Study Schemes
BSC Physical Geography / French [FR81]
Academic Year: 2013/2014Joint Honours scheme - available from 2006/2007 (Last intake year is 2011/2012)
Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years
Part 1 Rules
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
Year 1 Options
FRENCH ADVANCED: you must take:
Year 1 Options
FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must take:
Semester 1 FR10700 French Language (beginners)
Semester 2 FR10740 French Language (beginners)
Year 1 Options
FRENCH ADVANCED: you must take either FR12910 or EL10610 and must also choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:
Semester 1 EL10500 Introduction To European Film
EL10610 Language In Society: An Introduction To Sociolinguistics
EL10800 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe
EL10900 Images Of Europe: The European Imagination
Semester 2 EL10520 Introduction To European Film
EL10820 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe
EL10920 Images Of Europe: The European Imagination
FR12910 Images Of France Through Childhood Memory
Year 1 Options
FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:
Semester 1 EL10500 Introduction To European Film
EL10610 Language In Society: An Introduction To Sociolinguistics
EL10800 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe
EL10900 Images Of Europe: The European Imagination
Semester 2 EL10520 Introduction To European Film
EL10820 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe
EL10920 Images Of Europe: The European Imagination
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 (30 Credits)
You must take:
Year 2 Options
You must choose 30 credits of the following Level 2 FR or EL modules but note that you cannot take both EL31900/20 and EL20500/10 in combination:
Semester 1 EL31900 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
FR23120 Langues Regionales Et Dialectes De France
Semester 2 EL31920 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
FR26020 Humour In French Literature
Year 3 Core (60 Credits)
On your compulsory year abroad your registration will be:
Year 3 Core (60 Credits)
Your compulsory year Abroad modules for Geography
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 Core (30 Credits)
You must take:
Final Year Options
You must choose 30 credits of the following Level 3 FR or EL modules but note that you cannot take both EL31900/20 and EL30500/10 in combination:
Semester 1 EL31900 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
FR30310 The Language Of Business And Current Affairs
FR33120 Langues Regionales Et Dialectes De France
FR39020 The Nature Of The Beast: Animal, Human, Monster
Semester 2 EL31920 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
FR33320 L'art Du RÉcit (19e - 20e SiÈcles)
FR36020 Decrasser Le Sacre: Religion And 20thc Literature
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary