Geography (Hons) Coventry University

Overview

The  Geography (Hons) course from Coventry University has fieldwork embedded at every level, including at least one mandatory residential field trip to enhance your applied geographical skills.

Quick Facts:

• We aim for you to experience international mobility at least once during your studies through a mandatory international field trip. You will be required to contribute to the costs of the mandatory international field trip, the precise amount of which will vary year to year and be dependent on location and the availability of university subsidies. The cost of this mandatory field trip is to be confirmed. Please revisit this page before applying
• There is a strong career/employability focus throughout the course, which is manifested in the four-year sandwich degree, where the third year offers the option of a year in industry or study abroad, based on our long experience of organising placements with a wide range of professional contacts.

On successful completion, you will have knowledge of:

• The nature, practical value and application of human geography and its concepts, methods and techniques.
• The constitution and character of space, place and landscape.
• Concepts of spatial and temporal scale, variation and change in the human and physical worlds.
• Reciprocal relationships between physical and human aspects of environments and landscapes.
• Patterns, processes and consequences of uneven development, difference and inequality.
• The relationship between place, society and culture.