Study Schemes

BSC Physical Geography / Education [FX83]

Academic Year: 2013/2014Joint Honours scheme - available from 2006/2007

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 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

OPTIONAL MODULES (20 CREDITS). You can take up to 20 credits from the following modules.

Semester 1
ED10410

Working With Play

ED10620

Early Years Provision: Principles And Practice

ED11710

Study Skills

Semester 2
ED10810

Introduction To Working With Groups

ED11510

Play In Practice

Year 1 Options

CORE MODULES (60 CREDITS). You must take either the ED or the AD modules

Semester 1
AD10120

Polisiau A Materion Mewn Addysg

ED10120

Policies And Issues In Education

Semester 2
AD11320

Plant Ifainc Yn Dysgu

AD19220

Datblygiad Plant

ED10220

Child Development

ED11320

Young Children Learning

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 (20 Credits)

CORE MODULE (20 CREDITS). You must take:

Semester 1
ED20120

Psychology Of Learning And Thinking

Semester 2

Year 2 Options

OPTIONAL MODULES : You must take 20/40-60 credits, ensuring a total of 100-140 credits over the 2nd and final years, from:

Semester 1
ED20220

Literacy In Young Children

ED20320

Research Methods

Semester 2
ED20420

Cultural Diversity In Education

ED20520

Bilingual Education

ED20820

Making Sense Of The Curriculum

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 (20 Credits)

CORE MODULE (20 CREDITS- THIS IS A MUST PASS MODULE). You must take:

Semester 1
ED30120

Critically Reflecting And Evaluating Learning And Skills

Semester 2

Final Year Options

OPTIONAL MODULES : You must take 20/40-60 credits, ensuring a total of 100-140 credits over the 2nd and final years, from

Semester 1
AD39200

Major Dissertation

ED30320

Mathematical Development In The Early Years

ED30500

Health And Education

ED32320

Language And Gender

ED39200

Major Dissertation

Semester 2
AD39220

Major Dissertation

ED30420

Special Educational Needs

ED30520

Health And Education

ED30620

Children's Rights

ED33020

Communicating Science: The Scientists, The Media And The Public

ED39220

Major Dissertation

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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