Geography
Bachelor's degree
In Oxford
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Oxford
UCAS code L700 Duration 3 years (BA)
Entrance requirements A*AA Subject requirements Geography
Admissions test(s) ox.ac.uk/gat Written work None
Admissions statistics*
Interviewed: 63%
Successful: 19%
Intake: 81
*3-year average 2017-19
Contact
+44 (0) 1865 275887
Email Geography
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Geography is a diverse discipline that bridges the arts and social and natural sciences, providing a broad education that addresses pressing issues including environmental change, regional and global inequalities and the transformation of global economy and culture. Students obtain a coherent view of the rapidly-changing world and the ways in which society influences and is influenced by it.
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The Oxford Geography degree focuses on the interrelationships between society and the physical and human environment. Students are introduced to the full range of geographical topics in the foundational courses, which they can then follow up in more detail in the optional papers. There is considerable emphasis placed on interdisciplinary approaches in the course, with opportunities to explore the cross-fertilisation between geography and other disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, history, political science, economics, earth sciences and biology..
The facilities available at Oxford are among the best in the country, notably the Social Sciences Library (SSL), which holds a geography collection of over 28,000 volumes on its open shelves with many more held in closed stack storage. There are over 100 print journals on the open shelves of the SSL as well as electronic access to over 600 core journals h a physical and human geographer, choosing Biogeography and Finance as my two special...
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Subjects
- Physical Geography
- Human Geography
- Climate
- University
- Climate Change
- Teaching
- Options
- Global
- Systems
- Geography
- Controversies
- Earth
- Human
- Physical
- Philosophies
- Histories
- Geographical
Course programme
- Lectures in the morning
- Seminars/practical classes in the afternoon
- Tutorials: at least one college tutorial a week, and some college-based classes.
Tutorials are usually 2-4 students and a tutor. Class sizes may vary depending on the options you choose. There would usually be no more than around 20 students though classes for some of the more popular papers may be up to 40 students. Most tutorials, classes, and lectures are delivered by staff who are tutors in their subject. Many are world-leading experts with years of experience in teaching and research. Some teaching may also be delivered by postgraduate students who are usually studying at doctorate level. To find out more about how our teaching year is structured, visit our Academic Year page.
Academic YearCourse structureYEAR 1COURSES
- Four compulsory courses:
- Earth systems processes
- Human geography
- Geographical controversies
- Geographical techniques
- Induction physical geography field trip to Dorset (four days)
- One-day human geography field trip exercise in Oxford
ASSESSMENT
Four written papers: two fieldwork reports; submitted essay on Geographical controversies
YEARS 2 AND 3COURSES
- Geographical thought: histories, philosophies and practices (core)
- Foundational courses (two chosen)
- Space, place and society
- Earth system dynamics
- Environmental geography
- Options (three chosen) currently include:
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Childhood and youth in the global south
- Climate change and variability
- Complexity
- Conservation
- Critical development geographies
- Cultural spaces
- Desert landscapes and dynamics
- Geographies for the Anthropocene
- Geographies of finance
- Geographies of nature
- Geography at war
- Geopolitics in the margins
- Island life
- New approaches to urban geography
- The Quaternary period
- Transport and mobilities
- Dissertation
- Overseas field trip
ASSESSMENT
Six written papers: three extended essays; fieldwork report; dissertation
The options listed above are illustrative and may change. The University may cap the number of students who are able to take a particular one. A full list of current options is available on the Geography website.
YEAR 1COURSES
- Four compulsory courses:
- Earth systems processes
- Human geography
- Geographical controversies
- Geographical techniques
- Induction physical geography field trip to Dorset (four days)
- One-day human geography field trip exercise in Oxford
ASSESSMENT
Four written papers: two fieldwork reports; submitted essay on Geographical controversies
YEARS 2 AND 3COURSES
- Geographical thought: histories, philosophies and practices (core)
- Foundational courses (two chosen)
- Space, place and society
- Earth system dynamics
- Environmental geography
- Options (three chosen) currently include:
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Childhood and youth in the global south
- Climate change and variability
- Complexity
- Conservation
- Critical development geographies
- Cultural spaces
- Desert landscapes and dynamics
- Geographies for the Anthropocene
- Geographies of finance
- Geographies of nature
- Geography at war
- Geopolitics in the margins
- Island life
- New approaches to urban geography
- The Quaternary period
- Transport and mobilities
- Dissertation
- Overseas field trip
ASSESSMENT
Six written papers: three extended essays; fieldwork report; dissertation
The options listed above are illustrative and may change. The University may cap the number of students who are able to take a particular one. A full list of current options is available on the Geography website.
