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Geography BSc (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Sheffield ()
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Duration
3 Years
You will have the opportunity to arrange a year-long work placement in between your second and third years.
This gives you a real-world experience to prepare you for your future career. Recently our students have gained placements at local authorities, wildlife trusts, the Environment Agency, Transport for London, Global Vision International and Peak District National Park Authority.You could choose a placement abroad; our students have recently gone to Tampere in Finland and Sognaogfjordane in Norway to study. We also have links in countries including France, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria and Spain. We also have similar links with international universities outside Europe, including the University of Queensland in Australia and Ryerson University in Canada.Many of our European partner institutions teach in English, but to support your international placement, or future international aspirations, you can study a foreign language
About this course
•Develop your practical skills through fieldwork in the outdoors.
•Gain knowledge in all key areas of geography or specialise in your areas of interest.
•Apply your knowledge to real-world problems and issues using geographical ideas, skills and techniques. Develop an advanced understanding of human, physical and environmental geography on a practically focused course.
•GIS planning
•Transport
•Housing
•Logistics
•IT
•Surveying
•Teaching
•the travel industry
•the media
•research
•water management
•waste and recycling governmental and non-governmental agencies
This must include at least two A levels or equivalent BTEC National qualifications, including at least 32 points in Geography or Environmental Science. For example:
•BBB at A Level including a relevant subject(s).
•A combination of qualifications, which must include a relevant subject(s) and may include AS Levels, EPQ and general studies.
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Subjects
- University
- Report Writing
- Options
- Information Systems
- Geographical Information Systems
- International
- Systems
- Writing
- GIS
- Human Geography
- Physical Geography
- Environmental Science
Course programme
You will be encouraged to use skills taught in the classroom on real-life projects.
You learn through:
- fieldwork
- work placements
- laboratory classes
- IT sessions
- lectures and seminars
- tutorials and workshops
- field trips Applied learning Work placements
As well as our onsite facilities, we also use the outside world as a resource for our teaching, including urban and rural areas in the UK, the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Tenerife and Iceland. Fieldwork is important for putting your learning into context and these are some of the richest learning experiences on the course.
Networking opportunities
We have an active student Geography Society that organises social and academic events including a programme of invited speakers.3.
Geography BSc (Hons)