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Admissions

UCAS Course Code: L700

Brief Course Outline

Duration of course: 3 years
Degree awarded: BA

Course statistics for 2012 entry

Intake: 85
Applications shortlisted for interview: 77.6%
Successful applications: 21.6%

Open days

3 May 2013: Places must be booked for this date by contacting the Undergraduate Coordinator on +44 (0) 1865 285045 or via undergraduate.enquiries@
geog.ox.ac.uk
26 and 27 June, and 20 September 2013: no need to book.

Contact details

Undergraduate Coordinator,
School of Geography and the Environment,
Oxford University Centre for the Environment,
South Parks Road,
Oxford OX1 3QY
+44 (0) 1865 285045
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Fieldwork and international opportunities

The School of Geography and the Environment emphasises the importance
of fieldwork since it believes there is no substitute for teaching subjects at first hand. In the first year, all students take part in local skills-related field days and weekends. Second year students will undertake a week-long overseas residential field course which will be linked to the foundational courses. Some of the option subjects in the second and third years involve field trips, which in recent years have included trips to the United Arab Emirates. Independent research in the field or in archives is a key element of the dissertation. Each year, around 40% of our undergraduates choose to do their dissertation overseas, covering a remarkable range of countries worldwide.

A typical weekly timetable

A typical weekly timetable comprises lectures in the morning, and usually a few afternoon seminars or practical classes. In addition, each student will attend at least one college tutorial per week, and some college-based classes.

Course summary for Geography 
1st year
Courses

Four core courses are taken:

  • Earth systems processes
  • Human geography
  • Geographical controversies
  • Geographical Techniques
 Assessment

First University examinations:
Four written papers plus practical notebooks
2nd and 3rd year
Courses

Geographical Research (core course)

Foundational courses(two chosen)

  • Space, place and society
  • Earth system dynamics
  • Environmental geography

Options (three chosen):
Options currently offered include: African societies: geographies of development and inequality; Biogeography, biodiversity and conservation; Climate change impacts and adaptation; Climate change and variability; Contemporary India; Desert landscapes and dynamics; European integration; Forensic geography; Geographies of finance; Heritage, science and conservation; Northlands, peoples and politics; Spaces of politics; Transport and mobilities.

Assessment

Final University examinations:
Three written core papers; three written optional papers;
three pieces of submitted work on the chosen optional subjects;  fieldwork report;  dissertation (weighted as two papers)

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