Course Overview
You will undertake an extensive course of study, gain a wide range of skills and have the opportunity to cover many innovative and exciting modules that make Geography at Lancaster distinctive.
For example, our Communicating Geography programme gives you experience of working in a local school to develop your own project on a geographical topic. You can take options such as Enterprise for the Environment, where you work with academics and staff from companies based in our Environmental Centre, or our Iceland field course on Glacier-Landscape Interactions.
On our Geography/North America degree courses, you will spend your second year at a partner university in the United States or Canada. You will follow your chosen university's study programme while away from Lancaster. The modules you take overseas will count towards your final mark.
Your final year includes the completion of an in-depth dissertation.
Lancaster's location is an bonus; the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and coastline are very close, providing the perfect environments
Career opportunities
Recent graduates have entered careers using their degree-related skills in roles such as teaching, land surveyors and environmental consultants. Others have found employment with transferable skills and are working as teachers, in banking and in other commercial sectors.
Many Lancaster Geography graduates go on to further study, with recent graduates following Masters-level programmes in Resource and Environmental Management, IT and Data Communication and Transport Planning. Graduates from our North America scheme often return to continue their studies or work.
Modules
Here are some of the current modules which are available during your studies at Lancaster:
PartI
- Biodiversity and Conservation
- Environmental Issues for the 21st Century
- Environmental processes and systems
- Geographical Skills and Application in a Changing World
- Interdisciplinary Skills
- Natural Hazards
- Society and space - Human Geography
PartII (Year 2)
- Biogeography and Geomorphology
- Biogeography and Geomorphology
- Communicating Geography
- Concepts
- Earth Surface Processes
- Earth Surface Processes
- Ecosystem Services and Society
- Enterprise for the Environment
- Environment and Society
- Geographies of Everyday Life
- Geographies of Everyday Life
- Geographies of Nature
- Geographies of Nature
- Geographies of Political Economy
- Geographies of Political Economy
- Glacier- landscape interactions
- Investigating Mediterranean Environments
- Post-Colonial Reflections
- Techniques
PartII (Year 3)
- Dissertation
- Dissertation with Work Placement
For more detailed module information please visit the Lancaster Environment Centre department website.
Entry Requirements
A-level: AAB inc. Geog. We normally expect three A-levels, including Geography.
General Studies: Not accepted
Preference: A-levels
Key skills: Not included in offer
GCSE: English and Maths (grade C in each)
Scottish Highers: ABBBB
Irish Leaving Cert: Offers will be made on the basis of 5 or 6 Higher level subjects. Please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office (01524 592028) for further information
International Bacc: 35 pts overall with 16 pts from best three HL courses
BTEC: DDD/DDM
Mature students: Applications welcomed; you may be offered a place after interview even without the usual qualifications. Please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office (01524 592028) for further information
IELTS: 6.5
For details of how we evaluate international qualifications, please click here.
Financial Support
Lancaster University's priority is to support every student to make the most of their life and education. In addition to government maintenance loans, grants and national scholarships, Lancaster University offers a range of financial support for full time UK Undergraduate students from lower-income backgrounds. Many students each year will be entitled to bursaries or scholarships to help them with the cost of fees and/or living expenses.
The Lancaster Scholarship package is designed to reward the hard work and natural ability of full-time UK students applying to study with us regardless of their household income. Students achieving A*, A, A in their A-level examinations (or equivalent academic qualifications) will receive a £1,000 per year Lancaster Scholarship during their undergraduate studies if they place us as their firm choice institution. Continuation of the Lancaster Scholarship is subject to satisfactory academic progression.
Our combined £5,000 bursary package will help students from England whose household incomes are less than £25,000 per year with fees and living costs.
Students from England eligible for our £5,000 bursary package will also be awarded a £3,000 Lancaster Scholarship if they achieve A*, A, A in their A-level examinations (or equivalent academic qualifications). This totals £8,000 of support for students during their studies.
For full details of the University's financial support packages including eligibility criteria, please visit our
fees and funding page.
