Geography summary
Geography explores the relationships between the environment, people and places. Our degree is exciting and diverse, with a strong emphasis on applied skills and career development. As you progress through the degree, you can specialise in particular areas of geography or maintain a broad range of interests across the subject. There are opportunities for fieldwork in every year of the degree. Geography graduates develop a diverse set of skills that can be applied in a wide range of careers.
International Relations summary
International relations looks at our rapidly changing world in terms of the political, economic and social issues that affect all our lives. You will be introduced to key events and debates in contemporary International Relations and may have the opportunity to study a number of relevant themes and issues.
These may include; international security, peace and conflict resolution, north-south international relations; international political economy, the United Nations, refugee studies, foreign policy, theory and area studies such as Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia.
What our students say
'Skills picked up on fieldwork courses are valuable in future careers and the parts of the course that were most useful to me in my current job were transferable skills, the use of various computer packages and all the statistics modules. But as much as anything, it's the staff that inspire the students; and Plymouth has plenty of good staff.'
Jane Childs, BA (Hons) Geography graduate
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