This flexible Geography degree is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society. It equips you with the specialist skills needed to address real global challenges.

Course overview

Our BA Geography explores key societal, economic and environmental challenges. It encourages you to engage with, explore and understand the world.

Our degree is informed by the research of our world-leading academics and spans the breadth of the discipline. As a flexible degree, you can tailor it to your interests and evolve into the geographer you want to be. This includes:

• becoming a specialist in your chosen field
• remaining active across the Geographic terrain

You can select from dozens of Geography modules. These range from:

• geopolitics to glacial environments
• river catchment dynamics to geographies of sustainable production and consumption.

Professional accreditation

This degree is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). Accredited degrees contain a solid academic foundation in geographical knowledge and skills, and prepare you to address the needs of the world beyond higher education.

Teaching methods

Our geography courses involve a high level of staff-student interaction, including:

• small group teaching
• 1-to-1 tutorials
• lectures
• laboratory work
• seminars
• fieldwork

Your modules also require a considerable amount of independent study.

Work placement

Get career ready with a work placement and leave as a confident professional in your field. You can apply to spend 9 to 12 months working in any organisation in the world, and receive University support from our dedicated team to secure your dream placement. Work placements take place between stages 2 and 3.

You'll gain first-hand experience of working in the sector, putting your learning into practice and developing your professional expertise.

If you choose to take a work placement, it will extend your degree by a year. Placements are subject to availability.