BSc Geography with Economics
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 (6,6,5 HL) BTEC: BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDM plus A level Geography at Grade B BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DD plus A level Geography at Grade B BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate: D plus two A levels at Grades AB
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Geography with Economics, an economics and geography degree exploring the social and physical mechanisms shaping changing environments. Core topics include Data Analysis, Laboratory Techniques, Research Methods, and Fieldwork. The programme is delivered in collaboration with Loughborough Business School, where economics instruction accounts for one-third of study time across the duration. The first year introduces fundamental concepts through compulsory modules such as Introduction to Macroeconomics, Introduction to Microeconomics, Academic and Professional Skills for Geography, Unequal Worlds, Earth Systems, Spatial Data Analysis, and Practising Geography. In the second year, students build competency via compulsory modules including Economics of the Financial System and History of Economic Thought, while choosing among options spanning Remote Sensing & GIS, Globalization, Social Difference, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Environmental Systems and Resource Management, Physical Geography Research: Design and Practice, Human Geography Research: Design and Practice, Global Migration, Understanding our Environmental Footprint, Physical Geography Fieldcourse, Urban Geographies, Cultural Spaces and Digital Landscapes, River Science, and Human Geography Fieldcourse. The final year offers further breadth and specialisation through options like Financial Economics, International Economic Relations, The Economics of Social Issues, Geography Dissertation, Glacial Environments and Landscapes, Climate Change: Cooperating with the Future, Aeolian Processes and Landforms, Globalised Urbanisation, Geographies of Children and Youth, Geographies of Home and Work, Independent Geographical Essay, Landscapes in Transition: Glacial Extinction in the Swiss Alps Fieldcourse, Urban Political Geographies Fieldcourse, Rural Futures, Landscape Evolution and GIS, Conservation: Principles and Practice, Environmental Change in the Anthropocene, Mobilities, transnationalism and diaspora, and Geographies of Education Virtual Fieldcourse.
Modules
- Introduction to Macroeconomics
- Introduction to Microeconomics
- Academic and Professional Skills for Geography
- Unequal Worlds
- Earth Systems
- Spatial Data Analysis
- Practising Geography
- Economics of the Financial System
- History of Economic Thought
- Remote Sensing & GIS
- Globalization
- Social Difference
- Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
- Environmental Systems and Resource Management
- Physical Geography Research: Design and Practice
- Human Geography Research: Design and Practice
- Global Migration
- Understanding our Environmental Footprint
- Physical Geography Fieldcourse
- Urban Geographies
- Cultural Spaces and Digital Landscapes
- River Science
- Human Geography Fieldcourse
- Financial Economics
- International Economic Relations
- The Economics of Social Issues
- Geography Dissertation
- Glacial Environments and Landscapes
- Climate Change: Cooperating with the Future
- Aeolian Processes and Landforms
- Globalised Urbanisation
- Geographies of Children and Youth
- Geographies of Home and Work
- Independent Geographical Essay
- Landscapes in Transition: Glacial Extinction in the Swiss Alps Fieldcourse
- Urban Political Geographies Fieldcourse
- Rural Futures
- Landscape Evolution and GIS
- Conservation: Principles and Practice
- Environmental Change in the Anthropocene
- Mobilities, transnationalism and diaspora
- Geographies of Education Virtual Fieldcourse