Geography
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
or above.
104 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
T Level
UCAS Tariff
from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.
About this course
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The interaction between humans and the environment has given rise to some of the most pressing issues today, from climate change and global warming all the way to political instability and inequality. Our Geography BSc(Hons) degree aims to help you understand the core principles of human and physical geography, with many routes for specialisation.
You’ll have the opportunity to study a wide range of modules, including earth processes, dynamic living systems, social, environmental, and cultural challenges and principles and practices in geography.
After completing the core modules in your first and second years, you’ll be able to specialise in your final year.
**Why Study Geography BSc(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?**
Teaching staff at the University of Huddersfield rank in the top three in England for the proportion who hold doctorates (HESA 2022) and have expertise in a range of geography subject areas.
Away from campus, you’ll gain relevant real-world experience. In the third year of the course, you’ll put your knowledge and skills to the test in an optional work placement in your area of interest. In the final year, you’ll have the chance to develop and enhance your independent research skills as part of the geographical research project module.
Learning through doing is important for any geographer in training, so look forward to field trips and fieldwork throughout the course. These will allow you to put theory into practice.
This course will prepare you for a variety of potentially exciting careers. You could work in the industry as a planning ecologist or environmental impact officer, tackle key geography issues as a policy analyst, or conduct research as a climate change scientist.
**Professional Bodies**
The course is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society and is reviewed on a regular basis.
**Why Huddersfield?**
Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.
Modules
The first year comprises:
• Research Skills
• Earth Processes
• People and Place
Choose three from a list which may include:
• Dynamic Living Systems
• Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Systems
• Global Earth Cycles
• Sustainability
To see the full range of modules and descriptions, please visit our website. A link to this course can be found at the bottom of the page in the ‘Course contact details’ section.
Assessment methods
You’ll have the chance to study a range of subjects including biogeography, earth processes, landscape and fluvial systems, climate science, environment and society, environment and cultural challenges, and migration and geopolitics before specializing in your final year. In the final year you'll have the chance to hone your independent research skills as part of your dissertation module.
You’ll be taught through a series of lectures, seminars, and where appropriate relevant field study and/or laboratory work. Assessment will include project work, written assignments (reports/essays), presentations and examinations. The final year research project contributes to your degree classification.
Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.
Tuition fees
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Extra funding
Please see our website for more information - http://www.hud.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-finance/undergraduate-scholarships/
The Uni
University of Huddersfield
Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences (SBIOLSCI)
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