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Sheffield, University of, BA (Hons), Geography

 United Kingdom
Year 1: Geographical data analysis; information and communication skills for geographers; introducing social and cultural geographies; qualitative methods in human geography; region, nation and world; statistical data analysis in geography. Year 2: philosophical issues in human geography; research design in human geography; cities and modernities; cultural geographies; environment, society and policy; geographies of development; geographies of governance; geographies of social identities and difference; globalisation and state power; introduction to geographic information systems; researching human geographies; social geographies of life chances; socio spatial analysis. Year 3: geographical research project; extended geographical essay; contemporary climate change and processes; development geographies field class; development and global change; drylands environments field class; environmental impact assessment; geographical information systems and the environment; geographical information systems and the social sciences; geographical impact of the European union; geography of the elections; geography of Europe field class; geographical hazards; glacial geology and sedimentology; glacial and periglacial geomorphology; marine environments; palaeocology and evolution; planetary geoscience; social geography of Europe; urban field class.

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The University of Sheffield has a fantastic reputation for research. It is part of the elite Russell Group of universities* and makes a significant contribution across many fields every year
The latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) placed the University of Sheffield in the top 10 per cent of all UK universities. 86 per cent of the research submitted was rigorously judged as world leading or internationally excellent.

  • Located in the heart of the UK just 11 km from the Peak District National Park, and two-and-a-half hours from London by train.
  • Sheffield is well served by national road and rail networks and has excellent local transport. The university campus is on the western edge of the city centre and is easy to get to by car, bus and tram.
  • England’s fourth city is famously friendly, excellent for student social life and entertainment.
  • Greenest city in England, with 150 woodlands and 50 parks.