BA (Hons) Geography at University of Cambridge

Geography at Cambridge is the study of some of the biggest challenges facing our planet, from climate emergencies to pandemics and urbanisation. Explore both human and physical geography. You will have the option to specialise in one of these areas from the second year or continue with both.

Faculty: School of the Physical Sciences  |  Department: Department of Geography  |  Duration: BA (Hons) 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Location: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 (Part IA): You’ll be introduced to key themes, issues and skills in Geography by studying 2 core subject-based papers, alongside a third core element covering geographical skills and methods. Year 2 (Part IB): You take a compulsory paper: Living with Global Change, You also start to specialise and take 3 papers from a choice of 6., Papers change year-to-year. Recent examples include:. Year 3 (Part II): You can choose to specialise further or keep a balance across the subject as a whole.

Career pathways

When you graduate you’ll be highly skilled in: dealing with complex problems, information retrieval, data management, statistics, using specialist software, including computer coding (depending on your chosen options), You’ll also be used to working independently and communicating efficiently.

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