Geography BA (Hons)

Entry Requirements

• A-levels: BBB. Should normally include geography.
• BTEC: DDM.
• International Baccalaureate: 30 points, specified subjects.
• Access to HE Diploma: pass with 60 credits overall. Must include level 3 units in geography or environmental science. At least 45 credits at level 3, with 24 credits at merit or above.
• GCSE (minimum grade C): at least three subjects including English language and mathematics or a science.
• Foundation degree/HND/HNC: may enable you to start the course in year 2.

English Language Requirement:

• IELTS 6.0 overall, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements.

Curriculum

Year 1

• Contemporary Human Geographies
• Data Presentation and Analysis for Geographers
• Fundamentals of Physical Geography
• Global Environmental Issues and Management
• Introduction to Fieldwork
• Skills for Independent Learning
• Twenty-First Century Brighton

Options:

• Ancient Societies
• Archaeological Practice
• Citizenship for the Environment
• Introduction to Environmental Hazards
• Introduction to Independent Learning
• Modern Languages
• Water in the Environment 

Year 2

• Advanced Data Analysis
• Geography Fieldwork, North Africa
• Skills for Research and Careers

Options:

• Alternative and Renewable Energy
• Climate Change
• Coastal and Aeolian Landscapes
• Community Engagement: Theory into Practice
• Contemporary Rural Geography
• Critical Contemporary Geography
• Environmental and Spatial Planning
• Environmental Conservation and Management
• Environmental Hazards
• Environmental Pollution and Control
• Geographic Information Systems 1
• Geographies of Development
• Geographies of Everyday Life
• Independent Study Module
• Introduction to Remote Sensing
• Modern Languages
• Sustainable Development
• Water in the Landscape

Year 3

• Independent Project

Options:

• Air Quality Management
• Applied Remote Sensing
• Coastal Environments
• Community Engagement: Theory into Practice
• Environmental Assessment
• Environmental Change in Low Latitudes
• Environmental Politics and Society
• Freshwater Processes and Ecosystems
• Geographic Information Systems 2
• Geographies of Disability and Impairment
• Geographies of Education
• Geographies of Genders, Sexes and Sexualities
• Geographies of Sport and Leisure
• Independent Study Module
• Landscape Geographies
• Medical Geography
• Modern Languages
• Political Ecology: Environment and Development
• Waste Management
• Water and Health
• Wetland Environments