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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Geography and Statistics


BSc (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment 20 AND
A World in Crisis? 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
Mathematics 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

Students without the prerequisite for MT1002 will take MT1001 in Semester 1.


BSc (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
* Geographies of Global Change 30 AND
* (Re)constructing environments, people and places 30

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 11 or better in modules marked *
BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
Linear Mathematics 15 AND
Combinatorics and Probability 15 AND
Statistical Inference 15 AND
View list 15 credits from Module List: MT2502 - MT2503, MT2505
Analysis 15
Multivariate Calculus 15
Abstract Algebra 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic Entry to Honours
Average of 11 or higher across MT2501, MT2504, MT2508 and the best one additional module from MT2502-MT2507.


Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

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BSc Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


BSc (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
Joint Honours Research Design and Methodology Training (30) 30 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: GG3100 - GG3301
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
Single Honours Research Design and Methodology Training (60) 60
Joint Honours Research Design and Methodology Training (30) 30
Research Design and Methodology Training (50) 50
Research Design and Methodology Training (40) 40
GG3221 Geographies of Identity and Power 20
GG3224 HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa 20
Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 20
Environmental Management in Scotland 20
Migration and Transnationalism 20
GG3237 Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
GG3240 Ice and climate 20
GG3241 Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
Geographies of the Life Course 20
GG3262 Climate and Weather Systems 20
Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
GG3271 Coastal Processes 20
Biogeography and the Earth System 20
Scrutinising Segregation: Geographies of Diversity and Inequality 20
GG3274 Socio-Ecological Systems 20
GG3275 Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes 20
Special Topic for Joint or Major Honours in Geography (Junior Honours) 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Students must take between 90 and 150 credits from modules GG3110 - GG3289, GG3302, GG4297, GG4301, GG4220 - GG4229, ID4001 or ID4002 across third and fourth year.
BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3501, MT3507 - MT3508 AND
Linear Mathematics 2 15
Mathematical Statistics 15
Applied Statistics 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 15 credits from Module List: MT4531, MT4606 AND
Bayesian Inference 15
MT4606 Classical Statistical Inference 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 15 credits from Module List: MT4113, MT4527, MT4528, MT4530, MT4537, MT4539, MT4607, MT4608, MT4609, MT4614 AND
Computing in Statistics 15
Time Series Analysis 15
MT4528 Markov Chains and Processes 15
MT4530 Population Genetics 15
Spatial Statistics 15
Quantitative Risk Management 15
MT4607 Generalised Linear Models and Data Analysis 15
Sampling Theory 15
MT4609 Multivariate Analysis 15
Design of Experiments 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3000 - MT4999 (excluding MT4599), ID4001
Linear Mathematics 2 15
Real Analysis 15
Complex Analysis 15
Differential Equations 15
Algebra: Rings and Fields 15
Techniques of Applied Mathematics 15
Mathematical Statistics 15
Applied Statistics 15
Numerical Analysis 15
MT3832 Mathematical Programming 15
Groups 15
Real and Abstract Analysis 15
Linear and Nonlinear Waves 15
Symbolic Computation 15
MT4112 Computing in Mathematics 15
Computing in Statistics 15
MT4501 Topics in the History of Mathematics 15
Classical Mechanics 15
MT4508 Dynamical Systems 15
Fluid Dynamics 15
Solar Theory 15
Asymptotic Methods 15
Automata, Languages and Complexity 15
MT4513 Fractal Geometry 15
Graph Theory 15
Functional Analysis 15
MT4516 Finite Mathematics 15
MT4519 Number Theory 15
MT4526 Topology 15
Time Series Analysis 15
MT4528 Markov Chains and Processes 15
MT4530 Population Genetics 15
Bayesian Inference 15
Spatial Statistics 15
Quantitative Risk Management 15
MT4551 Financial Mathematics 15
Population Dynamics Models in Mathematical Biology 15
Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields 15
MT4606 Classical Statistical Inference 15
MT4607 Generalised Linear Models and Data Analysis 15
Sampling Theory 15
MT4609 Multivariate Analysis 15
Design of Experiments 15
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Joint Project (30cr) 30
ID4001 Communication and Teaching in Science 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements:

45 credits: MT3501, MT3507, MT3508;
15 credits: MT4531, MT4606;
15 credits: MT4113, MT4527, MT4528, MT4530, MT4537, MT4539, MT4607, MT4608, MT4609, MT4614;
15 Credits: MT4599 (on a statistical topic) or other approved joint Honours project (Fourth Year Only);
Further Credits: MT3000 - MT4999, ID4001 to a total of 120 credits over 3rd and 4th years


