Course Overview

The physical environment has received increasing interest in recent years. Examples include the impact of natural disasters, global environmental change, and the direct environmental impact of human activity worldwide. Physical Geography gives a holistic view of the Earth's system (including its evolution and the interactions of its key components), evaluates a variety of Earth's surface processes that modify and shape the landscape, and considers the role of human activity in shaping/altering the physical landscape.

This degree embraces an integrated approach to investigating the physical world by studying environmental geoscience, geology, geomorphology, ecology, biodiversity, sustainability and environmental change. This is important for understanding modern ecological processes and the long-term evolution of landscapes and landforms. It also informs an account of the complex and often conflicting relationships between the natural environment and human actions.

An enthusiastic and friendly team of geographers and environmentalists with broad research interests teach the Physical Geography course at Hope. You will find that Liverpool is a great setting to study Physical Geography due to having surroundings that include stunning upland and coastal landscapes.

General Eligibility

A-Levels BBC

UCAS Tariff Points 112 UCAS Tariff points must come from at least two A Levels (or equivalent). Additional points can be made up from a range of alternative qualifications.

BTEC DMM

Access to HE 112 Tariff Points

IB 28

Irish Leaving Certificate 112 Tariff Points from Higher Level qualifications only

Welsh Baccalaureate This qualification can only be accepted with other relevant qualifications.

T-Levels 120 Tariff Points / Merit

Subject Requirements No specific subject requirements

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS

  6.0 overall (with reading and writing at 6.0) and no individual score lower than 5.5.