Welcome
Undergraduate students
Undergraduate welcome
We have put together some information which we hope will be useful in helping to prepare for the start of term.
Congratulations on securing your place to come and study with us. We are very much looking forward to you joining the School of Geography as one of our new undergraduate students.
We believe you have chosen a degree programme with an exciting and relevant set of modules and other learning opportunities that will allow you to engage with some of the most significant issues facing our communities and environments currently. We hope that you are stimulated and inspired by your time with us and enjoy being part of our supportive and friendly school.
We have put together a Welcome Week timetable (available in early September) for the week commencing 25 September that provides you with a schedule of important events to help you make the transition to university life.
Teaching on your programme through lectures, seminars and individual meetings will start in the week commencing 2 October. Some of the Welcome Week events are designed to help you get to grips with the structure and organisation of your degree programme as well as the key university systems that you will use during your studies such as the library and our student welfare and pastoral services. Others are designed to help you prepare for your academic study.
If you have any queries or concerns, please contact your relevant course director, David Beckingham for BA Geography, Stephen Dugdale for BSc Geography and BSc Environmental Science (2+2) Ningbo, or Liam Keenan for BA Geography with Business.
To help aid your transition to university, we have also provided a short reading list to introduce you to some of the geographical ideas you will be working with this term so that you can make a start on them before you arrive.
Introductory reading lists
Please note, it is not compulsory for you to buy any of the books from these lists. Detailed reading lists for each module will be given once teaching begins and these are normally accessible electronically via the university's library system. However, these texts have been suggested because they are likely to be useful to you as reference texts throughout the entirety of your degree.
- What is Geography? by Alastair Bonnett
- Introducing Human Geographies edited by Paul Cloke, Phil Crang and Mark Goodwin
- An Introduction of Physical Geography and the Environment by Joseph Holden
- How to Argue by Alastair Bonnett
Code of Conduct
As a School of Geography student, you are expected to comply with university guidelines regarding conduct. Our Code of Conduct highlights expectations including fieldwork safety and behaviour.
Further information on expected attitudes and behaviours is in your Student Handbook.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to the School of Geography in person.