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Difference Between Geography Bsc and Environmental Science?

Hello!

I'm currently looking at KCL for geography bsc and UEA for environmental science... but I'm not sure as to the difference between these two courses.

Basically I just wanted to know whether there is science involved in a geography bsc degree as I am more interested in the science part.

Thanks! :smile:
I am not 100% sure but I think a degree in geography involves both physical and human geography while environmental science studies mainly physical geography!
Original post by eeveee
Hello!

I'm currently looking at KCL for geography bsc and UEA for environmental science... but I'm not sure as to the difference between these two courses.

Basically I just wanted to know whether there is science involved in a geography bsc degree as I am more interested in the science part.

Thanks! :smile:


The Environmental Science course is more sciencey than the Geography BSc course which is more human-focused, although there is science in both. There is quite a substantial amount of overlap between the two courses and a lot of the modules seem to be available in both, but in Environmental Science you've got very technical units like Ocean Circulation and Environmental Analytical Chemistry whereas in Geography you've more Development and Population related modules. You can look at the exact modules available here: Geography and Environmental Science.
Original post by justkirst
I am not 100% sure but I think a degree in geography involves both physical and human geography while environmental science studies mainly physical geography!


As a current environmental science student I'm not entirely sure I agree with this - we don't study things such as volcanoes, tsunamis and those sorts of things except as part of a wider understanding of earth processes (or Atleast on my course we don't!)

We are a lot more focused on science and being a scientist I think, but we do learn about human considerations and impacts as well. I'd say physical geography is understanding a physical system - environmental science is understanding that physical system, it's inputs, outputs, what influences it, the impacts it has, what lives there and how it interacts with the systems etc. One clear benefit (Atleast in my experience) is that envi sci students are taught by people who specialise in these fields - so we do our ecology modules with ecologists, our planning modules with the planning department etc. It's not taught within one department.

But I'm trying to throw thoughts at this whilst arguing with my phone on a bus, so I'm probably not making much sense. Ask me questions and I'll try my best to answer them!

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