Frequently Asked Questions: Undergraduate Programmes
What are the advantages of undertaking Undergraduate Study in the School of Geography Planning and Environmental Policy?
- Being part of Ireland's premier University allows the School to draw on a wide range of relevant skills and expertise;
- The School has high quality facilities with excellent computing and library resources;
- The School is engaged in research of international quality which informs our teaching and contributes to evidence-based policy and practice;
- The School has links to public and private practice in areas of specialist study and research in Geography, in Planning and also in Environmental Economics and Policy
- Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy BA (Hons) is a unique degree course in Ireland provided only in UCD, which provides both an academic and professional qualification, accredited by the RTPI;
Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy complements a large variety of other BA degree subjects, for example, Economics, Politics, History, Information Studies, Archaeology and many more.
What type of employment opportunities are available when I finish my Degree?
Our graduates find that the skills they learn in the geography programme have enabled them to excel in a range of activities in Ireland and abroad. They work as teachers at primary and secondary level; as researchers with government agencies and departments such as Teagasc, the Marine Institute, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Department of Finance; as consultants with private firms including Arthur Andersen, Deloitte and Touche, Ulster Bank and ACC Bank; as aid workers in developing countries, including Niger; as marketing executives; as GIS specialists; as planners and as university lecturers.
The BA in Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy provides the first steps on the route to a career as a Professional Planner. The Degree has Spatial Planning accreditation from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), thus by pursuing a one-year specialist Planning Masters degree after the completion of their undergraduate studies, students obtain the relevant qualifications to begin a planning career.