Geography (with Placement Year)

About this course

Geography is the study of the Earth's surface and the relationships between human societies and the natural and built environments they inhabit. It is uniquely placed among academic disciplines in spanning the boundary between the natural sciences and the social sciences, bringing together physical geography, which examines landforms, climate, soils, and ecosystems, and human geography, which examines how people organise themselves in space, how places are made and transformed, and how geographical patterns of inequality, opportunity, and change are produced. As the current description notes, the subject asks how people shape the planet and how the planet shapes people in return. At the University of Hull, this four-year full-time programme with a placement year combines academic study with professional experience in a geographical or related context. Hull has a distinctive position in

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 85% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 25 / 100Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 35% of graduatescards →

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