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Geography Geography at the University of Hull At Hull, we specialise in tackling the major issues: from You’ll also have the option to study abroad for a year at one of our partner universities – including destinations in the USA, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and globalisation and sustainability to climate change around Europe. and geohazards. We’re internationally renowned for Our facilities include a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) suite, a 10-metre our research – in fact we’re ranked third in the UK for flume to model physical environments and new teaching labs, where you can research impact (REF 2014) in geography. So our staff are develop your experimental skills and work on your final-year dissertation. recognised experts who combine their research with Our geography courses are accredited by the Royal Geographical Society. So teaching on our courses. you can be sure you’re choosing a recognised degree that will equip you with the technical ability and transferable skills you’ll need in your career. You’ll get individual academic support throughout your degree, building to your final- year dissertation – when you can follow your own research interests in geography. We also offer opportunities for consultancy projects with external partners. The teaching on our degrees is skills-based, geared towards employability, and lets you match your studies to your interests. All of our geography students study a common first year, where you will learn about both physical and human geography and develop geographical skills. Then in second and third years, when you get some choice in the modules that you pick, you can decide to focus on physical geography, focus on human geography, or continue to do more of a mixture of the two. We’re big believers in field trips, both in the UK and abroad. They’re a brilliant way of honing your skills while studying the places, people and processes that make up the world we live in. From local day trips to residential courses in Europe, Africa and Asia, we offer a diverse and stimulating range of field work. Our trips could have you mapping rock outcrops in a Spanish desert, analysing the landscape of Iceland, or analysing the mobility and transport of Barcelona. And East Yorkshire is a great spot for field work. It gives you access to some fantastic teaching and dissertation research sites, including dynamic coastal and fluvial systems, urban regeneration areas, rural environments and Ice Age landscapes. 4 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 5
Geography Accounting and Finance Courses Careers Recent graduates have gone on to work for a diverse range of What we offer ... employers, including the British Army, Middlesbrough FC, KPMG, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Associated British Ports and Typical Example UCAS Course offer A levels code FY Green Energy – as well as local and national government, and the BA Geography 120 BBB L700 L702 § L701 media. Others have continued their studies with postgrad degrees, a PGCE teaching certificate or specific professional BSc Geography 120 BBB F800 F802 § F801 qualifications. § Entry requirements are different for foundation year; please contact our Admissions Service for guidance. Your points can be from any qualification on the UCAS tariff, but at least 80 points should be from two or more Graduate careers A levels, or a combination of appropriate Level 3 qualifications. • Environmental consultant • Town planner For more information, please visit www.hull.ac.uk/uggeography • Conservation officer • Teacher • Hydrographer Career advice and support Our team give you expert career advice and training. We’ll help you explore your options and progress into a career you’ll love. You’ll learn how to apply for jobs, prep for interviews and impress potential employers. We can also get you into the room with a range of employers at oncampus events. Networking helps you plan your career path and can open doors to internships and job offers. 90% of students in work or further study six months after graduating* We’re always looking to improve our courses. Which means we do review our modules from time to time, to make sure they’re of a high standard and are relevant to you and to your potential future employers. The information in this guide is correct at the time of going to print, but some of the modules could change before 2021. Please contact our admissions team if you do have any questions or for further information on * UK domicile full-time first degree leavers; Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey for the admissions@hull.ac.uk. academic year 2016/17, published by HESA 2018. 6 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 7
What extra course options do you offer? Course structure We offer two extra options: foundation year and study abroad. Look out for these icons on our course pages – and here’s what they mean. How are degrees taught? Foundation year Most of our undergraduate courses are made up of study units called modules. If you don’t quite meet our entry requirements, you can apply to do an You’ll be assessed after each module, and the average of all your module extra year of study before starting your course. This foundation year assessments for the year is your overall result for that year. boosts your subject knowledge and helps you gain new academic skills, as well as preparing you to start your full degree. Can I pick and choose modules? We look for applicants who can demonstrate an experience of a related Yes, to an extent. Some modules are compulsory, so you have to take