BA (Hons)Geography

Study location	United Kingdom, Liverpool
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years
Study language	English
Awards	BA (Hons)
Course code	L700

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher) good results in Geography or in another social science subject The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each band) TOEFL (IBT): Overall score of 88-89 or above, with at least 21 in Listening and Writing, 22 in Reading and 23 in Speaking CAE: 176 points overall with no component less than 162

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application.

More information	liverpool.ac.uk/..ography-ba-hons/overview

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Programme Year One

Five core modules

Study Skills and GIS (includes residential field weekend)
Research Frontiers in Human Geography
Human Geography through Merseyside (includes practical and field work)
New Horizons in Human Geography
Living with Environmental Change

Plus three optional modules

Ecology and Conservation
Town and Country Planning: An Introduction
Contemporary Town Planning
Urban and Environmental Economics
Social Change and Social Policy In Contemporary Society 1
Social Change and Social Policy In Contemporary Society 2: Changing Inequalities
Foundations in International Politics
Experiments in Physical Geography 1 (one day per week)
Changes in Earth Surface Processes (includes 5-6 days fieldwork)
Experiments in Physical Geography 2 (one day per week)

Programme Year Two

Four core modules

Research Skills
Principles and Theory in Geography
Statistics for Social Scientists
Field Class (Edinburgh, Glasgow or Cardiff)

Plus Three optional modules

Political Economies of Globalisation
Population and Societies
Rural Geographies
Social and Cultural Geographies
An introduction to Environmental History
GIS for Human Geography
Quaternary Environmental Change
Soils, Slopes and the Environment
Catchment Hydrology
Climatology
Geomorphology: Ice, Sea and Air
Cities and Regions
Environmental Sustainability
Urban Sociology
Comparing Welfare States
Deviance, Youth and Culture
Strategic Plan Making
Urban Design: An Introduction to Place Making

Students may also take up to two 15 credit modules from outside Geography. Popular choices include:

Cities and Regions
Environmental Sustainability
Urban Sociology
Comparing Welfare States
Crime, Deviance and Culture

Programme Year Three

One core module

Geography Dissertation or Geography Work-based Dissertation

One optional field class module:

Singapore, Barcelona or Santa Cruz, California

Choose six of the following (four if taking the optional field class module):

European Population Trends
Postcolonial Geographies
Poland: Political, Social and Cultural Geographies since 1939
Geographies of Resistance
Issues in Geography
Natural Hazards and Society
Geographies of Energy and Natural Resources
Geographic Data Science
Human-Environment Interactions
Climate Change: A Critical Review
Coastal Environments: Spatial and Temporal Change
Fluvial Environments
Understanding Social Exclusion
The Cultural Economy of Cities
Gender, the Body and Identity
Race, Community and Identity
Architecture and Power: Prisons, Parliament and Courts
Politics of the Environment
Peace Activism in Northern Ireland

Career opportunities

Combined with the high regard in which our qualifications are held, this has enabled recent graduates to embark on rewarding careers with a broad range of public and private sector organisations. Some are putting their geographical knowledge to direct use working in jobs such as environment assistant for the Environment Agency, ranger, government researcher, resource planner and in business development. Other graduates are putting the transferable skills they have gained into practice in careers such as accountancy, teaching and management, and a significant number join graduate training programmes in major organisations.