SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Combinations

May be combined with

• African Studies TL57 BA/GEAF
• Arabic + LT76 BA/GEA
• Bengali + TL47 BA/BeG
• Burmese ++ LT7H BA/GEBU
• Chinese + LT71 BA/GECH
• Development Studies LL97 BA/GEDVS
• Economics LL17 BA/GEEC
• Hausa + LTR5 BA/HAGE
• Hebrew LQ74 BA/HEGE
• Hindi + TLH7 BA/HNGEHistory LV71 BA/HE
• History LV71 BA/HGE
• History of Art/Archaeology LV73 BA/GHAA
• Indonesian ++ TLJ7 BA/IGE
• Korean + LT7L BA/KOGE
• Law LM71 BA/LWGE
• Linguistics LQ73 BA/GELG
• Music LW73 BA/MSGE
• Nepali + LTR3 BA/NEGE
• Persian LTT6 BA/PGE
• Politics LL72 BA/POLGE
• Social Anthropology LL76 BA/SAGE
• South Asian Studies TLHR BA/SASGE
• South East Asian Studies TLJR BA/GESEA
• Study of Religions LV76 BA/SRGE
• Swahili + LTT5 BA/SWGE
• Thai ++ LTT3 BA/THGE
• Turkish + LTR6 BA/TUGE
• Vietnamese ++ LTTJ BA/VGE

+ 4-year degree with (compulsory) one year abroad
++ 3 or 4-year degree with option of one year abroad

Structure

The full list of courses below are available to joint honours BA Geography and... students.

Courses marked with x are available as optional courses in the second or third year of the BA Development Studies and... programme.

Please contact the Student Support Office of your home faculty for advice on specific programme structures and course options.

• Cities: Exploration in Urban Geography - 5SSG2050 (0.5 Unit)
• Climate Variability, Change and Society - 5SSG2051 (0.5 Unit)
• Cultural Landscapes: North American Style - 6SSG3023 (0.5 Units Unit)
• Ecological and Cultural Biogeography - 5SSG2024 (0.5 units Unit)
• Economic and Social Change in Post War Europe - 5SSG2011 (0.5 Unit)
• x Environmental Remote Sensing - 5SSG2043 (0.5 Unit)
• Environmental Risk, Governance, and Society - 6sSG3058 (0.5 units Unit)
• x Historical Geographies of Urbanism - 5SSG2017 (0.5 Unit)
• Natural Hazards - 5SSG2042 (0.5 units Unit)
• x Desert Environments - 104203008 (0.5 Unit)
• x Development Geographies: Livelihood and Policy Contexts - 104202044 (0.5 Unit)
• x Environmental Thought and Practice: Politics, Concepts, and Management - 104202052 (0.5 Unit)
• x Gendered Geographies of Development and Globalisation - 104203057 (0.5 Unit)
• x Japanese Environments - 104203043 (0.5 Unit)
• x Political Economy of Hazardscapes - 104203056 (0.5 Unit)
• x Social Theory and the Environment - 104203065 (0.5 Unit)
• x Global Political Ecology - 104203013 (0.5 Unit)
• x Tropical Forests in a Changing Environment - 104203030 (0.5 Unit)

Teaching & Learning

Year abroad

Destinations

Career Opportunities

According to a recent survey, Geography graduates are amongst those much in demand. Careers followed by our graduates have been wide-ranging and include merchant banking, journalism and broadcasting as well as work in a variety of non-governmental organisations in Asia and Africa as well as in Europe.

Student Profile

Liv Hernaes - BA Geography & Development Studies

Before coming to SOAS I studied Sociology at the University of Oslo and went travelling to Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. I chose SOAS because of its good reputation and because it would give me a possibility to choose courses not available to me in Norway. To study in such a culturally diverse environment as SOAS makes the experience complete. Viewing education as a struggle for knowledge, SOAS has provided me with a critical awareness and challenged me intellectually as well as socially.

How to apply

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Scholarships

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