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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

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Degree Programme Table: Sustainable Development (Geography) MA (Hons) - 4 Years (Full-Time) (UTMAHSUSDV1F)

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Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Notes:
Students who are planning on spending their third year studying abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their Junior Year Abroad (JYA).

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Cases in Sustainable Development
SSPS10014 20 credits
Sustainability Challenges: Critical Debates
SCIL10099 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Human Geography Pathway

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Geography pathway students wishing to do a dissertation related to human geography should choose Key Methods in Human Geography (GEGR09020) and Fundamentals of Research Design (GEGR10133)
Key Methods in Human Geography
GEGR09020 20 credits
Fundamentals of Research Design
GEGR10133 20 credits
OR

Physical Geography Pathway

Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
If you want to do a physical geography-oriented dissertation then choose Key Methods in Physical Geography (GEGR09018) and Research Design for Physical Geography (GEGR10131)
Key Methods in Physical Geography
GEGR09018 20 credits
Research Design for Physical Geography
GEGR10131 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

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

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
40 credits of courses from any subject area, provided that:
(a) pre-requisites for that course have been met and
(b) the course is linked to a sustainable development theme (see recommended list, Appendix 2)

We recommend that one of these courses is a Geography course but this is not required.

Year 4 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: August

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053 40 credits

Course options

Geography Level 10 courses

Select exactly 40 credits from Geography Level 10 courses
AND

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

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Courses must be relevant for Sustainable Development. See Appendix 2 of the Sustainable Development handbook for a list of suggested courses.

Students can choose an additional Sustainable Development course in fourth year, in place of a Pathway course, if relevant for their dissertation or for other special reason. To do so, they need to contact the Degree Programme Director for permission.
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