BA Geography

UCAS code: L700

Entry requirements: ABB Duration (years): Three years full time.

External Examiner:
Professor Loretta Lees,
King's College, London

This is the degree for you if you are interested in understanding the relationships between people and places. By studying the ways that people use and understand the world, you will gain insights into a range of pressing economic, social, environmental and political challenges.

The first year begins with an introduction to questions surrounding environmental justice and sustainability, difference and inequality in urban and rural contexts, as well as techniques in data analysis. There is an emphasis on the interconnections between these different components, giving you a solid foundation for increasing specialisation during years two and three which focus more on the department’s research interests. These include environmental and resource sustainability, social justice and activism, rural geography and development geography. There is a strong emphasis on fieldwork; recent destinations include New York, Kenya and the South-West USA. You can take a year abroad with these degree programmes.

Course Structure

Year One

Semester One	Semester Two
Earth: Dynamic Planet A	Earth: Dynamic Planet B
Human Worlds of Difference A	Human Worlds of Difference B
Environment, Nature and Society A	Environment, Nature and Society B
Professional Skills for Geographers	Exploring our Digital Planet
Working with Geographical information	Fieldwork Skills for Professional Geographers

Year Two

Semester One	Semester Two
Thinking Space	Geographical Research in the Field (Overseas Field Course - in recent years, New York) Workplace Geographies OR Geography in Education
Optional modules include: Environment and Development, Social and Cultural Geographies, Understanding Landscapes OR The Dynamic Biosphere	Optional modules include: Contemporary Issues in Human, Physical or Digital Geographies, Geographical Information Science, Remote Sensing.

Year Three

Semester One	Semester Two
Dissertation	Dissertation
Optional modules include: Spaces of Social Change, Contemporary Environmental Challenges, Spaces of Identity, Global Environmental Change, Advanced Remote Sensing	Optional modules include: Critical Development Geographies, Contemporary Digital Geographies, Geographies of Culture and Representation, Kenya: Environment, Gender and Development OR Nature, Culture, Country: SW USA field course

What our students say:

The department's staff have been very helpful throughout my degree. A number of them have really gone out of their way to help me.

Peter Dixon, BA Geography

What our external examiners say:

I was very impressed by the nice range of modules available and the strong element of relevant and appropriate fieldwork.

Loretta Lees, King’s College London. Human Geography degree programme external examiner, 2010-2012

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