Degree courses and requirements for entry
We offer two single honours geography degrees, specialising either in Physical Geography or Human Geography. Our Environmental Science degrees are pathway-based, enabling you to combine aspects of Physical Geography with Geology and/or Biology to suit your own taste. Our range of dual honours degrees allow Geography to be studied jointly with a cognate subject.
The modular system within each course ensures choice and flexibility, and enables modules from other courses to be taken as part of your degree (including non-Geography courses). See the online prospectus entry for details of the core modules for all courses.
Requirements for entry
Our typical requirements for entry can be summarised as follows:
- We normally expect applicants to offer at least three full A Levels.
- Most courses have specific subject requirements for at least one or two of your grades (see the requirements relating to your course below)
- Whatever the subject-specific requirements of your course, at least two of your three grades must be in subjects from the list of acceptable A Level subjects as defined by the University*
- For all courses, your third grade must be from the list of acceptable in combination A Level subjects as defined by the University**
- We do not accept General Studies as a third grade for our entry to BA single honours Human Geography; however, this subject will not count against you if you take it as a fourth A Level.
- We may at our discretion decide to allow one A Level grade to be substituted with either 2 AS Level grades or 6 units of the BTEC National Award
In addition, subject to places on our courses remaining unfilled when the A Level results are confirmed in August, we may at our discretion consider:
- Accepting General Studies as a third grade for entry to BA single honours Human Geography, provided the applicant has done exceptionally well in that subject
- Applicants who meet the required UCAS tariff for Environmental Science courses, but who do not meet the exact requirements of the offer (e.g. an applicant who has ABC, when the typical offer is BBB)
Specific entry requirements for each course are summarised as bullet-points below, with core requirements for all courses at the bottom of the page. See the Online Prospectus entry for entry requirements for alternative qualifications.
Single honours courses
L700 BA single honours Human Geography
Brief course description
Online Prospectus entry
- Typical entry requirements: ABB
- Subjects must include Geography or another social science (e.g. Economics, Politics, Psychology, Sociology)
- At least two grades, including the A grade, must be achieved in acceptable subjects*
- The third grade can be achieved in any acceptable in combination with subject** but not General Studies.
F800 BSc single honours Physical Geography
Brief course description
Online Prospectus entry
- Typical entry requirements: ABB
- Subjects must include Geography, Geology or Environmental Science/Studies and at least one other pure science (e.g. Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Applied Science or Statistics but not Psychology).
- The third grade can be achieved in any acceptable in combination with subject**.
Environmental Science Courses
F900 BSc Environmental Science (3 year course)
Brief course description
Online Prospectus entry
- Typical entry requirements: BBB including two subjects from list A or one subject from list A and one subject from list B.
- List A: Geography, Biology, Geology, Environmental Science/Studies.
- List B: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Science.
- The third grade can be achieved in any acceptable in combination with subject**.
F902 MEnvSci Masters in Environmental Science (4 year Undergraduate Masters)
Brief course description
Online Prospectus entry
- Typical entry requirements: ABB including two subjects from list A or one subject from list A and one subject from list B.
- List A: Geography, Biology, Geology, Environmental Science/Studies.
- List B: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Science.
- The third grade can be achieved in any acceptable in combination with subject**.
Dual Honours Courses (Geography with another subject)
VL47 BA Archaeology and Geography
Brief course description
Online Prospectus entry
- Typical entry requirements: ABB
- At least two grades, including the A grade, must be achieved in acceptable subjects* and must include Geography or another relevant subject.
- The third grade can be achieved in any acceptable in combination with subject**.
LV74 BSc Archaeology and Geography
Brief course description
Online Prospectus entry
- Typical entry requirements: ABB
- At least two grades, including the A grade, must be achieved in acceptable subjects* and must include Geography or another relevant subject.
- The third grade can be achieved in any acceptable in combination with subject**.
LL17 BA Economics and Geography
Brief course description
Online Prospectus entry
- Typical entry requirements: ABB
- At least two grades, including the A grade, must be achieved in acceptable subjects* and must include Geography or another social science (e.g. Economics, Politics, Psychology, Sociology).
- The third grade can be achieved in any acceptable in combination with subject**.
LK74 BA Geography and Planning
Brief course description
Online Prospectus entry
- Typical entry requirements: ABB
- At least two grades, including the A grade, must be achieved in acceptable subjects* and must include Geography or another social science (eg Economics, Politics, Psychology, Sociology).
We do consider Art & Design, and Design & Technology to be acceptable subjects for LK74. - The third grade can be achieved in any acceptable in combination with subject**.
- Applicants whose first language is not English should note that the IELTS requirement for LK74 is 7.0 with a minimum of 6 in each component.
LL72 BA Geography and Politics
Brief course description
Online Prospectus entry
- Typical entry requirements: ABB
- Subjects must include Geography or another social science (e.g. Economics, Politics, Psychology, Sociology).
- If Politics is taken a minimum of B is required.
- The third grade can be achieved in any acceptable in combination with subject**.
LL73 BA Geography and Sociology
Brief course description
Online Prospectus entry
- Typical entry requirements: ABB
- At least two grades, including the A grade, must be achieved in acceptable subjects* and must include Geography or another relevant subject.
- The third grade can be achieved in any acceptable in combination with subject**.
FG81 BA Geography and Mathematics
Brief course description
Online Prospectus entry
- Typical entry requirements: ABB
- Subjects must include Geography and Mathematics, with an A in Maths.
- The third grade can be achieved in any acceptable in combination with subject**.
GF18 BSc Environmental Mathematics
Brief course description
Online Prospectus entry
- Typical entry requirements: ABB
- Subjects must include Geography and Mathematics, with an A in Maths.
- The third grade can be achieved in any acceptable in combination with subject**.
Core Entry Requirements (all courses)
- You must have at least Grade C in GCSE Mathematics and English (though some courses specify higher requirements – please see the individual course requirements above).
- Applicants whose first language is not English are required to take a suitable test (e.g. IELTS, minimum score 6.5; TOEFL, minimum score 575, plus a score of 4.5 in the test of written English, or minimum 90 in the internet-based TOEFL).
Acceptable Subject Requirements (all courses)
* Indicates that these subjects must be from the list on page 2 of the University´s Guidance on A Level Subject Requirements
** Indicates that these subjects must be from the list on page 3 of the University´s Guidance on A Level Subject Requirements
You can download the Guidance on A Level Subject Requirements document from the following page:
Guidance on A Level Subject Requirements
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