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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Social Policy (MA Hons) (UTGGPSP)

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2019/20, Starting in: September

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

Correct for academic year 19/20. The Geography programmes are undergoing a re-structure and there will be changes made in future years.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Human Geography
GEGR08007 20 credits
Social Policy and Society

Must be taken during Semester 1

SCPL08004 20 credits
Politics of the Welfare State

Must be taken during Semester 2

SCPL08005 20 credits
Physical Geography
GEGR08010 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: 2019/20, Starting in: August

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
European Social Policy

Must be taken during Semester 1

SCPL08006 20 credits
Evidence, Politics and Policy

Must be taken during Semester 2

SCPL08010 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 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
Geomorphology
GEGR08002 20 credits
Economic and Political Geography
GEGR08003 20 credits
Social and Cultural Geography
GEGR08004 20 credits
Global Change
GEGR08011 20 credits
AND

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

Select exactly 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:
Entry to third year normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum and satisfaction of Social Policy honours requirements as specified by the School.

Correct for academic year 19/20. The Geography programmes are undergoing a re-structure and there will be changes made in future years.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy

Must be taken during Semester 2

SCPL10024 20 credits
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR09012 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Courses from School of Social and Political Studies- Multiple UG Courses (MA)- Level 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
AND

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
OR

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

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
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.
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

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
OR

SocialPolicyHons optional Courses from School(s) J - Geography and Social Policy (MA Hons) - Level(s) 10

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy
IPHP10001 20 credits
Global Politics of Public Health
IPHP10002 20 credits
International Public Health Policy Project
IPHP10004 40 credits
Criminology 1
LAWS10104 20 credits
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
Children's Rights
SCPL10010 20 credits
Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy
SCPL10024 20 credits
Labour Market Policy in Europe
SCPL10028 20 credits
Population Health and Health Policy
SCPL10029 20 credits
Education Policy in the EU
SCPL10031 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits

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

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

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 Policy (MA)- Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053 40 credits
Dissertation (MA Social Policy)
SCPL10012 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
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

SocialPolicyHons optional Courses from School(s) J - Geography and Social Policy (MA Hons) - Level(s) 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy
IPHP10001 20 credits
Global Politics of Public Health
IPHP10002 20 credits
International Public Health Policy Project
IPHP10004 40 credits
Criminology 1
LAWS10104 20 credits
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
Children's Rights
SCPL10010 20 credits
Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy
SCPL10024 20 credits
Labour Market Policy in Europe
SCPL10028 20 credits
Population Health and Health Policy
SCPL10029 20 credits
Education Policy in the EU
SCPL10031 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits
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