B.Sc. Geography (Hons)

In your first year, you’ll gain grounding in both human and physical geography. Modules in physical geography focus on geomorphology; Earth climate; biogeography; and natural hazards.

In the second year, the emphasis is on physical geography – but you can maintain a broader mix of subjects if you wish. Further options allow you to focus on environmental issues or on GIS, remote-sensing and geographical modelling. We also encourage you to choose from six academic pathways, which offer a tailored and specialised programme of study towards specific career or research goals. These pathways consist of: hazards; Earth surface dynamics; environmental change; sustainability and development; cities and globalisation; and people, culture and place.

In the final year of study, there is an optional work placement module, where you spend one semester gaining real-world experience and boosting your employability by working on a project within an external organisation from the private, public or non-profit sectors. An important part of your final year is the dissertation – a piece of individual work on a topic of your devising, carried out under the guidance of a supervisor. We provide a very high level of support for dissertation projects, including one-to-one supervision during the second and third years.