B.Sc. Geography (Human)

Bachelor's degree

In Cardiff

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Cardiff (Wales)

Human Geography is an exciting and innovative degree course which will provide you with a comprehensive and critical understanding of geography as well as opportunities to specialise in specific areas of the discipline. The Human Geography course combines theoretical and conceptual approaches to the relations between space, place and environment with detailed empirical case studies of geography in action.

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Cardiff
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Cyncoed Campus, Cyncoed Rd, CF23 6XD

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About this course

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Subjects

  • Human Geography
  • IT Development
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

Course Content Year 1

The first year provides an introduction to the key dimensions of human geography, including the contemporary nature of the discipline, key geographical ideas, environmental processes and city development. Through the Study Skills module, students will also develop the essential skills for studying human geography at degree level.

You will study:

  • The Geographical Imagination
  • The Big Questions in Human Geography
  • Introducing Research Methods
  • Study Skills
  • Environmental Geography
  • Cities
  • Earth and Planetary System Science (This is an optional module and can be taken instead of Environmental Geography or Development and Underdevelopment)
Year 2

The second year builds on the foundations provided in Year 1, looking in more depth at the history of geographical thought and the economic, social, cultural, political, rural and development subfields of human geography. The work placement module 'Citizen Geographies' is also available in Year 2. In this year, further attention is also given to research techniques and issues, which provide an introduction to the dissertation to be completed in Year 3.

You will study:

  • Geographical Ideas
  • Developing Research Methods

Plus four option modules from:

  • Spaces of Production: Economic Geography
  • Culture, Space and Place
  • Social Geography
  • Post-Carbon Worlds: Energy Geographies
  • Political Geography: Place, Space and Power
  • Citizen Geographies
  • Rural Geographies
  • Development and Underdevelopment
  • The Oceanic Atmosphere System
Year 3

The third year explores the broader relevance of geography to policy and society in a core module 'Public Geographies'. This and the dissertation are compulsory. You will then be able to choose three modules from eight options, and finally you will be able to choose from a choice of overseas Field Study Visits.

You will study:

  • Research Dissertation
  • Public Geographies

Plus three option modules from:

  • Advanced Economic Geography
  • Geographies of Consumption
  • Cities and Social Justice
  • Mobilities
  • Demography and Health
  • Housing Policies and Systems
  • Geographies of the Developing World
  • More-than-Human Geographies

And one choice from the following Field Study Visits:

  • Geographies of Hong Kong
  • Geographies of Las Vegas and Los Angeles
  • Geographies of Dar es Salaam

B.Sc. Geography (Human)

Price on request