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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Politics (MA Hons) (UTGGPPO)

Jump to: Year 3, Year 4

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

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

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

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge
GEGR09012 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

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.
Key Methods in Human Geography
GEGR09020 20 credits
Fundamentals of Research Design
GEGR10133 20 credits
AND

Politics Level 10 courses

Select exactly 60 credits from Politics Level 10 courses
OR

Group B

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

Research Design in Politics and International Relations

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students wishing to take the Politics Dissertation must take this course.
Research Design in Politics and International Relations
PLIT10106 20 credits
AND

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

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Topics in Global Change
ENVI10001 20 credits
Key Methods in Physical Geography
GEGR09018 20 credits
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 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
Capital, Land and Power
GEGR10127 20 credits
The Blue Humanities: Studying the Sea
GEGR10128 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
Queer Geographies: Spatialising Sexuality and Gender
GEGR10141 20 credits
Problematising Environment and Society
GEGR10142 20 credits
Global Hydrology
GEGR10146 20 credits
Black Geographies
GEGR10147 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
GIS and Spatial Analytics for Health
PGGE11272 20 credits
Social Movements and the Environment
PGGE11276 20 credits
AND

Politics Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Politics Level 10 courses

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

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

Course options

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

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053 40 credits
Dissertation (MA Politics)
PLIT10030 40 credits
AND

Geography Joint Honours Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Topics in Global Change
ENVI10001 20 credits
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 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
Capital, Land and Power
GEGR10127 20 credits
The Blue Humanities: Studying the Sea
GEGR10128 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
Queer Geographies: Spatialising Sexuality and Gender
GEGR10141 20 credits
Problematising Environment and Society
GEGR10142 20 credits
Global Hydrology
GEGR10146 20 credits
Black Geographies
GEGR10147 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
GIS and Spatial Analytics for Health
PGGE11272 20 credits
Social Movements and the Environment
PGGE11276 20 credits
AND

Politics Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Politics Level 10 courses
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