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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.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

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
AND

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

Students intending to do the Social Anthropology Dissertation should take courses from Group B.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

3rd Year Core Courses - Social Anthropology

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

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

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students wishing to take the Geography Dissertation must take these courses
AND

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
OR

Group B

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

3rd Year Core Courses - Social Anthropology

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students wishing to take Culture and Power (SCAN10030) are encouraged to do so in Year 4.
AND

Geography Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Geography Level 10 courses

Imagining Anthropological Research

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students taking the Dissertation in Social Anthropology should enrol for this 0 credit preparatory course, others should not.

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

Notes:
Students intending to take the Social Anthropology Dissertation must have taken Imagining Anthropological Research (SCAN10037) in Year 3.

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
Notes:
Students taking the Social Anthropology Dissertation are expected to use the summer vacation of their third year on research for their dissertation.
AND

Geography Joint Honours Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Social Anthropology Honours Electives - Level 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses

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