BSc (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
Joint Honours Research Dissertation in Geography 30 AND
View list At least 20 credits from Module List: GG3100-GG3299, GG3302, GG4301, GG4222 - GG4229
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
Single Honours Research Design and Methodology Training (60) 60
Joint Honours Research Design and Methodology Training (30) 30
Research Design and Methodology Training (50) 50
Research Design and Methodology Training (40) 40
GG3221 Geographies of Identity and Power 20
GG3224 HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa 20
Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 20
Environmental Management in Scotland 20
Migration and Transnationalism 20
GG3237 Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
GG3240 Ice and climate 20
GG3241 Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
Geographies of the Life Course 20
GG3262 Climate and Weather Systems 20
Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
GG3271 Coastal Processes 20
Biogeography and the Earth System 20
Scrutinising Segregation: Geographies of Diversity and Inequality 20
GG3274 Socio-Ecological Systems 20
GG3275 Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes 20
Advanced Qualitative Analysis 20
Advanced Quantitative Analysis 20
Advanced Topics in Physical Sciences 20
Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Science (GISci) 20
Special Topic for Honours in Geography (Senior Honours) 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Students must take between 90 and 150 credits from modules GG3110 - GG3289, GG3302, GG4297, GG4301, GG4220 - GG4229, ID4001 or ID4002 across third and fourth year.
BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list 15 credits from Module List: MT4599 (on a statistical topic) AND
Project in Mathematics / Statistics 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3501, MT3507 - MT3508 AND
Linear Mathematics 2 15
Mathematical Statistics 15
Applied Statistics 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 15 credits from Module List: MT4531, MT4606 AND
Bayesian Inference 15
MT4606 Classical Statistical Inference 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 15 credits from Module List: MT4113, MT4527, MT4528, MT4530, MT4537, MT4539, MT4607, MT4608, MT4609, MT4614 AND
Computing in Statistics 15
Time Series Analysis 15
MT4528 Markov Chains and Processes 15
MT4530 Population Genetics 15
Spatial Statistics 15
Quantitative Risk Management 15
MT4607 Generalised Linear Models and Data Analysis 15
Sampling Theory 15
MT4609 Multivariate Analysis 15
Design of Experiments 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: MT3000 - MT4999 (excluding MT4599), ID4001
Linear Mathematics 2 15
Real Analysis 15
Complex Analysis 15
Differential Equations 15
Algebra: Rings and Fields 15
Techniques of Applied Mathematics 15
Mathematical Statistics 15
Applied Statistics 15
Numerical Analysis 15
MT3832 Mathematical Programming 15
Groups 15
Real and Abstract Analysis 15
Linear and Nonlinear Waves 15
Symbolic Computation 15
MT4112 Computing in Mathematics 15
Computing in Statistics 15
MT4501 Topics in the History of Mathematics 15
Classical Mechanics 15
MT4508 Dynamical Systems 15
Fluid Dynamics 15
Solar Theory 15
Asymptotic Methods 15
Automata, Languages and Complexity 15
MT4513 Fractal Geometry 15
Graph Theory 15
Functional Analysis 15
MT4516 Finite Mathematics 15
MT4519 Number Theory 15
MT4526 Topology 15
Time Series Analysis 15
MT4528 Markov Chains and Processes 15
MT4530 Population Genetics 15
Bayesian Inference 15
Spatial Statistics 15
Quantitative Risk Management 15
MT4551 Financial Mathematics 15
Population Dynamics Models in Mathematical Biology 15
Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields 15
MT4606 Classical Statistical Inference 15
MT4607 Generalised Linear Models and Data Analysis 15
Sampling Theory 15
MT4609 Multivariate Analysis 15
Design of Experiments 15
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Joint Project (30cr) 30
ID4001 Communication and Teaching in Science 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

BSc (Hons) Statistics (Joint Honours) Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements:

45 credits: MT3501, MT3507, MT3508;
15 credits: MT4531, MT4606;
15 credits: MT4113, MT4527, MT4528, MT4530, MT4537, MT4539, MT4607, MT4608, MT4609, MT4614;
15 Credits: MT4599 (on a statistical topic) or other approved joint Honours project (Fourth Year Only);
Further Credits: MT3000 - MT4999, ID4001 to a total of 120 credits over 3rd and 4th years


Royal Statistical Society (RSS) accreditation

The School has had accreditation since 2003 from the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) for its undergraduate degree programmes in statistics and also for those in mathematics that have appropriate statistical content. For more, see:

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant 91¹û¶³ÊÓƵ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).