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Programme structure: Geography (MSci) - what's running in 2018/19

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This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type II: Advanced Study in accordance with the QAA descriptors for Master's programmes. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Please note that unit GEOGM0110 Extended Research Project is a must-pass unit. The definition of must pass units can be found in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes Glossary of Terms.

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Extended Research Project GEOGM0110 60 Mandatory TB-2
Students on Physical pathways take
Earth System Modeling GEOGM0030 20 Optional TB-2
Students taking human/mixed pathways have a choice of taking three units from:
Explanation, Causation and Longitudinal Analysis GEOGM0024 20 Optional TB-2
Affect, Technology and Biopolitics GEOGM1412 20 Optional TB-2
Researching Society and Space: Hermeneutics, Genealogy and Critical Theory GEOGM0021 20 Optional TB-1
Earth System Modeling GEOGM0030 20 Optional TB-2
Postcolonial Matters GEOGM0028 20 Optional TB-2
All students may drop one pathway unit to take
Explanation, Causation and Longitudinal Analysis GEOGM0024 20 Optional TB-2
Students taking the quantitative pathway take
Spatial data analysis, spatial regression modelling and GIS in R GEOGM0023 20 Optional TB-1
Explanation, Causation and Longitudinal Analysis GEOGM0024 20 Optional TB-2
Students will also be required to take the non-credit bearing AQM course: Introduction to Stata and regression modelling using Stata
In addition students select one unit from:
Affect, Technology and Biopolitics GEOGM1412 20 Optional TB-2
Geographies of Time and Timing GEOGM0800 20 Optional TB-1
Researching Society and Space: Hermeneutics, Genealogy and Critical Theory GEOGM0021 20 Optional TB-1
Geography (MSci)   120    

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

  • To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
  • To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.

The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).

Degree classifications:

  • First Class Honours 70 and above
  • Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
  • Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
  • Third Class Honours 40-49
  • Fail 39 and below

An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.

The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.

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