Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - Geography with Global Development with a Placement Year

UEA's innovative BA Geography and Global Development with a Placement Year course combines a strong interdisciplinary base with a specialist geographical lens in the study of global development. In the third year, students have the invaluable opportunity to gain hands-on experience through a Placement Year. 

At UEA, students will take core human and social geography modules that seek to understand critical contemporary issues from a geographical perspective – including poverty, inequality, race, health, migration, environment and urbanisation – focusing specifically on the relationship between people and place, and transformative social justice.  

Students will obtain key practical skills training, including Geographical Information Systems (GIS), qualitative and quantitative methods, alongside in-depth field experience. Fieldwork and field courses will be a vital part of the learning as local field trips are embedded within core modules. UEA has partnerships with community-based organisations, and offer several opportunities for residential trips in the UK throughout the programme, as well as worldwide opportunities for work experience placements.   

In addition to this geographical focus, students will gain a broad grounding in the key issues, agendas and practices of development, fusing insights from geography with those from across the social sciences, including anthropology, economics, environmental sciences, media, and politics. Students can develop their understanding of particular regions in the world, through area modules relating to sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, or Latin America, and can pursue their emerging interests through this unique blend of geography and development.  This is an extremely flexible degree programme that can be tailored to suit students' particular interests.  

By studying with UEA, students will join a close-knit academic community, made up of experts from across multiple disciplines, all housed within the School of Global Development. As such, they will not only learn from world-renowned geographers within the school, but can also benefit from a truly vibrant, academic environment.