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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Sociology (MA Hons) (UTGGPSO)

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 Sociology Project 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 of Social and Political Studies- Multiple UG Courses (MA)- Level 10

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students who have passed either Introduction to Statistics for Social Science (SSPS08008) or Doing Social Research Statistics (SSPS08007) are not required to take Doing Survey Research (SCIL10063) and should take a Sociology Honours Option course instead.

Students who have not taken Introduction to Statistics (SSPS08008) or Doing Social Research with Statistics (SSSPS08007) must take Doing Survey Research (SCIL10063) as compulsory course.
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
AND

Sociology Level 10 courses

Select between 20 and 40 credits from Sociology Level 10 courses
AND

Courses from School(s) N - Geography (MA Hons) - Level(s) 9

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Key Methods in Human Geography
GEGR09020 20 credits
Fundamentals of Research Design
GEGR10133 20 credits
OR

Group B

Select exactly 100 credits in this group.

Courses from School of Social and Political Studies- Multiple UG Courses (MA)- Level 10

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Students who have passed either Introduction to Statistics for Social Science (SSPS08008) or Doing Social Research Statistics (SSPS08007) are not required to take Doing Survey Research (SCIL10063) and should take a Sociology Honours Option course instead.

Students who have not taken Introduction to Statistics (SSPS08008) or Doing Social Research with Statistics (SSSPS08007) must take Doing Survey Research (SCIL10063) as compulsory course.
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
AND

Sociology Project Preparation Course

Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Note for students: you must enrol on this course if you are taking the Sociology Project in 4th Year.
Sociology Project Preparation Course
SCIL10091 0 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

Sociology Year 3 Electives

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Advanced Issues in the Making of Contemporary Africa
AFRI10003 20 credits
Gender and Media in the Arab World
IMES10085 20 credits
Muslims in Europe
IMES10098 20 credits
Muslim Societies in Southeast Asia
IMES10106 20 credits
International, Transnational and Globalised Dynamics of the Muslim World
IMES10108 20 credits
Unfolding Afghanistan in a Globalised Context
IMES10110 20 credits
Punishment and Society
LAWS10057 40 credits
Criminologies of Atrocity
LAWS10218 20 credits
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SAST10001 20 credits
Social Theory
SCIL10018 20 credits
Intimate Relationships
SCIL10023 20 credits
Sociology of the Environment and Risk
SCIL10024 20 credits
Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice
SCIL10047 20 credits
Religion and Society
SCIL10058 20 credits
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
Popular Music, Technology and Society
SCIL10064 20 credits
Nations and Nationalism
SCIL10065 20 credits
Globalization
SCIL10067 20 credits
Migration: social origins and social consequences
SCIL10068 20 credits
Race And Ethnicity
SCIL10071 20 credits
Sociology of Emotions
SCIL10072 20 credits
Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries
SCIL10077 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Sociology
SCIL10080 20 credits
The social life of food
SCIL10081 20 credits
Responding to sustainability challenges: critical debates
SCIL10082 20 credits
Sociology of the Arts
SCIL10083 20 credits
Sociology of Freedom
SCIL10093 20 credits
The Modern Self and Art
SCIL10094 20 credits
Diversities: Canada and Beyond
SCIL10096 20 credits
Social Demography
SCIL10097 20 credits
Social Inequality and the Life Course
SCPL10020 20 credits
Race, Power, and Social Policy
SCPL10043 20 credits
Drug Policy and the Public Good
SHSS10011 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits
Cases in Sustainable Development
SSPS10014 20 credits
Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science
SSPS10024 20 credits
Statistical Modelling
SSPS10027 20 credits
Researching Contemporary Britain using Longitudinal Data
SSPS10028 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment
STIS10009 20 credits
Gender and Environment
STIS10012 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits

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

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Social Theory

Must be taken during Semester 1

SCIL10018 20 credits

Course options

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

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053 40 credits
Sociology Project
SCIL10045 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

Sociology Year 4

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Advanced Issues in the Making of Contemporary Africa
AFRI10003 20 credits
Gender and Media in the Arab World
IMES10085 20 credits
Muslims in Europe
IMES10098 20 credits
Muslim Societies in Southeast Asia
IMES10106 20 credits
International, Transnational and Globalised Dynamics of the Muslim World
IMES10108 20 credits
Unfolding Afghanistan in a Globalised Context
IMES10110 20 credits
Punishment and Society
LAWS10057 40 credits
Criminologies of Atrocity
LAWS10218 20 credits
South Asia: Culture, Politics and the Economy
SAST10001 20 credits
Intimate Relationships
SCIL10023 20 credits
Sociology of the Environment and Risk
SCIL10024 20 credits
Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice
SCIL10047 20 credits
Religion and Society
SCIL10058 20 credits
Popular Music, Technology and Society
SCIL10064 20 credits
Nations and Nationalism
SCIL10065 20 credits
Globalization
SCIL10067 20 credits
Migration: social origins and social consequences
SCIL10068 20 credits
Race And Ethnicity
SCIL10071 20 credits
Sociology of Emotions
SCIL10072 20 credits
Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries
SCIL10077 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Sociology
SCIL10080 20 credits
The social life of food
SCIL10081 20 credits
Responding to sustainability challenges: critical debates
SCIL10082 20 credits
Sociology of the Arts
SCIL10083 20 credits
Sociology of Freedom
SCIL10093 20 credits
The Modern Self and Art
SCIL10094 20 credits
Diversities: Canada and Beyond
SCIL10096 20 credits
Social Demography
SCIL10097 20 credits
Social Inequality and the Life Course
SCPL10020 20 credits
Race, Power, and Social Policy
SCPL10043 20 credits
Drug Policy and the Public Good
SHSS10011 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits
Cases in Sustainable Development
SSPS10014 20 credits
Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science
SSPS10024 20 credits
Statistical Modelling
SSPS10027 20 credits
Researching Contemporary Britain using Longitudinal Data
SSPS10028 20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001 20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008 20 credits
Controversies in Medicine, Technology and the Environment
STIS10009 20 credits
Gender and Environment
STIS10012 20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013 20 credits
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