Geography BSc (Hons)

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

• Environmental Management and Sustainable Development
• Skills and Concepts in Geography II: Quantitative and Analytical Skills
• Understanding Earth

• Introduction to Evolution and Biodiversity

• Culture Across Space and Time
• Introduction to Ecology and Conservation

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.

• Environmental Research Skills (BSc Geog)
• Geographical Information Systems
• Global Climate Change

• Global Landscape Dynamics

• Conservation Biology I
• Introduction to Sustainable Development

• Conservation Biology II
• Environmental Perspectives on Development
• Geography Overseas Field Class
• 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
• Animal-Plant Interactions
• Coastal Processes and Coastal Management
• Disasters, Environment and Development
• Geographies of Rising and Declining Powers
• Geographies of Violence and Conflict
• Home
• Permafrost and Environmental Change

• Class, Community, Nation
• Conservation in Practice
• Decolonial Movements
• Geohazards and Risk Assessment
• Global Environmental Change
• Landscape, Nature and Representation
• Rural Livelihoods in the Global South
• Tropical Rainforests: Biogeography and Conservation