BSc Human Geography
About this course
BSc in Human Geography, a geography degree focusing on spatial processes, communities and environmental change across global contexts. Core topics include Research Methods. The course concludes with an independent Research Dissertation. The first year covers core themes through The Geographical Imagination: An Introduction to Human Geography, Cities, Making Knowledge: Evidence and Practice, The Global Countryside, Living with Environmental Change, and Border Spaces: Identities, Cultures and Politics in a Globalising World. The second year introduces Geographical Ideas and Developing Research Methods alongside optional modules such as Spaces of Production: Economic Geography, Political Geography: Place, Space and Power, 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, and Cynllunio ar gyfer Iechyd a Lles Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol. The final year centres on the compulsory Research Dissertation, supported by optional study in areas like Cities and Social Justice, Gender, Space and Place, Mobilities: Travel, Tourism and Communication, Climate Change & Environmental Governance, Researching Contemporary Issues in Geography and Planning, Geographies of Race and Power, Advanced Economic Geography: Local and Regional Development, and Cyfiawnder Byd-eang.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB
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What students say
Based on about 26 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 93%
- Learning opportunities: 85%
- Assessment and feedback: 81%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 91%
- Learning resources: 90%
- Student voice: 88%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 70 students who started
- Continued on course: 97%
- Left higher education: 3%
What graduates do next
Based on about 27 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 15%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Sales occupations: 15%
- Teaching Professionals: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Architects, Chartered Architectural Technologists, Planning Officers, Surveyors and Construction Professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 55%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 60%
- 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 70 students who started
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
- Accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) for the purpose of recognising the delivery of geographical knowledge, understanding, skills, approaches and attributes expected of high quality geography graduates.
Modules
- The Geographical Imagination: An Introduction to Human Geography
- Cities
- Making Knowledge: Evidence and Practice
- The Global Countryside
- Living with Environmental Change
- Border Spaces: Identities, Cultures and Politics in a Globalising World
- Geographical Ideas
- Developing Research Methods
- Spaces of Production: Economic Geography
- Political Geography: Place, Space and Power
- 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
- Research Dissertation
- Cities and Social Justice
- Gender, Space and Place
- Mobilities: Travel, Tourism and Communication
- Climate Change & Environmental Governance
- Researching Contemporary Issues in Geography and Planning
- Geographies of Race and Power
- Advanced Economic Geography: Local and Regional Development
- Cyfiawnder Byd-eang
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Human Geography 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 £2,500 more than the UK median for Human geography.
What do graduates of BSc Human Geography at Cardiff University do next?
95% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Human Geography at Cardiff University?
93% 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 at Cardiff University?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 125 UCAS points.
Is BSc Human Geography at Cardiff University accredited?
Yes. Accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) for the purpose of recognising the delivery of geographical knowledge, understanding, skills, approaches and attributes expected of high quality geography graduates.
How many students continue on BSc Human Geography at Cardiff University?
97% of students continued into their second year, and 3% left higher education.