BSc Human Geography and Planning with a Professional Placement Year (Accredited)
About this course
BSc in Geography (human) and planning and Geography. Core topics include Research Methods. The programme carries partial (spatial) RTPI accreditation and includes a salaried professional placement year. Field study visits, group data collection assessments, and a research dissertation are incorporated into the degree.
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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 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 5%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 32 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 71%
- Working and studying: 13%
- Further study: 12%
- Unemployed: 1%
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%
- Elementary occupations: 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 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
- Accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) for the purpose of fully meeting the educational requirements for Chartered Membership.
Modules
- Society, Diversity and Planning
- The Geographical Imagination: An Introduction to Human Geography
- Urban Economies
- Making Knowledge: Evidence and Practice
- Key Issues in Urban Planning
- Designing Places and Plans
- Site Planning and Development Valuation
- Regulating Development: Planning Law and Policy
- Geographical Ideas
- Sustainable development: Concepts, Practices and Challenges
- Developing Research Methods
- Political Geography: Place, Space and Power
- Social Geography: Spaces of Inequality and Welfare
- Development and the Global South
- Heritage, Regeneration and Inequality
- Cynllunio ar gyfer Iechyd a Lles Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol
- Professional Placement in Planning Practice
- Planning Theory and Practice
- Sustainable Transport
- Research Dissertation
- Gender, Space and Place
- Infrastructure Development: Swift, Smart and Sustainable?
- Climate Change & Environmental Governance
- Researching Contemporary Issues in Geography and Planning
- Geographies of Race and Power
- Digital Planning
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Human Geography and Planning with a Professional Placement Year (Accredited) 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 with a Professional Placement Year (Accredited) at Cardiff University do next?
96% 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 with a Professional Placement Year (Accredited) 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 with a Professional Placement Year (Accredited) at Cardiff University?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 124 UCAS points.
Is BSc Human Geography and Planning with a Professional Placement Year (Accredited) at Cardiff University accredited?
Yes. Accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) for the purpose of fully meeting the educational requirements for Chartered Membership.
How many students continue on BSc Human Geography and Planning with a Professional Placement Year (Accredited) at Cardiff University?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.