B.A. Geography

In the first year of your studies, you will be introduced to the breadth of human geography including environmental systems, environmental issues and management.
Core units in this year include:

• Applied Human Geography
• Environmental Systems and Change
• Foundations of Human Geography
• Geography Skills and Prospects
• Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
• Population Resources and the Environment

In your second year, you can either choose to continue your studies on a broad basis or specialise in the aspects that interest you most. You’ll also get the chance to travel overseas for some field work.
Core units in this year include:

• Geographical Research Methodologies, Techniques and Practice
• Residential Field Class

Options to choose from in this year include:

• Applied Spatial Data Analysis
• Cartography
• Economic and Political Geography: North American City
• Environmental and Climate Change: Practice
• Environmental and Climate Change: Theory
• Environmental Hazards: Concepts and Monitoring
• Environmental Monitoring
• Geographies of Development
• River and Coastal Forms and Processes: Theory
• River and Coastal Forms and Processes: Practice
• Social Geography: Geographies of Wellbeing
• Sustainable Environment Management
• Work and Place

Specialise further in your final year, with a selection of study options depending on which geography pathway you choose and the chance to do your own independent research.

Core units in this year include:

• Independent Study

Options to choose from in this year include:

• Applied Coastal Geomorphology
• Applied Soil Science
• Databases for GIS
• Economic and Political Geography: Europe in Transition
• Environment: Theory and Assessment
• Gender and Development
• Geography of the North South Divide
• Geographies of Health
• GIS in the Workplace
• Human Geography: Critique and Discourse
• Places: Invented, Experienced, Represented
• Mountain Climates
• Past Global Environmental Change
• Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• Regional Economic Development in the NE US 1850-1900
• Water, River and Coastal Management
• Weathering and Conservation