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Geography with International Year Abroad

University of Worcester

Institution
University of Worcester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Geography with International Year Abroad
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
L705
Typical offer
A-level BBC

Entry requirements

UCAS tariff points: 112 A-level: BBC BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM T-level: Merit

About this course

BA/BSc (Hons) Geography, a four-year programme incorporating an International Year Abroad in the third year at a partner university in Europe, the USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Australia or New Zealand. Core topics include Fieldwork, Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, and Project Management. A final-year dissertation allows students to investigate a geographical problem of their own choosing.

Modules

  • Geographical Fieldwork
  • Skills for Geographers
  • Earth Surface Processes & Landforms
  • People and Places
  • Global Risks
  • Sustainable Futures
  • Optional modules offered by the Centre for Academic English and Skills/Institute of Education
  • Geography Residential Field Course
  • Research Design and Project Management
  • Environmental Hazards and Disaster Management
  • Mountain Geomorphology
  • Meteorology and Climate
  • River Catchment Dynamics
  • Rural Geography
  • Development and Change in the Global South
  • Sustainable Cities
  • Climate Crisis
  • Optional modules offered by the Centre for Academic English and Skills/Institute of Education
  • International Year Abroad
  • Dissertation
  • Advanced Residential Fieldwork
  • Professional Development and Careers for Geographers
  • River Conservation & Management
  • Engineering Geomorphology
  • Earth Observation & Environmental Change
  • Glaciers and Glaciation
  • Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Planning Space. Making Place
  • Cultural and Heritage Tourism
  • Our Fragile Planet: Biogeography
  • Countryside Conservation and Agricultural Change