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The CEGU undergraduate major prepares students to understand and confront the wide-ranging societal, historical, and spatial dimensions of contemporary planetary environmental crises, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and other forms of large-scale socio-environmental transformation.
Environmental geography is centered on the interactions and relations of the biogeophysical environment with human societies. Environmental geographers are interested in environmental sustainability and well-being involving a wide range of human interactions that include political economy, social power, cultural identities, and others.
The English-taught master’s programme ‘Environmental Geography’ provides expertise and practical experience in the field of environmental systems science from an explicitly interdisciplinary perspective.
Our scientific understanding of the natural and physical environment is key to addressing issues like climate change, pollution, and land degradation. On our Environmental Geography course, you will study how the Earth functions and the science behind the human impact on the planet over time.
Understand the physical processes at work in our environment. See how they respond to our changing environments. You'll develop the tools to develop sustainable solutions to environmental problems. For example, you will learn about the impact of humans on the environment.
Our course structure | School of Geography and the Environment. At its core the Oxford Geography degree is concerned with the integration of human and physical geography and gives you the opportunity to specialise in either branch of geographical study. Each academic year consists of three eight-week-long terms: Michaelmas, Hilary and Trinity.
Major Overview. Units. Description. This major provides foundational knowledge and skills in environmental geography and planning. It provides students with an understanding of how environmental processes intersect with planning practice in a range of geographical contexts and at different spatial scales.
