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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2019/2020
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Degree Programme Table: Geography with Environmental Studies (MA Hons) (UTGGPEV)

Jump to: Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 2 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Notes:
Correct for the 19/20 academic year. Geography programmes are undergoing a restructure and there will be changes made in future academic years.

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 120 credits in this group.

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

Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Geomorphology
GEGR08002 20 credits
Economic and Political Geography
GEGR08003 20 credits
Social and Cultural Geography
GEGR08004 20 credits
Global Change
GEGR08011 20 credits
AND

Environmental Courses Level 8 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Environmental Courses Level 8 courses
AND

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

Select between 20 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 3 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Notes:
Only two Geography options per year permitted.
Entry to third year normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum.
Correct for the 19/20 academic year. Geography programmes are undergoing a restructure and there will be changes made in future academic years.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Quantitative Methods in Geography
GEGR09004 10 credits
Qualitative Methods in Geography
GEGR09005 10 credits
Research Design in Geography
GEGR09011 10 credits
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR09012 20 credits

Course options

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

Select exactly 10 credits of the following courses
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.
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

Environmental Courses Level 9 and 10 courses

Select exactly 20 credits from Environmental Courses Level 9 and 10 courses
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023 20 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10039 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 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
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
Environmental Justice
GEGR10123 20 credits
Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature
GEGR10125 20 credits
Geographies of the Border
GEGR10126 20 credits
Capital, Land and Power
GEGR10127 20 credits
The Blue Humanities: Studying the Sea
GEGR10128 20 credits
Geographies of Mobility
GEGR10129 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
Food, Animals and Society
PGGE11243 20 credits
Disasters and Development
PGGE11244 20 credits
AND

Environmental Courses Level 9 and 10 courses

Select between 0 and 40 credits from Environmental Courses Level 9 and 10 courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: August

Notes:
Only two Geography options per year permitted.
Correct for the 19/20 academic year. Geography programmes are undergoing a restructure and there will be changes made in future academic years.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053 40 credits

Course options

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
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 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
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
Environmental Justice
GEGR10123 20 credits
Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature
GEGR10125 20 credits
Geographies of the Border
GEGR10126 20 credits
Capital, Land and Power
GEGR10127 20 credits
The Blue Humanities: Studying the Sea
GEGR10128 20 credits
Geographies of Mobility
GEGR10129 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
Food, Animals and Society
PGGE11243 20 credits
Disasters and Development
PGGE11244 20 credits
AND

Environmental Courses Level 9 and 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Environmental Courses Level 9 and 10 courses
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