Undergraduate students using surveying equipment on the Downs, University Park

Geography BA

University Park Campus, Nottingham, UK

Course overview

Are you passionate about creating a sustainable future for our world? If so, then our BA/BSc Geography course is perfect for you.

We'll dive into topics like climate change, globalisation, and our relationship with the earth. Moreover, you'll gain skills to analyse data related to the world in which we live.

With many fascinating and inspiring optional modules to choose from, you'll have the opportunity to put your knowledge into practice on field trips both in the UK and overseas. You can choose to analyse the impact of humans on the world's physical and built environments. You can explore the development of the global economy or solve geospatial problems. The choice is yours.

You'll have the option to spend a semester studying abroad or to spend a year on placement in industry. Our partner institutions are based in locations such as Canada, Europe and the USA or at our campuses in China or Malaysia.

You’ll study at our 300 acre, environmentally sustainable University Park campus; our largest, award-winning campus set around a lake in extensive greenery.

At the end of this course, you'll have the knowledge and skills you need for your professional career. Join us in working towards a more sustainable and just future and make a difference in the world.

Indicative modules

Mandatory

Year 1

Careers Skills for Geographers

Mandatory

Year 1

Exploring Human Geography

Mandatory

Year 1

Geographical Field Course

Mandatory

Year 1

Interpreting Geographical Data

Mandatory

Year 1

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Mandatory

Year 1

Planet Earth: Exploring the Physical Environment

Mandatory

Year 1

Tutorial

Optional

Year 1

Exploring Place

Optional

Year 1

Global Challenges

Optional

Year 1

Globalisation: Economy, Space and Power

Optional

Year 1

On Earth and Life

Mandatory

Year 2

Dissertation Preparation

Mandatory

Year 2

Research Tutorial

Mandatory

Year 2

Techniques in Geography

Optional

Year 2

Cultural and Historical Geography

Optional

Year 2

Earth Observation

Optional

Year 2

Economic Geography

Optional

Year 2

Living with Hazards

Optional

Year 2

Medical Geography

Optional

Year 2

Patterns of Life

Optional

Year 2

Political Geography

Optional

Year 2

Rivers in the Landscape

Optional

Year 2

Rural Environmental Geography

Optional

Year 2

Spatial Decision Making

Optional

Year 2

The Changing Environment

Optional

Year 2

Urban Geography

Mandatory

Year 3

Dissertation in Geography

Optional

Year 3

Advances in Remote Sensing

Optional

Year 3

Animal Geographies

Optional

Year 3

Critical Human Geography

Optional

Year 3

Environment, Development and Livelihoods

Optional

Year 3

Environmental Modelling

Optional

Year 3

Fashion and Food

Optional

Year 3

Freshwater Management

Optional

Year 3

Geographies of Money and Finance

Optional

Year 3

Geographies of Violence

Optional

Year 3

Global Climate Change

Optional

Year 3

Health Geographies

Optional

Year 3

Landscape, Culture and Politics

Optional

Year 3

Third Year Geography Field Course

Optional

Year 3

Tropical Environments in the Anthropocene

Optional

Year 3

Unearthing the Past

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About modules

The above is a sample of the typical modules we offer, but is not intended to be construed or relied on as a definitive list of what might be available in any given year. This content was last updated on Thursday 25 April 2024. Due to timetabling availability, there may be restrictions on some module combinations.

University undergraduate student Cole Pearce studying in Nightingale Hall accommodation's library, University Park. November 5th 2021.

I love that my course is so broad and takes an inter-disciplinary approach. I can combine my analytical skills with essay writing, data handling, GIS software skills, and different theories. Every day as a geographer is different therefore, I never tire of it.  

Megan Mahoney

BA Geography

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