Geography (Hons) University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

Overview

This Geography (Hons) BA degree from the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) will provide you with the knowledge and skills to understand many aspects of our rapidly changing world, enabling you to tackle real-world problems in a range of organisations and sectors, and with a broad curriculum, created to develop both your specialist and transferable skills. 

Geography graduates are among the most employable: you will leave the course with highly transferable skills, such as: demonstrating ideas via reports and oral presentation;  data collection and analysis; and the use of specialist mapping and statistical software.  

The knowledge and skills taught in this degree are of relevance to many areas of employment, including: renewable energy; energy efficiency; waste management; tourism; rural and community development; agriculture; local government; planning; logistics; and environmental agencies. A significant number of geography graduates also move on to careers in finance, marketing and law, or to further postgraduate study, teaching and research.

• Join a course which can be studied from home anywhere in the world, full or part-time to suit your circumstances 
• Delivered by tutors with years of experience of teaching at a distance, offering a high level of support
• Online learning materials available 24/7 via laptops, tablets or mobiles, including reading, videos and podcasts
• Assessment on core modules is principally via course work - very few exams
• Optional modules allow you to follow your own interests in other humanities and social science subjects
• Optional study field trip to Iceland as well as opportunities for a student society residential trip in the Scottish Highlands

• Geography graduates have high levels of employability in a range of sectors

Career opportunities:

Once you have successfully completed the BA (Hons) Geography course, you might like to consider careers in: 

• Government departments and development agencies 

• Economic development and planning departments of local authorities 

• Renewable energy, energy efficiency and waste management roles 

• Natural and rural heritage organisations 

• Tourism 

• Agriculture 

• Further postgraduate study or research 

• Teaching