BA Geography
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB IB: 34; 33, with B in the extended essay
About this course
BA in Geography BA, a geography degree centred on human geography, spatial processes, and environmental challenges. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Project Management, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Design & Creative Practice. The course spans three years and culminates in an independent dissertation project. The first year covers foundational principles through compulsory modules such as Exploring Human Geographies, Critical Inquiry, Global Challenges, Human Geography in the Field, and Maps and Stats, alongside optional choices in physical geography and environmental science. The second year advances methodologies through Sustainable Development and Global Justice, Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis, Social Justice and Environmental Challenges, and Human Geography Research Design and Fieldwork, with optional modules exploring urban analytics, climate systems, and cultural geography. The final year centres on the compulsory Dissertation, supported by a broad range of optional modules addressing topics such as environmental justice, decolonising geographies, urban exploration, and climate change.
Modules
- Exploring Human Geographies
- Critical Inquiry
- Global Challenges
- Human Geography in the Field
- Maps and Stats
- Earth, Wind, Ice and Fire
- Environment in Action
- Sustainable Development and Global Justice
- Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
- Social Justice and Environmental Challenges
- Human Geography Research Design and Fieldwork
- Culture, Space and Difference
- Understanding the Climate System
- Housing and Home
- Urban Analytics
- Territory, Power and Policy
- Urban Theory
- Cities, Violence and Security
- Unlocking Past Environmental Changes
- Dissertation
- Environmental Justice at a Time of Crisis
- Professional Skills for Geographers
- Decolonising Geographies
- Urban Exploration
- Contesting Development
- The Changing Climate System
- Urban Infrastructures and Place-Making
- Shaping Future Cities
- Creative Geographies
- Democracy and Citizenship
- Planning, Policy and Housing Challenges
- Living with our changing Coasts