Geography with International Year - MSci (Hons)
University of Birmingham
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The Geography MSci with International Year program equips you to tackle global challenges like climate change and urbanisation, while gaining practical fieldwork experience and skills for careers in sustainability, consulting, and public policy. It extends your studies with elective modules, an additional dissertation, and a field course abroad. You will also have an opportunity to study at a global partner institution, offering flexibility to curate a personalised academic path, providing ...Read more

The Geography MSci with International Year program equips you to tackle global challenges like climate change and urbanisation, while gaining practical fieldwork experience and skills for careers in sustainability, consulting, and public policy. It extends your studies with elective modules, an additional dissertation, and a field course abroad. You will also have an opportunity to study at a global partner institution, offering flexibility to curate a personalised academic path, providing deeper insights and advanced career skills beyond standard BSc and BA frameworks. A flexible programme – in an interconnected world where natural and social environments overlap, it is important that you can choose modules across both human and physical geography to explore your subject area in detail. You’ll have a mixture of interests as a geographer and at Birmingham, you’ll have opportunity to explore them all. Fieldwork – There's no better way to learn about natural and built environments than being in the great outdoors. Our fieldwork spans cities such as Rotterdam, Berlin, Lisbon and Tokyo, and exceptional landscapes in the Swiss Alps. Travel and accommodation for compulsory courses are fully covered so you can focus on the opportunities afforded to you with a variety of global experiences, led by experts in air pollution, weather, and global issues. Skills fit for the future – learn how to use tools specific to Geography like geographical information systems (GIS), data analysis and statistics, as well as key transferable skills that employers are looking for worldwide, such as problem-solving, communication, leadership and adaptability. Accreditation – This programme has been accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), which recognises best practice in geography teaching and learning. Geography uses a variety of methods to assess student performance, this includes exams, essays and dissertations. At the beginning of each module, you'll be given information on how and when you'll be assessed for that particular programme of study.

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Abigail
14 Feb 26

I love the campus and feel right at home, there is such a wide variety of modules and opportunities to volunteer and further my studies. Theres is such a mix of societies you can..Read more

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Lilla
05 Feb 26

I love Selly Oak, and the community students feel it has. The campus is located only a short walk away. The campus itself is beautiful and a great environment to work in. If..Read more

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Students from Scotland

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I love the campus and feel right at home, there is such a wide variety of modules and opportunities to volunteer and further my studies. Theres is such a mix of societies you can...
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Lilla
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Geography with Year Abroad
I love Selly Oak, and the community students feel it has. The campus is located only a short walk away. The campus itself is beautiful and a great environment to work in. If...
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