BA Geography
Entry requirements
A level: AAA or AAB (specific subject requirements) BTEC: D*DD or DDD in National Extended Diploma. We can also accept a combination of National Extended Certificates and A-levels. The BTEC, with or without combination A-levels, must cover modules aligned with the subjects named in the A-level section. IB: 6,6,6 at higher level or 6,6,5 at higher level including in an accepted subject.
About this course
BA in Geography, a geography degree focused on spatial analysis, human geography, and environmental processes. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Project Management, and Social & Cultural Analysis. This course is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society with IBG. The first year introduces foundational themes through Planet Under Threat, Digital Geographies, Global Geopolitics, Migration and Uneven Development, and Dynamic Landscapes. The second year builds technical and analytical capabilities with Career Skills in Geography, Research Approaches in Human Geography, Social and Spatial Data Analysis with GIS, and Natural Hazards, Human Disasters. The third year encompasses advanced investigation and specialisation through the Human Geography Dissertation, Geocomputation and Spatial Analysis, Data Visualisation for Social and Environmental Science, and Water Science and Management.
Modules
- The Urban Age
- Planet Under Threat
- Digital Geographies
- Global Geopolitics, Migration and Uneven Development
- Population, Society and Space
- Living Earth
- Dynamic Landscapes
- Challenges in Transport and Mobility
- Transport Policy in Action
- Career Skills in Geography
- Research Approaches in Human Geography
- Social and Spatial Data Analysis with GIS
- Political and Development Geographies
- Geographies of Economies
- 'Mapping Borders', Boundaries and Belonging
- The Making of the Modern City
- Citizenship and Identity: Comparative Perspectives
- Geographies of Food
- Earth Surface Processes
- Ecosystems: Process, Pattern and Change
- Climate Systems
- Planning Services for Changing Populations
- Towards a Zero Carbon Future
- Transport Land Use and Development
- Transport, Energy and Environment
- Key Challenges in Transport and Society
- Exploring Transport and Society
- Natural Hazards, Human Disasters
- Human Geography Dissertation
- Helsinki: Urban Growth and Sustainability
- Exploring the Mediterranean Migration Crisis
- Bilbao: Contested Urban Transformations
- Retail Location Planning
- Healthy Spaces, Risky Places
- Contested Cities
- Creating Alternative Futures: Sustainability Transitions from Theory to Practice
- Geocomputation and Spatial Analysis
- Data Visualisation for Social and Environmental Science
- Geographies of Global Insecurities
- Spaces of Migration and Encounter
- Professional Work Placement
- Geographical Research Opportunities
- School and Educational Placements
- Water Science and Management
- Management of Wilderness and Global Ecosystems
- The Cryosphere
- Tropical Forests and Sustainable Development
- Freight Transport, Logistics and the Environment
- Travel Activity Analysis
- Social Analysis and Social Psychology for Transport
- Healthy Cities: Transport and Health
- practice the skills you have learnt in class in real-world situations
- gain first-hand experience of collecting and analysing data
- build valuable individual and team research skills – vital for your final year research project
- develop professional skills sought after by employers like project planning, communication and teamwork
- get to know your lecturers and fellow students even better.