Bachelor's degree

In London

higher than £ 9000

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

Entry requirements
Entry requirements
 
A-level
International Baccalaureate
Access to HE Diploma
Cambridge Pre-U
BTEC Extended Diploma
BTEC Diploma
BTEC Subsidiary Diploma
European Baccalaureate
International Students
Required grades

AAB

Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A-levels. However, if offered the grade achieved may be taken into account when considering whether or not to accept a candidate who has just fallen short of the conditions of their offer.

Required subjects

None

Preferred subjects

None

Further information and other requirements
A-Level  AAB  Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels. However, if offered the grade achieved may be taken into account when considering whether or not to accept a candidate who has just fallen short of the conditions of their offer.
Access to HE Diploma 

D: 33 credits

M: 12 credits

P: 0 credits

Access to HE Diploma (for example, in Humanities) with 45 Level 3 credits: 33 must be from units awarded at Distinction, with the remaining Level 3 credits at Merit.
Cambridge Pre-U D3 D3 M2 Combinations of Pre-U principal subjects and other qualifications (such as A-levels) considered.
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (QCF from 2010)  

DDM with eleven Distinctions and two A levels at grades AB

or

DDM with ten Distinctions and two A levels at grades AA


BTEC Level 3 Diploma (QCF from 2010)  

DM with six Distinctions and two A levels at grades AB

or

DM with four Distinctions and two A levels at grades AA


BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma (QCF from 2010)  

D with four modules at Distinction and two A levels at grades AB

or

M and two A levels at grades AA


Scottish Highers & Advanced Highers

AAB at Highers

and

AB at Advanced Highers

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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10 Cutcombe Road, SE5 9RJ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • University
  • International
  • Ecology
  • Teaching
  • Credit
  • Access
  • Climate Change
  • Global
  • Climate
  • Cultural Geography
  • Physical Geography
  • Critical Thinking
  • Natural Environment
  • Geographical Foundations
  • Geographical Inquiry
  • Geography Tutorials

Course programme

Course detail Description

Based in one of the largest geography departments in the UK, our Geography BSc course combines lectures, seminars and tutorials together with workshops, laboratory sessions and field trips. We will provide frequent opportunities to process, combine and discuss what you have learned in small groups and one-to-one sessions with academic staff.

Your study in the first year will comprise a range of interdisciplinary 15 and 30-credit modules totalling 120 credits. In the second term you will be able to choose whether to continue on the BA and BSc programme of study for the rest of your degree, depending on your choice of programme you will take either Geographical Foundations II: Challenges of the Modern World or The Changing Natural Environment II. The BSc pathway offers study modules that include Physical Geography, Geocomputation Remote Sensing and GIS, Environmental Change and the interaction of humans and the environment.

The final year also includes a required dissertation, known as the Independent Geographical Study, which is based on individual research in an area of your choice, supervised by a discipline specialist. Working and studying at the leading edge of research are considered essential components of a strong Geography degree and employers value the evidence of analytical and communications skills that a good dissertation demonstrates.

Geography BSc will provide opportunities for you to follow your own interests whilst being taught the core of the discipline in different fields. You will also learn advanced analytical and technical skills and apply them to understanding a range of real-world issues.

Teaching style

We use a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials together with workshops, laboratory sessions and field trips to teach a very wide range of modules covering all areas of Geography. You will learn to analyse a variety of data types and process, synthesise and discuss what you have learned in small groups and one-to-one sessions with academic staff. Combinations of one-term and two-term modules are available with a greater emphasis on optional modules as you progress through the degree.

You are expected to spend approximately 150 hours of work (ie about 10 hours per credit) for each 15 credit module you attend in your degree. These 150 hours cover every aspect of the module: lectures, seminars, tutorials, field trips, independent study based on lecture notes, tutorial preparation, coursework preparation and submission, examination revision and preparation, and examinations.

In the first year you will have an average of 28.5 hours in scheduled learning and teaching activities per 15 credit module.

You will take 120 credits each year. Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

Assessment

You will study modules totalling 120 credits for each year, comprising of 15 and 30 credit modules. The study includes an initial set range of modules in the first year, followed by the opportunity to concentrate on a chosen thematic area of study. In the final year, you will undertake an independent research-based Geographical study, for which you will receive individual tutorial support from an expert in the field. Throughout your time at King’s, you will be assigned a dedicated personal tutor drawn from the faculty to advise and support you. The type of assessment given depends on the optional modules that you choose.

The department assesses students on a combination of essays, field reports, written examinations, oral presentations, practical worksheets, posters and the Independent Geographical Study (dissertation). The nature of assessment varies by module.

Course accreditation

This course is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

Location

The majority of learning for this degree takes place at the Strand Campus, with occasional lectures and practical sessions taking place at the Waterloo Campus.

Please note that locations are determined by where each module is taught and may vary depending on the optional modules you select.

