Geography (W81) | Open University

Course summary

In this diploma, you’ll be engaging with geographical topics from a range of different perspectives and investigating the key issues such as poverty, climate change, migration and urbanisation that are affecting our world today. You'll discover how people seek positive solutions to environmental challenges at home and around the world. In doing so, you’ll develop your understanding of the ways in which the natural and human environments are related and interact.

Key features of the course

Develops your understanding of interrelationships between human activity and environmental change.
Explore how environmental and societal issues are entangled in cultural, economic, social, and political terms.
Become more effective in gathering and communicating geographical information to different audiences.
Learn how social science perspectives change the way we understand and respond to the major environmental challenges of our time.

Entry requirements

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