BA Human Geography
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in Human Geography, a geography degree centred on spatial relationships, cultural diversity, and human societies. Core topics include Fieldwork and Social & Cultural Analysis. The programme culminates in a compulsory independent project during the final year. The first year covers core foundations through A Global World, Exploring Urban and Natural Environments, First Year Fieldcourse, and Geographies of Risk. The second year introduces methodological approaches through Researching Human Geography, alongside options such as Gender and Society and Urban Geography. The final year centres on the Individual Project, supplemented by optional modules like Berlin Fieldcourse: Politics and Urban Space and Migration and Development.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: Pass, with minimum 32 points overall with 16 points at Higher Level
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What students say
Based on about 9 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 88%
- Learning opportunities: 95%
- Assessment and feedback: 80%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 79%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 81%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 45 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 100%
What graduates do next
Based on about 11 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Conservation and environment professionals: 20%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Natural and social science professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 55%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 50%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 155 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 17%
- London: 30%
- South East: 38%
- South West: 7%
- Wales: 3%
Who gets in
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- A Global World
- Exploring Urban and Natural Environments
- First Year Fieldcourse
- Geographies of Risk
- Geopolitics, Borders & Development
- Principles of Geography
- Society, Culture and Space
- Intercultural Communication in a Global World
- Life in the Cosmos
- Primary and Secondary Education: Critical Observations
- The Earth System
- Researching Human Geography
- Advanced Geographical Information Systems
- Astronomy For Everyone
- Democratic Theory
- Emerging and Resilient India
- Everyday Cultures: Identity, Technology and Nature
- Gender and Society
- Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- Geographies of Wellbeing, Inequality and Place
- Global Climate Change: Science, Impacts and Policy
- Global Sustainability Challenges
- Intercultural Communication in a Global World
- Life in the Cosmos
- Population Change in Low and Middle Income Countries
- Race and Ethnicity in Society
- Urban Geography
- Individual Project
- Advanced Geographical Information Systems
- Berlin Fieldcourse: Politics and Urban Space
- Democratic Theory
- Emerging and Resilient India
- Environment and Health
- Evolutionary Economic Geography
- Gender and Society
- Geographies of Nature: food, animals and other nonhuman life
- Geographies of Social Justice, Welfare and Rights
- Global Health
- Global Sustainability Challenges
- Human and Social Adaptation to Climate and Weather Hazards
- Intercultural Communication in a Global World
- Migration and Development
- Race and Ethnicity in Society
- The Professional Geographer
- Water, People and Environment: Cambodia Field Course
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Human Geography at University of Southampton earn?
The median salary is £29,000 after 15 months, £28,500 after 3 years, £38,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £30,500 and £47,500. The £38,000 median after five years is £3,500 more than the UK median for Human geography.
What do graduates of BA Human Geography at University of Southampton do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Human Geography at University of Southampton?
88% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Human Geography at University of Southampton?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 138 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Human Geography at University of Southampton?
100% of students continued into their second year, and 0% left higher education.