BSc Geography with Study Abroad
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
BSc in Geography with Study Abroad, a geography degree focused on environmental and spatial processes. Core topics include Research Methods. The course includes a third year spent studying abroad at a partner institution and a final-year dissertation project. The first year introduces foundational geographical concepts through Foundations of Geography 1 and Foundations of Geography 2. The second year develops methodological training via The Practice of Geography. The third year consists of the Study Abroad Year Dissertation Report and the BA / BSc Geography (International): Study Abroad. The final year involves advanced study and independent research through the Geography Dissertation and the alternative Dissertation, alongside optional choices such as Coastal Geohazards, Migration and Transnationalism, and Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing.
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
- Study Abroad Year Dissertation Report
- BA / BSc Geography (International): Study Abroad
- 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