Human Geography and Sociology

Human geography and sociology is a combination that brings together two disciplines deeply concerned with the relationships between places, people, and the social structures that shape everyday life. Human geography examines the relationships between people, places, and the environment, exploring how these vary across locations and shape human activities and interactions with nature. It considers tourism, urban environments, small islands, natural hazard management, and the ways in which global forces produce locally specific outcomes.

Sociology provides the theoretical and empirical frameworks for understanding how social institutions, inequalities, and cultural forces shape the experience of individuals and communities, developing the rigorous research methods needed to investigate social life systematically.

At Liverpool Hope University, this three-year full-time programme develops both disciplines through a combination of theoretical engagement and applied research, giving you the conceptual tools and methodological skills to investigate the social and spatial dimensions of contemporary life. A sandwich year, a year abroad, and work placements are all part of the programme, giving you direct professional experience in research, policy, community development, or related settings and an international perspective on the geographic and sociological questions you have studied.

With a typical entry tariff of 88 UCAS points, this programme is accessible to students with genuine curiosity about the social and spatial dimensions of the world. Graduates pursue careers in urban and regional planning, environmental management, community development, social research, policy analysis, the civil service, the voluntary sector, education, international development, and the many professional roles that require both geographic and sociological understanding. Many graduates continue to postgraduate study in human geography, sociology, social policy, or planning.