BA Geography
Entry requirements
A level: BBB. We recommend that this includes Geography, or alternatively you should have one of the following subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Economics, English Literature, Environmental Studies, Geology, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Religious Studies, and Sociology. IB: 30 points overall with 15 points from the best 3 HL subjects including Geography or alternative cognate subject at HL grade 6
About this course
BA Hons in Geography, a geography degree centred on human and environmental interactions within the Earth's planetary systems. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Environmental Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Human Behaviour, and Design & Creative Practice. Students complete an independent dissertation project in the final year, with options to collaborate with regional organisations for practical work experience. The first year establishes core foundations through modules such as Foundation Skills for LEC, Global Human Geography, Introducing Research in Geography, Reading the Landscape, and Society and Place. The second year advances core knowledge through modules including Geographical Data Science and Political and Economic Geography, while allowing students to select from various human-centric and physical options. The final year centres on the Dissertation core module, alongside advanced optional studies. Optional modules span diverse areas such as urban challenges, creative geographies, eco-innovation, and international field courses in locations like tropical Asia and Scotland.
Modules
- Foundation Skills for LEC
- Global Human Geography
- Introducing Research in Geography
- Reading the Landscape
- Society and Place
- Atmosphere, Weather and Climate
- Biodiversity and Global Change
- Policy Lab
- Political Theory for a Troubled World
- Geographical Data Science
- Political and Economic Geography
- Atmospheric Science
- Cultural and Social Geography
- Ecology and Conservation
- Environmental Geography
- Geography, Development and the Majority World
- Glaciology
- Living with the Landscape
- Sustainable Hebrides: Field Course
- Dissertation
- Challenging Cities in the 21st Century
- Creative Geographies: Place, Space and the Geographies of Imagination
- Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
- Eco-Innovation for Sustainable Development
- Food and Agriculture in the 21st Century
- Geographies of Transformation in the Global South
- Governing Socio-Ecological Systems in Tropical Asia Field Course
- Interdisciplinary Conservation Science
- Managing the Energy Transition
- Political Ecology
- Spatial Data Analysis
- The Politics of Urban Futures: Field Course
- Teaching, Outreach and Public Engagement