What will I learn?

Overview

Learn from leaders in their fields about critical global issues and challenges affecting environments and societies around the world
Tailor your degree to your developing interests, with optional modules in biogeography, tropical coastal environments, fire ecology and fire management, geomorphology, hydrology and sea-level and the cryosphere
Develop sought-after skills such as statistical analysis, learning to code for data analysis, geospatial investigation, image analysis and data collection in the field
Well-equipped experimental laboratories include the latest Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software supported by dedicated staff, and a £3.7 million sediment research centre
Join a friendly and active student community: the Geography Society (GeogSoc) is one of the university’s largest and provides members with regular socials, sports teams, weekend trips and the famous GeogSoc ball

Assessment

Your progress is monitored through tutorial work and practical assessments. Your final degree mark is based on approximately 50 per cent exam-based and 50 per cent coursework-based assessments. This is however, dependent on your module choices where some optional modules might be 100% coursework for example. You can therefore pick modules by topic but also based on what you think will best allow you to demonstrate your learning. In your final year you will undertake a dissertation, which is an independent research project on the topic that excites you most.

You must pass your modules in the first year in order to progress, but your marks in this year do not influence your final degree classification.