Study Schemes
BSC Physical Geography / Mathematics [FG81]
Academic Year: 2013/2014Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001
Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years
Award Eligibility:Excellence Bursary; The Coleg Lead Scholarship; The Coleg Incentive Scholarship;
Part 1 Rules
Year 1 Core (40 Credits)
Mathematics Joint Honours: Students must take a total of 60 credits of core and optional MA modules in year 1. The following modules are core:
Semester 2 MA11010 Further Algebra And Calculus
Year 1 Options
Mathematics Joint Honours: Students must take 20 credits of optional MA modules EITHER MA10110 and MA11210 OR MA10310 and MA11310.
Semester 1 MA10110 Coordinate And Vector Geometry
Year 1 Options
Core (10 credits). Welsh medium (DA) and English medium (GG) modules. Welsh speaking students are encouraged to take DA11900/10 instead of GG11900/10.
Semester 1 DA11900 Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 1
Semester 2 DA11910 Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 1
Year 1 Options
Core (30 credits). Students must take 30 credits from the list below.
Semester 1 EA12210 The Atmosphere And The Water Cycle
Semester 2 GG10410 Global Ecology And Soil Systems
GG12710 Global Environmental Issues
Year 1 Options
A further 20 credits must be selected from the list below or from appropriate modules offered elsewhere in IGES or in the university. DA10110 and GG14410, DA10210 and GG10210 cannot be taken together.
Semester 1 GG10210 The City And Country: Processes Of Conflict And Change
GG14210 Power, Place And Development
Semester 2 DA10910 Methodoleg Maes Amgylcheddol
GG10810 Climate Change: Impacts, Perceptions, Adaptations
Part 2 Rules
Year 2 Core (10 Credits)
The following modules are core.
Semester 1 GG21700 Analysis And Presentation Of Geographical Data
Semester 2 GG21710 Analysis And Presentation Of Geographical Data
Year 2 Options
Core (10 credits). Welsh medium (DA) and English medium (GG) modules. Welsh speaking students are encouraged to take DA22100/10 instead of GG22100/10.
Semester 1 DA22100 Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 2
Semester 2 DA22110 Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 2
Year 2 Options
(40 credits) Students must take 40 credits from the modules below. DA22510 and GG22610 cannot be taken together.
Semester 1 GG23910 Glacial Processes And Landforms
Year 2 Core (10 Credits)
Mathematics Joint Honours. The following module is core in year 2.
Year 2 Options
Mathematics Joint Honours. Students must take 50 credits of optional MA modules EITHER from Block A OR Block B AND Block C.
Year 2 Options
BLOCK A: Students must take 50 credits
from the following.
Semester 1 MA20310 Introduction To Abstract Algebra
Semester 2 MA25110 Introduction To Numerical Analysis
Year 2 Options
BLOCK B: Students must take 40 credits.
Semester 1 MA26010 Distributions And Estimation
Semester 2 MA27510 Theory And Practice Of Sampling
Year 2 Options
BLOCK C: Students must choose one of the following modules:
Final Year Options
(20 credits) The following modules are core. Welsh speaking students are encouraged to take DA34200/20 instead of GG34200/20.
Semester 1 DA34200 Prosiect Daearyddiaeth Anrhydedd Cyfun/prif Bwnc
GG34200 Geography Joint Honours/major Project
Semester 2 DA34220 Prosiect Daearyddiaeth Anrhydedd Cyfun/prif Bwnc
GG34220 Geography Joint Honours/major Project
Final Year Options
(40 credits) Students must take 40 credits from the list below.
Semester 1 DA31620 Adnoddau Dwr A Hydroleg Bydol
EA30520 Oceanography And Marine Geology
GG30420 River Systems And Global Environmental Change
GG32020 Earth Observation From Satellites And Aircraft
GG32820 Geographical Information Systems
GG33120 Palaeoenvironmental Change Beyond The Ice Sheets
Semester 2 EA30420 Volcanic Activity: Hazards And Environmental Change
EA34120 Welsh Mineral Resources: Origins, Exploitation And Planning
GG30920 Monitoring And Modelling Hydrological Systems
GG33020 Soil, Geochemistry And Environment
GG33720 People, Climate And Environment: A Palaeoenvironmental Perspective
Final Year Options
Mathematics Joint Honours. Students must take 60 credits from Maths level 3 modules.
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary