Geography (Bsc): 4-Year, Part-Time

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 6,935 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    4 Years

Birkbeck’s BSc Geography gives you the skills and knowledge to understand our changing physical and social environment, and how this impacts on the challenges facing our world in the twenty-first century. Learning from leading researchers in the field, you will discover the multiple connections between space, place, human culture and the physical landscape in which we live, addressing issues such as climate change, the causes and impact of inequalities, and how we live together in an increasingly urban world.

You will learn key geographical skills in your first year and then tailor your degree to your interests, by drawing from a range of option modules in the fields of human, physical and environmental geography, geographic information systems (GIS) and international development. These modules cover a range of subjects from globalisation to food security, water resources to gentrification, and culture and development to nature conservation. You will also complete a dissertation or a literature review in an area of special interest to you, furthering the development of important skills in data collection and analysis.

Through a mix of classroom and local and international field-based teaching you will acquire theory and knowledge, practical skills, and research and project management experience, all of which will enhance your employability.

This course is also available for full-time evening study over three years.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Malet Street, WC1E 7HX

Start date

On request

About this course

Graduates pursue careers in the corporate sector, local and national government, planning, policy-making or environmental or development roles.

We offer a comprehensive Careers Service to help you advance your career, while our in-house, professional recruitment consultancy, Birkbeck Talent, works with London’s top employers to help you gain work experience that fits in with your evening studies.

We welcome applications from applicants without traditional entry qualifications. We assess by interview and application your suitability for degree level study, taking into account the knowledge and skills that you have gained since leaving formal education.

Awarding Body
University of London

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Subjects

  • Conservation
  • GIS
  • Climate
  • Systems
  • Global
  • International
  • Access
  • Credit
  • Information Systems
  • Geographical Information Systems
  • Teaching
  • Hydrology
  • Climate Change
  • Project
  • Part Time
  • Human Geography

Course programme

COURSE STRUCTURE

You need a total of 360 credits to complete your undergraduate degree. When studying part-time, you take 90 credits a year, at Levels 4, 5 and 6.

In Year 1, you take three compulsory modules that introduce fundamental aspects of both physical and human geography and associated methods.

In Years 2 and 3, you have the opportunity to study more specialised modules that explore processes and interactions that shape our physical, social and economic environment. You complete four compulsory modules and choose from a range of option modules.

In Year 4, you undertake a substantial piece of written work: either a 30-credit literature review or a 60-credit research project. You can also specialise further by choosing from a range of option modules.

YEAR 1 COMPULSORY MODULES
  • Humans and the Environment
  • Introducing Natural Environments
  • Introduction to Human Geography
YEAR 2 COMPULSORY MODULES
  • Environmental Processes
  • European Society, Economy and Geography
  • Introduction to Spatial Thinking
YEAR 3 COMPULSORY MODULE
  • Methods, Analysis and Techniques
YEAR 4 COMPULSORY MODULE (CHOOSE ONE)
  • Literature Review
  • Research Project
INDICATIVE OPTION MODULES
  • Advanced Applications of GIS
  • Cities and Urban Inequalities
  • Cities in the Global South
  • Culture and Development
  • Global Nature Conservation Level 6
  • Globalization in the Contemporary World
  • Landscape Change: Past and Future (1)
  • Living with Climate Change
  • Managing Environments
  • Principles of Geographic Information Systems Level 5
  • Principles of Geographic Information Systems Level 6
  • Race, Environment and International Development
  • Research Applications in Human Geography, Delhi Field Trip Level 6
Birkbeck makes all reasonable efforts to deliver educational services, modules and programmes of study as described on our website. In the event that there are material changes to our offering (for example, due to matters beyond our control), we will update applicant and student facing information as quickly as possible and offer alternatives to applicants, offer-holders and current students.

Additional information

Course Fee - 

Part-time international students: £10710 pa

Geography (Bsc): 4-Year, Part-Time

£ 6,935 VAT inc.