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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Sociology (MA Hons) (UTGGPSO)

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your
    Personal Tutor


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR08007 Human Geography Semester 1 20
    SCIL08004 Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society Semester 1 20
    SCIL08005 Sociology 1B: The Sociological Imagination: Private Troubles, Public Problems Semester 2 20
    GEGR08010 Physical Geography Semester 2 20




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


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

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    ASST07003    Introductory Chinese Language   20  
    ASST07006    Introductory Chinese Language 2   20  
    IMES07001    Introductory Arabic Language   20  
    ELCF07008    Foundation French Language 2   20  
    ELCG07009    Foundation German Language 1   20  
    ELCG07008    Foundation German Language 2   20  
    ELCG07007    Foundation German Language 3   20  
    ELCH07010    Foundation Spanish Language 2   20  
    ELCH07017    Foundation Spanish Language 3   20  
    ELCI07007    Foundation Italian Language 1   20  
    ELCI07006    Foundation Italian Language 2   20  
    ELCR07004    Foundation Russian Language 1   20  
    ELCR07003    Foundation Russian Language 2   20  
    ELCS07009    Foundation Danish Language 1   20  
    ELCS07008    Foundation Danish Language 2   20  
    ELCS07007    Foundation Swedish Language 1   20  
    ELCS07006    Foundation Swedish Language 2   20  
    ELCH07013    Foundation Catalan Language 2   20  
    ELCH07012    Foundation Portuguese Language 1   20  
    ASST07008    Foundation Japanese Language 1   20  
    ASST07016    Foundation Japanese Language 2   20  
    ASST07017    Foundation Japanese Language 3   20  
    ELCF07012    Foundation French Language 1   20  
    ELCF07007    Foundation French Language 3   20  
    ELCH07018    Foundation Portuguese Language 2   20  
    ELCH07011    Foundation Spanish Language 1   20  
    IMES07003    Introductory Arabic language 2   20  

    Notes:Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.
     



    Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR08009 Fundamental Methods in Geography Semester 1 20
    SCIL08012 Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically Semester 1 20
    SCIL08013 Sociology 2b: Researching Social Life Semester 2 20




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


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

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, 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   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 20 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits from Level 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

     



    Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: Entry to third year normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum and a mark of 50% or higher in Sociology 2a and Sociology 2b at the first attempt.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    GEGR09012 The Nature of Geographical Knowledge Semester 1 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 6 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 20 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10062    Designing and Doing Social Research   20  
    SCIL10063    Doing Survey Research   20  

     


    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 20 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR10023    Catchment Water Resources   20  
    GEGR10117    Cinematic Cities   20  
    GEGR10114    Development and Decolonization in Latin America   20  
    GEGR10106    Divided Cities   20  
    GEGR10094    Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers   20  
    GEGR10102    Encountering Cities   20  
    GEGR10121    Frontiers in Human Geography: Capital, Land & Power   20  
    GEGR10115    Geographies of Food   20  
    GEGR10075    Glacial Processes and Geomorphology   20  
    GEGR10119    Ice and Climate   20  
    GEGR10108    Landscape Dynamics - techniques and applications   20  
    GEGR10107    People, landscape change and settlement: the last 15,000 years   20  
    GEGR10039    Principles of Geographical Information Science   20  
    GEGR10055    Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change   20  
    GEGR10116    Space, place and sensory perception   20  
    GEGR10079    Values and the Environment   20  
    GEGR10103    Volcanoes, Environment and People   20  
    GEGR10123    Environmental Justice   20  
    GEGR10112    Frontiers in Human Geography: Geographies of Development and Socionature   20  

    Notes:Students wishing to take the Geography Dissertation must taken Research Design in Geography (10 credits) AND EITHER Quantitative Methods in Geography OR Qualitative Methods in Geography (10 credits each) in their 3rd year.
     
    OR   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR09011    Research Design in Geography   10  
    GEGR09005    Qualitative Methods in Geography   10  
    GEGR09004    Quantitative Methods in Geography   10  

    Notes:Students wishing to take the Geography Dissertation must take Research Design in Geography AND EITHER Qualitative Methods in Geography OR Quantitative Methods in Geography in their 3rd year
     



    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: C  
    Select exactly 20 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    LAWS10104    Criminology 1   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10037    The Project Presentation   20  
    SCIL10072    Sociology of Emotions   20  
    SPRT10021    Sport, Media and Society   20  
    SCIL10056    The Internet and Society   20  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10148    Gender and Justice 1   20  
    SCIL10081    The social life of food   20  
    SCIL10077    Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries   20  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    SCIL10022    Gender Science and Technology   20  
    SSPS10029    Analysing Social Networks with Statistics   20  
    SCIL10076    China's Contemporary Transformations   20  
    SCIL10068    Migration: social origins and social consequences   20  
    SCIL10020    Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change   20  
    SCIL10047    Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice   20  
    SCIL10083    Sociology of the Arts   20  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
    SCIL10073    Gender, Marginality and Social Change   20  
    SCSU10004    Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment   20  
    SCIL10016    Medical Sociology   20  

