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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Leeds Beckett University-City Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
3 Year
Examine our relationship with the natural environment and learn to understand and consider responses to the challenges of climate change, globalisation, urbanisation, development, and regeneration. As part of your course, you’ll: - Explore a range of contemporary issues within geography and environmental science, such as remote sensing, natural hazard management, energy and environmental governance, climate adaptation, GIS, and specialist technical field work - Develop your understanding of the relationships between human activity and environmental change, and combine theories about the physical nature, characteristics, and environment of the world with human interactions
Find out moreWe have an excellent network of employers who will be able to offer relevant experience to help you develop employability and personal skills to help prepare you for employment. We also offer a work placement module to hone your personal, professional, and employability skills. Field trips, which include visits to sites of geographical and environmental importance, will help you gain an understanding of real-world issues and develop competence in practical research skills.
Why study the BSc Geography and Environmental Science course at Leeds Beckett University?- 100% of students on BSc (Hons) Geography & Environmental Science were positive about the availability of specialist facilities* - Field trips that will help you gain an understanding of real-world issues and develop competence in practical research skills - A work placement module that will hone your personal, professional, and employability skills - A personal tutorial programme to look after your academic and pastoral needs - An excellent network of employers who can offer relevant job experience *National Student Survey 2025
Optional modules may also be available for this course.
Studying a series of contemporary events and prominent media, you'll learn the importance of the geographical discipline in understanding the world we live in. You'll be encouraged to make connections between key geographical theories and concepts, and the real world. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
Optional modules may also be available for this course.
Examine the impact of global, national and local urban policies on the development of cities and how they are shaped both physically and environmentally. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
Develop a range of skills that combine geographical theory and its practical application through fieldwork projects. You'll be introduced to research techniques and approaches used in geographical research. You'll also learn basic analytical skills in GIS and apply these to a research project. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
This module provides an introduction to environmental science and global environmental issues, with particular reference to the science underpinning the control of air, noise and water pollution. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
With increased population, human activities and other natural impacts such as climate change transforming the environment, it is important to understand the factors that determine the abundance and distribution of species and their interactions in their environment. This module covers a range of fundamental topics in ecology, focusing on processes at different scales (individual, population, community and ecosystem). You will examine case studies which employ ecological principles to global challenges such as food security and biodiversity loss. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
Building on the knowledge you have gained during the Sustainable Places and City & Society modules; you will explore how changing complex urban problems are addressed in the UK and internationally through policy and practical responses. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
This module provides an introduction to remote sensing and the types of data generated, with consideration given to digital image acquisition, land observation satellites such as Landsat and the use of LIDAR for terrain mapping. You will cover data import into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and consider the range of geographical and environmental applications to which it can be put. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
Explore the causes of natural hazard vulnerability (e.g. in relation to flood risk), conducting fieldwork and gathering evidence to evaluate key strategies in natural hazard management. You will be introduced to key theories and frameworks and use these to evaluate a range of alternative pathways to climate change adaption. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
Develop your employability skills through a ten-week work placement supported by a series of taught sessions. You will build subject specific, graduate employability and intellectual and cognitive skills, develop your professional skills and learn how to reflect on what transferable skills you need for your chosen career. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
Develop an understanding of the theoretical background to the carrying out of research and foster the practical skills to be able to carry out research in the social sciences using a number of different research methods. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
Use the research methods, techniques and skills you have gained during your degree to carry out a sustained piece of research that examines current issues or problems in the fields of human geography and/or planning. Optional modules may also be available for this course.
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