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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2006/2007
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Geography and Sociology (MA)
Degree Type: Combined Honours
POS Code: C0254
UCAS Code: LL73
NYT Course S L CT
1 Human Geography N 8 20
Earth Surface Systems N 8 20
Sociology 1A J 8 20
Sociology 1B J 8 20
Further courses A-Q 8 40
2 TWO OF:
  Environmental Sensitivity and Change N 8 20
  Economic and Political Geography N 8 20
  Geomorphology N 8 20
  Social and Cultural Geography N 8 20
Sociology 2h J 8 20
Social and Political Theory 2 J 8 20
Social and Political Enquiry 2 J 8 20
Further course A-Q 8 20
3‡ ONE OF:
  The Nature of Geography N 9 20
  Debates in Geography N 9 20
Methods of Social Research A J 10 20
Methods of Social Research B J 10 20
Further Course in Geography* N 10 20
Further Courses in EITHER Geography* OR Sociology N or J 10 40
4 EITHER Geography Dissertation OR Sociology Project† N or J 10 40
Social Theory J 10 20
Further Courses in Geography* N 10 40
Further Courses in Sociology J 10 20
*Geography courses are allocated through a bidding system. Entry to Geography course of first choice is not therefore guaranteed. A booklet giving details of appropriate course combinations will be given to students to facilitate advance planning.
† If taking the Sociology Project students are expected to use part of the summer vacation of their third year on research for it.
‡ Entry to third year normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum with marks of 50% or higher in two Geography second level courses at the first attempt and a mark of 50% or higher in Sociology 2, Social & Political Theory 2 and Social & Political Enquiry 2 at the first attempt.
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