Geography BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Liverpool

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Liverpool

Globalisation, geopolitics, population, and sustainability are amongst the largest challenges confronting society in the 21st century. Geography enables you to understand these issues and the ways in which they shape the world. Our degree programmes help you develop expert knowledge and skills to interrogate the range of different approaches to, and perspectives on, these issues, as well as the ability to understand how they interact. Students on the BA programme often choose more human geography oriented modules, and the core modules for this degree are focused more in this area, but you have the option to also take physical geography modules, and maintaining a balance between the two areas of geography is an option many of our students pursue. You can also take up to two 15 credit modules per year from other subjects so you can maintain an interest in another discipline as part of your BA Geography degree. We will guide you in your module choice to ensure that you choose modules which complement each other and follow a pathway which will help you to gain skills and knowledge relevant for your future career. In order to give a strong foundation to your degree all students take core modules in Year One which help introduce you to the breadth of the subject, and the key ideas which inform the rest of the course. Core modules include Study Skills and GIS, New Horizons in Human Geography, Human Geography through Merseyside (includes practical and field work), Research Frontiers in Human Geography and also Living with Environmental Change. In addition, you can choose other optional modules from within human and physical geography, or from other disciplines including Sociology, Planning, Politics, History, Modern Languages, Management, Psychology, Archaeology, Irish Studies, Oceanography, Earth Sciences and Life Sciences, amongst many others. In Year Two, skills development is a central part of the course, with core modules in...

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Location

Start date

Liverpool (Merseyside)
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Chatham Street, L69 7ZH

Start date

On request

About this course

Entry Requirements A level offerABB BTECD*DD in relevant diploma International Baccalaureate33 points, with no score less than 4. Irish Leaving CertificateA1, A1, B1, B1 Scottish Higher/Advanced HigherNot accepted without Advanced Highers at grades ABB. Advanced Welsh BaccalaureateAccepted including 2 A levels at AB. EU Entry RequirementsEU Qualifications Access45 Level 3 credits in graded units, including 30 at Distinction and a further 15 with at least Merit. International Entry...

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Subjects

  • Politics
  • Credit
  • IT
  • Sociology
  • Planning
  • GIS
  • Human Geography
  • Physical Geography
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

Module details Programme Year One

Please refer to the department site for further information about these modules.

Five core modules

  • Study Skills and GIS (includes residential field weekend)
  • Research Frontiers in Human Geography
  • Human Geography through Merseyside (includes practical and field work)
  • New Horizons in Human Geography
  • Living with Environmental Change

Plus three optional modules

  • Ecology and Conservation
  • Town and Country Planning: An Introduction
  • Contemporary Town Planning
  • Urban and Environmental Economics
  • Social Change and Social Policy In Contemporary Society 1
  • Social Change and Social Policy In Contemporary Society 2: Changing Inequalities
  • Foundations in International Politics
  • Experiments in Physical Geography 1 (one day per week)
  • Changes in Earth Surface Processes (includes 5-6 days fieldwork)
  • Experiments in Physical Geography 2 (one day per week)
Programme Year Two

Four core modules

  • Research Skills
  • Principles and Theory in Geography
  • Statistics for Social Scientists
  • Field Class (Edinburgh, Glasgow or Cardiff)

Plus Three optional modules

  • Political Economies of Globalisation
  • Population and Societies
  • Rural Geographies
  • Social and Cultural Geographies
  • An introduction to Environmental History
  • GIS for Human Geography
  • Quaternary Environmental Change
  • Soils, Slopes and the Environment
  • Catchment Hydrology
  • Climatology
  • Geomorphology: Ice, Sea and Air
  • Cities and Regions
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Urban Sociology
  • Comparing Welfare States
  • Deviance, Youth and Culture
  • Strategic Plan Making
  • Urban Design: An Introduction to Place Making

Students may also take up to two 15 credit modules from outside Geography. Popular choices include:

  • Cities and Regions
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Urban Sociology
  • Comparing Welfare States
  • Crime, Deviance and Culture
Programme Year Three

One core module

  • Geography Dissertation or Geography Work-based Dissertation

One optional field class module:

  • Singapore, Barcelona or Santa Cruz, California

Choose six of the following (four if taking the optional field class module):

  • European Population Trends
  • Postcolonial Geographies
  • Poland: Political, Social and Cultural Geographies since 1939
  • Geographies of Resistance
  • Issues in Geography
  • Natural Hazards and Society
  • Geographies of Energy and Natural Resources
  • Geographic Data Science
  • Human-Environment Interactions
  • Climate Change: A Critical Review
  • Coastal Environments: Spatial and Temporal Change
  • Fluvial Environments
  • Understanding Social Exclusion
  • The Cultural Economy of Cities
  • Gender, the Body and Identity
  • Race, Community and Identity
  • Architecture and Power: Prisons, Parliament and Courts
  • Politics of the Environment
  • Peace Activism in Northern Ireland

The modules listed above are illustrative and subject to change. Please refer to the department site for further information

Geography BA (Hons)

Price on request