them. subject and an aptitude for academic work – which we establish by Within that compulsory group are some ‘core’ modules, too. They’re essential to the asking you to submit an essay and/or come to an interview as part of course (to make sure our degrees qualify for relevant accreditation, for example), so your application. they’ll never change and you have to pass them. Fees for our foundation year are exactly the same as undergraduate That said, some of our modules are optional – so you can pick what you study to suit years – and you can apply for student finance as with a full degree. your interests and career goals. Study abroad How many modules will I take? Many of our courses include a year abroad in Year 3. You may also opt to Usually, you’ll take six modules a year: three from the start of term to Christmas, and study abroad over the summer or as an exchange student. three more between January and the summer. Later in your course, some modules – like larger-scale projects or a dissertation – might count as two modules and run for the full year. 8 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 9
Geography “Everyone was so friendly and helpful, Hull was BA Geography somewhere I needed to study. Before coming to the Typical offer 120 Year 1 modules University I visited the campus about six times in Compulsory Example A levels BBB one year because it just had Worlds of Connection and Difference something about it that I This module will introduce you to key UCAS code L700 perspectives in contemporary human wanted in on as well. Also the field trip opportunities geography. It uses the themes of L702 difference and connection to explore a that are available at Hull weren’t available wide range of case studies. elsewhere, and that’s L701 Planet Earth something I’m interested in A look at the planet we live on and its participating in. Get to grips with complex constituent systems and processes: oceans, atmosphere, biosphere and Rhianna Phillips, social, economic and political BA Human Geography tectonics. processes. You’ll develop a toolkit of theoretical and Exploring Worlds Around Us You’ll find out about many different practical skills – enabling you ways of studying the world around us to look at places, individuals by exploring a specific field trip location. and communities with an Development and Change expert eye. The cost of all Our changing world faces many core field trips during your challenges, especially in developing first and second years is countries. Learn how geographers approach development, inequality, included in your fees. During sustainability and governance. your final year, there are Interpreting Environments further optional field trips to This module introduces you to some international destinations key tools we use to interpret the such as Hong Kong and environments around us, such as Malawi. computer mapping and data analysis. Landscapes of the World This module introduces you to different landforms and landscapes found across the globe: from mountains and glaciers to rainforests, coastal and marine environments and deserts. 10 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 11
Geography Year 2 modules Geomorphology Optional geomorphic impact, including the latest Look at Earth surface processes from natural flood management practices. Core Cities and Regions the source in upland areas to the sink in This module introduces you to key Volcanoes and their Hazards Frontiers in Human Geography coastal environments. You’ll learn about concepts and policies related to Explore the key themes and current In this module, you’ll learn how to design sediments are eroded, transported and urbanisation and regional development, research-led understanding of a dissertation research proposal in order deposited. focusing on selected examples from volcanological processes and hazards, to carry out independent research on a Geographical Information Systems North America. volcanic monitoring and management human geographical problem. Develop your understanding of the of volcanic crises around the world. principles and processes behind GIS, Green Economy Compulsory the nature and use of spatial data and Explore different theories, strategies Professional Consultancy Project Field Studies the application of GIS on this practical and actions to green our economy and Work with an external host organisation Visit field locations such as Barcelona module. society in response to issues such as on a research project designed to be and Berlin, as well as UK destinations, climate change, resource scarcity and useful to them, while being supervised where you’ll design and conduct your Living in the Anthropocene social inequalities. by university tutors. own research projects. You’ll consider profound questions about the scale of the impact of Feeding the City Teaching Project Optional human activities on our planet and Explore the production and consumption This module provides you with real- Cities and Globalisation the prospects for sustainable global networks that feed the city, following world teaching experience and allows Using real examples of cities from environmental stewardship. food from field to fork. Consider the you to conduct a project with a school around the world, you’ll examine urban complex systems of farming, processing into an aspect of teaching and learning Green Planet and retail that feed us. in your subject. development patterns and processes in This module introduces you to the an era of rapid globalisation. fascinating world of photosynthetic Geographies of Oppression and Geotechnologies A: Advanced GIS Cultural and Historical Geography organisms: from single-celled marine