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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2020/2021

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

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

Year 1 Academic year: 2020/21, 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 taken during Semester 1

GEGR08007 20 credits
Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

SCIL08004 20 credits
Sociology 1B: The Sociological Imagination: Private Troubles, Public Problems

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

SCIL08005 20 credits
Physical Geography

Must be taken during Semester 2

GEGR08010 20 credits
Fundamental Methods in Geography

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR08009 20 credits

Course options

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 2 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCIL08012 20 credits
Sociology 2b: Researching Social Life

Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCIL08013 20 credits

Course options

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: 2020/21, Starting in: 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.

Students intending to do the Geography Dissertation should take courses from Group A.

Students intending to do the Sociology Project should take courses from Group B.

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 100 credits in this group.

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

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students who have passed either Introduction to Statistics for Social Science (SSPS08008) or Doing Social Research Statistics (SSPS08007) are not required to take Doing Survey Research (SCIL10063) and should take a Sociology Honours Option course instead. Students who have not taken Introduction to Statistics (SSPS08008) or Doing Social Research with Statistics (SSSPS08007) must take Doing Survey Research (SCIL10063) as compulsory course.
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
OR

Social Policy Level 10 courses

Select between 20 and 40 credits from Social Policy Level 10 courses
AND

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

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Key Methods in Human Geography
GEGR09020 20 credits
Fundamentals of Research Design
GEGR10133 20 credits
OR

Group B

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

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

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
AND

Sociology Project Preparation Course

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
Sociology Project Preparation Course
SCIL10091 0 credits
AND

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

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Key Methods in Physical Geography
GEGR09018 20 credits
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023 20 credits
Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change
GEGR10055 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 20 credits
Encountering Cities
GEGR10102 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
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
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers
GEGR10136 20 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10137 20 credits
The Geography of Health
GEGR10138 20 credits
Volcanoes, Environment and People
GEGR10139 20 credits
Geographies of Food
GEGR10140 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
Food, Animals and Society
PGGE11243 20 credits
AND

Sociology Year 3 Electives

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Muslims in Europe
IMES10098 20 credits
Punishment and Society
LAWS10057 40 credits
Sentencing and Judicial Culture
LAWS10217 20 credits
Criminologies of Atrocity
LAWS10218 20 credits
Social Demography
SCIL10006 20 credits
Social Theory
SCIL10018 20 credits
Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change
SCIL10020 20 credits
Intimate Relationships
SCIL10023 20 credits
Sociology of the Environment and Risk
SCIL10024 20 credits
Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice
SCIL10047 20 credits
Sociology of Intoxication
SCIL10054 20 credits
Religion and Society
SCIL10058 20 credits
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
Popular Music, Technology and Society
SCIL10064 20 credits
Nations and Nationalism
SCIL10065 20 credits
Globalization
SCIL10067 20 credits
Migration: social origins and social consequences
SCIL10068 20 credits
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SCIL10070 20 credits
Race And Ethnicity
SCIL10071 20 credits
Sociology of Emotions
SCIL10072 20 credits
Gender, Marginality and Social Change
SCIL10073 20 credits
China's Contemporary Transformations
SCIL10076 20 credits
Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries
SCIL10077 20 credits
Digital Culture
SCIL10079 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Sociology
SCIL10080 20 credits
The social life of food
SCIL10081 20 credits
Responding to sustainability challenges: critical debates
SCIL10082 20 credits
Sociology of the Arts
SCIL10083 20 credits
The Sociology of Sex Work
SCIL10085 20 credits
Finance and Society
SCIL10086 20 credits
Topics in Social Theory
SCIL10087 20 credits
Sociology of Illicit Markets and Criminal Organisations
SCIL10089 20 credits
Refugees and Humanitarianism
SCIL10090 20 credits
The future of our university: an interdisciplinary experiment in cooperative learning (Honours)
SCIL10092 20 credits
Social Inequality and the Life Course
SCPL10020 20 credits
Applied Demographic Analysis
SCPL10037 20 credits
Sport, Media and Society
SPRT10021 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits
Cases in Sustainable Development
SSPS10014 20 credits
Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists
SSPS10016 20 credits
Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science
SSPS10024 20 credits
Social and Political Science in Practice
SSPS10026 20 credits
Statistical Modelling
SSPS10027 20 credits
Analysing Social Networks with Statistics
SSPS10029 20 credits
Using pre-existing data for your own research
SSPS10030 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Armed Force and Society
STIS10005 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment
STIS10009 20 credits
Knowledge, Expertise and Policy
STIS10010 20 credits
Gender and Environment
STIS10012 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2020/21, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Social Theory

Must be taken during Semester 1

SCIL10018 20 credits

Course options

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

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053 40 credits
Sociology Project
SCIL10045 40 credits
AND

Geography Joint Honours 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
Encountering Cities
GEGR10102 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
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
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers
GEGR10136 20 credits
The Geography of Health
GEGR10138 20 credits
Volcanoes, Environment and People
GEGR10139 20 credits
Geographies of Food
GEGR10140 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
Disasters and Development
PGGE11244 20 credits
AND

Sociology Year 4

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Muslims in Europe
IMES10098 20 credits
Punishment and Society
LAWS10057 40 credits
Sentencing and Judicial Culture
LAWS10217 20 credits
Criminologies of Atrocity
LAWS10218 20 credits
Social Demography
SCIL10006 20 credits
Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change
SCIL10020 20 credits
Intimate Relationships
SCIL10023 20 credits
Sociology of the Environment and Risk
SCIL10024 20 credits
The Project Presentation
SCIL10037 20 credits
Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice
SCIL10047 20 credits
Sociology of Intoxication
SCIL10054 20 credits
Religion and Society
SCIL10058 20 credits
Popular Music, Technology and Society
SCIL10064 20 credits
Nations and Nationalism
SCIL10065 20 credits
Globalization
SCIL10067 20 credits
Migration: social origins and social consequences
SCIL10068 20 credits
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SCIL10070 20 credits
Race And Ethnicity
SCIL10071 20 credits
Sociology of Emotions
SCIL10072 20 credits
Gender, Marginality and Social Change
SCIL10073 20 credits
China's Contemporary Transformations
SCIL10076 20 credits
Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries
SCIL10077 20 credits
Digital Culture
SCIL10079 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Sociology
SCIL10080 20 credits
The social life of food
SCIL10081 20 credits
Responding to sustainability challenges: critical debates
SCIL10082 20 credits
Sociology of the Arts
SCIL10083 20 credits
The Sociology of Sex Work
SCIL10085 20 credits
Finance and Society
SCIL10086 20 credits
Topics in Social Theory
SCIL10087 20 credits
Sociology of Illicit Markets and Criminal Organisations
SCIL10089 20 credits
Refugees and Humanitarianism
SCIL10090 20 credits
The future of our university: an interdisciplinary experiment in cooperative learning (Honours)
SCIL10092 20 credits
Social Inequality and the Life Course
SCPL10020 20 credits
Applied Demographic Analysis
SCPL10037 20 credits
Sport, Media and Society
SPRT10021 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits
Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists
SSPS10016 20 credits
Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science
SSPS10024 20 credits
Social and Political Science in Practice
SSPS10026 20 credits
Statistical Modelling
SSPS10027 20 credits
Researching Contemporary Britain using Longitudinal Data
SSPS10028 20 credits
Analysing Social Networks with Statistics
SSPS10029 20 credits
Using pre-existing data for your own research
SSPS10030 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Armed Force and Society
STIS10005 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment
STIS10009 20 credits
Knowledge, Expertise and Policy
STIS10010 20 credits
Gender and Environment
STIS10012 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits
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