BA Geography and Economics (Placement Year)
Entry requirements
A level: AAB. We recommend that this includes Geography, or alternatively you should have one of the following subjects: Classics, Economics, English Literature, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Religious Studies, and Sociology. IB: 35 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects including Geography or alternative cognate subject at HL grade 6
About this course
BA Hons in Geography and Economics (Placement Year), an economics and geography degree centred on human and physical geographical processes alongside micro- and macroeconomic theory. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Policy Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Entrepreneurship. Students complete an integrated industry placement year in their third year to gain professional experience before returning for final-year studies. The first year covers core foundations through Global Human Geography, Society and Place, Foundations of Macroeconomics, Foundations of Microeconomics, Foundation Skills for LEC, and Introducing Research in Geography. The second year progresses to advanced concepts through Environmental Geography, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, and Political and Economic Geography, alongside optional modules covering areas such as Economic Inequality, Environmental Economics, Geographical Data Science, Geography, Development and the Majority World, Foundations of Econometrics with Professional Development, Sustainable Hebrides: Field Course, and Cultural and Social Geography. The fourth year features compulsory modules including Current Issues in Economics and Writing Geography and Economics. Optional modules allow students to explore topics such as Challenging Cities in the 21st Century, Eco-Innovation for Sustainable Development, Geographies of Transformation in the Global South, Governing Socio-Ecological Systems in Tropical Asia Field Course, Growth and Development, International Trade and Business, Labour and Health Economics, Managing the Energy Transition, Political Ecology, Spatial Data Analysis, Global Macroeconomics and Policy, Teaching, Outreach and Public Engagement, and The Politics of Urban Futures: Field Course.
Modules
- Foundation Skills for LEC
- Foundations of Macroeconomics
- Foundations of Microeconomics
- Global Human Geography
- Introducing Research in Geography
- Society and Place
- Environmental Geography
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Political and Economic Geography
- Economic Inequality
- Environmental Economics
- Geographical Data Science
- Geography, Development and the Majority World
- Foundations of Econometrics with Professional Development
- Sustainable Hebrides: Field Course
- Cultural and Social Geography
- Placement
- Current Issues in Economics
- Writing Geography and Economics
- Challenging Cities in the 21st Century
- Eco-Innovation for Sustainable Development
- Geographies of Transformation in the Global South
- Governing Socio-Ecological Systems in Tropical Asia Field Course
- Growth and Development
- International Trade and Business
- Labour and Health Economics
- Managing the Energy Transition
- Political Ecology
- Spatial Data Analysis
- Global Macroeconomics and Policy
- Teaching, Outreach and Public Engagement
- The Politics of Urban Futures: Field Course