BSc Population and Geography

University of Southampton

Bachelor's degree

In Southampton

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your degree
This exciting programme provides you with the opportunity to examine critical issues including migration, population growth, globalisation and climate change which are central to many of today’s national and global challenges. Taught by a team of experts with international research experience, the BSc in Population and Geography explores key concerns in population and geography across the developed and developing world. The BSc in Population and Geography will equip you with key transferable and analytical skills, which are increasingly in demand by employers including central and local government departments, the National Health Service, the Office of National Statistics, market research, insurance and data analysis companies, NGOs/Charities and international agencies such as the United Nations and the World Health Organisation. There are also excellent opportunities for postgraduate studies upon completion of your BSc programme.

Facilities

Location

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

Start date

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Subjects

  • Credit
  • International
  • Global
  • Population Geography

Course programme

Year 1

Core [?]

A core module is a module which must be taken and passed.

GEOG1007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Skills for Population and Geography

STAT1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Introduction to Quantitative Methods

Compulsory

DEMO1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Introduction to Demographic Methods

DEMO1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Population and Society

GEOG1003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Society, Culture and Space

GEOG1004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

A Global World

Optional

GEOG1002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Dynamic Landscapes

GEOG1011Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Dangerous World

GEOG1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

The Earth System

These modules are only indicative examples of the options available. There is a wide array of option modules to choose from, subject to availability.

Year 2

Your second-year modules will further expand your population and human geography knowledge, and you will take modules which will develop your analytical and methodological skills for studying social and geographic data.

In addition to the modules below, students must take another optional module.

Core [?]

A core module is a module which must be taken and passed.

DEMO2015Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Applied Population Research Methods

Compulsory

DEMO2010Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Population in Developing Societies

GEOG2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Researching Human Geography

GEOG2010Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Introductory Geographic Information Systems

STAT2009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Research Methods in The Social Sciences

DEMO2005Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Population Processes in the Developed World

DEMO2014Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Population Analysis

Optional

DEMO2004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Migration

DEMO2008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Population and Reproductive Health

DEMO2013Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Population History

GEOG2034Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Economic Geography

GEOG2036Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Cultural Geography

These modules are only indicative examples of the options available. There is a wide array of option modules to choose from, subject to availability.

Year 3

In your third year, you will have the flexibility to develop a specialisation of your own through optional modules in both population and geography, and through your research project. The research project, or dissertation, gives you the opportunity to carry out a substantial piece of individual research on an area of population or geography of your choice.

Students choose two population modules, two geography modules and one option from Geography, Social Sciences or elsewhere at the University.

Core [?]

A core module is a module which must be taken and passed.

DEMO3011Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Project/Dissertation

Compulsory

STAT3004Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Multivariate Data Analysis

Optional

DEMO3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Migration

GEOG3006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Advanced Geographical Information Systems

DEMO3007Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Population and Reproductive Health

DEMO3008Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Population and the Environment

GEOG3010Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Geographies of Health and Health Care

GEOG3053Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Geographies of Social Justice, Welfare and Rights

GEOG3058Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Geographies of Housing and Home

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Study Locations: , Highfield campus

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