Geography

Course summary

The Geography Department aims to empower students by providing them with the skills and knowledge required to understand the complex world around them. Geography is a comprehensive, facilitating subject that encompasses the study of Earth’s landscapes, peoples, places and environments. It is, quite simply, about the world in which we live. What’s not to love? Future Prospects Geography students are in high demand from employers because they gain a wide range of skills and knowledge, developed through the stimulating use of contemporary issues and real-world examples. Even though many geographers end up in directly related jobs, the importance of geography lies in the number of basic skills it provides which individuals can ‘market’ such as the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, the application of methodical working techniques, the ability to view problems from a number of angles and some general knowledge of the world. More and more geographers are now finding themselves in jobs that include medicine, banking, advertising, the media, business management, law and the armed forces.