Resistance Develop your geospatial analysis and You’ll be using sources as diverse as algae to the giant trees of the tropical You’ll cover topics such as neoliberalism modelling skills with GIS. This will films, music, art, landscape and maps to rain forests. and the ‘War on Terror’, totalitarianism, provide you with key expertise when learn about the cultural, historical and the civil rights movement, suffrage you enter the geographic job market. social processes that make our world. Final-year modules campaigns and climate change protests. Advanced Field Study Sustainable Futures Core Adapting to Climate Change This is an opportunity to expand on your Study key issues relating to the concept Dissertation Investigate climate change, its impact field work experience gained during Year of sustainability and attempts to create You’ll make an original contribution on us and our adaptions to it, as well as 2, in a destination such as Iceland, Hong more sustainable ways of living. to research by designing, carrying out future climate change scenarios. Kong, Malawi or the Swiss Alps. and writing up your own project on a Conservation in a Changing World Palaeoenvironments Environmental Change topic you choose, supported by your In this module, you’ll explore how This module will take you on a journey Investigate how the environment — dissertation supervisor. the natural world is responding, and through the current Ice Age, which especially the climate — changes in the past, present and future. will respond in the future, to changes spans the last 2.6 million years. triggered by human activity. Geohazards Explore what constitutes a geohazard, Rivers and Their Management and the specifics of a range of natural Discover exciting and innovative hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic ways of thinking and practising river eruptions, tsunamis and floods. management for both flooding and 12 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 13
Geography BSc Geography Year 1 modules Typical offer 120 Compulsory Example A levels BBB Planet Earth A look at the planet we live on and its UCAS code F800 constituent systems and processes: oceans, atmosphere, biosphere and F802 tectonics. Worlds of Connection and Difference F801 This module will introduce you to key perspectives in contemporary human geography. It uses the themes of Our BSc Geography course difference and connection to explore a focuses on the physical wide range of case studies. processes that govern Exploring Worlds Around Us the state of the natural You’ll find out about many different environment. You’ll explore ways of studying the world around us the dynamic and complex by exploring a specific field trip location. processes that shape the Landscapes of the World world through lectures, This module introduces you to different landforms and landscapes found across research and field trips to the globe: from mountains and glaciers places such as Almeria, to rainforests, coastal and marine Tenerife and Iceland. Hull’s environments and deserts. well placed for exploring Interpreting Environments geographical diversity – with This module introduces you to some areas from the North Sea coast key tools we use to interpret the to the North York Moors all environments around us, such as computer mapping and data analysis. within reach. Development and Change Our changing world faces many challenges, especially in developing countries. Learn how geographers approach development, inequality, sustainability and governance. 14 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 15
Geography Year 2 modules Green Planet Volcanoes and Their Hazards Geographies of Oppression and This module introduces you to the Explore the key themes and current Resistance Core fascinating world of photosynthetic research-led understanding of You’ll cover topics such as neoliberalism Frontiers in Physical Geography organisms: from single-celled marine volcanological processes and hazards, and the ‘War on Terror’, totalitarianism, This module gives you the tools needed algae to the giant trees of the tropical volcanic monitoring and management the civil rights movement, suffrage to be a physical geographer and rain forest. of volcanic crises around the world. campaigns and climate change protests. make an original contribution to our Professional Consultancy Project Cities and Globalisation Adapting to Climate Change knowledge of the world. Work with an external host organisation Using real examples of cities from Investigate climate change, its impact Compulsory around the world, you’ll examine urban on us and our adaptions to it, as well as on a research project designed to be development patterns and processes in future climate change scenarios. useful to them, while being supervised Field Studies an era of rapid globalisation. by university tutors. Visit field locations such as Tenerife Rivers and Their Management and Almeria, as well as UK destinations, Cultural and Historical Geography Discover exciting and innovative Teaching Project where you’ll design and conduct your You’ll be using sources as diverse as ways of thinking and practising river This module provides you with real- own research projects. films, music, art, landscape and maps to management for both flooding and world teaching experience and allows learn about the cultural, historical and geomorphic impact, including the latest you to conduct a project with a school Optional social processes that make our world. natural flood management practices. into an aspect of teaching and learning Environmental Change in your subject. Investigate how the environment — Geographical Information Systems Cities