
Geography with optional placement BSc (Hons)
Course Overview - Geography with optional placement BSc (Hons)
Accredited by Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES), this course is 3 years or 4 years if you choose to complete an optional placement year.
Geography has a critical role to play in helping us understand and address some of the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges. At Ulster, we are passionate about making a difference. If you are too, then join us. You’ll study everything from climate change to migration, natural hazards to sustainable development. Well train you to find solutions to the issues that matter.
We’ll also help you develop an impressiv...
Accredited by Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES), this course is 3 years or 4 years if you choose to complete an optional placement year.<br/>Geography has a critical role to play in helping us understand and address some of the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges. At Ulster, we are passionate about making a difference. If you are too, then join us. You’ll study everything from climate change to migration, natural hazards to sustainable development. Well train you to find solutions to the issues that matter.<br/>We’ll also help you develop an impressive skill-set. You’ll learn how to map the seafloor, conduct an environmental impact assessment and use cutting-edge technologies such as GIS to analyse social inequality. These professional and practical skills will help you find a job you’ll love. Over 90% of our graduates are employed or in postgraduate study within a year of leaving. Our students love studying here. We have 100% student satisfaction rate in the National Student Survey and are the number 1 place to study Geography in Northern Ireland according to the Guardian League Tables (12th in the UK). <br/>Our stunning campus location is the perfect place to study. Your lecture theatre is the picturesque North Coast. Our local fieldtrips take place in Game of Thrones Territory while our overseas residential field schools are spent in Cyprus and Catalonia. It’s time to make a difference.<br/>Career opportunities include teaching, working for government and diplomatic services, consultancies, ordnance survey, town planning, rural development agencies, the National Trust, town, population census and social planning. Some of our graduates embark on postgraduate study in areas such as environmental management, computing, GIS, remote sensing and conflict.
Course Information
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
09/2026
Campus
Coleraine
Application Details
14 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
F800
Institution Code
U20
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
Scottish Higher
B,C,C,C,C
Standard Grade 1, 2 or 3 in English and Maths required.
Access to HE Diploma
D:12,M:30,P:3
Pass Access course with overall mark of 60% (120 credit Access Course) (NI Access Course)
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
24
To include 12 at higher level.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM
For students taking a Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma on the QCF framework (first teaching 2010), the requirements will be DDM.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
104 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of 4 subjects at Higher Level and 1 at Ordinary Level, including English and Maths at O4/H6 or above.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
For full-time study, you must satisfy the General Entrance requirements for admissions to a first degree course and hold a GCSE passes at grade C/grade 4 or above(or equivalent) in Maths, English. Level 2 Certificate in Essential Skills - Communication w
Scottish Advanced Higher
C,D,D
Standard Grade 1, 2 or 3 in English and Maths required.
A level
B,C,C
Geography preferable
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Fees and funding
Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
---|---|---|---|
Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland | £4,750 | 2025/26 | Year 1 |
England, Scotland, Wales | £9,250 | 2025/26 | Year 1 |
EU, International | £16,320 | 2025/26 | Year 1 |