Programme structure: Geography with Innovation (MSci) - what's running in 2021/22

This integrated Masters programme has been designated as type III: Professional or Practice Masters in accordance with the QAA Degree Characteristics Statement. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Students must achieve a year mark of 50 or more out of a hundred at the end of the second year to be able to progress on to the four year programme.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Past, Present and Futures	INOV20001	10	Mandatory		TB-2
Transdisciplinary Group Project 2: Solving Someone's Problem	INOV20002	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Spatial Modelling 2	GEOG25010	20	Mandatory		TB-4
Select a further 80 credit points from the list below:
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-2
State, Economy and Society in Geographical Perspective	GEOG20005	20	Optional		TB-4
Philosophy, Social Theory and Geography	GEOG25110	20	Optional		TB-4
Research Methods in Physical Geography	GEOG20011	20	Optional		TB-4
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography	GEOG20012	20	Optional		TB-4
Geographies of Nature and Environment	GEOG20015	20	Optional		TB-4
Students may only take ONE of Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography and Research Methods in Physical Geography, not both. Students who take one of these two units may also go on the related Geography field trip, on a non-credit-bearing basis, subject to timetabling and capacity constraints. Students who do not do a Methods unit may not attend a field trip.
Diploma of Higher Education		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).