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Degree Programme Table: Geography and Social Policy (MA Hons) (UTGGPSP)

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 and satisfaction of Social Policy honours requirements as specified by the School.

Students intending to do the Geography Dissertation should take courses from Group A.

Students intending to do the Social Policy Dissertation should take courses from Group B.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge
GEGR09012 20 credits
Analysing and communicating Social Policy

Must be taken during Semester 2

SCPL10045 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Human Geography Pathway

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

Social Policy Level 10 courses

Select exactly 20 credits from Social Policy Level 10 courses
AND

Social Policy Compulsory Honours Year 3

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
OR

Group B

Select exactly 80 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
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 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

Social Policy Level 10 courses

Select exactly 20 credits from Social Policy Level 10 courses

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

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

Course options

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

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053 40 credits
Dissertation (MA Social Policy)
SCPL10012 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

SocialPolicyHons optional Courses from School(s) J - Geography and Social Policy (MA Hons) - Level(s) 10

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Social Determinants of Health and Public Policy
IPHP10001 20 credits
Global Politics of Public Health
IPHP10002 20 credits
International Public Health Policy Project
IPHP10004 40 credits
Criminology 1
LAWS10104 20 credits
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062 20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063 20 credits
Children's Rights
SCPL10010 20 credits
Analytical Perspectives in Social Policy
SCPL10024 20 credits
Labour Market Policy in Europe
SCPL10028 20 credits
Population Health and Health Policy
SCPL10029 20 credits
Education Policy in the EU
SCPL10031 20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001 20 credits
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