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

Overview

This Geography and Politics (Hons) BA degree from the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) considers these links from a humanities and social sciences perspective, focusing on issues such as land use, planning and development, globalisation, climate change, energy, and tourism, in order to examine human relationships with the environment. The broad curriculum has been designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to understand many aspects of our rapidly changing world, equipping you to tackle real-world problems in a range of organisations and sectors, and develop specialist and transferable skills.

The relationship between geography and politics is incredibly close, with the study of borders, territory, population shifts, conflict, nationalism, geopolitics, and environmental politics embedded throughout the modules.

The politics modules of this joint degree will follow the four main pillars of political study; you will study International relations, Comparative politics, and Applied politics, all feeding from the central pillar of Political theory. You can apply to this degree with little more than a keen interest in politics: the modules become incrementally more specialised as the semesters go on and you can choose introductory options that will develop your understanding at a steady pace.

The knowledge and skills taught in this BA (Hons) Geography and Politics 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 move on to careers in finance, marketing and law, or to further postgraduate study, teaching and research, and geography graduates are among the most employable, with skills developed in presenting ideas in reports and oral presentations, in data collection and analysis, and in the use of specialist mapping and statistical software.

Special features

• 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

• 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 your BA (Hons) Geography and Politics 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

• Government departments and development agencies

• Economic development departments of local authorities

• Community enterprises and community energy groups

• Community land initiatives

• Natural and rural heritage organisations

• Voluntary sector development posts

• International non-governmental organisations

• Political and economic departments of local authorities

• Uniformed services

• Electoral administrations