BA Geography
About this course
BA in Geography, a geography degree within the geography subject area. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Human Behaviour, Social & Cultural Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students have the option of spending a year studying abroad or gaining employment experience on a professional placement. The first year introduces fundamental concepts through compulsory modules such as Geographies of Place, Identity and Culture, Geographies of Global Change, Geographies of Environment and Sustainability, Concepts in Geography, Skills for Geography, and Fieldwork in Geography, alongside optional studies in Earth System Science: The History of Our Planet. The second year advances methodologies through compulsory modules like Ideas in Geography, Research Methodologies in Action, and Doing Human Geography Research. Optional modules throughout the course allow students to explore diverse areas including Global Urban Futures, Geographies of Migration, Health Geographies, and Sustainable Seas.
Modules
- Geographies of Place, Identity and Culture
- Geographies of Global Change
- Geographies of Environment and Sustainability
- Concepts in Geography
- Skills for Geography
- Fieldwork in Geography
- Earth System Science: The History of Our Planet
- Earth System Science: Our Changing Planet
- Ideas in Geography
- Research Methodologies in Action
- Doing Human Geography Research
- Nature, Development and Justice
- Global Urban Futures
- Geographies of Migration
- Health Geographies
- Geographies of Change and Resistance
- Climate Change: Science and Society
- Sustainable Seas
- Sustainable Communities Field Course (Avignon - Marseille)
- Making Place Field Course (Paris)
- City of Flows Field Course (Antwerp)
- Environmental Futures Field Course
- Reconstructing Past Environments
- The Anthropocene
- Ecosystems of the Future: Climate Change, Terrestrial Feedbacks and Nature-Based Solutions