Massey University

Course Details

Bachelor of Arts (Geography)

Course Description

With a Massey BA (Geography) you will become a knowledgeable global citizen, ready to apply your skills to the world’s pressing problems. What is it like? Get a wide perspective In the BA Geography you will study how we interact with our cultural, social and physical environments. You will find geography a diverse and dynamic subject, and will study issues such as sustainability, urban development, globalisation and people’s lived experiences of their environments. In stage one of the BA Geography, you will study both human and physical geography. Human geography looks at how space, place and landscape are both the condition and consequence of social processes; Physical geography looks at how natural landscapes take shape and change. You will gain a solid foundation to understand the world as the product of a combination of social and natural processes.

Course Duration

NumberDuration
3year

Career outcomes

Conservation and environmental research Energy development Resource management Forestry Public service International development and diplomacy Local and regional councils Business and market research Teaching Tourism Journalism.




Bachelor of Arts (Geography) Massey University