BSc Geography
Entry requirements
GCSE: Grade C/4 in Mathematics and English Language or Welsh, if not demonstrated by the Level 3 qualification/s. Offers are tariff based, 104 - 136 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.: A Levels: Including a C grade or above in Geography. General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted. International Baccalaureate Diploma (including grade H5 or above in Geography at the Higher Level) Access: Science or Environmental/Land-based or Humanities course (merit grade required in the Geography element) BTEC National Extended Diploma in Countryside Management or Applied Science**: DMM - DDD Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma in Applied Science or Laboratory Skills**: DMM - DDD City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080): DMM - DDD in a relevant subject (e.g. Countryside Management, Countryside and Environment, Forestry & Arboriculture)** Welsh Baccalaureate is accepted. T-levels: considered on a case-by-case basis Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Geography. Core topics include Programming, Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Project Management. Students undertake fieldwork in North Wales, including Eryri National Park and the Snowdonia region. The programme is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
Modules
- Earth Systems and Processes
- Geography Field Study (North Wales)
- Environmental Data and Analysis
- Environmental Data Analysis
- Year 1 Tutorials
- Tutorials Year 1
- Introducing Human Geographies
- Introduction to Human Geography
- Britain: Blitz to Brexit, UK Politics and the Post-war World
- Social Divisions
- Ecosystem Function and Services
- Earth, Climate and Evolution
- Climate Change: Science and Impacts
- Geographical Fieldwork and Research Skills
- Natural Hazards
- Becoming a Researcher
- Catchment Processes
- Fluvial Geomorphology
- Geospatial Data Skills
- Space, Power and Ideology
- Water, Air and Soil Pollution
- Remote Sensing and Geophysics
- Ice, Oceans and Climate
- Sustainable Development: From Global to Local
- Sustainable Development
- Critical Thinking in Geography
- Geography Dissertation
- Traethawd Hir yn Naearyddiaeth
- Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing
- Rivers, Coasts and Oceans
- Sustainable Communities
- Professional Placement
- Catchment Modelling and Analysis
- Environmental Geochemistry
- Governing Society and Environment
- The Urban Anthropocene
- Environmental Policy
- Forest Ecology
- Geoarchaeology
- Marine Geology and Applications
- Field Course: Tenerife
- Coastal Processes Field Study
- Food Geographies: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Daearyddiaeth Bwyd: Arloesi a Mentergarwch