BA(Hons) Geography

Structure
You can complete your Geography degree in three or four years. If you choose to study abroad, this will take place in Year 3 and Year 3 modules will instead be studied in Year 4.

YEAR 1

• Ideas and Practice in Geography* (GEG4007)
• Geography in the World (GEG4003)
• Research Methods for Geographers and Environmental Scientists (GEG4004)
• Reinventing Britain* (GEG4106)
• Global Worlds (GEG4112)
• Earth Surface Science (GEG4209)
   

YEAR 2

Compulsory

• Geographical Research in Practice (GEG5103)

Choose from

• Geographical Information Systems (GEG5144)
• Cultural Geographies (GEG5126)
• Society and Space (GEG5127)
• Spaces of Uneven Development (GEG5128)
• Economic Geographies (GEG5129)
• Health, Space and Justice (GEG5135)
• Geomorphology (GEG5225)
• Past Environmental Change (GEG5229)
• Colonial Lives and Afterlives (GEG5142)
• New York: Nature and the City (GEG5150)
• Ecosystem Science (GEG5224)
• Boston Reworked: The Making of a North American City* (GEG5149)
   

YEAR 3

Compulsory
Independent Geographical Study (GEG6000)

Choose from

• Geographies of Home (GEG6102)
• Geopolitics post-9/11: War, Security, Economy (GEG6130)
• Geography, Technology and Society (GEG6134)
• The Public Life of Cities (GEG6148)
• Historical Geographies of Childhood and Youth (GEG6143)
• Environmental Hazards (GEG6203)
• Flood Risk Management (GEG6314)
• Advanced Geospatial Science (GEG6230)
• Historical Geographies of Medicine (GEG6145)
• Kinship: Geographical Perspectives (GEG6146)
• Volcanoes, Climate Change and Society (6229)
• Geographies of Forced Migration (GEG6147)
• Latin American Debates (GEG6144)
• Contemporary India: Politics, Economy and Society (GEG6129)
• Urban African Economies (GEG6151)
• Global Historical Geographies (GEG6105)
• Ancient Human Occupation of Britain (GEG6225)
• Boston Reworked: The Making of a North American City* (GEG6149)
• New York: Nature and the City* (GEG6150)
   

Non-UK students
We accept a wide range of European and international qualifications in addition to A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTEC qualifications. 

Student Visa Regulations

If you will require a Student visa to study in the UK, you must meet the minimum English Language requirements to meet the UKVI regulations.  The minimum IELTS requirement is 5.5 in all four skills (Writing, Reading, Speaking and Listening).  However, many of our courses require higher grades.

Pre-sessional English Language Courses

If you fall slightly below our standard English language requirements, you may consider one of our Pre-sessional English courses.  Please note that you will require a UK government approved Secure English Language Test (SELT) for entry to our Thirteen week pre-sessional courses.  Currently, only IELTS for UKVI, PTE Academic (UKVI), LanguageCert International ESOL SELT and Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) are accepted. The Pre-sessional English course requirements are published according to the academic department within which your chosen course of study is administere

Home fees £9,250

Overseas fees £20,000
 

Loans and grants
UK students accepted onto this course are eligible to apply for tuition fee and maintenance loans from Student Finance England or other government bodies.

Scholarships and bursaries
Queen Mary offers a generous package of scholarships and bursaries, which currently benefits around 50 per cent of our undergraduates.

Scholarships are available for home, EU and international students. Specific funding is also available for students from the local area. International students may be eligible for a fee reduction. We offer means-tested funding, as well as subject-specific funding for many degrees.

Many of our graduates use their subject knowledge directly, in environmental policy, town or transport planning or geographical information systems (GIS). Others take their transferable skills into other careers, from business to health.

Recent graduates have been hired by:

• Citizens UK
• Deloitte
• Environment Agency
• Jacobs
• Ordnance Survey
• WWF