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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2017/2018
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Degree Programme Table: Geography (MA Hons) (UTGGPHYMAH)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: September

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Human Geography

Must be passed

GEGR08007 20 credits
Physical Geography

Must be passed

GEGR08010 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.

Year 2 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Fundamental Methods in Geography

Must be passed

GEGR08009 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8

Select between 40 and 80 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Environmental Sensitivity and Change
GEGR08001 20 credits
Geomorphology
GEGR08002 20 credits
Economic and Political Geography
GEGR08003 20 credits
Social and Cultural Geography
GEGR08004 20 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 60 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.

Year 3 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR09012 20 credits
Research Design in Geography
GEGR09011 10 credits
Quantitative Methods in Geography

Must be taken during Block 2 (Sem 1)

GEGR09004 10 credits
Qualitative Methods in Geography
GEGR09005 10 credits

Course options

Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 9

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
Notes:
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
Geography Small Research Project
GEGR09007 10 credits
Geography Fieldwork: Foundations (Physical)
GEGR09009 10 credits
Geography Fieldwork: Foundations (Human): Cape Town
GEGR09016 10 credits
Geography Fieldwork: Foundations (Human)
GEGR09017 10 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) N-N - Geography (MA Hons) - Level(s) 10-10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023 20 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10039 20 credits
Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change
GEGR10055 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 20 credits
Values and the Environment
GEGR10079 20 credits
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers
GEGR10094 20 credits
Encountering Cities
GEGR10102 20 credits
Volcanoes, Environment and People
GEGR10103 20 credits
The Geography of Health
GEGR10105 20 credits
Divided Cities
GEGR10106 20 credits
People, landscape change and settlement: the last 15,000 years
GEGR10107 20 credits
Landscape Dynamics - techniques and applications
GEGR10108 20 credits
Development and Decolonization in Latin America
GEGR10114 20 credits
Geographies of Food
GEGR10115 20 credits
Space, place and sensory perception
GEGR10116 20 credits
Writing Landscape
GEGR10118 20 credits
Ice and Climate
GEGR10119 20 credits
Frontiers in Human Geography: Capital, Land & Power
GEGR10121 20 credits
Environmental Justice
GEGR10123 20 credits
Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature
GEGR10125 20 credits
AND

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Year 4 Academic year: 2017/18, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Geography Dissertation

Must be taken during Full Year

GEGR10053 40 credits
Geography, Science, Civil Society

Must be taken during Semester 2

GEGR10120 20 credits

Course options

Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Geography in the Archive
GEGR10064 20 credits
Physical Geography Fieldwork: Iceland
GEGR10072 20 credits
Human Geography Fieldwork: Journey to the Western Isles
GEGR10100 20 credits
Researching with media: ordinary, popular and indigenous people's knowledges
GEGR10113 20 credits
Advanced Ethnography: Documenting City Life
GEGR10124 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) N-N - Geography (MA Hons) - Level(s) 10-10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023 20 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10039 20 credits
Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change
GEGR10055 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 20 credits
Values and the Environment
GEGR10079 20 credits
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers
GEGR10094 20 credits
Encountering Cities
GEGR10102 20 credits
Volcanoes, Environment and People
GEGR10103 20 credits
The Geography of Health
GEGR10105 20 credits
Divided Cities
GEGR10106 20 credits
People, landscape change and settlement: the last 15,000 years
GEGR10107 20 credits
Landscape Dynamics - techniques and applications
GEGR10108 20 credits
Development and Decolonization in Latin America
GEGR10114 20 credits
Geographies of Food
GEGR10115 20 credits
Space, place and sensory perception
GEGR10116 20 credits
Writing Landscape
GEGR10118 20 credits
Ice and Climate
GEGR10119 20 credits
Frontiers in Human Geography: Capital, Land & Power
GEGR10121 20 credits
Environmental Justice
GEGR10123 20 credits
Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature
GEGR10125 20 credits
AND

Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
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