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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2021/2022

Information in the Degree Programme Tables may still be subject to change in response to Covid-19

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Year 1 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: September

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

**For academic year 2021-22, the School of GeoSciences hopes to be able to run residential UK and overseas field trips as normal. However, due to possible ongoing restrictions around travel, social distancing and other Covid-19 impact on Health & Safety requirements, our fieldtrips may be subject to change or cancellation. We will continue to follow advice from the University and the Scottish and UK Governments over the next 12 months and adjust our plans accordingly, with the ultimate aim of ensuring the safety of our students and staff above all else. In the event that a planned fieldtrip or field activity cannot go ahead as advertised, alternatives will be put in place to ensure that the learning outcomes of the affected courses can still be met**

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

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

Notes:
Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.

Year 2 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: August

Notes:
IMPORTANT: students who started on this programme prior to academic year 2020-21 should refer to the 2019-20 DPT at http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/19-20/dpt/utggphymah.htm

This DPT is correct for intakes from September 2020 onwards.

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

**For academic year 2021-22, the School of GeoSciences hopes to be able to run residential UK and overseas field trips as normal. However, due to possible ongoing restrictions around travel, social distancing and other Covid-19 impact on Health & Safety requirements, our fieldtrips may be subject to change or cancellation. We will continue to follow advice from the University and the Scottish and UK Governments over the next 12 months and adjust our plans accordingly, with the ultimate aim of ensuring the safety of our students and staff above all else. In the event that a planned fieldtrip or field activity cannot go ahead as advertised, alternatives will be put in place to ensure that the learning outcomes of the affected courses can still be met**

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 80 credits of the following courses
AND

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

Select between 0 and 80 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.

Year 3 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: August

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

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

**For academic year 2021-22, the School of GeoSciences hopes to be able to run residential UK and overseas field trips as normal. However, due to possible ongoing restrictions around travel, social distancing and other Covid-19 impact on Health & Safety requirements, our fieldtrips may be subject to change or cancellation. We will continue to follow advice from the University and the Scottish and UK Governments over the next 12 months and adjust our plans accordingly, with the ultimate aim of ensuring the safety of our students and staff above all else. In the event that a planned fieldtrip or field activity cannot go ahead as advertised, alternatives will be put in place to ensure that the learning outcomes of the affected courses can still be met**

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

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

Select exactly 20 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
AND

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

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

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

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Year 4 Academic year: 2021/22, Starting in: August

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

**For academic year 2021-22, the School of GeoSciences hopes to be able to run residential UK and overseas field trips as normal. However, due to possible ongoing restrictions around travel, social distancing and other Covid-19 impact on Health & Safety requirements, our fieldtrips may be subject to change or cancellation. We will continue to follow advice from the University and the Scottish and UK Governments over the next 12 months and adjust our plans accordingly, with the ultimate aim of ensuring the safety of our students and staff above all else. In the event that a planned fieldtrip or field activity cannot go ahead as advertised, alternatives will be put in place to ensure that the learning outcomes of the affected courses can still be met**

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

MA Geography Year 4 Options

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
AND

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

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

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

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

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