and Regions especially the climate — changes in the Develop your understanding of the This module introduces you to key Geotechnologies A: Advanced GIS past, present and future. principles and processes behind GIS, concepts and policies related to Develop your geospatial analysis and the nature and use of spatial data and urbanisation and regional development, modelling skills with GIS. This will Geohazards the application of GIS on this practical focusing on selected examples from provide you with key expertise when Explore what constitutes a geohazard, module North America. you enter the geographic job market. and the specifics of a range of natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic Final-year modules Feeding the City Advanced Field Study eruptions, tsunamis and floods. Explore the production and consumption This is an opportunity to expand on Core networks that feed the city, following your field work experience gained Geomorphology Dissertation food from field to fork. Consider the during Year 2, in a destination such as Look at Earth surface processes from You’ll make an original contribution complex systems of farming, processing Iceland, Hong Kong, Malawi or the the source in upland areas to the sink in to research by designing, carrying out and retail that feed us. Swiss Alps. coastal environments. You’ll learn about and writing up your own project on a sediments are eroded, transported and Green Economy Palaeoenvironments topic you choose, supported by your Explore different theories, strategies This module will take you on a journey deposited. dissertation supervisor. and actions to green our economy and through the current Ice Age, which Living in the Anthropocene society in response to issues such as spans the last 2.6 million years. You’ll consider profound questions Optional climate change, resource scarcity and about the scale of the impact of Conservation in a Changing World social inequalities. human activities on our planet and In this module, you’ll explore how the prospects for sustainable global the natural world is responding, and environmental stewardship. will respond in the future, to changes triggered by human activity. 16 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 17
Be part of something We’re in the top 50 universities for research power** Which basically means we’re helping to change extraordinary the world through the work our people are doing. And you could be part of it. From tackling marine pollution to breaking the chain of modern-day slavery, our research is not only Here at Hull, we know extraordinary is in you. And we’re enriching the lives of people across the world, it enriches your university experience. So come here to help you find it. This is why we’ve partnered with and get involved. Team GB. Our united belief is that anyone, with the right opportunities ahead and a dedicated team behind, can You’ll meet new achieve extraordinary things. people who’ll become old friends. More than 15,000 students from around 100 countries live, work and play on our attractive single-site campus. The partnership isn’t the only thing we’ve got going for us either. We Whether you’re into bands also offer you guaranteed or board games, food or accommodation,^ with film, history or horror, sci-fi more than 2,300 rooms or skateboarding, this is a on campus. Our students place to do more of what go on to do amazing you love – there’s something things too, with 95.9% of for everyone here in Hull. our graduates in work It’s your home away from or further study with six home. And your chance to months.† discover who you really are. Choose extraordinary. Choose Hull. ^ We guarantee you a room in University-owned or partnered accommodation if you apply by 1 October. † Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education for the academic year 2016/17, published by HESA June 2018. ** Times Higher Education, based on the most recent Research Excellence Framework 2014. 18 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 19
This. Is. Hull. A place where we stand up to kings, do deals with the world and take a wrecking ball to the slave trade. A place where culture stands out and the phone boxes are a different colour. A place where we’re free thinking, independent and proud of it. Glasgow Learn more about Hull M8 Edinburgh THE DEEP at hull.ac.uk/abouthull A1 Newcastle Belfast A1 York Dublin Liverpool M62 Leeds HULL A15 Manchester Sheffield M1 Lincoln Nottingham A1 A42 Birmingham M1 Cardiff o London HUMBER STREET THE FRUIT MARKET 20 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 21
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You’ll feel right WESTFIELD COURT WESTFIELD COURT at home in Hull We have something for everyone here. Whatever you choose, you’ll find a place to live that works best for you. And if you apply by 1 October, we guarantee you a University room.* From 41, 43 and 51-week Take a virtual contracts, so you don’t pay tour of our rooms for more than you need Go to hull.ac.uk/accommodation to find out more and take a 360° 2,300+ on-campus rooms tour of where you’ll be living. Up to 150mbps FREE WiFi** Connect up to 7 devices to WESTFIELD COURT the WiFi at once 24/7 security on campus For further information, please contact the Accommodation Hub 01482 466042 * If you’re a new, full-time, unaccompanied student, and you apply for accommodation by 1 October, we guarantee you a room in accommodation that’s owned or in partnership with the University. THE COURTYARD TAYLOR COURT ** Westfield Court and Taylor Court only. 24 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 25
