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Degree Programme Table: Geography with Environmental Studies (MA Hons) (UTGGPEV)


Year 1, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Director of Studies.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR08007 Human Geography Semester 1 20
    GESC08001 Earth Surface Systems Semester 2 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Environmental Courses" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Environmental Courses Level 8' (SUB_ENVI_8) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ARCA08004    Archaeology 1A   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA08005    Archaeology 1B   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA08010    Archaeology 2A: Ancient Europe   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA08011    Archaeology 2B: The Ancient Near East   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08001    Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08002    Architectural History 2A   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08003    Architectural History 2B   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08004    Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08005    Architectural History 1   (40 Credits)  
    BILG08005    Evolution in Action 2   (20 Credits)  
    BILG08006    Biometrics 2   (20 Credits)  
    BILG08007    Environmental and Community Biology 1   (20 Credits)  
    CHEM08020    Environmental Chemistry 2   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08001    Earth Dynamics   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08007    Global Environmental Processes   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08011    Natural Hazards   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08012    History of Life   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08014    Earth Materials   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08015    Stratigraphy and Sedimentology   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08016    Physics of the Earth   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC08003    Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC08006    Principles of Ecology   (20 Credits)  
    (ENVI08*)   All Level 08 courses with a primary subject of 'Environmental Courses'   (as selected)  
    ENVI08001    Sustainability, Society and Environment   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08001    Environmental Sensitivity and Change   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08002    Geomorphology   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08003    Economic and Political Geography   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08004    Social and Cultural Geography   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08007    Human Geography   (20 Credits)  
    GESC08001    Earth Surface Systems   (20 Credits)  
    GESC08002    Earth Modelling and Prediction   (20 Credits)  
    METE08001    Meteorology: Atmosphere and Environment   (20 Credits)  
    METE08002    Meteorology: Weather and Climate   (20 Credits)  
    SCSU08001    Science and Society 1A   (20 Credits)  
    SCSU08003    History of Medicine 1   (20 Credits)  
    SCSU08004    Science and Society 1b: Nature and Environment   (20 Credits)  

    Notes:Environmental courses are taken from Schedules A-Q and are listed in the Environmental Courses subject area of Schedule N.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_8) , as available.

     

    Year 2, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8' (ROU_N_UGGEGR1_8) , as available.
               
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR08003    Economic and Political Geography   20  
    GEGR08001    Environmental Sensitivity and Change   20  
    GEGR08002    Geomorphology   20  
    GEGR08004    Social and Cultural Geography   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 60 credits from the following "Environmental Courses" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Environmental Courses Level 8' (SUB_ENVI_8) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ARCA08004    Archaeology 1A   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA08005    Archaeology 1B   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA08010    Archaeology 2A: Ancient Europe   (20 Credits)  
    ARCA08011    Archaeology 2B: The Ancient Near East   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08001    Architectural History 1A: From Antiquity to Enlightenment   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08002    Architectural History 2A   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08003    Architectural History 2B   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08004    Architectural History 1B: Revivalism to Modernism   (20 Credits)  
    ARHI08005    Architectural History 1   (40 Credits)  
    BILG08005    Evolution in Action 2   (20 Credits)  
    BILG08006    Biometrics 2   (20 Credits)  
    BILG08007    Environmental and Community Biology 1   (20 Credits)  
    CHEM08020    Environmental Chemistry 2   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08001    Earth Dynamics   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08007    Global Environmental Processes   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08011    Natural Hazards   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08012    History of Life   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08014    Earth Materials   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08015    Stratigraphy and Sedimentology   (20 Credits)  
    EASC08016    Physics of the Earth   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC08003    Soil, Water and Atmospheric Processes   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC08006    Principles of Ecology   (20 Credits)  
    (ENVI08*)   All Level 08 courses with a primary subject of 'Environmental Courses'   (as selected)  
    ENVI08001    Sustainability, Society and Environment   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08001    Environmental Sensitivity and Change   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08002    Geomorphology   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08003    Economic and Political Geography   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08004    Social and Cultural Geography   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR08007    Human Geography   (20 Credits)  
    GESC08001    Earth Surface Systems   (20 Credits)  
    GESC08002    Earth Modelling and Prediction   (20 Credits)  
    METE08001    Meteorology: Atmosphere and Environment   (20 Credits)  
    METE08002    Meteorology: Weather and Climate   (20 Credits)  
    SCSU08001    Science and Society 1A   (20 Credits)  
    SCSU08003    History of Medicine 1   (20 Credits)  
    SCSU08004    Science and Society 1b: Nature and Environment   (20 Credits)  

