Human geography ba (hons)

Structure

You can complete your Human Geography degree in three or four years. If you choose to study abroad, this will take place in Year 3 and Year 3 modules will instead be studied in Year 4.

• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3

Year 1 Optional modules

• Cities and Regions in Transition
• Geography in the World
• Global Worlds
• Ideas and Practice in Geography and Environmental Science*
• People and the Environment
• Reinventing Britain*
• Research Methods for Geographers and Environmental Scientists.

For full details on our modules please go to the online module directory.

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 2 Compulsory

• Geographical Research in Practice

• Boston Reworked: The Making of a North American City*
• Contemporary London: Life in the Global Metropolis
• Cultural Geographies
• Economic Geographies
• Geographical Information Systems
• Geographies of Biomedicine
• Health, Space and Justice
• Society and Space
• Spaces of Uneven Development
• Urban Futures: Los Angeles and Las Vegas.*

For full details on our modules please go to the online module directory.

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

Year 3 Compulsory

• Independent Geographical Study

• Advanced GIS
• Boston Reworked: The Making of a North American City*
• Contemporary India: Politics, Society and Economy
• Development Futures: Mumbai Unbound*
• Economic Futures: Malaysia Emerging*
• Geographies of Nature
• Geography, Technology and Society
• Geopolitics post-9/11: War, Security, Economy
• Global Historical Geographies
• Globalisation and Regional Development
• Health, Disease and the City
• New York: Nature and the City*
• Readings in Geography: Contemporary India; Geographies of Nature; Geography,
• Technology and Society; Global Historical Geographies OR Victorian London
• Urban Futures: Los Angeles and Las Vegas*
• Urban Geography
• Urbanisation and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Victorian London: Economy, Society and Culture

For full details on our modules please go to the online module directory.

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

*Fieldwork module. Fieldwork destinations may vary year-on-year, are subject to availability and depend on the module combinations chosen. Overseas fieldwork modules run in alternate years. Places are limited - if a module is oversubscribed, places will be allocated by ballot. Students on overseas field trips are responsible for securing their own visas, if required.

Study options

Apply for this degree with any of the following options. Take care to use the correct UCAS code - it may not be possible to change your selection later.

Year abroad

Go global and study abroad as part of your degree – apply for our Human Geography BA with a Year Abroad. Queen Mary has links with universities in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia (partnerships vary for each degree programme).

Find out more about study abroad opportunities at Queen Mary and what the progression requirements are.

Additional Costs

Compulsory fieldwork will not cost you anything extra. Optional overseas fieldwork trips in the second and third year cost approximately £400-£1,400 (based on 2017-18 costs). On some trips you may also need to pay extra for flights.