Overview

Geography is an integrated study of the earth's places, societies, environments and landscapes. It is unique in bridging the social sciences and humanities (human geography) with its understanding of the dynamics of societies, cultures and behaviour, and the earth sciences (physical geography) in the understanding of physical landscapes and the dynamics of environmental processes acting on the surface of the earth. Geography puts this understanding of social and physical processes within the essential context of places and regions - recognising the great differences in cultures, political systems, economies, landscapes and environments across the world, and the links between them. Geographical knowledge and understanding is the basis for informed concern about the earth and its people; this understanding is an area that lies at the heart of Geography, and is essential to the understanding and management of the world today.

Structure

Topics covered may include:

- Introduction to Planet Earth

- Population and Societies

- Processes in Physical Geography

- Dynamic Landscapes

- New Horizons in Human Geography

- Geography of the Global Economy

- Population and Development

- Soils and the Environment

- Environmental Change

- People, Resources and Time

- Cities and Regions

- Geomorphology

- Water and Air

- Social and Cultural Geographies

- Applied GIS and Geographical Modelling

- Political Economies of Globalisation

Prerequisite A-Levels

- Geography

- Sociology

- Subjects required by Universities may vary

Similar Degree Courses

- Geography for Management

- International Development

Future Career Path

- Cartography

- Environmental management

- Leisure and tourism

- Geography teaching both at secondary level and above

- Advertising

- Banking

- The Civil Service

Universities that offer this course

The University of Aberdeen

Aberystwyth University

Bangor University

Bath Spa University

The University of Birmingham

Bournemouth University

The University of Bradford

University of Brighton

University of Bristol

University of Cambridge

University of Central Lancashire

Coventry University

University of Derby

University of Dundee

Durham University

The University of Edinburgh

University of Exeter

University of Glasgow

The University of Gloucestershire

University of Hertfordshire

The University of Hull

Keele University

King's College London (University of London)

Kingston University

Lancaster University

University of Leeds

University of Leicester

The University of Liverpool

Loughborough University

The University of Manchester

The Manchester Metropolitan University

Newcastle University

University of Northampton

Northumbria University

The University of Nottingham

Nottingham Trent University

Oxford University

University of Plymouth

University of Portsmouth

Queen Mary, University of London

Queen's University Belfast

Royal Holloway, University of London

The University of Sheffield

University of Southampton

University of St Andrews

Staffordshire University

The University of Stirling

University of Sunderland

University of Sussex

Swansea University

University of Ulster

University College London (University of London)

University of Wolverhampton

University of Worcester