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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Social Anthropology (MA Hons) (UTGGPSA)

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
Social Anthropology 1A: The Life Course

Must be taken during Semester 1

SCAN08013 20 credits
Physical Geography

Must be passed

GEGR08010 20 credits
Social Anthropology 1B: Anthropology Matters

Must be taken during Semester 2

SCAN08012 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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

Select between 0 and 40 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
Ethnography: Theory and Practice

Must be taken during Semester 2

SCAN08005 20 credits
Social Anthropology 2: Key Concepts
SCAN08011 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

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

Select exactly 40 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 exactly 20 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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR09012 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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
OR

Courses from School(s) N - Geography (MA Hons) - Level(s) 9

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
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
Quantitative Methods in Geography
GEGR09004 10 credits
Qualitative Methods in Geography
GEGR09005 10 credits
Research Design in Geography
GEGR09011 10 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

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Social Anthropology Core Courses - Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
AND

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
The Invention of History
SCAN10010 20 credits
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
SCAN10043 20 credits
Social Development
SCAN10044 20 credits
Himalayan Ethnography
SCAN10049 20 credits
The Anthropology of Food
SCAN10052 20 credits
Pictures: The Anthropology of Images and Mediation
SCAN10060 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
The Anthropology of Africa
SCAN10067 20 credits
Contagion
SCAN10070 20 credits
The Anthropology of Monsters: Demons, witches, cyborgs and other fabulous creatures
SCAN10072 20 credits
Urban Anthropology
SCAN10074 20 credits
The Anthropology of Language
SCAN10076 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology
SCAN10080 20 credits
AND

Imagining Anthropological Research

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
Notes:
If considering taking the DISSERTATION IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, students are strongly recommended to take IMAGINING ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH (zero credits)
Imagining Anthropological Research
SCAN10037 0 credits

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

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Courses from Schools of Geoscience & Social and Political Studies- Geography and Social Anthropology (MA)- Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053 40 credits
Dissertation (MA Social Anthropology)
SCAN10036 40 credits
AND

Geography Joint Honours 4th Year Options

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
Geography in the Archive
GEGR10064 20 credits
Physical Geography Fieldwork: Iceland
GEGR10072 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 20 credits
Values and the Environment
GEGR10079 20 credits
Physical Geography Fieldwork: Scottish Highlands
GEGR10087 20 credits
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers
GEGR10094 20 credits
Human Geography Fieldwork: Journey to the Western Isles
GEGR10100 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
Researching with media: ordinary, popular and indigenous people's knowledges
GEGR10113 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
Advanced Ethnography: Documenting City Life
GEGR10124 20 credits
Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature
GEGR10125 20 credits
AND

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
The Invention of History
SCAN10010 20 credits
Kinship: Structure and Process
SCAN10021 20 credits
Anthropological Theory
SCAN10022 20 credits
Ritual and Religion
SCAN10023 20 credits
Culture and Power
SCAN10030 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology
SCAN10031 20 credits
Happiness: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
SCAN10043 20 credits
Social Development
SCAN10044 20 credits
Himalayan Ethnography
SCAN10049 20 credits
The Anthropology of Food
SCAN10052 20 credits
Pictures: The Anthropology of Images and Mediation
SCAN10060 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Healing
SCAN10062 20 credits
The Anthropology of Africa
SCAN10067 20 credits
Contagion
SCAN10070 20 credits
The Anthropology of Monsters: Demons, witches, cyborgs and other fabulous creatures
SCAN10072 20 credits
Urban Anthropology
SCAN10074 20 credits
The Anthropology of Language
SCAN10076 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Social Anthropology
SCAN10080 20 credits
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