Geography (with integrated year studying abroad)
BSc · Prifysgol Aberystwyth · 4 years
About this course
Geography examines the relationship between people and the places, environments and systems they inhabit, spanning physical processes from glaciation and river dynamics to climate change, alongside human geographies of urbanisation, migration, economic development and cultural identity. It is one of the few disciplines that bridges the natural and social sciences, giving graduates a methodological breadth that is rare and valuable. The ability to work with quantitative data, conduct fieldwork, interpret maps and satellite imagery, and analyse social and policy questions using qualitative methods makes geography graduates genuinely versatile. At Aberystwyth University you will follow a four-year programme that includes an integrated year studying abroad at one of the university's international or European partner institutions, giving you a genuine international dimension to your geograph
Where its graduates go
The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 60% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
- 40 / 100Sales occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
- 28 / 100Engineering professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 25 / 100Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
- 22 / 100Conservation and environment professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
The tabs above carry the rest: modules and satisfaction (The Course), where you'd live and what it costs (Student Life), the full pay story (Pay & Outcomes), and easier ways into the same subject (Alternatives).