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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2007/2008
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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: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society J 8 20
Sociology 1B: The Sociological Imagination: Private Troubles, Public Problems 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 2: Transformations in Late Modern Societies 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
ONE OF:      
  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
* Techniques in Geography is recommended and is essential for students wishing to maintain eligibility for entry into single honours Geography.
** Students wishing to take the Geography Dissertation must taken Research Design in Geography (10 credits) and either Quantitative Methods in Geography or Qualitative Methods in Geography (10 credits each) in their 3rd year.
† 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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