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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2022/2023

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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Archaeology (MA Hons) (UTGGPAR)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Fundamental Methods in Geography

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR08009 20 credits
Human Geography

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR08007 20 credits
Archaeology 1A

Must be taken during Semester 1

ARCA08004 20 credits
Archaeology 1B

Must be taken during Semester 2

ARCA08005 20 credits
Physical Geography

Must be taken during Semester 2

GEGR08010 20 credits
Archaeological Fieldwork - 3 week field project

Must be taken during Full Year

ARCA08015 0 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.

Year 2 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Archaeology 2A: Scotland before History

Must be passed 1st time at 50% and taken during Semester 1

ARCA08013 20 credits
Archaeology 2B: Archaeology in Action

Must be passed 1st time at 50% and taken during Semester 2

ARCA08012 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8

Select between 40 and 60 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed
Geomorphology
GEGR08002 20 credits
Economic and Political Geography
GEGR08003 20 credits
Social and Cultural Geography
GEGR08004 20 credits
Global Change
GEGR08011 20 credits
AND

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

Select between 20 and 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.

Year 3 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
Entry to third year normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum in Geography and an average mark for Archaeology 2A and Archaeology 2B combined of 50% or higher, normally at the first attempt.

Students taking the Geography dissertation must take 60 credits from Group A.

Students taking the Archaeology dissertation must take 60 credits from Group B.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Archaeology in Practice

Must be taken during Semester 1

ARCA10065 20 credits
Theoretical Archaeology

Must be taken during Semester 2

ARCA10064 20 credits
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR09012 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 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 doing the Geography Dissertation must take these courses plus 20 credits of Archaeology options
Key Methods in Human Geography
GEGR09020 20 credits
Fundamentals of Research Design
GEGR10133 20 credits
AND

Archaeology Year 3 Honours Courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Archaeological Illustration
ARCA10014 20 credits
Ritual and Monumentality in North-West Europe: Mid-6th to Mid-3rd Millennium BC
ARCA10034 20 credits
Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece
ARCA10047 20 credits
Island Worlds: prehistoric societies in the western Mediterranean from Malta to Minorca
ARCA10061 20 credits
Scientific Methods in Bio-Archaeology
ARCA10077 20 credits
Here comes the war: conflict archaeology and the human past
ARCA10083 20 credits
The archaeology of animal remains
ARCA10084 20 credits
The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)
ARCA10085 20 credits
GIS for Archaeologists
ARCA10086 20 credits
The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Early Dynastic until the end of the Middle Kingdom (c. 3100-1650 BC)
ARCA10088 20 credits
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: The Basics and Beyond
ARCA10091 20 credits
Social Bioarchaeology: Living Conditions, Lifestyles and the Impact of Disease in the Past
ARCA10092 20 credits
The Archaeology of Iron Age Europe: Hillforts, Burials and Landscapes
ARCA10093 20 credits
Mariners, Monks and Mobility: the archaeology of the early medieval Atlantic Archipelago
ARCA10096 20 credits
Marine Archaeology
ARCA10097 20 credits
Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology
CACA10018 20 credits
Art and Archaeology of the Roman Near East and Egypt
CACA10038 20 credits
The kings in the north: Scotland in the early Middle Ages
HIST10428 20 credits
OR

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

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
Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change
GEGR10055 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 20 credits
Encountering Cities
GEGR10102 20 credits
Divided Cities
GEGR10106 20 credits
People, landscape change and settlement: the last 15,000 years
GEGR10107 20 credits
Space, place and sensory perception
GEGR10116 20 credits
Writing Landscape
GEGR10118 20 credits
Ice and Climate
GEGR10119 20 credits
Geographies of the Border
GEGR10126 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
Religion, Place and Politics
GEGR10144 20 credits
Geographies of Race and Racism
GEGR10145 20 credits
GIS and Spatial Analytics for Health
PGGE11272 20 credits
Social Movements and the Environment
PGGE11276 20 credits
AND

Archaeology Year 3 Honours Courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Archaeological Illustration
ARCA10014 20 credits
Ritual and Monumentality in North-West Europe: Mid-6th to Mid-3rd Millennium BC
ARCA10034 20 credits
Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece
ARCA10047 20 credits
Island Worlds: prehistoric societies in the western Mediterranean from Malta to Minorca
ARCA10061 20 credits
Scientific Methods in Bio-Archaeology
ARCA10077 20 credits
Here comes the war: conflict archaeology and the human past
ARCA10083 20 credits
The archaeology of animal remains
ARCA10084 20 credits
The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)
ARCA10085 20 credits
GIS for Archaeologists
ARCA10086 20 credits
The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Early Dynastic until the end of the Middle Kingdom (c. 3100-1650 BC)
ARCA10088 20 credits
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: The Basics and Beyond
ARCA10091 20 credits
Social Bioarchaeology: Living Conditions, Lifestyles and the Impact of Disease in the Past
ARCA10092 20 credits
The Archaeology of Iron Age Europe: Hillforts, Burials and Landscapes
ARCA10093 20 credits
Mariners, Monks and Mobility: the archaeology of the early medieval Atlantic Archipelago
ARCA10096 20 credits
Marine Archaeology
ARCA10097 20 credits
Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology
CACA10018 20 credits
Art and Archaeology of the Roman Near East and Egypt
CACA10038 20 credits
The kings in the north: Scotland in the early Middle Ages
HIST10428 20 credits

