BSc Geography with optional placement year
Entry requirements
A level: BCC Geography, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Technology/Science or Life & Health Sciences. These subjects are not required, but they may help with course progression and could be used to decide between applicants who do not fully meet their offer if places are still available.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Geography, covering both human and physical geography. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Environmental Analysis, and Project Management. The four-year programme offers an optional industry placement year or a study-abroad year. A residential field school is included as part of the research methods training.
Modules
- EGM Skills Toolbox
- Sustainable Worlds: People and Environments
- The Lithosphere
- Key Concepts in Human Geography
- The Biosphere
- Environmental Systems
- The Atmosphere
- Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems
- Geopolitics, Environment and Development
- Preparing for Climate Change
- Research Methods and Field School (Geography)
- Freshwater Systems
- Ecology and Biogeography
- Coastal & Marine Processes
- Industrial placement - Diploma in Professional Practice (DPP)
- Diploma in Intern'l Academic Stds (learning in a foreign language)
- Diploma in International Academic Studies (Learning in English)
- Conflict Geographies
- Research and Professional Skills
- Environmental Change
- Water Resources Management
- Advanced Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Geographies of Transnationalism