Geography with Archaeology BSc(Hons)

International equivalencies

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Course structure

This integrated course combines the related subjects of geography and archaeology. 

For the geography component, you will study both human and physical geography, though you are later able to specialise in one area over the other. There are also opportunities to take optional modules in the associated sciences and geology.

For the archaeology component, you will develop skills for archaeological investigation and environmental reconstructions through a range of modules that investigate human impacts and reactions to changing climates through time.

You'll experience a number of field trips, including to Greece in your first year and Sicily in your second, giving you the opportunity to apply your knowledge to real-world concerns.

Year 1

The first year introduces key themes in human, physical and environmental geography, with core modules that cover the impact of socially divergent views of the world, the human modification of environmental processes and the physical forces of landscape change. Interwoven through these core modules are perspectives and examples from the archaeological record, allowing you to experience how the two subject disciplines perfectly complement each other. 

Fieldwork includes a trip to Greece.

Modules

• Fundamentals of Physical Geography
• Global Environmental Issues
• Human Geography
• Academic and Field Research Skills
• Statistical and Spatial Data Analysis

Option modules*

• Urban Geography
• The Global Earth and Ocean System
• Introduction to Ecology and Conservation

Year 2

Year 2 advances your understanding of the physical and human geography worlds as well as introducing you to more specialised archaeological modules. 

Fieldwork includes a trip to Sicily. 

Modules

• Human Origins and Evolution
• Prehistoric and Societies
• Practising Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Sciences
• Research Design and Analysis with Dissertation Planning
• Geography Fieldwork, Sicily

Option modules*

• Earth Surface Processes
• Ice Age Earth
• Environmental Pollution
• Climate Change
• Biogeography
• Sustainable Development
• Community Engagement
• Social and Cultural Geography
• GIS and Remote Sensing
• Basic Expedition Leadership
• Palaeoenvironments

Placement year

A placement year offers you a great opportunity to:

• build knowledge of real-world businesses and organisations
• develop existing skills and discover new ones
• make contacts in industry and commerce
• increase your confidence
• improve your time management.

In recent years, our students have been successful in competing for nationally advertised positions with the Department for Energy and Climate Change, Transport for London and the Field Studies Council.

Other students have secured placements with environmental firms and consultancies, a multi-national telecommunications company and a renewable energy research centre in Spain.

Final year

The focus for your final year is your independent dissertation. You will work closely with an expert academic to investigate a topic of your choice, applying the research methods and analytical skills covered in the first two years of your course. Option modules enable you to tailor your programme of study to support your dissertation and your future career aspirations.

You'll also have the opportunity of fieldwork in Brazil.

Modules

• Dissertation

Options*

• Humans of Ice Age Britain
• Geographies of Heritage
• Oceans and Coasts
• Aquatic Environments
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Environmental Management: Air and Waste Management
• Cold Environments: Land systems, Processes and Environmental Change 
• Water, Sanitation and Health
• Gender, Space and Embodiment
• Political Ecology
• Territory, Power and Security
• Community Engagement
• Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing 
• Research Field Skills Course, Brazil
• Evolution and the Fossil Record

Why Brighton?

Innovative and relevant
The School of Environment and Technology has attracted over £7million of external research income in the last three years. The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise confirmed that 90% of research submitted by the school was of international standing.

A leading professional university
Our courses host field trips both in the UK and overseas, giving you the opportunity to apply the theories that you have learned in class. Present destinations include Greece, North Africa, Sicily, Cyprus and South Africa.

Career-focused
We are one of only a few universities to ensure that students have a career-planning agreement in place at the start of their course. We will help you to develop the professional and transferable skills required for future career success.

Excellence in support and teaching
All of our courses are taught by a team of dedicated, friendly and approachable staff. To help you to settle into university life, we provide a skills-based module to give you advice and feedback in the first year and assign you a personal tutor for the duration of your studies. This is supported by pathway guidance from your course leader and general support from school-based Student Support and Guidance Tutors (SSGTs).

Facilities fit for the future 
You will have access to professional-standard laboratories and facilities that support our teaching, research and consultancy in geology, hydraulics, physical geography, and environmental and public health. 

Outstanding location
We are based in Brighton, a buzzing coastal city that adds an extra dimension to the university experience. Lying between the English Channel and the rolling chalk hills of the South Downs, Brighton offers many interesting and unique local sites of study.

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