BA Geography

During your studies, you’ll develop your skills in analysing and evaluating geographical information and completing fieldwork. There’s an opportunity to take part in a field trip in the second year and also study a language specialism – with the option to add this to your degree award. See the Programme Structure and Courses section for details.

LSE is ranked second for geography in the QS World University Rankings 2023 and our academics offer expertise in an extremely broad range of areas – including economic, political, environmental and social geography.

By the time you graduate, you’ll have all the skills needed to embark on a career in the environmental sector but also in many other areas such as financial services, IT and data analysis, government and policy setting and journalism.

If you wish to gain further insight into the subject, we suggest that you look at one or more of the following books:

• S Chant and C McIlwaine Geographies of Development in the 21st Century: an introduction to the Global South (Edward Elgar 2009)
• P Cheshire, M Nathan and H Overman Urban Economics and Urban Policy: challenging conventional policy wisdom (Edward Elgar, 2014)
• P Cloke, P Crang and M Goodwin (Eds) Introducing Human Geographies (3rd edition, Hodder Arnold, 2013)
• P Daniels, M Bradshaw, P Shaw and J Sidaway (Eds) Human Geography: issues for the 21st century (Prentice Hall, 2008)
• P Dicken, Global Shift: mapping the changing contours of the world economy (Sage Publications, 2015)
• R Flowerdew and D Martin Methods in Human Geography (Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005)
• E Glaeser Triumph of the City (Penguin Press, 2011)
• A S Goudie The Human Impact on the Natural World: past, present and future (7th edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)
• A Jones Human Geography: the basics (Routledge, 2012)
• N Klein This Changes Everything: capitalism vs. the climate (Simon & Schuster, 2014)
• P L Knox and S A Marston Places and Regions in Global Context (Pearson, 2009)
• W Murray Geographies of Globalization (Routledge, 2006)
• W Oates (Ed) The RFF Reader in Environmental and Resources Management (Resources for the Future, 2006)
• D Perrons Globalisation and Social Change: people and places in a divided world (Routledge, 2004)
• A Pike, A Rodríguez-Pose & J Tomaney Local and Regional Development (Routledge 2006)
• A Rodríguez-Pose The European Union: economy, society and policy (Oxford University Press, 2002)
• M Storper Keys to the City: how economics, institutions, social interaction and politics shape development (Princeton University Press, 2013)