OVERVIEW OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

We typically recruit around 200 new students overall to the following four undergraduate degree programmes:
BA Geography, BSc Geography, BA Geography with Transport Planning, BSc Geography-Geology.

Our undergraduate degree programmes offer…

  • A flexible degree programme.
  • A broad base in the first year.
  • Increased specialisation in the second and third years.
  • A range of modules covering important world issues.
  • The chance to study modules in other subject areas within the University.
  • Field trip opportunities in each year.
  • Vocational skills, transferable to the workplace.
  • Work experience through career preparation and work placement modules.
  • The opportunity to get involved in current staff research through the research placement module.
  • The chance to study abroad or work in industry for a year.

BA Geography and
BSc Geography

The first year of the BA Geography and BSc Geography programmes are very similar, and both groups of students study a mixture of human, physical and environmental geography, before going on to specialise in human or physical geography from the second year onwards. BA Geography students specialise in human geography, BSc Geography students specialise in physical geography.

BA Geography
with Transport Planning

The BA Geography with Transport Planning programme enables students to combine human geography with a vocationally-orientated specialisation in transport planning. This programme is run together with the Institute for Transport Studies, the largest university-based transport teaching and research organisation in Europe.


BSc Geography-Geology

The BSc Geography-Geology is a Faculty of Environment degree programme, run by the School of Geography and the School of Earth and Environment. UCAS applications are managed by the School of Geography. It combines the study of physical geography and the earth sciences, with students able to choose in the final year whether they maintain an even split or whether they would prefer to specialise in geography or geology.