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BA (Hons) Geography with a Year Abroad

University of Chester, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

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, Master's degrees, and professional qualifications.

The University has an award-winning Careers and Employability service that 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 that 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, and 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.

General Eligibility

Typical Entry :

112

UCAS points

GCE A Level :

112 UCAS points from GCE A Levels or equivalent

BTEC :

BTEC Extended Diploma - DMM

BTEC Diploma - D*D*

T Level:

Merit

Irish/Scottish Highers:

Irish Highers - H3, H3, H3, H3, H3

Scottish Highers - BBBB

International Baccalaureate:

26 points

Access requirements:

Access to HE Diploma, to include 45 credits at level 3, 30 of which must be at Merit

OCR:

OCR National Extended Diploma - Merit 2

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma - DMM

OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma - D*D*

Extra Information / General Entry Requirements:

Please note that we accept a maximum of 8 UCAS points from GCE AS Levels and that the Welsh Baccalaureate (core) and A Level General Studies will be recognized in our offer. We will also consider a combination of A Levels and BTECs/OCRs.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory Modules:

  • Changing The World

  • Earth and Environment

  • Global Hazards and Risk

  • People and Places

  • Researching Environments

  • Sustainable Development

2 Year 2

Compulsory Modules:

  • Social Research Methods and Geomatics

  • Tutorials

  • Year abroad study exchange

Optional Modules:

  • Developing Intercultural Literacy and Cross-Cultural Skills

  • Earth Surface Processes

  • Employability Skills Analysis Development and Planning

  • Enhancing your Employability through Work-Based Learning

  • Enhancing your Employability through Work-Based Learning

  • Environmental Change: minutes to millennia

  • Experiential Overseas Learning

  • Geopolitics and the Global Economy

  • Society and Space

3 Year 3

Modules:

  • Enhancing your Employability through Work-Based Learning

  • Dissertation

  • Climate Change: The Recent Record and Future Prospects

  • Coastal Dynamics & Management

  • Excluded Peoples? Migrants and Refugees

  • International Fieldwork Experience (Human Geography)

  • Remote Sensing and GIS

  • Smart Places

  • Sustainable Futures

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69

IELTS Academic: Undergraduate: 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each band)

Ready to get started?

For any enquiries or further details, please don't hesitate to contact us. Let's take the next step in your academic journey together.

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