BSc Geography
Bachelor's degree
In Southampton
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Southampton
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Start date
September
Introducing your degree
Our BSc Geography degree will show you the landforms and processes on our Earth’s surface in a whole new light. On this course you will study the natural and physical science aspects of geography, including gaining a better understanding of climate change, both in the past and how it might influence our world in the future, you will discover how to read a landscape and the processes that help to shape it.
You'll gain an appreciation of our changing world as viewed from space and how to use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to interrogate and analyse spatial data.
The overseas field course is an important milestone in developing your skills as a researcher, giving you the opportunity to study the landscape in more detail. Further optional overseas field courses allow you to hone these skills in the unique environments that alpine and tropical locations offer.
Your future employability is a key priority for us throughout your studies. From public policy to environmental consultancy, from teaching to financial services; most industries require the analytical and research skills that our graduates will be proficient in.
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Subjects
- Options
- Credit
- Climate Change
- Systems
- Climate
- GIS
- Physical Geography
Course programme
Year 1
Year one provides a broad academic foundation in both human and physical geography. The acquisition of statistical and computing skills also forms an important element in the early part of the degree. You will attend an in-depth non-residential field course within Britain, looking at both physical and human geography topics.
Compulsory
GEOG1001Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
The Earth System
GEOG1002Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Dynamic Landscapes
GEOG1003Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Society, Culture and Space
GEOG1004Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
A Global World
GEOG1010Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Curiosity, Creativity and Communication; Studying Geography at University
GEOG1011Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Dangerous World
OptionalThese modules are only indicative examples of the options available. There is a wide array of option modules to choose from, subject to availability. Choose 1 from:
PHIL1002Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Knowledge and Mind
EDUC1035Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Primary Education: Critical Observations
EDUC1041Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Secondary Education: Critical Observations
UOSM2016Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
The Human Brain and Society
UOSM2004Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Global Health
Year 2
Year two BA and BSc students take core modules in either human or physical geography respectively. Beyond this core, there is a wide range of other options to choose from within Geography and also in allied disciplines - such as geology, oceanography, demography, sociology and politics - as well as in subjects which relate in different ways, such as modern languages.
Compulsory
GEOG2010Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Introductory Geographic Information Systems
GEOG2030Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Exploring Physical Environments: Overseas Fieldcourse
GEOG2039Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Concepts and Methods for Environmental Management
OptionalThese modules are only indicative examples of the options available. There is a wide array of option modules to choose from, subject to availability.
GEOG2006Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Quaternary Environmental Change
GEOG2008Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Researching Human Geography
GEOG2021Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Advanced Geographical Information Systems
GEOG2027Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Geographies of Wellbeing
GEOG2032Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Global Climate Change: Science, Impacts and Policy
GEOG2034Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Economic Geography
GEOG2036Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Cultural Geography
GEOG2037Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Global Water Resources
Year 3
For Year three a broad range of advanced options are available in the third year. These are based on the research interests of academic staff, and effectively bring you to the frontier of current knowledge in geography. So whether you are fascinated by fluvial processes, palaeoecology, urban geography or health care provision - to give just a few examples - you will acquire a sense of the cutting-edge issues and debates. In addition, there are overseas field trips for physical geography (eg Switzerland) and human geography (eg Berlin).
A major part of all our degree programmes is the research project. This involves personal fieldwork or documentary research, in the UK or abroad, on a topic you develop in consultation with a member of staff who provides ongoing supervision. Preliminary work and data collection is undertaken in the second year and the project report is submitted around February of your final year.
Compulsory
GEOG3018Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Geography Research Project
OptionalThese modules are only indicative examples of the options available. There is a wide array of option modules to choose from, subject to availability.
GEOG3004Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Arctic and Alpine Geomorphology
GEOG3006Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Advanced Geographical Information Systems
GEOG3010Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Geographies of Health and Health Care
GEOG3011Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Arolla Fieldcourse: Geographical Research in Alpine Environments
GEOG3020Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Glaciers and Glaciation
GEOG3023Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
River Basin Management and Restoration
GEOG3039Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Ambassadors Scheme for Geographers
GEOG3041Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Geographies of Nature
GEOG3047Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Complex Social-ecological systems: Past, present and future
GEOG3049Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Evolutionary Economic Geography
GEOG3053Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Geographies of Social Justice, Welfare and Rights
GEOG3057Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Adapting to Climate Change and Weather Hazards
GEOG3064Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Sexuality in the City
GEOG3065Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Terrestrial Ecosystems: Carbon Modelling and Monitoring
GEOG3066Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Experimental Geomorphology for Real World Challenges
GEOG3067Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Applied GIS: Using GIS in the Workplace
GEOG3068Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Biogeography
GEOG3069Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Water People and Environment: Cambodia Field Course
GEOG3058Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Geographies of Housing and Home
GEOG3006Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Advanced Geographical Information Systems
GEOG3062Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
Migration and Development
GEOG3063Credit[?] Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).
The Creative Economy
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BSc Geography