BSc Human Geography and Anthropology
About this course
BSc (Hons) Anthropology and Geography, exploring the relationships between societies, cultures, and environments. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students undertake a final-year dissertation and a residential geography field trip in the first year, with options for fully funded fieldwork placements abroad.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4
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What students say
Based on about 15 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 75%
- Learning opportunities: 83%
- Assessment and feedback: 68%
- Academic support: 73%
- Organisation and management: 33%
- Learning resources: 84%
- Student voice: 79%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 80%
- Left higher education: 5%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 15%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 45%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Unemployed: 20%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 20%
- Secretarial and related occupations: 20%
- Sales occupations: 20%
- Media Professionals: 10%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 70 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 7%
- London: 76%
- South East: 10%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 95%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Bronze overall, Bronze for student experience, Bronze for student outcomes.
Modules
- Contemporary Challenges
- Fundamentals of the Social Sciences
- Special Subjects A
- Special Subjects B
- Geography: A Controversial Discipline
- Political and Economic Issues in Anthropology
- Qualitative Research in Professional Practice
- Climate Politics
- Colonialism, Migration and Global Racism
- Global Development: Critical Perspectives
- Global Health: Critical Perspectives
- Middle East: Societies, Religion and Politics
- Migration, Citizenship and Identity
- South Asia: Cultures, Societies and Development
- Sustainable Development and Political Ecology
- Understanding Childhood and Youth
- Urban Regeneration and Inequalities (field-based)
- War and Humanitarianism
- Dissertation
- Leadership for Change
- Cities, Culture and Social Change
- Climate Justice in a Changing World
- Contemporary Worlds
- Culture, Education and Learning
- Environment and Sustainability
- Global Development: Critical Perspectives
- Global Health: Critical Perspectives
- Global Migration
- Lawyers, Guns and Money: Making the modern world-system
- Marx and the Critique of Political Economy
- Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Political Economy of the Changing World Order
- Understanding Childhood and Youth
- War and Humanitarianism
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Human Geography and Anthropology at Brunel University of London earn?
The median salary is £23,500 after 3 years, £27,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,000 and £35,500. The £27,500 median after five years is £3,000 less than the UK median for Anthropology.
What do graduates of BSc Human Geography and Anthropology at Brunel University of London do next?
65% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Human Geography and Anthropology at Brunel University of London?
75% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc Human Geography and Anthropology at Brunel University of London?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 92 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BSc Human Geography and Anthropology at Brunel University of London?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.