    Notes:Environmental courses are taken from Schedules A-Q and are listed in the Environmental Courses subject area of Schedule N.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_8) , as available.

     

    Year 3, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to third year normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR09004 Quantitative Methods in Geography As available 10
    GEGR09005 Qualitative Methods in Geography As available 10
    GEGR09011 Research Design in Geography As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 9' (ROU_N_UGGEGR2_9) , as available.
         
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR09013    Geography Matters   20  
    GEGR09012    The Nature of Geographical Knowledge   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 9' (ROU_N_UGGEGR1_9) , as available.
            
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR09008    Geography Fieldwork: Foundations (Human)   10  
    GEGR09009    Geography Fieldwork: Foundations (Physical)   10  
    GEGR09007    Geography Small Research Project   10  

    Notes:Geography Small Research Project is normally only taken where a student is unable to attend one of the fieldwork foundation courses because of special circumstances which have been approved by the Special Circumstances Committee in Geography.
     

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following "Environmental Courses" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Environmental Courses level 9 or 10' (SUB_ENVI_9/10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ARCA10032    Quaternary Environmental History   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09029    Geology 3rd Year Field Courses   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09030    Fundamentals of Geophysics   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09031    Field Skills for Geologists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09032    Field Skills for Earth Surface Scientists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09033    Fields and Waves   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09036    Field Course in Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Geoscience   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09039    Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10058    Geoscience Outreach   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10059    Environmental Geoscience Fieldwork and Synoptic Practical Examination   (20 Credits)  
    EASC10060    Carbonates   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10061    Solid-Fluid Interactions in the Earth's Crust   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10062    Transferable Skills for Environmental Geoscientists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10063    Texas Exchange Fieldtrip   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10065    Geophysics Project   (40 Credits)  
    EASC10070    Frontiers in Geophysics   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10077    Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport   (10 Credits)  
    ECLG10003    Herbivory   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC09001    Applied Ecology and Environmental Management   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC09002    Natural Resource Management   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC09005    Environmental Pollution   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC10007    Ecological and Environmental Modelling   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10014    Land-Atmosphere Interactions   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10021    Woodland Management   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10022    Conservation Management   (10 Credits)  
    GEGR10023    Catchment Water Resources   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10040    Principles of Remote Sensing   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10041    Tephra, Environment and People   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10075    Glacial Processes and Geomorphology   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10101    Political Ecology   (20 Credits)  
    PLIT10007    Green Political Thought   (20 Credits)  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   (20 Credits)  
    THET10021    Ecology, Ethics and Religion   (20 Credits)  
    ZLGY10017    Biodiversity   (10 Credits)  

    Notes:Environmental courses are taken from Schedules A-Q and are listed in the Environmental Courses subject area of Schedule N.
     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following "Geography" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Geography Level 10' (SUB_GEGR_10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    (GEGR10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Geography'   (as selected)  