How much can I borrow? Your guide to What you can borrow for your maintenance loan depends on your family’s income and where you’ll be living while you’re at uni. fees and funding Is your family’s annual household income £25,000 or less? No, it’s more So … time to talk about money. How much does university cost? Yes than that How are you going to pay for it? 2021/22 Maintenance Loan figures How much does it cost to study an undergraduate degree? When you come to uni, Living Household Living at where will you be living? away from income home Are you a UK student? home £25,000 £9,488 £7,987 Yes No Away from £30,000 £8,809 £7,315 At home home £35,000 £8,130 £6,642 £9,250 per year* £14,800 (non-science courses) £40,000 £7,450 £5,969 on a full-time degree or £17,550 (science courses) per year for EU and international students You’ll be able You’ll be able £45,000 £6,771 £5,296 to borrow to borrow £50,000 £6,092 £4,623 You’ll pay lower fees while you’re on a year abroad or an industrial placement year. £7,987 £9,488 £55,000 £5,412 £3,950 £60,000 £4,733 £3,516 What loans are available? £62,286 or above £4,422 £3,516 There are two types of loan available to students from England: And how much will I be paying back after I graduate? Maintenance loan Tuition fee loan – Currently £9,250* Just to recap, you don’t have to pay back anything until your salary goes above Helps with the cost of living £27,295 a year. When that happens, the amount you’re earning determines what Partially means tested Covers the full cost of your course your loan repayment will be. fees • Paid straight into your bank account at the start of each term • Paid straight to the University Is your annual salary above £27,295 a year? • You won’t have to pay any of it • You don’t start paying any of it back until you’re earning more back until you’re earning more Yes No, it’s less than that than £27,295 a year than £27,295 a year • After 30 years, any remaining • After 30 years, any remaining Annual income Monthly payment You don’t have to debt is written off – regardless of debt is written off – regardless £27,295 £0 make any repayments what you still owe of what you still owe £30,000 £20 £35,000 £58 £40,000 £95 £45,000 £133 * Subject to approval. This fee is subject to an increase in line with inflation. Maximum tuition fees are set by the government. £50,000 £170 26 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 27
Useful contacts Tariff calculator BTEC level 3 Admissions The (not so) small print ... A level UCAS Tariff (QCF) / National (QCF) / National (QCF) / National 01482 466100 Please note … Extended Extended Extended Diploma Diploma Diploma admissions@hull.ac.uk The information in this guide is provided by the University of Hull, and is for 144 DDD hull.ac.uk/admissions general information purposes only. 128 DDM We do everything possible to keep the Accommodation information up to date and correct, 112 DMM D*D* 104 D*D 01482 466042 but we reserve the right to introduce rooms@hull.ac.uk changes to the information given in our 96 MMM DD hull.ac.uk/accomm publications. For more detail and the 84 latest on our programmes, please go to 80 MMP DM hull.ac.uk. Student Finance 78 01482 466538 Want to know more? 72 hefunding@hull.ac.uk Our full 2020 Undergraduate 64 MPP MM hull.ac.uk/money prospectus is available to order or 60 download from hull.ac.uk/prospectus. A* 56 D* Or visit hull.ac.uk to find out the latest UCAS information. A 48 PPP MP D 0371 468 0468 B 40 ucas.com We use role models, not models 36 *Our institution code is H72. You’ll find no models in this publication. C 32 PP M For Medicine, apply to H75. The people you see on these pages are our students, and we are proud of them. 28 D 24 International Office Tell us what you think 20 01482 462190 Please write to E 16 P global@hull.ac.uk Marketing and Communications, hull.ac.uk/international University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Of course, we also consider other qualifications – such as AS levels, Cambridge Hull, HU6 7RX, UK. Technicals and EPQs – and a range of international qualifications. If you’ve got any questions about what qualifications we accept or our entry requirements in general, just ask. We’re on 01482 466100 or at admissions@hull.ac.uk. You can also work out your own UCAS points total at www.ucas.com/ucas/tariff-calculator. There’s also a full tariff points guide for all available qualifications on the UCAS site. 28 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 29
How to apply Your notes to Hull When you apply for Hull, you’ll have a team ready to answer your questions every step of the way. From starting your application to the day you win a place to come here. UCAS Our UCAS institution codes For most of our full-time H72: All Hull courses except undergraduate courses, you need Medicine to register and apply through the H75: Medicine (Hull York Universities and Colleges Medical School) Admissions Service (UCAS). You can find the entry Dates for your diary requirements on your course 1 September: UCAS page at hull.ac.uk. applications open But as a general guide, we’re happy to consider 15 October: Medicine UCAS applications from candidates applications deadline with predicted grades totalling 15 January: UCAS applications 120 UCAS points or above. deadline for all other courses to To find out more, go to guarantee equal consideration hull.ac.uk/admissions Late February: UCAS Extra To register and apply, go to opens ucas.com/students 30 June: Main UCAS application scheme closes International student? See hull.ac.uk/international for 4 July: UCAS Extra closes more information on how to apply. 30 | HULL.AC.UK UNDERGRADUATE COURSE GUIDE 2021 | 31
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