BA Human Geography

Program Overview

This three-year BA Geography degree focuses on human geography, exploring themes like global environmental change, urban modeling, and migration. Students choose from a range of optional modules, including GIS, field courses, and research frontiers. The program emphasizes practical skills through in-person teaching, workshops, and online learning, preparing graduates for careers in fields such as environmental science, urban planning, and journalism.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Our three-year BA Geography degree is suitable for students with more of an interest in human geography. You will cover geographical themes including global environmental change and the human impact, urban modelling, creative geographies and migration.

Outline:

• Year 1 (Level 4)
• Compulsory Modules: None found.
• Optional Modules (Choose 20 credits):
• Geographical skills
• Natural Hazards and Society
• Sustainability and the Climate Emergency
• Project and Methods (Human Geography)
• Year 2 (Level 5)
• Compulsory Modules: None found.
• Optional Modules (Choose 20 credits):
• Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
• Geographical Methods and Approaches
• Data Analysis and Dissertation Preparation Skills
• Field Course
• Year 3 (Level 6)
• Compulsory Modules: None found.
• Optional Modules (Choose 10 credits):
• Dissertation Support: Geography
• Optional Modules (Choose 30 credits):
• Dissertation Report: Geography
• Optional Modules (Choose 80 credits):
• Interdisciplinary Field Course to the Indian Himalayas (Sikkim)
• Wildfires
• Contemporary Rural Britain
• The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
• Capital and Labour in the 21st century
• Science Communication
• Geographical Research Frontiers
• World Cities
• Measuring Climate Change

Teaching:

• We are proud to provide an outstanding educational experience, using the most effective learning and teaching approaches, carefully tailored to suit the specific needs of your course.
Apart from a small number of online-only courses, most of our courses consist of in-person, on-campus teaching, enabling full engagement with your lecturers and fellow students.
• Practical skills sessions, lab work seminars, and workshops predominantly take place in person, allowing for group working and demonstrations.
We also operate virtual labs and Simulated Learning Environments which will facilitate greater access to training opportunities in the future. However, our approach also includes the use of some online learning to support and enhance traditional face-to-face teaching.
• Online learning may take place ‘live’ using software such as Zoom, allowing you to interact with the lecturer and other students and to ask questions.
Lecture recordings also allow for more flexibility to revisit material, to revise for assessments and to enhance learning outside of the classroom. Some modules have extra resources in Canvas, such as videos, slides and quizzes enabling further flexible study.

Careers:

• Our graduates have become Catchment Scientists, Ecologists, Geographical Data Processors, Surveyors, Housing Officers, Meteorologists, Journalists, Government Advisors and Lecturers.

3 Year Full Time Start Date UK International September 2023 £ 9,000 £ 20,050 September 2024 £ 9,000 £ 21,050 £ 20,050 September 2024 £ 9,000 £ 21,050 4 Year Full Time With a Year Abroad Start Date UK International September 2023 £ 9,000 £ 20,050 September 2024 £ 9,000 £ 21,050 4 Year Full Time With a Year In Industry Start Date UK International September 2023 £ 9,000 £ 20,050 September 2024 £ 9,000 £ 21,050 Fees for full time Undergraduate UK students may be increased in subsequent years of study by an inflationary amount determined by Welsh Government. Fees for full time Undergraduate EU/International students will increase by 3% for each subsequent year of study. During a sandwich year (e.g. year in industry, year abroad or placement year) a lower fee will apply. For more information visit our tuition fees page. You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page. You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.