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Master of Arts (Honours) Geography and Spanish (With Integrated Year Abroad)


MA (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): 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) Spanish (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): First Year
Code Module name Credits
( Spanish Language and Texts 1 20 AND
Spanish Language and Texts 2 20 ) OR
( Spanish for Beginners 1 20 AND
Spanish for Beginners 2 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): 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 7 or better in modules marked *
MA (Hons) Spanish (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
( Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 1 20 OR
Spanish Language and Texts: ex-Beginners 20 ) AND
Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 2 20 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

  • An average grade of 7 in all Spanish modules taken.

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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MA Honours with Integrated Year Abroad

The general requirements are 540 credits over a period of normally five years (and not more than six years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final three years are an approved Honours programme of 300 credits, of which 60 credits are gained during the integrated year abroad, 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) Spanish (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Year Abroad
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Options for Year Abroad Study
Arabic Integrated Year Abroad 60
French Integrated Year Abroad 60
German Integrated Year Abroad 60
Italian Integrated Year Abroad 60
Modern Languages Integrated Year Abroad 60
Russian Integrated Year Abroad 60
Semester of Study in Russia 60
Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
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

select 60 credits in acadeimc year


MA (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Third year
Code Module name Credits
Developing a Geography Research Proposal 10 AND
View list 20 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 Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: GG3100, GG3221-GG3301
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
Developing a Geography Research Proposal 10
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
Physical Geography Fieldclass 20
Human Geography Field Course 20
Secondary and Archival Data 10
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
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 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 GG3205 and 20 credits from GG3206-GG3212 and up to 60 credits from GG3100-GG3301
MA (Hons) Spanish (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
Spanish Language 1 15
Spanish Language 2 15
View list Between 0 and 30 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299 (except SP4098, SP4099, SP4102), ML3201
Literary Translation 15
SP3011 History of the Spanish Language 15
Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
SP3122 Spanish American Literature 2 15
Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
SP3157 Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
SP3162 Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
Tales of the Nation 15
Love and Loss 15
SP4012 Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
SP4013 Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
SP4015 Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
(R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
Guerreras: Women and Emancipation(s) in Colombian Cinema 15
Women in motion: Gender and mobilities in Latin American contemporary literature 15
SP4031
History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
Reality and Illusion 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

For Joint Honours degrees where both subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in each subject is 90 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 150 credits.

For Joint Honours degrees involving another School the normal requirement is 120 credits in each subject.


MA (Hons) Geography (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): 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
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
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

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Students must take between 90 and 150 credits from modules GG3110 - GG3289, GG3302, GG4297, GG4301, SG4220 - SG4229, ID4001 or ID4002 across third and fourth year.
MA (Hons) Spanish (Joint Honours with Year Abroad): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
Spanish Language 3 15 AND
Spanish Language 4: Communication Skills 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: SP3000 - SP4299, ID4002
Literary Translation 15
SP3011 History of the Spanish Language 15
Spanish Integrated Year Abroad 60
Spanish American Literature I (Gauchos and Indians) 15
SP3122 Spanish American Literature 2 15
Mexico in the Nineteenth Century 15
Post-1975 Writing in Spain 1 15
The Art of Subversion in Post-War Spain (1939-1975) 15
The Argentine and Chilean Avant-Garde (1920s-1930s) 15
SP3157 Autobiographical Writing in Twentieth-Century Spain 15
Representations of the Urban: Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires 15
Facing the New: Spanish Literature and Society (1888 - 1918) 15
SP3162 Strange Girls and Domestic Angels: Women's Writing in Spain 15
Tales of the Nation 15
Love and Loss 15
SP4012 Linguistic Study of the Spanish Language 15
SP4013 Culture and Conflict: Representing the Spanish Civil War 15
Spanish Avant-garde(s) 15
SP4015 Action Heroes and Anti-heroes in Early-Modern Spain 15
Contemporary Galician Women Writers 15
(R)evolutions in Early Modern Love Lyric: Perilous, Provocative, Parodic 15
Spanish American Urban Landscapes in the Eyes of Contemporary Chroniclers 15
Guerreras: Women and Emancipation(s) in Colombian Cinema 15
Women in motion: Gender and mobilities in Latin American contemporary literature 15
SP4031
Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 15
Long Dissertation on a Spanish Topic 30
Semester with Study Abroad in Spain 30
History and Culture in Spanish Texts 15
Reality and Illusion 15
Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 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

For Joint Honours degrees where both subjects are in the School of Modern Languages, the minimum requirement in each subject is 90 credits and the maximum allowed in one subject is 150 credits.

For Joint Honours degrees involving another School the normal requirement is 120 credits in each subject.

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 ).