Study Schemes

BSC Physical Geography / German [FR82]

Academic Year: 2013/2014Joint Honours scheme - available from 2006/2007 (Last intake year is 2011/2012)

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Bursary; The Coleg Incentive Scholarship;

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

GG11900

Level 1 Geography Tutorial

Semester 2
DA11910

Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 1

GG11910

Level 1 Geography Tutorial

Year 1 Options

Core (30 credits). Students must take 30 credits from the list below.

Semester 1
EA12210

The Atmosphere And The Water Cycle

GG10610

Earth Surface Environments

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
DA10110

Pobl A Lle

DA10210

Cefn Gwlad A'r Ddinas

EA11510

Planet Earth

EA11600

Rocks And Minerals

EA11710

The Dynamic Earth

GG10210

The City And Country: Processes Of Conflict And Change

GG13000

Key Skills For Geographers

GG14210

Power, Place And Development

Semester 2
DA10810

Amgylchedd Cymru

DA10910

Methodoleg Maes Amgylcheddol

DA12810

Byw Gyda Risg

EA11610

Rocks And Minerals

GG10810

Climate Change: Impacts, Perceptions, Adaptations

GG13020

Key Skills For Geographers

GG14410

Place, Culture And Society

Year 1 Options

GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take:

Semester 1
GE19900

German Language Advanced

Semester 2
GE19930

German Language Advanced

Year 1 Options

GERMAN BEGINNERS: you must take:

Semester 1
GE10700

German Language (beginners)

Semester 2
GE10740

German Language (beginners)

Year 1 Options

GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take either GE10910 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

GE10910

Ways Of Reading German Literature

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction To European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe

EL10920

Images Of Europe: The European Imagination

Year 1 Options

GERMAN 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

GG22100

Level 2 Geography Tutorial

Semester 2
DA22110

Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 2

GG22110

Level 2 Geography Tutorial

Year 2 Options

(40 credits) Students must take 40 credits from the modules below. DA22510 and GG22610 cannot be taken together.

Semester 1
DA22510

Geomorffoleg Afonol

GG21110

Reading The Ice Age Record

GG22400

Geography Fieldwork

GG22610

Catchment Systems

GG23910

Glacial Processes And Landforms

Semester 2
EA20110

Environmental Management

GG22420

Geography Fieldwork

Year 2 Core (30 Credits)

You must take:

Semester 1
GE20100

German Language

Semester 2
GE20130

German Language

Year 2 Options

You must choose 30 credits of the following Level 2 GE or EL modules but note that you cannot take both EL31900/20 and EL20500/10 in combination:

Semester 1
EL20500

Extended Essay Module

EL31900

Teaching English As A Foreign Language

GE20420

An Introduction To Variation In German

GE21010

The Language Of Economics

Semester 2
EL20510

Extended Essay Module

EL31920

Teaching English As A Foreign Language

GE27110

Short Prose In German

GE27220

German-speaking Refugees In Literature And Culture

Year 3 Core (60 Credits)

On your compulsory year abroad your registration will be:

Semester 1
GES0000

Year Abroad Assessment

Semester 2
GES0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Year 3 Core (60 Credits)

Your compulsory year Abroad modules for Geography

Semester 1
GGS0000

Abroad Year Dummy

Semester 2
GGS0060

Abroad Year Dummy

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

EA32620

Engineering Geology

EA34120

Welsh Mineral Resources: Origins, Exploitation And Planning

GG30320

Process Glaciology

GG30520

Dynamic Biogeography

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:

Semester 1
GE30100

German Language

Semester 2
GE30130

German Language

Final Year Options

You must choose 30 credits of the following Level 3 GE or EL modules but note that you cannot take both EL31900/20 and EL30500/10 in combination:

Semester 1
EL30100

Dissertation

EL30500

Extended Essay Module

EL31900

Teaching English As A Foreign Language

GE30420

Language And Society In German-speaking Countries

GE31010

The Language Of German Politics

Semester 2
EL30120

Dissertation

EL30510

Extended Essay Module

EL31920

Teaching English As A Foreign Language

GE37020

Autobiography And Life Writing In German

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary