Geography

University of Aberdeen
Undergraduate MA (Hons) Full-time 4 Years GeographyEnvironmental and earth sciences

A-Level Entry

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Avg. Graduate Salary

£27,000

About this course

Geography is key to understanding and resolving many of the most pressing problems faced by society, including climate change, poverty, energy transitions, sustainable development and environmental conservation. Our degree programmes reflect these modern-day challenges, with core and optional courses aimed at producing highly skilled graduates who can think critically and develop solutions to tackle these problems.

Human Geography at Aberdeen is ranked 1st in the UK for student satisfaction by the 2022 National Student Survey, with an overall satisfaction score of 100%.

Our teaching is research-led, delivered by staff who are actively investigating some of the most important problems facing the world today – problems with social and environmental dimensions which geographical knowledge can help us understand and resolve.

In the First Year of your Geography degree, you will study two courses that provide an introduction to Geography in all its diversity. Both courses incorporate a workgroup programme alongside a lecture series covering aspects of Human and Physical Geography.

  • Creating the Anthropocene reflects upon the role humans have played in creating the Anthropocene (the epoch we are now living in), a time period during which Human actions have become more significant than natural processes in shaping the world we currently live in.

  • The UN Sustainable Development Goals looks at how we address the contemporary global challenges that we are facing today? This course builds on the challenges that have arisen during the Anthropocene, and introduces the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as a global call for action.

    In Second Year and Third Year, you will begin specialising in the areas of Geography that most interest you or align with your career aspirations. In the Fourth Year, you will pursue an individual piece of geographical research in your Dissertation Project and choose courses that reflect the truly cutting-edge research strengths of Geography and Environment in Aberdeen.

    BSc or MA? At Aberdeen, you can choose to study Geography through either the Master of Arts (MA) or Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree programmes. The main difference between the BSc and MA programmes is the other subjects you will study alongside Geography. For the BSc, these will be mainly science subjects, while MA students can choose subsidiary courses from across the humanities and social sciences. Both the BSc and MA Geography degrees are accredited by the Royal Geographical Society.

    • Entry Requirements

    A-Level Grades BBC
    Scottish Higher BBBB
    Scottish Advanced Higher ABB
    BTEC DDM

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    3544 Data analysts
    2114 Physical scientists
    1254 Waste disposal and environmental services managers
    3543 Project support officers
    2435 Professional/Chartered company secretaries
    3541 Estimators, valuers and assessors

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    Course Details

    Qualification
    Master of Arts (with Honours) - MA (Hons)
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    4 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Aberdeen
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    Geography, Environmental and earth sciences
    Avg. Graduate Salary
    £27,000

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    University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen

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