Study Schemes

BA Human Geography [L700]

Academic Year: 2013/2014Single Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; The Coleg Incentive Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Core (30 Credits)

The following modules are core.

Semester 1
GG13000

Key Skills For Geographers

GG14210

Power, Place And Development

Semester 2
GG13020

Key Skills For Geographers

Year 1 Options

Core (30 credits). Welsh medium (DA) and English medium (GG) modules. Welsh speaking students are encouraged to take DA11900/10 instead of GG11900/10, DA10110 instead of GG14410, and DA10210 instead of GG10210.

Semester 1
DA10110

Pobl A Lle

DA10210

Cefn Gwlad A'r Ddinas

DA11900

Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 1

GG10210

The City And Country: Processes Of Conflict And Change

GG11900

Level 1 Geography Tutorial

Semester 2
DA11910

Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 1

GG11910

Level 1 Geography Tutorial

GG14410

Place, Culture And Society

Year 1 Options

(60 credits) Students must choose 60 credits from the list below, or from appropriate modules offered elsewhere in IGES or in the university.

Semester 1
EA11510

Planet Earth

EA12210

The Atmosphere And The Water Cycle

GG10610

Earth Surface Environments

Semester 2
DA10810

Amgylchedd Cymru

DA10910

Methodoleg Maes Amgylcheddol

DA12810

Byw Gyda Risg

GG10410

Global Ecology And Soil Systems

GG10810

Climate Change: Impacts, Perceptions, Adaptations

GG12710

Global Environmental Issues

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (30 Credits)

The following modules are core.

Semester 1
GG25000

Research Skills In Human Geography

Semester 2
GG25030

Research Skills In Human Geography

Year 2 Options

Core (30 credits). Welsh medium (DA) and English medium (GG) modules. Welsh speaking students are encouraged to take DA22100/10 instead of GG22100/10, and DA22400/20 instead of GG22400/20.

Semester 1
DA22100

Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 2

DA22400

Gwaith Maes Daearyddiaeth

GG22100

Level 2 Geography Tutorial

GG22400

Geography Fieldwork

Semester 2
DA22110

Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 2

DA22420

Gwaith Maes Daearyddiaeth

GG22110

Level 2 Geography Tutorial

GG22420

Geography Fieldwork

Year 2 Options

(40 credits) Students must take 40 credits from the modules below. DA28700/20 and GG28700/20 cannot be taken together.

Semester 1
DA21200

Profiad Gwaith Daearyddiaeth

DA28700

Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth

GG28500

Cultural And Historical Geography

GG28700

Placing Politics

GG29200

Nature, Environment And Sustainability

Semester 2
DA21210

Profiad Gwaith Daearyddiaeth

DA22710

Hanes Amgylcheddol

DA28720

Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth

GG28520

Cultural And Historical Geography

GG28720

Placing Politics

GG29220

Nature, Environment And Sustainability

Year 2 Options

(20 credits) Students must choose up to 20 credits from appropriate modules offered elsewhere in IGES or in the university.

Final Year Options

Core (40 credits). Welsh speaking students are encouraged to take DA34000/40 instead of GG34000/40.

Semester 1
DA34000

Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth

GG34000

Geography Dissertation

Semester 2
DA34040

Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth

GG34040

Geography Dissertation

Final Year Options

(80 credits) Students must take 80 credits from the list below, up to 20 credits may be taken from appropriate modules offered in IGES or in the university.

Semester 1
GG37300

Geography Work Experience

GG37820

Monstrous Geographies

GG37920

Geographies Of Memory

Semester 2
DA32220

Daearyddiaethau Cenedlaetholdeb

GG36720

Territory, Knowledge And Power

GG36820

Geographies Of The Global Countryside

GG37320

Geography Work Experience

GG37520

Urban Risk And Environmental Resilience

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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