Off-site study will take place at specific fieldtrip destinations. Residential fieldtrips take place at various locations worldwide and are continually reviewed and subject to change. We are currently visiting India, Hong Kong, Spain, the USA and Morocco.

Other related courses
  • Geography BA
  • Global Health & Social Medicine BA
  • Global Health & Social Medicine BSc
  • Social Sciences BA
  • International Development BA

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Structure

  • Year 1
  • Year 2
  • Year 3

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules, and students on this course take modules totalling 120 credits each year.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-todate, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on this course page for updates.

Required Modules You will be required to take the following modules:
  • The Changing Natural Environment I (15 credits)
  • Geographical Foundations I: the making of the modern world (15 credits)
  • The Changing Natural Environment II (15 credits)
  • Principles of Geographical Inquiry I (30 credits)
  • Geography in Action (15 credits) Within this module there is a chance to tailor your subject area interest
  • Geography Tutorials: Critical Thinking & Techniques (30 credits)
Optional Modules There are no optional modules in Year 1, but a variety of required and optional field work activities will be offered to enhance learning.

Year 2 Required Modules You will be required to take the following modules:

  • Field Research in Physical Geography (15 credits)
  • BSc Geography Research Tutorials (15 credits)
  • Geographical Research Skills (15 credits)

Please note: second year field research modules will typically have a week of intensive teaching on a residential fieldtrip, as well as preparatory / follow-up sessions.

Optional Modules

You are also required to take sufficient credits to bring your total for the year to 120, from a range of optional modules, some of which fall into thematic areas. The current themes that are highlighted include:

• 1) Urban and Cultural Geography
• 2) Physical Geography
• 3) Society, Environment and Geography
• 4) Development Geography
• 5) Geocomputation and Spatial Analysis.

The choice of optional modules may typically
include:

  • Physical Geography: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (15 credits)
  • Society, Environment & Geography: The Nature of the Environment (15 credits)
  • Geocomputation (15 credits)
  • Spatial Analysis (15 credits)
  • Natural Hazards (15 credits)
  • Climatic Variablity Change And Society (15 credits)
  • Global Environmental Issues: Science & Solutions (15 credits)
  • Biogeography & Ecology (15 credits)

You may also take any of the modules from the BA Geography degree, which may typically include the following modules:

  • Cities & Citizenship (15 credits)
  • Development Geography: Livelihoods & Policy Contexts (15 credits)
  • Urban & Cultural Geography: Space, Society & Culture (15 credits)
  • Historical Geographies of Urbanism (15 credits)
  • Urban Geography: Exploring the City (15 credits)
  • Territory, State & Nation (15 credits)
  • The Nature Of Environment (15 credits)
  • Water & Development (15 credits)

You will also have the opportunity to study abroad for either the second semester of the second year, or for the whole year, depending on your progression in the first year and partner university availability. Partner institutions currently include:

  • University of Auckland
  • Hong Kong University
  • University of Melbourne
  • Monash University (includes study options in South Africa and Malaysia)
  • National University of Singapore
  • Universiti Brunei Darussalam (second semester only)
  • University of California
  • University of North Carolina
  • University of Toronto (full year only)
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Washington (Seattle)
  • Australian National University (Canberra)
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

Year 3 Required Modules

You are required to take the following module:

  • Pathways to Impact: Geographical Research & Public Policy (15 credits)

You are also required to take the Independent Geographical Study 30 credit module as a piece of individual research, which is supported on a one-to-one basis by a supervisor from within the Geography department.

Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take a total of 75 credits from a wide range of options, which may typically include:

  • Advanced Issues In Natural And Environmental Hazards (15 credits)
  • Global Climate Change: Past, Present & Future (15 credits)
  • Global Environmental Change: Environmental Dynamics in the Anthropocene (15 credits)
  • Desert Environments (15 credits)
  • Tropical Forests in a Changing Environment (15 credits)
  • Directed Readings in Geography (15 credits)
  • Applied Geocomputation and Spatial Analysis (15 credits)
  • Urban Ecology

Or any of the final year modules on the BA Geography course, which may typically include the following modules:

  • Health, Lifestyles & Cities (15 credits)
  • The Right to the City (15 credits)
  • Hollywood & the Post-Industrial City (15 credits)
  • Critical Geopolitics (15 credits)
  • Poverty & Welfare in London c.1830-1930 (15 credits)
  • Political Economy of Hazardscapes (15 credits)
  • Global Political Ecology (15 credits)
  • Histories & Geographies of Climate Change (15 credits)
  • Environmental Risk, Governance & Society (15 credits)
  • Gender and Development in the Global South (15 credits)
  • Growing Up Urban: Youth & the City
  • Geographies of Financialisation & Value Making
  • Infrastructural Geographies

Geography

higher than £ 9000