Geography with Business

BA Hons UCAS Code

Course overview

How do we balance the need for economic growth with environmental sustainability? How can businesses maintain their profits while managing resources? How can companies be part of the solution to the global climate crisis?

You will get to put your knowledge into practice throughout your degree and learn about the important principles that make businesses successful.

Topics cover innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability. You'll also dive into how we interact with our planet with a focus on business, sustainability and innovation and how government policies can impact both businesses and individuals.

Teaching and learning

Modules

Core modules

8 modules

Careers Skills for Geographers

This module will be delivered by the school’s Careers Advisor and academics from the School of Geography.

You’ll cover:

  • self-marketing and CVs
  • preparing for interviews and assessment
  • careers for geographers
  • career planning
  • postgraduate study (masters and PhD)
  • guest lectures (for example, Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers)

 

You will be introduced to and encouraged to make regular use of the Careers and Employability Service to assist with your progress during the module, and to identify opportunities to further your career development.


Consumer and Market Relations

This module will cover the ways in which marketing & consumption drive business and shape society. It will provide an historical perspective, consider marketing professions & leadership within organisational contexts, and examine contemporary environments for marketing & consumption. This module will pay particular attention to:

  • Globalisation

  • innovation (including the transformative force of new technologies)

  • and ethical & sustainability issues 


Exploring Human Geography

You will critically examine the complex relations between people and places through key concepts in human geography.

Themes include:

  • cultural
  • historical
  • medical
  • environmental
  • economics
  • development

 

The key themes may vary from year to year. This module provides a foundation for more specialised human geography modules at levels two and three.


Interpreting Geographical Data

Quantitative data and analyses are important tools for studying physical and human phenomena in geography. The purpose of this core module is to familiarise students with basic statistical concepts and quantitative techniques that can be applied to the study of geography.

Topics include summarising and interpreting quantitative data, study design, probability, distributions and confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, statistical inference and regression, and real-world applications. Data with geographical components will be drawn from diverse secondary sources and will be processed and analysed using statistical software package RStudio.


Introduction to Accounting

This module provides you with a foundational understanding of accounting principles, covering both financial and management accounting. It equips you with essential knowledge to interpret basic financial statements, understand cost behaviours, and appreciate the role of accounting information in business decision-making.

The module introduces key concepts in financial reporting and basic techniques in management accounting, emphasising their relevance to non-financial decision makers.


Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Learn how to conduct basic spatial analysis by using a contemporary Geographic Information System (GIS).

You’ll cover:

  • What is GIS?
  • Applications of GIS
  • Spatial data models
  • Fundamental spatial analysis
  • Cartographic principles behind GIS
  • Presenting and sharing the results of GIS analysis

 

The module will be delivered through theory lectures and practical sessions, and you’ll be provided with associated textbook resources.


Organisational Behaviour

This module will introduce you to the basic ideas of organisational behaviour. The content will encourage you to develop an understanding of managing and developing people within business organisations.

The module will draw its primary material from the major theorists and theories of both organisational psychology and organisational behaviour. The module will also develop links with other aspects of the business school curriculum such as general management and international business.

 


Tutorial

Small group tutorials during the autumn and spring semesters will include discussion, essay writing and seminar presentations based on topics from your first-year modules. The classes will develop your skills in problem-solving, communication and reasoning. 


Optional modules

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Entry requirements

3 years full-time

£9,535 per year

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The course suited me perfectly as it allowed me to explore economic and cultural themes of geography in more depth, and complement this with business modules to develop a more well-rounded knowledge."

Robert Day

BA Geography with Business

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