Overview
Through the Physical Geography - Study Abroad (Hons) course from Lancaster University you will develop the skills and knowledge needed to help you advance professionally in a range of sectors, including but not limited to energy, food and agriculture, construction and housing, hazard mitigation, environmental consultancy, local and national government, urban planning and landscape architecture, geospatial analysis, and emergency planning. Explore the full range of human and environmental issues tackled by modern geographers, with an emphasis on natural world.
In addition to subject knowledge and field experience, you will gain essential communication and geographic information systems skills. You will become familiar with reliable data generation through different measurement techniques, as well as data handling, environmental sampling and analysis.
Career opportunities:
A degree in Physical Geography will help you to understand the way our natural environment works and changes, and will stand you in excellent stead for embarking on careers tackling some of the biggest contemporary issues, such as climate change and flood risk management. Graduates from our Physical Geography courses have gone on to many exciting careers, from Environmental and Land Consultants, to Data Analysts and Flood Risk Specialists. Physical Geographers are also well placed to secure roles and opportunities in sectors that might not be obvious such as marketing and sales, teaching, travel and tourism, and commercial business. This is down to your transferable skills in communication, software competencies, project management and data analysis. Graduates from our courses are also well-paid, with the median starting salary of graduates from Lancaster Environment Centre being £24,347 (HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey 2023).
Here are just some of the roles that our BSc and MSci Physical Geography students have progressed into upon graduating:
- Research Assistant – Western Sydney University
- Data Maintenance Team Leader – Yorkshire Water
- Environment and Energy Lead – Avanti West Coast
- Environmental Safety Engineer – EDF Energy
- Case Worker – Office of Cat Smith MP
- Assistant Land Consultant – Mott MacDonald
- Low Carbon Analyst and Consultant – Gemserv
- Project Delivery Fast Streamer – UK Government
- Graduate Catchment Scientist – Mott MacDonald
- Geography Teacher - Bedfordshire County Council
Lancaster University is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, you also graduate with the relevant life and work based skills.
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Courses include:
Geographical Data Science
Living with the Landscape
Physical Geography in Practice
Atmospheric Science
Ecology and Conservation
Hydrology and Water Quality
Ice and Glaciers
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Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
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- Lancaster, United Kingdom
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
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General requirements
AAB. We recommend that this includes Geography, or alternatively you should have one of the following subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Environmental Studies, Mathematics or Physics.
International Baccalaureate - 35 points overall with 16 points from the best 3 HL subjects including Geography or alternative cognate subject at HL grade 6
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