Geography

Description

Our Geography BA Honours degree offers an extremely flexible study programme. You can select from a wide range of topics in human and physical geography, such as:

• economic and political globalisation
• uneven development
• climate and environmental change

You will enjoy a high level of fieldwork in both the UK and abroad, with field visits ranging from nearby Northumberland to New York, Morocco and Iceland.

A dissertation in your third year enables you to showcase your skills to employers by conducting your own research alongside our highly respected research staff.

We are a world top 50 university for geography, with quality facilities including high-spec labs, and a long history of teaching and research excellence.

Quality and ranking

Geography at Newcastle ranks in the top 50 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 12075 Year (Non-EEA)

Start date September 2015 Credits (ECTS) 180 ECTS
Duration full-time 36 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time Intensity Flexible

Course Content

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Stage 1

Compulsory modules

• GEO1010 Interconnected World
• GEO1018 Geographical Analysis
• GEO1020 Introduction to Physical Geography
• GEO1096 Geographical Study Skills

You will take at least 20 credits from the following modules:

• GEO1005 Environmental Issues
• GEO1015 Human Geography of the UK

If you choose GEO1015, you may not go on to choose GEO1019.

Optional modules

You choose 20 credits of optional modules from the list below:

• GEO1019 Physical Geography Field Course
• POL1022 Introduction to Political Thought
• POL1032 Introduction to International Politics
• SOC1027 Comparing Cultures
• SPA1064 Spanish: Beginners Level
• SPA1071 Level B Spanish General Language

Stage 2

Compulsory modules

• GEO2111 Doing Geographical Research: Theory and Practice

If you would like to focus your dissertation on Human Geography in Stage 3 you must undertake this module:

• GEO2043 Key Methods for Human Geographers

If you would like to focus your dissertation on Physical Geography in Stage 3 you must undertake this module:

• GEO2106 Earth Surface Processes

(You may take both GEO2043 and GEO2106.)

You choose one of the following fieldtrip modules:

• GEO2052 Physical Geography Fieldcourse 2: Iceland
• GEO2100 Human Geography Fieldcourse (New York) Contested Geographies of New York City
• GEO2108 Physical Geography Fieldcourse III: Morocco
• GEO2123 Social Experiments, Diverse Economies: Copenhagen Fieldcourse
• GEO2124 Geographies of Economic Restructuring: Germany Fieldcourse
• GEO2125 Fieldwork at Home

You choose 60 credits of optional modules (40 credits if selecting both GEO2043 and GEO2106) from the following list:

• GEO2042 Aquatic Pollution
• GEO2047 Political Geography
• GEO2099 Economic Geography
• GEO2103 Globalisation, Culture and Development
• GEO2107 Climate and Environmental Change: Present, Future and Past
• GEO2110 Social Geographies

You may take the following module, with permission from the DPD:

• GEO2112 Student Exchange Semester 2

Other optional modules may also be available, including those recommended below:

• ACE2052 Geological Resources
• CEG1702 Geographic Information Systems
• CEG2704 GIS: Theory and Application
• POL2022 Government and Politics of the USA
• POL2079 Political Thought: Hobbes to Marx
• POL2082 Political Violence and the Modern State
• NCL2007 Career Development for 2nd Year Students

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• GEO3099 Dissertation

Optional modules

You choose 80 credits of modules, normally from the following list:

• GEO3041 Geographies of Commodities
• GEO3065 Race, Place and Nation
• GEO3102 Geopolitics
• GEO3103 Geographies of Money
• GEO3105 Young People, Place and Identity
• GEO3106 Producing Africa: Globalisation and Development
• GEO3110 Tectonic Geomorphology
• GEO3112 Quaternary Palaeoclimatology
• GEO3114 Local and Regional Development
• GEO3117 Sustainable Water Resource Management
• GEO3118 Ice Age World
• GEO3120 Putting a Geography Degree into Practice
• GEO3121 New Zealand Fieldtrip
• GEO3122 Counter Cultural Geography
• GEO3124 Introduction to Environmental Modelling
• GEO3125 Caribbean Societies: Development, Voice and the Everyday
• GEO3126 Lakes: Sentinels of Environmental Change
• GEO3127 Geographic Information Systems and Science
• GEO3128 Polar Environments
• GEO3129 Everyday Geographies

You may take the following module with permission from the DPD:

• GEO3115 Student Exchange

Other optional modules may also be available, including those recommended below:

• SOC3069 ‘Race’, Racism and Society
• CEG3701 GIS Fieldcourse
• CEG3704 Advanced Geoinformatics
• NCL3007 Career Development for Final Year Students
• NCL3008 Advanced Career Development

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6.5 CAE score : 75(Grade B) TOEFL iBT® test : 90

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

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Requirements

All candidates are considered on an individual basis. If your qualifications are not listed here, please see our additional entry requirements web pages to find out which other qualifications are considered.

- A Levels

AAB-ABB including Geography and excluding General Studies. GCSE Mathematics (minimum grade C) is also required.

- Scottish Qualifications

AAABB-AABBB at Higher Grade including Geography and preferably Mathematics. Combinations of Highers and Advanced Highers accepted.

- International Baccalaureate

A minimum of 34-35 points with Geography at Higher Level grade 6 or above. Standard Level Mathematics or Mathematical Studies required at grade 4 if not offered at Higher Level.

- Irish Leaving Certificate

A1A1A1B1B-A1A1B1B1B at Higher Level, including Geography.

- Access Qualifications

A level 3 geographical-based unit is desirable, and for the BSc programme a level 3 science-related unit is required. At least 30 level 3 credits at Distinction and in addition at least 15 level 3 credits at a minimum of Merit.

- BTEC Level 5 HND

Applicants will be considered on an individual basis.

- BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (formerly BTEC National Diploma)

Applicants will be considered on an individual basis.

- Cambridge Pre-U

D3,D3,M2-D3,M2,M2 in Principal Subjects including Geography. GCSE Mathematics (minimum grade C) is also required.

- English Language Requirements

For this degree you will need a minimum score of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.
Visit our International Students webpages to find out more about our English language admission requirements and English language support courses offered by INTO Newcastle University.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Want to improve your English level for admission?

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• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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