BA Geography
Entry requirements
GCSE: Grade C/4 in English and Mathematics, or equivalent. Tariff points: 112 Contextual tariff: See our contextual offers page. English Language Requirement: International and EU applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*). *The University accepts a large number of UK and International qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you'll need in our English language section. Please visit our English language requirements page. A-level subjects: No specific subjects required. BTEC: No specific subjects required. For information on required Guided Learning Hours please see our minimum entry requirements page. Access: No specific subjects required. Baccalaureate IB: No specific subjects required. We accept the IB Career-related Programme in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications. Irish Highers: No specific subjects required. Welsh Baccalaureate: We accept tariff points achieved from the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications. Cambridge Technical: No specific subjects required. T Levels: No specific subjects required.
About this course
BA(Hons) in Geography. Core topics include fieldwork. The course runs for three years full-time or four years as a sandwich programme incorporating a professional placement, and includes an extended independent project in the final year. Field study visits to locations such as Wales and Mallorca address industrial change and urban development.
Modules
- An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
- Environmental Challenges
- Field Study in Human Geography
- Contemporary Global Issues
- People, Places and Change
- Applied Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Professional Development
- Social and Environmental Research
- People and Nature
- City Regeneration
- Climate and Environmental Justice
- Geographies of Security
- Geopolitics of Migration
- Transport and Mobility
- Extended Independent Project.*
- and
- Advanced Geographical Expedition**
- Contemporary Security Issues
- Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing Applications
- Sustainable Transport: Technologies and Behaviour
- Transforming Global Cities
- Water and Energy Futures