This section describes which Units you will take in which year of study. It indicates which units are mandatory and where you will be able to choose. The overall pass marks you will need to achieve in order to progress or achieve an award are shown. The full regulations concerning progression and completion are held in the University's Regulations and Code of Practice. Any particular aspects of your programme that are unusual will be highlighted. If any Units are must pass this will be shown below. The linked unit specifications detail any additional requirements.
What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
All units (with the exception of Open Units) in this year of study are must pass. 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 |
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Students must take a relevant level I language unit. The Study and Field Skills unit is taken on a non-credit-bearing basis but students on BSc Geography with Study Abroad in a Modern Language are strongly encouraged to go on the field trip. | ||||
All students take the following unit: | ||||
Spatial Modelling 2 | GEOG25010 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Select 60 credit points from the following: | ||||
Fundamentals of Modern Glaciology | GEOG20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Floods, Flows and Erosion in River Basins | GEOG20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
The Earth System | GEOG20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
State, Economy and Society in Geographical Perspective | GEOG20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Philosophy, Social Theory and Geography | GEOG25110 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Geographies of Nature and Environment | GEOG20015 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Oceans in a Changing World | GEOG20021 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Health Geography | GEOG20023 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Geographies of Colonialism and Coloniality | GEOG20024 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
And either select 40 credit points from List A: | ||||
LIST A | ||||
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography | GEOG20012 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Study and Field Skills C | GEOG25150 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Or select 40 credit points from List B: | ||||
LIST B | ||||
Research Methods in Physical Geography | GEOG20011 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Study and Field Skills B | GEOG25070 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Or select 40 credit points from List C: | ||||
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography | GEOG20012 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Study and Field Skills D | GEOG20010 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Or select 40 credit points from List D: | ||||
Research Methods in Physical Geography | GEOG20011 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Study and Field Skills D | GEOG20010 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Or select 40 credit points from List E: | ||||
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography | GEOG20012 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Study and Field Skills E | GEOG20014 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Or select 40 credit points from List F: | ||||
Research Methods in Physical Geography | GEOG20011 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Study and Field Skills in a Coastal Location | GEOG20022 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Or select 40 credit points from List G: | ||||
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography | GEOG20012 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Study and Field Skills in Cultural and Historical Geography | GEOG20026 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Please note: students are allocated to the appropriate Methods unit and Study and Field Skills unit based on their optional unit choices. | ||||
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
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.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
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).
Students on the BSc Geography with Study Abroad in a Modern Language programme must obtain an overall year average mark of 58 or more in Year 2 including a unit mark of 60 or more in their Language unit, in order to continue on this BSc.
Students whose overall average mark in Year 2 falls below 58 or whose Language unit mark is less than 60 will be transferred onto the final year of the BSc Geography programme.