Geography or biological sciences degree

I'm currently trying to decide between a geography degree or biological sciences degree. I like molecular human biology, and in geography I like the intertwining of human and physical geography. These two interests don't overlap. The only combined degrees have an ecology focus on the biology side, which is not what I enjoy.

I am equally interested in both, please can someone give me some advice on how to choose between the two ?!

Do you know if it's easier to get into geography after a biological sciences degree or biological sciences after a geography degree?
Thanks :smile:

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swanseajack1

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Original post by s0phiem

I'm currently trying to decide between a geography degree or biological sciences degree. I like molecular human biology, and in geography I like the intertwining of human and physical geography. These two interests don't overlap. The only combined degrees have an ecology focus on the biology side, which is not what I enjoy.

I am equally interested in both, please can someone give me some advice on how to choose between the two ?!

Do you know if it's easier to get into geography after a biological sciences degree or biological sciences after a geography degree?
Thanks :smile:

Have a look into Exeter's Flexible combined offers to see if it can be done

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artful_lounger

Universities Forum Helper

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Original post by s0phiem

I'm currently trying to decide between a geography degree or biological sciences degree. I like molecular human biology, and in geography I like the intertwining of human and physical geography. These two interests don't overlap. The only combined degrees have an ecology focus on the biology side, which is not what I enjoy.

I am equally interested in both, please can someone give me some advice on how to choose between the two ?!

Do you know if it's easier to get into geography after a biological sciences degree or biological sciences after a geography degree?
Thanks :smile:

You may want to look into the human sciences courses at Oxford, UCL and Exeter. They incorporate biological sciences, particularly including stuff about e.g. genetics etc, and also social science elements relating to demography, how the environment effects behaviour and evolution, as well as more varied anthropological topics potentially. Seems like something that would be a good fit!

In a similar vein, you may want to look at courses in or emphasising biological/physical/evolutionary anthropology - there are specific courses in that at Liverpool, and the anthropology courses at UCL and Exeter have considerable options in that area. You can also specialise in biological anthropology at Cambridge via archaeology. This field also incorporates a lot of the same topics as you're interested in, albeit they tend to often look a lot more at early human evolution (albeit not exclusively) compared to human sciences courses (which are a bit less focused on that by default, although options to specialise in those areas usually exist in the courses).

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