YEAR 1YEAR 1YEAR 1COURSES
- Four compulsory courses:
- Earth systems processes
- Human geography
- Geographical controversies
- Geographical techniques
- Induction physical geography field trip to Dorset (four days)
- One-day human geography field trip exercise in Oxford
ASSESSMENT
Four written papers: two fieldwork reports; submitted essay on Geographical controversies
COURSES
- Four compulsory courses:
- Earth systems processes
- Human geography
- Geographical controversies
- Geographical techniques
- Induction physical geography field trip to Dorset (four days)
- One-day human geography field trip exercise in Oxford
COURSES
COURSES- Four compulsory courses:
- Earth systems processes
- Human geography
- Geographical controversies
- Geographical techniques
- Induction physical geography field trip to Dorset (four days)
- One-day human geography field trip exercise in Oxford
- Earth systems processes
- Human geography
- Geographical controversies
- Geographical techniques
- Earth systems processes
- Human geography
- Geographical controversies
- Geographical techniques
ASSESSMENT
Four written papers: two fieldwork reports; submitted essay on Geographical controversies
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENTFour written papers: two fieldwork reports; submitted essay on Geographical controversies
YEARS 2 AND 3YEARS 2 AND 3YEARS 2 AND 3COURSES
- Geographical thought: histories, philosophies and practices (core)
- Foundational courses (two chosen)
- Space, place and society
- Earth system dynamics
- Environmental geography
- Options (three chosen) currently include:
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Childhood and youth in the global south
- Climate change and variability
- Complexity
- Conservation
- Critical development geographies
- Cultural spaces
- Desert landscapes and dynamics
- Geographies for the Anthropocene
- Geographies of finance
- Geographies of nature
- Geography at war
- Geopolitics in the margins
- Island life
- New approaches to urban geography
- The Quaternary period
- Transport and mobilities
- Dissertation
- Overseas field trip
ASSESSMENT
Six written papers: three extended essays; fieldwork report; dissertation
COURSES
- Geographical thought: histories, philosophies and practices (core)
- Foundational courses (two chosen)
- Space, place and society
- Earth system dynamics
- Environmental geography
- Options (three chosen) currently include:
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Childhood and youth in the global south
- Climate change and variability
- Complexity
- Conservation
- Critical development geographies
- Cultural spaces
- Desert landscapes and dynamics
- Geographies for the Anthropocene
- Geographies of finance
- Geographies of nature
- Geography at war
- Geopolitics in the margins
- Island life
- New approaches to urban geography
- The Quaternary period
- Transport and mobilities
- Dissertation
- Overseas field trip
COURSES
COURSES- Geographical thought: histories, philosophies and practices (core)
- Foundational courses (two chosen)
- Space, place and society
- Earth system dynamics
- Environmental geography
- Space, place and society
- Earth system dynamics
- Environmental geography
- Space, place and society
- Earth system dynamics
- Environmental geography
- Options (three chosen) currently include:
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Childhood and youth in the global south
- Climate change and variability
- Complexity
- Conservation
- Critical development geographies
- Cultural spaces
- Desert landscapes and dynamics
- Geographies for the Anthropocene
- Geographies of finance
- Geographies of nature
- Geography at war
- Geopolitics in the margins
- Island life
- New approaches to urban geography
- The Quaternary period
- Transport and mobilities
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Childhood and youth in the global south
- Climate change and variability
- Complexity
- Conservation
- Critical development geographies
- Cultural spaces
- Desert landscapes and dynamics
- Geographies for the Anthropocene
- Geographies of finance
- Geographies of nature
- Geography at war
- Geopolitics in the margins
- Island life
- New approaches to urban geography
- The Quaternary period
- Transport and mobilities
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Childhood and youth in the global south
- Climate change and variability
- Complexity
- Conservation
- Critical development geographies
- Cultural spaces
- Desert landscapes and dynamics
- Geographies for the Anthropocene
- Geographies of finance
- Geographies of nature
- Geography at war
- Geopolitics in the margins
- Island life
- New approaches to urban geography
- The Quaternary period
- Transport and mobilities
- Dissertation
- Overseas field trip
ASSESSMENT
Six written papers: three extended essays; fieldwork report; dissertation
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENTSix written papers: three extended essays; fieldwork report; dissertation
The options listed above are illustrative and may change. The University may cap the number of students who are able to take a particular one. A full list of current options is available on the Geography website.
The options listed above are illustrative and may change. The University may cap the number of students who are able to take a particular one. A full list of current options is available on the Geography website.
The options listed above are illustrative and may change. The University may cap the number of students who are able to take a particular one. A full list of current options is available on the Geography website.
The options listed above are illustrative and may change. The University may cap the number of students who are able to take a particular one. A full list of current options is available on the Geography website.Geography website
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The content and format of this course may change in some circumstances. Read further information about potential course changes.
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