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BSc (Hons) Geography

Keele University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

As a geographer, you'll develop a wide range of transferable and subject-specific skills that are highly valued by employers. Your interdisciplinary perspectives, problem-solving skills, and the ability to research, evaluate and synthesize information from diverse sources are relevant to a broad range of careers including those in transport and planning and the environmental and retail sectors. They also provide ideal training for postgraduate study and research.

General Eligibility

A LEVEL REQUIREMENTS

  • BBC

GCSE REQUIREMENTS

  • English Language/Literature at C (or 4) OR equivalent qualification, please contact our Admissions Team for advice

BTEC

  • DMM

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE

  • 29 points

ACCESS TO HE DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS

  • Obtain Access to Higher Education Diploma with 112 UCAS Tariff points including a minimum of 15 Level 3 credits at Distinction. 

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory Modules

  • Fundamentals of Physical Geography

  • Human Geographies

  • Nature, Conservation & Society

  • Academic, Professional and Fieldwork Skills

  • People and the Environment

  • Climate Change: The Scientific and Societal Context

  • Geography & Geographers

Optional Modules

  • Introductory Geology for the Environmental Sciences

  • The Politics of Sustainability

  • Greening Business: Employability and Sustainability

  • History, Media, Memory: The Presentation of the Past in Contemporary Culture

2 Year 2

Compulsory Modules

  • Employability Training: Engaging with the Workplace

  • Cartography and Geographic Information Science

  • Geographical and Environmental Field Skills

  • Environmental Impact Assessment: Practical Geographical and environmental Skills

  • Earth's Changing Landscapes

Optional Modules

  • Human Impact on the Environment, Scientific Perspectives

  • Paleoclimatology and Quaternary Studies

  • Entrepreneurship Level 5

  • Gender and the Cinematic Gaze

  • Geoscience and Society

  • Water in the Environment

  • Making Better Worlds

  • Imperialism and Empire

3 Year 3

Compulsory Modules

  • Geography Double Dissertation - ISP
    OR

  • Geography (Single) Dissertation - ISP

Optional Modules

  • Glaciers and Glacial Geomorphology

  • Natural Hazards

  • Global Environmental Change

  • Hydrological and Engineering Geology

  • Applied GIS

  • Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment

  • Sustainability Consultancy

  • Postcolonialism in South Asia

  • Animals and Society

  • Work Placement Year

  • Advanced Fieldwork in Geography

  • Coastal Environments

  • The Science of Soil

  • Inspirational Landscapes

  • Economic Development and Environmental Transformation

  • Rural Geographies

  • Health Inequalities 

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69

IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each individual component or equivalent.

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