Geography BSc (Hons)
Education with the personal touch
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Geography BSc (Hons)
Course fees: £10,225* *These fees apply if you are starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fees as they can change. Costs can increase each year.
Start date: September UCAS Code: F800
Why choose this course? Our students say they like the vibe at Derby, that staff are really friendly and easy to contact and the course is well managed. They like the specialist facilities including the map library and geotechnical laboratory. They value the 1-2-1 personal development from tutors and like the fact that there are work placements and study abroad opportunities.
Your career You’ll have a great chance of getting a job; around 90% of our graduates are working or in further study within six months of graduating. Some now work for organisations including Clear Environmental Consultants Ltd, the National Trust, Caterpillar UK, Yorkshire Water, Derby City Council, the Civil Service and the AQA exam board. You’ll develop the knowledge and skills employers look for in graduates, and our graduates have often said the degree has really helped them in their career, even if they gained employment outside of geography.
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STAGE ONE
Physical Geography of the Human Realm
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You’ll be taught by lecturers who are active researchers and consultants in the UK and overseas, so you’ll be kept right up to date with what’s new in geography. Current research interests include flood and environmental risk management, climate change and population migration. You’ll be taught through lectures, field study, workshops and practical sessions, as well as tutorials and one to one sessions.
Geographical Methods^
Cartography and Mapping
Introduction to Human Geography
Environmental Conservation*
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STAGE TWO
How you’ll learn
Key Skills for Physical and Social Sciences
Geography and Geographers
Mediterranean Environments: Geomorphological and Human Perspectives
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Duration: 3 years full time
What you’ll cover
Research Methods in Physical and Social Sciences
Water: Resource, Hazard, Commodity
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Language – A qualification such as IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in all areas) or TOEFL – 550 (paper based), 213 (computer based), 80 (internet based). See our website for other accepted qualifications or phone us: +44 (0)1332 591698.
You can tailor this course to suit your geographical interests and career aspirations by choosing from our wide range of optional modules. You’ll have opportunities to apply what you learn and put it into practice as well as develop your employability skills. There are also a range of day and residential fieldtrips in the UK and overseas including the local Peak District National Park, Belgium and Morocco.
STAGE THREE
Entry requirements: Academic – 240 UCAS tariff points, of which at least 200 must be from your International Baccalaureate or equivalent qualification.
About the course
SPRING
Where you will study: Derby Campus – Kedleston Road site.
Research Study in Geographical, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Additional information We’ve built special links with top universities overseas to give you the chance to spend a semester studying abroad during stage two. This will allow you to experience geography from another perspective.
What you’ll cover This course allows you to specialise in either the physical or human areas of geography, or you could even do a mix of both.
Options Stage Two You’ll choose two modules from the following options: ▪ Introduction to ▪ Environment, Remote Sensing Society and and GIS Development ▪ Population ▪ Transport Geography Geography ▪ Conservation ▪ Study Abroad Biogeography* Module ▪ Geomorphology*
Stage Three You’ll choose four modules from the following options: ▪ Terrain ▪ Theories and Evaluation* Concepts of Development ▪ Environment Landscape and ▪ Global Food Security and Place^^ Food Futures ▪ Applied Transport ▪ Applied GIS* Geography^^ ▪ Vocational ▪ Climate Change: Module (Work Adaptation and Placement or Mitigation Volunteering) Perspectives ▪ Habitat Management*
* denotes a module that includes fieldwork ^ denotes a module that includes residential fieldwork ^^ denotes a module that includes residential overseas fieldwork
Get in touch Oliver Tomlinson E: fehs@derby.ac.uk T: +44 (0) 1332 591703 www.derby.ac.uk/geography www.facebook.com/DerbyUni http://twitter.com/DerbyUni
The information in this leaflet was correct when we produced it, but please check our website for the most up to date information.
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