BSc (Hons) Human Geography

It's an exciting time to study Human Geography at the University of Hertfordshire, as space and place has become locally, regionally, nationally, and supra-nationally contested throughout the world. You’ll investigate a range of fascinating topics, including population change and migration, geopolitical conflicts and issues, socio-spatial inequalities, and solutions to urban and rural challenges.

You’ll learn from research and teaching staff who work on future mobilities and living labs. You’ll study migration pathways and gateway towns. Our staff are experts in fields such as demographics, marginalisation, planning and urbanism. 

You’ll investigate planned settlements, contested spaces and places, and consider the role that political and economic geography can play to help you understand society better.

You’ll kick start your first year with a trip to the Lake District, learning how to think geographically and collect and analyse field data. You’ll learn about the approaches geographers take towards governing and planning human spaces. How do they manage conflict within these spaces? How do human geographers, environmentalists and physical geographers work together? You’ll enjoy a blend of all Geography pathways and explore how they interlink in everyday life.  

In your second year, you'll take another trip, this time to Switzerland. Here you’ll explore their unique urban, rural and physical landscapes, from rivers and glaciers to settlements and alpine communities. You’ll explore exclusion and marginalisation from a uniquely European perspective. And of course, as the world continues to digitalise, so do geographers. You'll enhance your cartographical and GIS skills to visualise data and learn to generate maps.

Between your second and final year, you can add an optional year to study abroad or do a work placement, or you can continue directly into your final year.