Geography, Environment and Climate

About this programme

BSc Geography, Environment and Climate equips you to understand and address issues like climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Gain practical skills and use technology to study different environments. Want to understand and protect the environment? You’ll develop practical skills through lab work, field trips, and innovative tech. Develop drone mapping skills using Royal Holloway’s Omnidrome facility. Fieldwork is compulsory in years 1 and 2, with optional specialist trips available later. This course offers a unique dissertation placements scheme. You can conduct your final-year research with organisations like Kew Gardens or Thames 21, gaining workplace experience and professional contacts. You’ll learn from active researchers who will connect your studies to live projects. Graduates work in environmental management, sustainability, urban planning, civil service and more. Get ready to make an impact with practical skills and research experience. We sometimes make changes to our courses to improve your experience. If this happens, we’ll let you know as soon as possible. In this module you will develop an understanding of the factors that control the physical, biological and chemical forces which shape the Earth’s surface. You will look at oceanic and atmospheric processes, plate tectonics, hydrology and coastal processes, glaciation, and arid environments. In this module you will engage with key issues in human geography. You will consider human geography as a distinctive way to approach the world, examining key questions about globalisation, inequality,