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1st year of Geography

Two brand new courses are launched in September 2021 that introduce you to the role humans have played in creating the Anthropocene (the epoch we are now living in), a time period during which Human actions have become more significant than natural processes in shaping the world we currently live in. The new course on the UN Sustainable Development Goals then introduces ways to tackle these challenges.

3rd year of Geography

In the Third Year of your Geography degree, you will receive core skills training in two courses and also have numerous options that will best suit your anticipated Fourth Year courses and employment beyond university. In June of your Third Year you also have the opportunity to attend a Physical Geography Field Course (recently held in the Alps) or a Human Geography Field Course (in Boston, USA).

4th year of Geography

Your Fourth Year offers you the opportunity to specialise in areas of Geography of your choice, and also to pursue an individual piece of geographical research in your Dissertation Project. All of the courses that we offer in 4th Year reflect the truly cutting-edge research strengths of Geography and Environment in Aberdeen, and will exploit the training that you have received during the previous three years of your Geography degree.