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Master of Arts (Honours) Geography


MA (Hons) Geography: 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


MA (Hons) Geography: Second year
Code Module name Credits
* Geographies of Global Change 30 AND
* (Re)constructing environments, people and places 30 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

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 7 or better in modules marked *

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.

See: )

MA 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.


MA (Hons) Geography: Third year
Code Module name Credits
Developing a Geography Research Proposal 10 AND
View list 20 credits from Module List: GG3213 - GG3214 AND
Physical Geography Fieldclass 20
Human Geography Field Course 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
View list 30 credits from Module List: GG3206 - GG3212, GG3215 AND
Quantitative Methods for Social Scientists 10
Qualitative Methods for Human Geographers 10
Survey Design 10
Spatial Analysis with GIS 10
GG3210 Remote Sensing 10
Research Design and Methods for Physical Geography 10
Data Analysis for Physical Geography 10
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
View list 60 credits from Module List: GG3100, GG3221-GG3301
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
GG3221 Geographies of Identity and Power 20
HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa 20
GG3227 Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 20
GG3229 Environmental Management in Scotland 20
Migration and Transnationalism 20
GG3237 Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
GG3238 Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
European Population Trends 20
GG3240 Ice and climate 20
GG3241 Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course 20
Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
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
Volcanic ash: dispersal, impacts and applications 20
Cultural geographies of climate activism 20
Critical Dimensions of Environmental Management 20
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

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Take GG3205 as well as GG3213 or GG3214, plus 30 credits from GG3206-GG3212, GG3215 and 60 credits from GG3100, GG3221-GG3301

MA (Hons) Geography: Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
Single Honours Research Dissertation in Geography 50 AND
( Advanced Debates in Geography 10 AND
View list 40 credits from Module List: GG4221 - GG4229 ) AND
Review Essay 20
Advanced Qualitative Analysis 20
Advanced Quantitative Analysis 20
Advanced Topics in Physical Sciences 20
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
( View list 20 credits from Module List: GG3100, GG3221 - GG3302, GG4301
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
GG3221 Geographies of Identity and Power 20
HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa 20
GG3227 Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 20
GG3229 Environmental Management in Scotland 20
Migration and Transnationalism 20
GG3237 Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
GG3238 Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
European Population Trends 20
GG3240 Ice and climate 20
GG3241 Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course 20
Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
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
Volcanic ash: dispersal, impacts and applications 20
Cultural geographies of climate activism 20
Critical Dimensions of Environmental Management 20
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
GG4301 Advanced Study for Joint or Major Honours in Geography 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

With the permission of the Honours Adviser 30 credits in Third or Fourth year may be substituted by 3000 or 4000 level credits from another subject.

EG3020 and EG4020 must be selected with an appropriate partner module (EG3031, EG3032 or ES4031).

Remember to balance your choices across the year.

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¶³ÊÓÆµ School in the Learning Agreement (see ).