as part of the final year dissertation. You will then choose from a wide range of optional modules.
Modules
Choose six option modules from:
- Contemporary Environmental Challenges
- Critical Digital Geographies
- Californian Drylands (field trip)
- Neotropical Rainforests (field trip)
- Understanding Ecosystems and Environments of the Distant Past
- Water Quality Processes and Management
- Information Visualisation
- Stable Isotopes in the Environment
- The Biosphere in the Earth System
- Understanding the Tropical Forests of SE Asia
- River Dynamics
- African Drylands
- Research Communication
Plus your Dissertation
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.
