If you'd like to study a degree in geography but have alternative qualifications or don't quite meet our entry criteria, our geography foundation degree is the course for you. Your foundation year in Carlisle will give you the skills, knowledge and experience needed to progress onto the full BSc (Hons) Geography programme based in the Lake District. Live your geography degree, using the iconic Lake District as your personal laboratory. Our course encompasses human, physical and environmental geography, and explores many of the key grand challenges that face both humanity and the planet in the 21st century. These include climate change, inequality and difference, and valuing the ecosystem services we derive from the Earth system.
Environmental Monitoring
Starts September 2025
You will have enjoyed Geography at GCSE, and are interested in current affairs and wonder how your actions affect the world around you. Students go on to take a broad range of degrees, especially disciplines related to geography and go on to use their geographical skills in their careers, as the…
Environmental Monitoring
Starts September 2025
Our chemistry team are specialists in A Level Chemistry. With lab equipment and space to help you develop as a confident chemist, you will gain knowledge and understanding of how medicaines are created and develop an insight into the processes behind this.You will meet new challenges and find the…
Environmental Monitoring
Starts September 2025
In this course you will be introduced to the Sun and the Earth as complex systems, and how they interact to produce the environment we live in. Alongside detailed course notes your studies will include a mixture of theoretical and observational approaches with data-based and observational…
Environmental Monitoring
Start dates may vary
Complete our short course in Decommissioning, Waste and Environmental Management. Study the scientific, environmental and socio-political issues surrounding the decommissioning of nuclear facilities. You'll also gain knowledge of the environmental principles and the storage of nuclear waste.
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