BA (Hons) Human Geography and Environment (with a placement year)

The BA Human Geography and Environment with Placement Year course at the University of York provides an opportunity to delve deep into the disciplines that study human interaction with the environment. Students study human geography in great depth in their first year and choose to focus more on either human or physical geography in their second year. The third year offers students professional placement opportunities or challenges of an international exchange.Course Content: This course includes a substantial fieldwork component and a professional work placement or overseas study year that allows students to apply their conceptual understanding to real-world problems. The course content especially emphasizes on studying issues related to climate hazards, transport planning and sustainable food production.Key Modules: Core modules in the first year include Introduction to Human Geography and Quantitative Methods. In the second year, students choose from modules like Political and Economic Worlds, Consuming Nature, The Climate System, and Environmental Governance, among others. Students spend their third year on work placement or studying abroad. In their final year, students undertake an independent study project and choose from modules like Holocene Climates, Geographies of Resistance and UK Energy Policy, among others.Accreditations: The course is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), which demonstrates that the course provides a high-quality geographical education.Future Careers: Graduates of this course can utilize their skills and knowledge in varied career fields that span the environmental sector, business, finance and commerce, public sector and government, law, and more. Specific roles might include policy development and consultation, planning and property surveying, geographical information systems management, among others. For more information on this course, please visit the official course page here.