BA Geography
Entry requirements
A level: A*AA IB: 41-42 points, with 776 at Higher Level . Some Colleges ask for specific subjects to apply to Geography, whereas others don't.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Geography, a geography degree spanning both human and physical environments. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Laboratory Techniques, and Fieldwork. Fieldwork includes one-day excursions alongside compulsory residential field classes lasting five to eight days during the second year. The first year covers the foundations through globalisation, cultural geography, sustainable development, urbanisation, geopolitics, uneven economies and inequality, health and disease, tectonics and volcanism, glacial processes and the cyrosphere, Quaternary climate change, biogeography, atmosphere and climate, potential solutions to climate change, fieldwork skills for physical geography, laboratory skills, presenting geographical data in various ways using specialist software, statistical methods for physical and human geography, and research and fieldwork skills in human geography. The second year explores Living with Global Change, Inequality, Development Theories, Policies and Practices, Citizenship, Cities and Civil Society, Glacial Processes, Biogeography, and Quaternary Climates and Environments. The final year allows students to choose from options such as Geographies of Hope, Data Analysis in Climate and Environmental Sciences, Natural Hazards in the 21st Century, Earth Observation and the Climate System, Global Urbanism, Political Ecology, Biogeography, Glaciology, Postcolonialism and Decoloniality, Geographies of the Arctic, Volcanology, Legal Geographies, Geographies of Food and Power, Demographic Continuity and Change, Life within Limits, and Landscape and Power.
Modules
- globalisation
- cultural geography
- sustainable development
- urbanisation
- geopolitics
- uneven economies and inequality
- health and disease
- tectonics and volcanism
- glacial processes and the cyrosphere
- Quaternary climate change
- biogeography
- atmosphere and climate
- potential solutions to climate change
- fieldwork skills for physical geography
- laboratory skills
- presenting geographical data in various ways using specialist software
- statistical methods for physical and human geography
- research and fieldwork skills in human geography
- Living with Global Change
- Inequality
- Development Theories, Policies and Practices
- Citizenship, Cities and Civil Society
- Glacial Processes
- Biogeography
- Quaternary Climates and Environments
- Geographies of Hope
- Data Analysis in Climate and Environmental Sciences
- Natural Hazards in the 21st Century
- Earth Observation and the Climate System
- Global Urbanism
- Political Ecology
- Biogeography
- Glaciology
- Postcolonialism and Decoloniality
- Geographies of the Arctic
- Volcanology
- Legal Geographies
- Geographies of Food and Power
- Demographic Continuity and Change
- Life within Limits
- Landscape and Power