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

This Integrated Master's programme has been designated as type III: Professional 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 the BSc awarded to students who exit after the third year is not accredited.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Faculty of Arts Category	Teaching Block
Creativity and Innovation	INOV30001	10	Mandatory		TB-1
Transdisciplinary Group Project 3: Doing something completely new	INOV30003	40	Mandatory		TB-4
New Venture Creation	INOV30004	10	Mandatory		TB-2
Select 60 credit points from the following:
Sea Level past, present and future	GEOG30008	20	Optional		TB-1
Geographies of the Bioeconomy	GEOG30030	20	Optional		TB-1
Geographies of Food	GEOG30011	20	Optional		TB-2
Geographies of the Anthropocene	GEOG30012	20	Optional		TB-2
Catchment Science: Hydrology, Ecology and Management	GEOG30013	20	Optional		TB-2
Ice and Ocean in the Global Carbon Cycle	GEOG30014	20	Optional		TB-2
Environmental Risks, Management and Policy	GEOG30015	20	Optional		TB-2
Future Climates	GEOG30016	20	Optional		TB-1
Extreme Climates	GEOG30028	20	Optional		TB-1
Migration and Development	GEOG30018	20	Optional		TB-2
Ethnicity, Class and Housing in the City	GEOG30020	20	Optional		TB-2
Geographic Data Science	GEOG30021	20	Optional		TB-1
Geographies of Fashion and Style	GEOG30027	20	Optional		TB-2
Water Governance and Management	GEOG30024	20	Optional		TB-1
Critical Political Ecologies of Extraction and Conservation	GEOG30029	20	Optional		TB-1
Geography with Innovation (BSc)		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).