BA (Hons) Geography and Planning
Course overview
| Qualification | Bachelor's Degree |
| Study mode | Full-time |
| Duration | 3 years |
| Intakes | September |
| Tuition (Local students) | Data not available |
| Tuition (Foreign students) | Data not available |
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Entry Requirements
- GCSE: For all applicants, Grade C or above, or Grade 4 under newly reformed GCSE grading, in English Language and Mathematics, or equivalent. Please note the University does not accept Level 2 Key Skills, Functional Skills or Certificates in Adult Numeracy and Literacy as suitable alternatives to GCSEs.
- A-level subjects: No specific subjects required. Points from General Studies and AS-Level subjects (not taken onto full A-Level) can be included towards overall tariff. You must have a minimum of two A-Levels.
- Relevant subjects: Geography, Environmental Studies
- EDEXCEL (BTEC) Diploma: No specific subjects required.
- Access: Achievement of the Access to HE Diploma; to include 30 level 3 credits at merit.
- Baccalaureate IB: No specific subjects required.
Curriculum
Year 0 (Foundation Year)
- Environment and Sustainability
- Foundation Project
- Society, Economy and Governance
- Development and Place
- Data Analysis and Design
Year one
During your first year you will explore some of the issues and agendas that geographers and planners are embracing. You will also be introduced to some of the key theories and ideas that are helping us to respond to the challenges identified, and the key skills and competencies that are being demonstrated by practising geographers and planners.
You will study the following compulsory modules:
- Healthy Sustainable Communities
- Geographies of Globalisation
- Culture, Society and Place
- People and Planning
- Geographical Skills
Year two
During year two you will begin to understand the role for planning in helping to address the type of challenges identified through year one. You will study the following compulsory modules:
- Future Places
- Property Development Practice and Law
- Real Estate Economics
- Researching the City
You then need to select two of the following modules:
- Ecology
- Managing Global Resources
- Regenerating Cities
- Rural Change and Development
- Migration, Policy and Society
- Culture, Geography and Tourism
Final year
This year provides further opportunity to individualise your study. All students will need to take this module:
- Achieving Design Quality
You will also need to select either:
- Environmental Assessment (non-placement students) or
- Placement (placement students)
You will also need to select between:
- Final Year Project or
- Independent Project (Planning), and
- Design and Implementation Project
You will also need to select two modules from either:
- Planning Global Cities
- International Tourism Development and the Environment
- Managing National Parks
- Environmental Management in the Global South
- Transforming Cities
- Renewable Energy
- Integrated Water Management