Geography with a Language

About this programme

Develop your expertise and explore how humans interact with the world. Diversify your career options with a language. From climate change and migration to conflict and geopolitics, studying Geography and a Language at Sussex brings a global perspective to understanding how questions of people, place and the planet are deeply connected, to understand and build more sustainable and equitable futures. You’ll learn from faculty members driving real-world change. As a BA Geography and a Language student, you’ll focus on human Geography, exploring themes such as global migration, urban change and global development combined with a language. You can choose from Arabic, British Sign Language, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. At Sussex, you’ll study on a campus located between the between the sea and the city, a unique setting that gives you access to coastal environments, the bustling city of Brighton and the South Downs National Park. We will take advantage of this location through our field trips, which are at the heart of the course. You’ll start local in your first year, then get the opportunity to explore internationally through our ambitious second year trips to destinations such as China, the Greek islands, Marseille and Corsica, Las Vegas and the Mojave Desert. Throughout your degree, you’ll build a powerful analytical toolkit, from critical thinking to data literacy, research design and communication for different audiences. You can also boost your employability through integrated internships, digital and data accelerator programmes, an