BSc Geography (Physical) with Professional Experience

Examine the processes and patterns that shape the natural world around us with our BSc Geography (Physical) with Professional Experience degree.

This four-year course will deepen your understanding of how our physical environment works, responds, and adapts to change. It also offers you the chance to help address issues critical to our shared global future, including:

• climate change
• natural disasters
• weather systems.

You'll explore our physical world's diverse landscapes and environments through the study of:

• hydrology
• climatology
• hazards
• soils
• biogeography.

You'll also have the flexibility to decide where to focus your attention as your degree progresses, so you can adapt the degree to suit your interests as they evolve.

BSc Geography (Physical) with Professional Experience placement year

A key component of this degree is a year-long professional placement, which occurs between your second and final year. Placements can help enhance your employability and build your network.

Other opportunities include summer placements and the chance to work with partner organisations on research projects, with some of our recent students working with organisations such as:

• Thames Water
• Environment Agency
• Reading Borough Council
• Earth Trust
• Reading Buses
• West Berkshire Wildlife Trust.