| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-04-24 | 2023-02-10 |
| 2023-09-19 | 2023-01-27 |
| 2024-01-03 | 2023-11-25 |
Program Overview
Course overview
Geographers at Chester are as likely to be researching in a laboratory looking at indicators of environmental change or studying cultural interpretations of landscape in film, as to be using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to plan the location of a windfarm or map the carbon footprint of a rural community. This course gives you the opportunity to specialise in human or physical geography, or to blend the two. Choose to study in a vibrant, research active and friendly department, which adopts innovative approaches to learning to help you develop the knowledge, skills and understanding sought by graduate employers.
Why study this course with us?
Explore places
– Chester’s proximity to a range of physical and social environments including coasts, rivers, mountains, cities and remote rural areas enables us to incorporate fieldwork and field-based research throughout our courses. This allows you to explore key processes and issues in human or physical geography first-hand. In addition to UK-based residential fieldwork, we offer international fieldwork opportunities in Norway, Spain, and New York.
Understand environments
- Learn about the human and physical processes that shape our world and understand the most pressing global environmental issues. Benefit from a flexible programme, which allows you to develop specialisms in distinctive areas of physical/human geography. Demonstrate your knowledge through a wide range of innovative and real-world authentic assignments, including podcasts, debates, briefings, and consultancy reports.
Influence change
- Our modules are designed to ensure that you develop the knowledge, skills, expertise, and confidence to become an agent of change. Wide-ranging employment-focussed skills are embedded throughout the programme (GIS, laboratory analytical methods, environmental monitoring, big data analysis, critical thinking, project management), and we provide an invaluable opportunity for you to build relevant employment and problem-solving experience by working with a graduate employer as a part of a full-time work placement module.
Scholarship Information
Applicants to our programmes who are of Black or mixed Black heritage may be able to apply for ESRI’s Geospatial Scholarship Fund
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Program Outline
Teaching methods
You will learn through a combination of lectures, workshop practicals, seminars, tutorials, group projects, fieldwork, laboratory work and online digital resources, as well as through one-to-one work with tutors in the case of dissertations and individual project work.
Assessment
The Department engages in a wide variety of innovative and imaginative coursework assignments, from podcasting, oral presentations, and posters to briefing papers, consultancy reports and vlogs.
Work based learning
As part of your studies, you may take our
Work Based Learning
module, where you will be fully supported in securing a work placement of at least 150 hours, which you can use to ‘try out’ a future career. Alternatively, you may wish to undertake Experiential Overseas Learning, where you can take advantage of our long-established links with organisations worldwide. Most students have the opportunity to undertake either one of these options as an integral part of their undergraduate course.
Job prospects
Careers service
Job prospects
The knowledge, skills and understanding you will gain during the course will allow you to pursue a wide range of careers. Our graduates work in professions across a range of sectors, including environmental management, consultancy, teaching, town planning, renewable energy, sustainability, flood risk management and surveying. Some of our graduates continue their studies and go on to gain PhDs, masters degrees and professional qualifications. We use our extensive alumni network to further support our programme with guest lectures, work placements, careers events and more.
A degree in Geography (Combined) BSc (Hons) can open a range of careers in multiple industries. Some of our recent graduates are working in:
Careers service
The University has an award-winning Careers and Employability service which provides a variety of employability-enhancing experiences; through the curriculum, through employer contact, tailored group sessions, individual information, advice and guidance.
Careers and Employability - Student Services aims to deliver a service which is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.
We are here to help you plan your future, make the most of your time at University and to enhance your employability. We provide access to part-time jobs, extra-curricular employability-enhancing workshops and offer practical one-to-one help with career planning, including help with CVs, applications and mock interviews. We also deliver group sessions on career planning within each course and we have a wide range of extensive information covering graduate jobs and postgraduate study.
Students and graduates of the University of Chester can use our services free of charge for up to two years after graduating.
The location
The campus is close to the city centre of Chester, a city like no other and an amazing place to live as a student. While it is undoubtedly beautiful and packed with history, Chester is also a bustling 21st-century city balancing big-name shopping, eating and living with a thriving independent scene.
Job prospects
The knowledge, skills and understanding you will gain during the course will allow you to pursue a wide range of careers. Our graduates work in professions across a range of sectors, including environmental management, consultancy, teaching, town planning, renewable energy, sustainability, flood risk management and surveying. Some of our graduates continue their studies and go on to gain PhDs, masters degrees and professional qualifications. We use our extensive alumni network to further support our programme with guest lectures, work placements, careers events and more.
A degree in Geography (Combined) BSc (Hons) can open a range of careers in multiple industries. Some of our recent graduates are working in:
Careers service
The University has an award-winning Careers and Employability service which provides a variety of employability-enhancing experiences; through the curriculum, through employer contact, tailored group sessions, individual information, advice and guidance.
Careers and Employability - Student Services aims to deliver a service which is inclusive, impartial, welcoming, informed and tailored to your personal goals and aspirations, to enable you to develop as an individual and contribute to the business and community in which you will live and work.
We are here to help you plan your future, make the most of your time at University and to enhance your employability. We provide access to part-time jobs, extra-curricular employability-enhancing workshops and offer practical one-to-one help with career planning, including help with CVs, applications and mock interviews. We also deliver group sessions on career planning within each course and we have a wide range of extensive information covering graduate jobs and postgraduate study.
Students and graduates of the University of Chester can use our services free of charge for up to two years after graduating.
The location
The campus is close to the city centre of Chester, a city like no other and an amazing place to live as a student. While it is undoubtedly beautiful and packed with history, Chester is also a bustling 21st-century city balancing big-name shopping, eating and living with a thriving independent scene.
