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Geography With Foundation Year

  • BSc (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time
  • 09/2026
  • Undergraduate
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2026-2027
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Course summary

Get ready with a foundation year and learn the foundational skills and knowledge to complete a full Honours degree. You'll be able to embark on this qualification without meeting the level 3 entry requirements, giving you the opportunity to study at degree level through this four year course.

Examine the earth’s changing landscapes with a Geography with Foundation Year degree from Canterbury Christ Church University. If you're passionate about making a difference in this current climate, this course offers hands-on experience, critical thinking, and deep insight into both human and physical geography.

Taught by passionate experts and guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, you’ll investigate pressing global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, urbanisation, and inequality.

What you’ll learn

  • Explore climate change, sustainability, and the human-environment relationship in a global context.

  • Investigate physical landscapes, ecosystems, and weather systems through immersive fieldwork.

  • Develop mapping and data analysis skills using GIS and digital tools.

  • Take a multidisciplinary approach as you learn about biological, chemical, physical environmental processes.

  • Explore new landscapes and cultures through international field trips.

What’s more, you’ll develop the skills to collect, manipulate, analyse, map, visualise, and communicate geographical phenomena as you independently research your own topics.

With a strong focus on fieldwork, lab skills, and real-world problem solving, you’ll graduate ready for careers such as environmental consultancy, planning, policy, or further study.

Specialist facilities

You will learn in our flagship STEM Verena Holmes building with impressive, modern science labs and a team of highly qualified lab technicians to support your work, alongside teaching during local and residential fieldtrips.

Career prospects

We host a careers fair specifically for students on our courses where you can talk to employers, find out about the exciting careers they offer and get advice on how to progress into those careers with the skills you have learned.
Previous graduates from Geography and Environmental Science courses at Canterbury Christ Church University have gone on to work as:

  • Team Leader (Elmhurst Energy)

  • Senior Planning Officer (Hertsmere Borough Council)

  • Community Outreach Program and Education Manager (Angari Foundation)

  • Graduate Consultant (Mott MacDonald).

Some of our graduates go on to complete MScs or PhDs or pursue postgraduate courses or train as teachers.

Modules

For a list of core and likely optional modules, please visit our website.
https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/courses/geography-with-foundation-year

This course is subject to validation. You can still apply for this course while it is being approved.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site

Study options

  • BSc (Hons) • Full-time • 4 Years

Start dates

  • 09/2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
L701
Institution code:
C10
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Foundation

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
L701
Institution code:
C10
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Foundation

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Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

UCAS Tariff - 64 points

We accept a wide range of general qualifications that attract UCAS Tariff points either on their own or in combination with others.

A level - DDE

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MPP

Access to HE Diploma - P: 45 credits

Scottish Higher

Please see our website for information

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Please see our website for information

Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.

Historical entry grades data BETA

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England£9535Year 1
Northern Ireland£9535Year 1
Scotland£9535Year 1
Wales£9535Year 1
Channel Islands£9535Year 1
Republic of Ireland£9535Year 1
EU£17000Year 1
International£17000Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Home (UK) Fees:
Home (UK) tuition fees for Foundation Years at Canterbury Christ Church University will be set in line with the maximum tuition fee cap for foundation years in classroom-based subjects or non-classroom-based subjects, as set by the UK Government. Home (UK) tuition fees for subsequent years 1-3 are currently set in line with the maximum tuition fee cap for standard undergraduate degrees set by the UK Government, currently £9,535. However, this is subject to any changes to the maximum tuition fee cap, or any other changes to regulated undergraduate tuition fees, that might be subsequently approved by Parliament for the 2026/27 academic year onwards.

International Tuition Fees (including EU fees):
Undergraduate tuition fees for International students are not subject to the Government’s regulations on maximum tuition fees. The University’s 2026/27 Overseas tuition fees for international students, and information about any mid-course increases, will be published on each course webpage. More details about International student fees and funding and any Scholarships which are available can be found on the following weblink which will be updated for 2026/27 entrants in due course: https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/fees-and-funding/international-student-fees-and-funding

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