Geography with Foundation Year (Hons) Liverpool John Moores University

Overview

The Geography with Foundation Year (Hons) course at Liverpool John Moores University  offers plenty of opportunities to apply your knowledge in practical contexts.

The degree offers you opportunities for overseas fieldwork, currently including a core Level 5 trip to Greece to study a range of environments impacted by development and tourism and subject to a variety of natural hazards. In Level 6 we also run optional field trips in tectonically active, volcanic or glacial environments (current destination is Iceland) to study topics such as climate change, geohazards, landscape development, environmental change and sustainability.

Career

This (Hons) Geography degree with a Foundation Year will equip you with a range of skills that are in demand in industry, local and national government, environmental consultancy, utilities, planning and regeneration

Recent Geography graduates have found employment with the Environment Agency and local authorities, transport and urban planning, the renewable energy sector and in the water industry as flood risk consultants and water supply and distribution advisers. Others have entered the geoscience industry as engineering geologists and soil scientists.

Graduates are highly employable because of their transferrable skills, particularly using GIS in a range of geographical applications. Some graduates also decide to pursue careers in other fields such as financial consultancy, marketing and sales, insurance risk and loss assessment, further education, research and teaching.