The discipline of Geography is an exciting and increasingly policy-relevant field of study - socially, politically and environmentally - and many of our modules can complement very well a variety of popular university degree programmes in the US. Geography is the key bridging subject linking the humanities, social sciences and the natural sciences, and provides an insight into each of these broad areas of human knowledge. The relationships between society and the environment are highly complex, multifaceted and often contested. In taking any Geography module, not only will students acquire an understanding of people's place in the world but they will also develop a key skill set (spatial analysis, GIS, cartography and surveying, for example) that is widely applicable in multiple walks of life.

Geography involves a range of wonderfully engaging learning environments that are unique to the discipline, with many of our Physical Geography modules involving lab-based instruction (and this crucially counts for natural science requirements in your home university), and most of our modules in both Human and Physical Geography comprising field-based learning (FBL) as a core pedagogy. FBL ranges from examining beach dynamics and coastal erosion in County Galway to studying territoriality and governmentality in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Over the years, many of our Geography modules have proven particularly popular with JYA visiting students - from modules on climate change, geomorphology and rural studies, to ones on environmental sustainability, geopolitics and development studies. Finally, in studying Geography, you will find an especially warm and supportive teaching faculty and we look forward every year to your presence, energy and ideas in class.

Below are the range of modules on offer in the current academic year: