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BA Human Geography

University of Leicester ( Navitas ), United Kingdom
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Course Overview

This degree is perfect for you if you want to focus exclusively on the social science elements of geography involving human, digital and environmental geographies. This degree involves no physical geography, although options are available at the interface of physical and human geography, such as climate change. It also allows you to supplement your geography studies with Sociology, Politics, or Modern Languages modules.

General Eligibility

A/AS-levels: ABB. Two AS-levels are considered in place of one A-level. Geography is not essential.

EPQ with A-levels: BBB + EPQ at grade B.

GCSE: Grade C/4 in English Language and Maths.

Access to HE Diploma: Pass relevant diploma with a minimum of 45 credits at level 3, 30 of which must be at Distinction.

BTEC Nationals: Pass Diploma with DDM.

International Baccalaureate: Pass Diploma with 30 points. Minimum of 3 in HL Maths, or 4 in SL Maths if grade C/4 is not held at GCSE. A minimum of 4 in the English Language is required if a grade of C/4 is not held at GCSE.

T Levels: Distinction in Science (with an Occupational Specialism in Laboratory technician).

Part Time Work Details

Twenty hours of work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Core modules

  • Human Geography for a Globalized World

  • Environment/Nature/Society

  • Exploring our Digital Planet

  • Human Geography Fieldcourse: The Dynamics of People and Place

  • Skills for Professional Geographies

  • Working with Geographic Information

Option modules

  • Sociology in Practice

  • Power, Privilege and Diversity

  • The Global Cold War: International Relations 1945-1989

  • Society in Transformation

  • We Are What We Buy: Consumption, Self and Identity (Sociology)

  • Order and Disorder: International Relations from 1989 to the Present

  • Spanish Language (Beginners) 1 and 2 (double module)

  • French Language (Beginners) 1 and 2

2 Year 2

Core modules

  • Geographical Research in the Field (Human Geography Overseas Field Course)

  • Histories and Philosophies of Human Geography

  • Research Design and Methods (with Dissertation Planning)

Option modules

  • Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation

  • Critical Geographies of Environment and Development

  • Geographical Information Science

  • Economy, Society and Space

  • Social and Cultural Geography

  • Political Geography: Space, Territory and Power

  • Geography in Education (Limited spaces)

  • Live Sociology

  • Work, Employment and Society

  • Youth, Young Adulthood and Society

  • We Are What We Buy: Consumption, Self and Identity (Sociology)

  • Italian Society and Culture under Fascism

  • French Language (Post-Beginners)*

  • Spanish Language (Post-Advanced)

3 Year 3

Modules

  • Critical Geopolitics

  • Contemporary Environmental Challenges

  • Geographies of the Market Place

  • Critical Digital Geographies

  • Information Visualisation

  • Cities of the Global South

  • Migration, Place and Diversity

  • Critical, Symbolic and Emotional Rural Geographies

  • Berlin Fieldcourse: Tracing Geopolitics in Urban Space

  • Research Communication

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.5
  • TOEFL93
  • PTE65
  • Duolingo89

IELTS 6.5 or equivalent. If your first language is not English, you may need to prove your English ability. If you do not yet meet our requirements, our English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers a range of courses to help you to improve your English to the necessary standard.

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