Human Geography

This programme's emphasis on independent research allows you to work closely with scholars who are leaders in their field.Research may be in any area of social, urban, environmental, development, political, economic, historical or cultural geography that is supported by the Human Geography Research Group. It is co-delivered with the University's Graduate School of Social Science.The programme can stand alone as a masters degree, or form the first year of a ‘1+3' ESRC-backed PhD programme.Students who successfully complete this programme will:

• acquire transferable skills relevant to advanced researchers
• develop skills in data acquisition and analysis
• understand wider methodological and epistemological debates relevant to their research

This programme is affiliated with the University's Global Environment & Society Academy.Programme structureWe offer a balance between general and specialist research training. The programme combines lectures, practical work, workshops, essays, seminars and one-to-one supervision of independent research leading to delivery of a dissertation.Compulsory courses:

• Research Design in Human Geography
• Methodological Debates in Human Geography
• Core Quantitative Data Analysis 1 and 2
• Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection
• Dissertation in Human Geography

Option courses:In consultation with the Programme Director, you will choose from a range of option courses. We particularly recommend:

• Conducting Research Interviews
• Contemporary Social Theory
• The Documents of Life
• Explanation and Understanding in Social and Political Research
• Intermediate Inferential Statistics: Testing and Modelling
• Listening to Children: Research and Consultation
• Political Ecology
• Qualitative Methods and Ethnographic Fieldwork
• Survey Methods and Data
• Values and the Environment

Independent researchThe emphasis on independent research allows you to work closely with scholars at the cutting edge in order to advance your own research passions. A highlight of the programme is the postgraduate conference where you present your research to colleagues.The University of Edinburgh has an unbroken record of teaching and research in the earth sciences going back to 1770, when Robert Ramsay became the first Professor of Natural History.James Hutton and Arthur Holmes were prominent among those who set an academic tradition in Edinburgh that continues today with the University achieving top ratings in earth sciences teaching and research.Our interactive and interdisciplinary research environment allows us to tackle difficult research questions, from causes of past glaciations to interactions of earth, climate and society. The ambition and quality of our research was reflected in the latest Research Assessment Exercise: 66 per cent of our research was rated within the top two categories world-leading and internationally excellent.Our location at the King's Buildings campus home to most of the University's science and engineering research benefits our work too. Our King's Buildings neighbours include external institutes such as the British Geological Survey; our proximity to them strengthens these research links.

International students arriving in Edinburgh can access various help and assistance to integrate with their new community. This starts at the International Student Centre where advice and assistance is available with fees and finance as well as legal matters such as immigration advice and visas. There is also a number of events organised by the ISC including weekly themed nights representing different countries and subsidized trips around the country. There are also campus wide events such as International Evening and the International Desserts Night to help students bring their own culture to others. The Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) is the combination of the unions and the Student Representative Council and has buildings around the campus including Teviot Row House, Potterrow, Kings Buildings House and the Pleasance. Teviot Row House has claims as the oldest purpose built student union building in the world. EUSA is responsible for some 250 societies for students to become involved with outside the classroom. Edinburgh itself is an important centre for the performing arts, particularly comedy, amateur and fringe theatre and numerous groups within the university are involved in this area. The Theatre Company was founded in 1896 and the Drama Society runs Bedlam Theatre, the oldest student run theatre in the UK. There is a weekly newspaper produced by students along with an independent publication and an alternative music radio station. In sports, there are 67 clubs ranging from rugby and football to judo and gliding.

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