BA Human Geography
UCAS code: L720
Entry requirements: ABB
Duration (years): Three
External Examiner: Professor Loretta Lees,
King's College, London
This is the degree for you if you wish to specialise in human geography and have interests in other social science subjects such as economics, politics, history or modern languages.
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
Students studying this degree will take no physical geography modules. Instead, remaining credits are made up with additional modules taken outside of the Geography Department teaching programme.
Year One
| Semester One | Semester Two |
|---|---|
| Human Worlds of Difference A | Human Worlds of Difference B |
| Environment, Nature and Society A | Environment, Nature and Society B |
| Professional Skills for Geographers | Fieldwork skills for Professional Geographers |
| Working with Geographical information | Exploring our Digital Planet |
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Optional modules include: |
Optional modules include: |
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 |
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Optional modules include: |
Optional modules include: |
Year Three
| Semester One | Semester Two |
|---|---|
| Dissertation | Dissertation |
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Optional modules include: |
Optional modules include: |
The tables above provide a list of typical modules available to Geography students. We cannot guarantee that any single module will be available in any given year, particularly in regard to those modules delivered by other departments.