    Notes:Environmental courses are taken from Schedules A-Q and are listed in the Environmental Courses subject area of Schedule N.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following "Environmental Courses" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Environmental Courses level 9 or 10' (SUB_ENVI_9/10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ARCA10032    Quaternary Environmental History   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09029    Geology 3rd Year Field Courses   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09030    Fundamentals of Geophysics   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09031    Field Skills for Geologists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09032    Field Skills for Earth Surface Scientists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09033    Fields and Waves   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09036    Field Course in Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Geoscience   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09039    Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10058    Geoscience Outreach   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10059    Environmental Geoscience Fieldwork and Synoptic Practical Examination   (20 Credits)  
    EASC10060    Carbonates   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10061    Solid-Fluid Interactions in the Earth's Crust   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10062    Transferable Skills for Environmental Geoscientists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10063    Texas Exchange Fieldtrip   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10065    Geophysics Project   (40 Credits)  
    EASC10070    Frontiers in Geophysics   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10077    Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport   (10 Credits)  
    ECLG10003    Herbivory   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC09001    Applied Ecology and Environmental Management   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC09002    Natural Resource Management   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC09005    Environmental Pollution   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC10007    Ecological and Environmental Modelling   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10014    Land-Atmosphere Interactions   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10021    Woodland Management   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10022    Conservation Management   (10 Credits)  
    GEGR10023    Catchment Water Resources   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10040    Principles of Remote Sensing   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10041    Tephra, Environment and People   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10075    Glacial Processes and Geomorphology   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10101    Political Ecology   (20 Credits)  
    PLIT10007    Green Political Thought   (20 Credits)  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   (20 Credits)  
    THET10021    Ecology, Ethics and Religion   (20 Credits)  
    ZLGY10017    Biodiversity   (10 Credits)  

    Notes:Environmental courses are taken from Schedules A-Q and are listed in the Environmental Courses subject area of Schedule N.
     



    Year 4, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: August


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR10053 Geography Dissertation As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Geography" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Geography Level 10' (SUB_GEGR_10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    (GEGR10*)   All Level 10 courses with a primary subject of 'Geography'   (as selected)  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following "Environmental Courses" Subject Collection:
    'Subject Collection schedule Environmental Courses level 9 or 10' (SUB_ENVI_9/10) , as available.
    Code   Description / Course Name   Credits
    ARCA10032    Quaternary Environmental History   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09029    Geology 3rd Year Field Courses   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09030    Fundamentals of Geophysics   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09031    Field Skills for Geologists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09032    Field Skills for Earth Surface Scientists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09033    Fields and Waves   (10 Credits)  
    EASC09036    Field Course in Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Geoscience   (20 Credits)  
    EASC09039    Hydrogeology 1: Applied Hydrogeology   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10058    Geoscience Outreach   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10059    Environmental Geoscience Fieldwork and Synoptic Practical Examination   (20 Credits)  
    EASC10060    Carbonates   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10061    Solid-Fluid Interactions in the Earth's Crust   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10062    Transferable Skills for Environmental Geoscientists   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10063    Texas Exchange Fieldtrip   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10065    Geophysics Project   (40 Credits)  
    EASC10070    Frontiers in Geophysics   (10 Credits)  
    EASC10077    Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport   (10 Credits)  
    ECLG10003    Herbivory   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC09001    Applied Ecology and Environmental Management   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC09002    Natural Resource Management   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC09005    Environmental Pollution   (20 Credits)  
    ECSC10007    Ecological and Environmental Modelling   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10014    Land-Atmosphere Interactions   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10021    Woodland Management   (10 Credits)  
    ECSC10022    Conservation Management   (10 Credits)  
    GEGR10023    Catchment Water Resources   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10040    Principles of Remote Sensing   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10041    Tephra, Environment and People   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10075    Glacial Processes and Geomorphology   (20 Credits)  
    GEGR10101    Political Ecology   (20 Credits)  
    PLIT10007    Green Political Thought   (20 Credits)  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   (20 Credits)  
    THET10021    Ecology, Ethics and Religion   (20 Credits)  
    ZLGY10017    Biodiversity   (10 Credits)  

    Notes:Environmental courses are taken from Schedules A-Q and are listed in the Environmental Courses subject area of Schedule N.
     

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