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210 | Geography, Geology and Environment
Human Geography and Sociology
BA (Hons)
Why study this course?
With outstanding student satisfaction (NSS, 2018), no cost options for our
overseas field courses, exceptional staff support for students, and a wide range of
specialist option modules, Keele is a great place to study Human Geography and
Sociology. We have a beautiful campus, excellent facilities and a really friendly
atmosphere on our Human Geography and Sociology course.
While Sociology focuses on the social aspects of human behaviour,
and critically examines social inequalities and social issues, Human
Geography shows how humanity adapts to the environment and that all
behaviour is shaped by its cultural and spatial context.
The Human Geography programme will also take you to fascinating
fieldwork destinations in the UK and overseas, where you will add to your
growing skills in understanding and influencing the way humans relate
to the environment. You will study in the lab, the field and the archive,
and you will explore the characteristics, diversity, interdependence and
changing nature of humanity in place.
In Sociology you will gain a grounding in the key areas of the discipline:
inequalities, social theory, and research methods. Our optional modules
cover a wide range of topics including families, health, activism
and protest, social media, globalisation, and urban life. You will be
encouraged to think independently, critically, and imaginatively about the
issues that shape our everyday lives and our futures.
What will this mean for my future?
The skills you will develop on this programme are useful for a wide range
of careers. Our graduates have entered occupations including planning
and development surveyor, logistics manager, residential surveyor, town
planner, international development worker, transport planner or market
researcher.
Alternatively you might move into work in the creative industries, social
care, the health sector, advertising and marketing, the charity sector,
youth services, and local government. Some of our graduates also
choose to pursue further academic study.
INDICATIVE MODULES
First Year
• Geographical Skills
• People and the Environment
• Human Geographies
• Social Inequalities in the
Modern World
• Classical Sociology
Second Year
• Practical Human Geography
• Space and Society
• Globalisation and its Discontents
• Dynamic Geographies
• Contemporary Social Theory
• Social Movements
Third Year
• Dissertation in Sociology and/
or Human Geography
• Applied GIS
• Animals and Society
• The Ecological Imagination:
Sociology and the Environment
• The Virtual Revolution: New
Technologies, Culture and Society
• Streets, Skyscrapers, Slums: The
City in Social, Cultural and Historical
Context
KEY INFORMATION
UCAS Code - LLH7
Indicative entry
requirements
Combined Honours
A level: BBC
BTEC: DMM
Course duration
3 years or 4 years
with an international
year
Study abroad
Yes
International Year
Yes
Learn a Language
Yes
For further information on entry requirements please visit keele.ac.uk/entryrequirements