Geography BA (Hons)

• Human Geographies of the Modern World
• Skills and Concepts in Geography I: Becoming a Geographer
• The Natural World

• Culture Across Space and Time
• Environmental Management and Sustainable Development
• Skills and Concepts in Geography II: Quantitative and Analytical Skills

• Colonialism and After

• Understanding Earth

At Sussex, you can choose to customise your course to build the sort of degree that will give you the knowledge, skills and experience that could take you in any direction you choose.

Year 2 at sussex

• Cultural and Historical Geographies
• Methods and Approaches in Human Geography
• Understanding Global Migration

• Social Geography

• Geographical Information Systems
• Global Climate Change

• Black Lives Matter: Postcolonial and Decolonial Representations
• Culture, Race and Ethnicity
• Environmental Perspectives on Development
• Geography Overseas Field Class
• Global Landscape Dynamics
• Ice Age Earth
• Southeast England Field Class

Get involved in fieldwork from the start of your course. You develop research, analytical and team-working skills in regions where our academics actively conduct research.

In Year 2, you can pick from an exciting range of locations: current destinations include China, the Mojave Desert, Dubai and Los Angeles. There is also a UK-based field trip.

Study abroad or Placement

Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career

A placement is a great way to network and gain practical skills. When you leave Sussex, you’ll benefit from having the experience employers are looking for.

Year 3 at sussex

• Geography Thesis

• Advances in Climate Sciences
• Coastal Processes and Coastal Management
• Disasters, Environment and Development
• Environment, Ecology and Development
• Geographies of Rising and Declining Powers
• Geographies of Violence and Conflict
• Home
• Religion, Migration and Social Transformation

• Class, Community, Nation
• Decolonial Movements
• Global Environmental Change
• Landscape, Nature and Representation
• Memory, Space and Place: Exploring Heritage, Power and Identities
• Rural Livelihoods in the Global South