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BSc Geography

University of St Andrews

Institution
University of St Andrews
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Geography
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
F800
Typical offer
A-level AAA

Entry requirements

A level: AAA IB: 38 (HL 6,6,6)

About this course

BSc (Honours) in Geography, a business management and geography degree focused on environmental and international phenomena. The curriculum is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society. The first year introduces the discipline through Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment and Worlds of Crisis and Hope. The second year builds geographical understanding with modules such as Sustainable Scotland, Geography: Exploring the discipline 1, and Geography: Exploring the discipline 2. Further study allows students to choose from a range of optional topics including Geopolitics, Glaciology, Coastal Processes, and Urban Analytics: A Toolkit for Sustainable Urban Development.

Modules

  • Geopolitics
  • Geographies of health in sub-Saharan Africa
  • The Nature of Political Ecology
  • Diversity, inequaity and place
  • Glaciology
  • Coastal Processes
  • Water in the Environment
  • Urban Analytics: A Toolkit for Sustainable Urban Development
  • Decolonial Geographies
  • Geographies of Disability
  • Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment
  • Worlds of Crisis and Hope
  • Geography: Exploring the discipline 1
  • Geography: Exploring the discipline 2
  • Sustainable Scotland