BA Geography
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 36 points (A total of 17 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5.)
About this course
BA in Geography, a geography degree focused on social, cultural, political, and economic processes shaping places and societies globally. Core topics include Research Methods. The programme combines a strong social science core with optional modules across three academic years. The first year covers disciplinary foundations through Foundations of Geography 1 and Foundations of Geography 2, alongside Global Events. The second year introduces The Practice of Geography, while optional choices allow study in Geomorphology, Environment and Society, and Economic Geography. The final year centres on an independent dissertation requirement, complemented by optional modules such as Climate Change: Past, Present, Future, Coastal Geohazards, and Migration and Transnationalism.
Modules
- Foundations of Geography 1
- Foundations of Geography 2
- Global Events
- The Practice of Geography
- Physical Geography Field Research
- Methods in Human Geography
- Geomorphology
- Ecological Patterns and Processes
- Reconstructing Past Environments
- Environment and Society
- Economic Geography
- Development Geography
- Political Geography and Geopolitics
- Surface and Groundwater Hydrology
- Geography Dissertation (30 credits)
- Dissertation (60 credits)
- Geography Education
- Coastal Geohazards
- Managing Fresh Waters in the 21st Century
- Migration and Transnationalism
- Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
- Independent Study
- Overseas Field Class (coursework based)
- Economic Geography II
- Overseas Field Class Greece
- Climate Change: Past, Present, Future