BSc Human Geography and Planning
About this course
BSc in Geography (human) and planning and Geography. Core topics include Research Methods. The programme includes a Research Dissertation in the final year and offers an RTPI-accredited version for transfer following enrolment. Field study visits form part of the learning, with local and national issues examined within a global context.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB
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What students say
Based on about 49 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 83%
- Learning opportunities: 79%
- Assessment and feedback: 76%
- Academic support: 96%
- Organisation and management: 84%
- Learning resources: 85%
- Student voice: 88%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 5%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 10 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 55%
- Working and studying: 30%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals: 40%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Skilled trades occupations: 10%
- Sales occupations: 5%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 65%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 65%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 45%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 155 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 3%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 13%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 20%
- South East: 19%
- South West: 15%
- Wales: 24%
Who gets in
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Modules
- The Geographical Imagination: An Introduction to Human Geography
- Urban Economies
- Making Knowledge: Evidence and Practice
- Key Issues in Urban Planning
- Society, Diversity and Planning
- Cities
- The Global Countryside
- Border Spaces: Identities, Cultures and Politics in a Globalising World
- Designing Places and Plans
- Geographical Ideas
- Developing Research Methods
- Spaces of Production: Economic Geography
- Political Geography: Place, Space and Power
- Site Planning and Development Valuation
- Regulating Development: Planning Law and Policy
- Cultural Geographies: Places and Practices
- Social Geography: Spaces of Inequality and Welfare
- Sustainable development: Concepts, Practices and Challenges
- Development and the Global South
- Heritage, Regeneration and Inequality
- Cynllunio ar gyfer Iechyd a Lles Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol
- Engaging Communities
- Research Dissertation
- Planning Theory and Practice
- Sustainable Transport
- Cities and Social Justice
- Gender, Space and Place
- Mobilities: Travel, Tourism and Communication
- Infrastructure Development: Swift, Smart and Sustainable?
- Climate Change & Environmental Governance
- Researching Contemporary Issues in Geography and Planning
- Geographies of Race and Power
- Digital Planning
- Advanced Economic Geography: Local and Regional Development
- Cyfiawnder Byd-eang
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Human Geography and Planning at Cardiff University earn?
The median salary is £27,500 after 15 months, £27,000 after 3 years, £37,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £30,500 and £45,500. The £37,000 median after five years is £1,000 more than the UK median for Planning (urban, rural and regional).
What do graduates of BSc Human Geography and Planning at Cardiff University do next?
90% 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 Planning at Cardiff University?
83% 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 Planning at Cardiff University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 119 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BSc Human Geography and Planning at Cardiff University?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.