ObjectivesOur Geography and Economics degree is one of the few available in the UK and allows you to explore the overlaps and differences between their approaches to important current issues of urban and regional development. We have a strong grouping of both geographers and economists working in this area, so that we can ensure that students reap the full benefits from these two complementary subjects.
Entry requirementsThere are different entry qualifications for each programme. Some programmes require you to have a certain amount of knowledge in a subject before you begin the degree programme – this is called a ‘subject requirement’. Other programmes do not have any specific subject requirements. All programmes will, however, expect you to have reached a certain standard in your education and will ask you to achieve certain grades in your examinations. Most programmes have a standard offer so that you know in advance what you are likely to need. Please note that even if you have the minimum entry qualifications, you are not necessarily guaranteed a place on the degree programme.
Academic titleBSc Geography and Economics
Course descriptionThis BSc in Geography and Economics involves the following modules.
Year 1
-In Geography
-Geographical Techniques
-Social and Cultural Geography
-Geogrpahy and the Gloabl Economy
-People and Places in the Global Economy
-Human Geography Skills and Concepts
-In Economics
-Introductory Micro-Economics
-Introductory Macro-Economics
-European Integration
-Introductory Quantitative Techniques in Economics
-Land, Planning & Development
-A language (French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese)
-Management
Year 2
-In Geography
-Human Geography Field Class
-Team Projects
-Career Development Skills
-Geographies of Development
-Economic Geography
-Urban Geography
-Social Geography
-History and Philosophy of Geography
-GIS and Mapping
-Web Page Development
-Cultural Geography
-Energy Resources
-In Economics
-Micro-economics (Parts 1 & 2)
-Macro-economics (Parts 1& 2)
Final Year
-In Geography
-Tourism in the Third World
-Urban Governance & Regeneration
-Social Inequality & Difference
-Work, Employment & Development
-In Economics
-Dissertation in Regional Science
-Case Studies in Regional Science
-European Urban & Regional Economics
-Business Economics
-International Economics
-Economics of Development
-Public Economics
-Economic Issues in Historical Perspective
-European Economic Integration
-Money & Banking
-Economics of Labour
-Economics of Land
-Development & Planning
-Environmental Economics
-Processes of Long Term Political & Economic Change