Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Geography with Year Abroad (L701)

The Geography BA/BSc programmes are among the most flexible anywhere, so if students are interested in both human and physical geography, they can pick and choose their modules to focus on the human side, physical side or the interactions between the two.

The Geography programme is among the most flexible anywhere, so if students are interested in both human and physical geography, they can pick and choose their modules to focus on the human side, physical side or the interactions between the two.

In Year 1, students will study issues crucial to the shape of the world and humans' place within it, such as natural hazards, floods, global environmental change, urban and social change, and cultural landscapes. Along with the urban laboratory of Birmingham, allowing students to ‘map the Midlands’, there is a residential field trip to Rotterdam for the entire Year 1 cohort.

Year 2 will provide students with deeper subject knowledge in areas of their choice – from neighbourhood planning and hydroclimatology to ecological systems and cultural geography – and research methods training.

On this four-year programme, students will spend a year abroad between their second and fourth years at a partner institution in the EU or elsewhere in the world.

Year 4 is when students turn their interests into specialisms. These could be anything from climates of the past, and war and peace in the Middle East to cultural geographies of development, and conservation practice.

The single honours course can be taken as a BA or BSc degree. All students enjoy the same wide choice of course options and fieldwork opportunities.

This programme has been accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). Accredited degree programmes contain a solid academic foundation in geographical knowledge and skills, and prepare graduates to address the needs of the world beyond higher education. The accreditation criteria require evidence that graduates from accredited programmes meet defined sets of learning outcomes, including subject knowledge, technical ability and transferable skills.