Geography BSc (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 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 Geography
• 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:

• An Introduction to Environmental Hazards
• Citizenship for the Environment
• Elements of Chemistry
• Evolutionary Biology
• Fundamentals of Geology
• Human Physiology
• Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
• Interpreting Geological Maps
• Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
• Mathematical Skills for Scientists
• Mineralogy and Petrology
• Modern Languages
• Physiological Ecology
• The Global Earth System
• The Ocean Planet: An Introduction
• Water in the Environment

Year 2

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

Options include:

• Alternative and Renewable Energy
• Applied Palaeontology
• Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology
• Climate Change
• Coastal and Aeolian Landscapes
• Community Engagement: Theory into Practice
• Contemporary Rural Geography
• Earth Resources
• Environmental Conservation and Management
• Evolution and Diversity
• Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
• Fundamentals of Environmental Microbiology
• Geographical Information Systems 1
• Ice Age Earth
• Introduction to Marine Biology and Ecology
• Introduction to Remote Sensing
• Modern Languages
• Sociology and the Life Course
• Soil and Water Analysis
• Sustainable Development
• Water in the Landscape

Year 3

• Independent Project

Options include:

• Air Quality Management
• Applied Ecology and Conservation
• Applied Remote Sensing
• Biogeography
• Case Studies in Environmental Pollution
• Community Engagement: Theory into Practice
• Energy Assessment
• Environmental Assessment
• Environmental Change in Low Latitudes
• Evolution and the Fossil Record
• Exploration Geology
• Geographical Information Systems 2
• Geographies of Disability and Impairment
• Geographies of Genders, Sexes and Sexualities
• Landscape Geographies
• Medical Geography
• Modern Languages
• Plant and Animal Interactions
• Transport, Environment and Society
• Waste Management
• Water and Health
• Wetland Environments