Year 4 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: August

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

Course options

Courses from School of Geoscience & History Classics and Archaeology- Geography and Archaeology (BSc)- Level 9

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Archaeology Dissertation
ARCA10040 40 credits
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053 40 credits
AND

Geography Joint Honours Options

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023 20 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10039 20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075 20 credits
Encountering Cities
GEGR10102 20 credits
Divided Cities
GEGR10106 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
Geographies of the Border
GEGR10126 20 credits
Capital, Land and Power
GEGR10127 20 credits
The Blue Humanities: Studying the Sea
GEGR10128 20 credits
Geographies of Mobility
GEGR10129 20 credits
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains, Hills and Rivers
GEGR10136 20 credits
The Geography of Health
GEGR10138 20 credits
Volcanoes, Environment and People
GEGR10139 20 credits
Geographies of Food
GEGR10140 20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233 20 credits
Disasters and Development
PGGE11244 20 credits
AND

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Archaeology Year 4 Honours Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students intending to take the fourth year option Archaeological Fieldwork are required to undertake 10 weeks approved practical archaeological work in the vacations between the end of their second year of study and the beginning of their fourth year of study.
Archaeological Fieldwork
ARCA10013 20 credits
Archaeological Illustration
ARCA10014 20 credits
Ritual and Monumentality in North-West Europe: Mid-6th to Mid-3rd Millennium BC
ARCA10034 20 credits
Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece
ARCA10047 20 credits
Island Worlds: prehistoric societies in the western Mediterranean from Malta to Minorca
ARCA10061 20 credits
Theoretical Archaeology
ARCA10064 20 credits
Archaeology in Practice
ARCA10065 20 credits
Scientific Methods in Bio-Archaeology
ARCA10077 20 credits
Here comes the war: conflict archaeology and the human past
ARCA10083 20 credits
The archaeology of animal remains
ARCA10084 20 credits
The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)
ARCA10085 20 credits
GIS for Archaeologists
ARCA10086 20 credits
The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Early Dynastic until the end of the Middle Kingdom (c. 3100-1650 BC)
ARCA10088 20 credits
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: The Basics and Beyond
ARCA10091 20 credits
Social Bioarchaeology: Living Conditions, Lifestyles and the Impact of Disease in the Past
ARCA10092 20 credits
The Archaeology of Iron Age Europe: Hillforts, Burials and Landscapes
ARCA10093 20 credits
Mariners, Monks and Mobility: the archaeology of the early medieval Atlantic Archipelago
ARCA10096 20 credits
Marine Archaeology
ARCA10097 20 credits
Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology
CACA10018 20 credits
Art and Archaeology of the Roman Near East and Egypt
CACA10038 20 credits
Geoscience Outreach and Engagement
EASC10087 20 credits
OR

Classical Art/Archaeology Honours Courses

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students intending to take the fourth year option Archaeological Fieldwork are required to undertake 10 weeks approved practical archaeological work in the vacations between the end of their second year of study and the beginning of their fourth year of study.
Ancient Superpowers: The Armies and Military Monuments of Rome and Persia
ANHI10055 20 credits
Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece
ARCA10047 20 credits
Island Worlds: prehistoric societies in the western Mediterranean from Malta to Minorca
ARCA10061 20 credits
The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Second Intermediate Period until the end of the Late Period (1650-332 BC)
ARCA10085 20 credits
The Archaeology and History of Egypt: the Early Dynastic until the end of the Middle Kingdom (c. 3100-1650 BC)
ARCA10088 20 credits
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs: The Basics and Beyond
ARCA10091 20 credits
The Archaeology of Iron Age Europe: Hillforts, Burials and Landscapes
ARCA10093 20 credits
Mariners, Monks and Mobility: the archaeology of the early medieval Atlantic Archipelago
ARCA10096 20 credits
Marine Archaeology
ARCA10097 20 credits
Early and Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology
CACA10018 20 credits
Inscribed Objects: Roman Coins and Latin Inscriptions
CACA10021 20 credits
Art and Archaeology of the Roman Near East and Egypt
CACA10038 20 credits
The Near East from Justinian to the Fall of the Umayyads
CACA10046 20 credits
Death and Burial in the Greek World
CACA10048 20 credits
Piecing Together the Cultural Fragments of Ionia (Archaic Period)
CACA10049 20 credits
Changing Bodies in Ovid's Metamorphoses
CLTR10030 20 credits
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