Newcastle University

Geography and Planning BA Honours
UCAS Code: LK74 (3 Years)

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This degree integrates core areas from our geography and town planning degrees.

The balance of human geography and planning topics is aimed at developing graduates with strong analytical skills and practical implementation abilities. This is forged through a broad range of theory and practice, from building design to mapping science, and from global social and economic change to local environmental initiatives.

Professional accreditation

Stage 1 of this degree is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). Successful completion of Stage 1 means you may be able to transfer to Stage 2 of our Master of Planning MPlan Honours or Urban Planning BA Honours degree, offering a more direct route to a career as a planner.

Teaching and assessment

All of our geography courses enjoy a high level of staff and student interaction, including tutorials, lectures, laboratory work, seminars and lectures. Further information can be found on our undergraduate web pages about the approach to teaching and learning at Newcastle University.

You will be assessed by a combination of examinations and course work, which may include reports, essays, presentations and data analysis. All modules also require a considerable amount of independent study, culminating in a dissertation under expert supervision in Stage 3. Teaching and assessment methods may vary from module to module, more information can be found in our individual module listings.

Geography and Planning at Newcastle

As a Geography and Planning student at Newcastle, you will be part of the University’s School of Architecture Planning and Landscape. This is Britain’s largest and longest-established planning school, with excellence in town planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and digital architecture.

You will also spend time in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology in the Daysh Building where you’ll become part of a really lively community of staff and students. The Geography society is one of the largest in the University, and provides a wide range of activities and support that helps our students feel at home.