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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
Developing a Geography Research Proposal 10 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: GG3100, GG3221-GG3301 AND
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
Geographies of Identity and Power 20
HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa 20
Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 20
GG3229 Environmental Management in Scotland 20
GG3234 Migration and Transnationalism 20
Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
GG3238 Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
European Population Trends 20
Ice and climate 20
Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
GG3242 Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course 20
GG3263 Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
Coastal Processes 20
GG3272 Biogeography and the Earth System 20
GG3273 Scrutinising Segregation: Geographies of Diversity and Inequality 20
GG3274 Socio-Ecological Systems 20
GG3275 Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes 20
Volcanic ash: dispersal, impacts and applications 20
GG3277 Cultural geographies of climate activism 20
GG3278 Critical dimensions of environmental management 20
GG3279 Risk Governance In Practice 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
View list 20 credits from Module List: GG3206 - GG3212, GG3215
Quantitative Methods for Social Scientists 10
Qualitative Methods for Human Geographers 10
Survey Design 10
GG3209 Spatial Analysis with GIS 10
Remote Sensing 10
Research Design and Methods for Physical Geography 10
Data Analysis for Physical Geography 10
GG3215 Secondary and Archival Data 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 GG3205 and 20 credits from GG3206-GG3212, GG3215 and up to 60 credits from GG3100, GG3221-GG3301
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
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
MT4527 Time Series Analysis 15
Markov Chains and Processes 15
Population Genetics 15
Spatial Statistics 15
Quantitative Risk Management 15
MT4608 Sampling Theory 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)
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
MT3510 Introduction to Mathematical Computing 15
Numerical Analysis 15
Groups 15
Real and Abstract Analysis 15
Linear and Nonlinear Waves 15
Computing in Mathematics 15
Computing in Statistics 15
Topics in the History of Mathematics 15
MT4507 Classical Mechanics 15
Dynamical Systems 15
Fluid Dynamics 15
Solar Theory 15
MT4511 Asymptotic Methods 15
MT4512 Automata, Languages and Complexity 15
Fractal Geometry 15
MT4514 Graph Theory 15
MT4515 Functional Analysis 15
Finite Mathematics 15
Number Theory 15
Topology 15
MT4527 Time Series Analysis 15
Markov Chains and Processes 15
Population Genetics 15
Bayesian Inference 15
Spatial Statistics 15
Quantitative Risk Management 15
Financial Mathematics 15
Population Dynamics Models in Mathematical Biology 15
MT4553 Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields 15
MT4598 Enterprise Project in Mathematics / Statistics 15
Classical Statistical Inference 15
MT4608 Sampling Theory 15
Design of Experiments 15
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Joint Project (30cr) 30
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 to a total of 120 credits over 3rd and 4th years. With permission of the Adviser of Studies 15 credits may be substituted by ID4001 or a suitable VP coded module.


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, GG3221-GG3302, GG4301, GG4222 - GG4229
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
Geographies of Identity and Power 20
HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa 20
Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 20
GG3229 Environmental Management in Scotland 20
GG3234 Migration and Transnationalism 20
Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
GG3238 Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
European Population Trends 20
Ice and climate 20
Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
GG3242 Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course 20
GG3263 Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
Coastal Processes 20
GG3272 Biogeography and the Earth System 20
GG3273 Scrutinising Segregation: Geographies of Diversity and Inequality 20
GG3274 Socio-Ecological Systems 20
GG3275 Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes 20
Volcanic ash: dispersal, impacts and applications 20
GG3277 Cultural geographies of climate activism 20
GG3278 Critical dimensions of environmental management 20
GG3279 Risk Governance In Practice 20
Special Topic for Joint or Major Honours in Geography (Junior Honours) 10
Special Topic for Honours in Geography (Senior Honours) 10
Advanced Study for Joint or Major Honours in Geography 10
Review Essay 20
Advanced Qualitative Analysis 20
Advanced Quantitative Analysis 20
Advanced Topics in Physical Sciences 20
GG4226 Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing 20
Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Science (GISci) 20
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 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
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
MT4527 Time Series Analysis 15
Markov Chains and Processes 15
Population Genetics 15
Spatial Statistics 15
Quantitative Risk Management 15
MT4608 Sampling Theory 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)
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
MT3510 Introduction to Mathematical Computing 15
Numerical Analysis 15
Groups 15
Real and Abstract Analysis 15
Linear and Nonlinear Waves 15
Computing in Mathematics 15
Computing in Statistics 15
Topics in the History of Mathematics 15
MT4507 Classical Mechanics 15
Dynamical Systems 15
Fluid Dynamics 15
Solar Theory 15
MT4511 Asymptotic Methods 15
MT4512 Automata, Languages and Complexity 15
Fractal Geometry 15
MT4514 Graph Theory 15
MT4515 Functional Analysis 15
Finite Mathematics 15
Number Theory 15
Topology 15
MT4527 Time Series Analysis 15
Markov Chains and Processes 15
Population Genetics 15
Bayesian Inference 15
Spatial Statistics 15
Quantitative Risk Management 15
Financial Mathematics 15
Population Dynamics Models in Mathematical Biology 15
MT4553 Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields 15
MT4598 Enterprise Project in Mathematics / Statistics 15
Classical Statistical Inference 15
MT4608 Sampling Theory 15
Design of Experiments 15
Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
Joint Project (30cr) 30
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 to a total of 120 credits over 3rd and 4th years. With permission of the Adviser of Studies 15 credits may be substituted by ID4001 or a suitable VP coded module.


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 ).