BScGeography and Urban and Regional Planning

Study location	United Kingdom, Birmingham
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years
Study language	English
Awards	BSc
Course code	LK74

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher) 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 IELTS: 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) CAE: 169 (with a minimum of 162 in each component)

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

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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

Year 1
Contemporary Human Geography
Earth and Ecological Systems
Tutorials and Fieldwork
Mapping the Midlands
Planning of the Built Environment
Society, Space and Policy
Economy, Space and Policy
Planning in Action

Year 2
Compulsory modules

Research Methods for Fieldwork
Statistical Methods for Geographers
Geomatics
Dissertation Labs and Fieldwork: Theory and Practice
Understanding Neighbourhood Poverty
Economic Geography: Cities and Regions or Housing and Communities
Optional modules – Example optional modules may include:

Environmental Assessment and Management
Environments of the Past
Hydroclimatology: Climate and Water
Geomorphological Processes
Ecological Systems
Cultural and Development Geographies
Social and Political Geography
Environmental Pollution

Year 3
Compulsory modules

Geography or Planning Research
Contemporary Issues in Urban Development and Planning
Regenerating Urban Communities
Optional modules – Example optional modules may include:

Climates of the Past
Environment and Landscape Change
Wetland Environments
Weather Climate and Society
Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems
Landscape and Urban Ecology
Applied Micrometeorology
Biodiversity and Conservation Management
Professional Placement for Geographers
War and Peace in the Middle East
Environmental Justice
Environmental Protection
Environmental Governance
Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere
River Processes, Deposits and Environments
Carceral Geographies
Welfare, Work and Wealth
Network Geographies
Cultural Geographies of Development
Geographies of the Body
Russia in a Global Context

Career opportunities

Past experience has shown that this degree opens doors to a wide variety of lucrative careers in the built environment. Potential career opportunities in Britain and overseas include town and country planning, inner-city regeneration, sustainable development, housing and conservation, property development or estates management, planning in developing and transitional countries, management traineeships in the public or private sectors, and teaching. Other students continue in education with further postgraduate study.

You will leave with a range of skills relevant to careers beyond planning and its related fields. Our graduates are welcomed by a range of employers including central and local government; government agencies; property consultancies; planning and urban design consultancies; broader built environment consultancies; private companies and utilities; and developers. Actual recent career destinations for our students have included the Environment Agency, Homes and Community Agency, Birmingham City Council; Wyre Forest District Council; Redditch Borough Council; National Grid; King Sturge; Turley Associates; Lambert Smith Hampton; CBRE; Pegasus Planning Group to name a few.