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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2022/2023

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Degree Programme Table: Geography (MA Hons) (UTGGPHYMAH)

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
Human Geography
GEGR08007 20 credits
Physical Geography
GEGR08010 20 credits
Fundamental Methods in Geography
GEGR08009 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

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

Select exactly 60 credits from 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: 2022/23, Starting in: August

Notes:
IMPORTANT: students who started on this programme prior to academic year 2020-21 should refer to the 2019-20 DPT at http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/19-20/dpt/utggphymah.htm

This DPT is correct for intakes from September 2020 onwards.

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

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

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 120 credits in this group.

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

Select between 40 and 80 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-Q, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 80 credits from 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: 2022/23, Starting in: August

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

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge

Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR09012 20 credits
Key Methods in Human Geography
GEGR09020 20 credits
Fundamentals of Research Design
GEGR10133 20 credits

Course options

Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 9

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Notes: Geography Small Research Project is normally only taken where a student is unable to attend one of the fieldwork foundation courses because of special circumstances which have been approved by the Special Circumstances Committee
Geography Fieldwork: Foundations (Human)
GEGR09021 20 credits
Geography Small Research Project
GEGR09023 20 credits
AND

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

Select between 20 and 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

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Year 4 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
Geography Dissertation

Must be taken during Full Year

GEGR10053 40 credits
Geography, Science, Civil Society

Must be taken during Semester 2

GEGR10120 20 credits

Course options

MA Geography Year 4 Options

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Geography in the Archive
GEGR10064 20 credits
Data Science for Geographers
GEGR10130 20 credits
The Art of Listening: Advanced Qualitative Research
GEGR10132 20 credits
Researching with Media
GEGR10134 20 credits
AND

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

Select between 20 and 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

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
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