     


    AND   

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


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR10023    Catchment Water Resources   20  
    GEGR10117    Cinematic Cities   20  
    GEGR10114    Development and Decolonization in Latin America   20  
    GEGR10106    Divided Cities   20  
    GEGR10094    Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers   20  
    GEGR10102    Encountering Cities   20  
    GEGR10121    Frontiers in Human Geography: Capital, Land & Power   20  
    GEGR10115    Geographies of Food   20  
    GEGR10075    Glacial Processes and Geomorphology   20  
    GEGR10119    Ice and Climate   20  
    GEGR10108    Landscape Dynamics - techniques and applications   20  
    GEGR10107    People, landscape change and settlement: the last 15,000 years   20  
    GEGR10039    Principles of Geographical Information Science   20  
    GEGR10055    Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change   20  
    GEGR10116    Space, place and sensory perception   20  
    GEGR10079    Values and the Environment   20  
    GEGR10103    Volcanoes, Environment and People   20  
    GEGR10123    Environmental Justice   20  
    GEGR10112    Frontiers in Human Geography: Geographies of Development and Socionature   20  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    LAWS10104    Criminology 1   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10037    The Project Presentation   20  
    SCIL10072    Sociology of Emotions   20  
    SPRT10021    Sport, Media and Society   20  
    SCIL10056    The Internet and Society   20  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10148    Gender and Justice 1   20  
    SCIL10081    The social life of food   20  
    SCIL10077    Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries   20  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    SCIL10022    Gender Science and Technology   20  
    SSPS10029    Analysing Social Networks with Statistics   20  
    SCIL10076    China's Contemporary Transformations   20  
    SCIL10068    Migration: social origins and social consequences   20  
    SCIL10020    Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change   20  
    SCIL10047    Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice   20  
    SCIL10083    Sociology of the Arts   20  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
    SCIL10073    Gender, Marginality and Social Change   20  
    SCSU10004    Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment   20  
    SCIL10016    Medical Sociology   20  

     




    Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    SCIL10018 Social Theory Semester 1 20




    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, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR10053    Geography Dissertation   40  
    SCIL10045    Sociology Project   40  

     

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    GEGR10023    Catchment Water Resources   20  
    GEGR10117    Cinematic Cities   20  
    GEGR10114    Development and Decolonization in Latin America   20  
    GEGR10106    Divided Cities   20  
    GEGR10094    Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers   20  
    GEGR10102    Encountering Cities   20  
    GEGR10121    Frontiers in Human Geography: Capital, Land & Power   20  
    GEGR10115    Geographies of Food   20  
    GEGR10075    Glacial Processes and Geomorphology   20  
    GEGR10119    Ice and Climate   20  
    GEGR10108    Landscape Dynamics - techniques and applications   20  
    GEGR10107    People, landscape change and settlement: the last 15,000 years   20  
    GEGR10039    Principles of Geographical Information Science   20  
    GEGR10055    Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change   20  
    GEGR10116    Space, place and sensory perception   20  
    GEGR10079    Values and the Environment   20  
    GEGR10103    Volcanoes, Environment and People   20  
    GEGR10123    Environmental Justice   20  
    GEGR10112    Frontiers in Human Geography: Geographies of Development and Socionature   20  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    SCIL10033    Armed Force and Society   20  
    SSPS10001    Contemporary Feminist Debates   20  
    LAWS10104    Criminology 1   20  
    SCIL10067    Globalization   20  
    SCIL10065    Nations and Nationalism   20  
    SCIL10037    The Project Presentation   20  
    SCIL10072    Sociology of Emotions   20  
    SPRT10021    Sport, Media and Society   20  
    SCIL10056    The Internet and Society   20  
    LAWS10059    Gender and Justice   40  
    LAWS10148    Gender and Justice 1   20  
    SCIL10081    The social life of food   20  
    SCIL10077    Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries   20  
    LAWS10057    Punishment and Society   40  
    SCIL10022    Gender Science and Technology   20  
    SSPS10029    Analysing Social Networks with Statistics   20  
    SCIL10076    China's Contemporary Transformations   20  
    SCIL10068    Migration: social origins and social consequences   20  
    SCIL10020    Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change   20  
    SCIL10047    Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice   20  
    SCIL10083    Sociology of the Arts   20  
    SCIL10024    Sociology of the Environment and Risk   20  
    SCIL10073    Gender, Marginality and Social Change   20  
    SCSU10004    Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment   20  
    SCIL10016    Medical Sociology   20  

     


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