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Why study Arts at UL?

At the University of Limerick, we deliver an Arts Degree which is flexible and wide-ranging, offering 19 subjects in all. You can study a combination of subjects (as Single Honours or Joint Honours) from across the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Geography is concerned with both the natural and the cultural environments created on the earth’s surface and with the inter-relationships between them. It has links with a wide range of other disciplines, and provides a framework for understanding the increasingly complex and interdependent world in which we live. The Geography programme includes modules in both physical and human geography. In physical geography we aim to provide students with a sound understanding of the processes at work in the natural world, and of environmental changes in both past and present times. The human geography programme deals with issues and problems that range in scale from the global to the local, including globalisation and its geographical impacts, geo- political conflict, economic restructuring and dislocation, urbanisation, and the challenges of sustainable development. Because it is inherently interdisciplinary, Geography helps to develop a wide range of talents. It fosters an ability to synthesise diverse bodies of knowledge, and to think critically about complex processes. In addition, students taking Geography acquire specialist skills in the numerical and graphical analysis of information, including computer data analysis and mapping, which are increasingly in demand in our knowledge economy. Besides formal lectures, students learn through tutorials, seminars, group / team work, laboratory work, field work and project compilation. Students wishing to be registered with the Teaching Council as post-primary geography teachers are advised to discuss module selection with their academic advisor.

Career Prospects

Geography graduates find work in a wide range of careers including:

• Urban Planning
• Teaching (Professional Master of Education required)
• Tourism
• Heritage organisations)
• Civil service
• Regional and local community development
• Academic research

Follow-On Study:

• MA /PhD Research

Other majors options in Arts:

• Economics
• English
• Gaeilge
• French
• German
• History
• Irish Music and Dance
• Linguistics with TESOL
• Mathematics
• New Media and Cultural Studies
• Philosophy
• Politics and International Relations
• Psychology
• Public Administration and Leadership
• Sociology
• Spanish
• Drama and Theatre Studies
• Theology and Religious Studies