Study Schemes

BA Human Geography with Politics [L7LF]

Academic Year: 2013/2014Major/Minor scheme - available from 2006/2007

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; The Coleg Lead Scholarship; The Coleg Incentive Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Core (20 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

(20 credits) Students must choose up to 20 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

Year 1 Options

Part One students MUST TAKE and PASS 40 credits worth of Part One modules from the Department of International Politics

Semester 1
GW10420

Cyflwyniad I Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol

GW11220

Defnyddio Syniadau Gwleidyddol

GW12320

Gwleidyddiaeth Y Byd Yng Nghyfnod Y Ddau Ryfel Byd

IP10420

Introduction To International Politics

IP12220

Revolution And Continuity In Political Philosophy

IP12320

World Politics In The Age Of The Two World Wars

Semester 2
GW10320

Rhyfel Strategaeth A Chuddwybodaeth

GW10620

Cyflwyniad I Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Y Trydydd Byd

GW11120

Cymru Yn Ewrop

IP10320

War, Strategy And Intelligence

IP10620

Power And Inequality In The Third World

IP12120

Politics In Europe

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (10 Credits)

(10 credits) The following modules are core.

Semester 1
GG25110

Research Skills In Human Geography For Joint Honours/majors

Semester 2

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

Final Year Options

Core (20 credits). 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

(60 credits) Students must choose 60 credits from the list below.

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

Final Year Options

Students must take 80 credits of the 240 credits at Part Two (year 2 & final year) in the Department of International Politics and 160 credits in their major department.

Semester 1
GW32220

Damcaniaethau Gwleidyddiaeth

GW35020

Cymru A Datganoli

GW35320

Rhyfela Wedi Waterloo: Hanes Milwrol 1815-1918

GW37720

Damcaniaethau Amlddiwylliannedd

GW39620

Gwragedd Yn Y Trydydd Byd

IP31420

Twenty-first Century Warfare

IP32220

Political Theory

IP33720

The Making Of National Security Policy

IP34520

Responding To Terror

IP35020

Wales And Devolution

IP35320

Warfare After Waterloo: Military History 1815 - 1918

IP35520

The Cuban Missile Crisis

IP36620

Democracy Promotion In World Politics

IP36920

America At War: A Military History Of The United States

IP37020

Social Movements And World Politics

IP37720

Theories Of Multiculturalism

IP38220

The Evolution Of American Foreign Policy

IP39520

Islam, Foreign Policy And The Developing World

IP39620

Women In The Third World

Semester 2
GW30120

Damcaniaethau Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Heddiw

GW33820

Gwleidyddiaeth Ewropeaidd

IP30420

International Politics And The Nuclear Age

IP30620

Famine

IP33820

European Politics

IP34320

The Ethics Of War In Theory And Practice

IP35720

De Gaulle's France (1919 - 1970)

IP36220

Global Crime And Transnational Policing: Emerging Practices

IP36420

The Second World War In Europe

IP37120

International Peacekeeping And Ethnic Warfare

IP37520

Us And Uk Special Relations

IP39220

The Third World In International Politics

Available both years Options

Students must TAKE and PASS one of the following degree scheme core modules before being eligible for graduation (please note - a choice of three modules is offered over Part Two of the degree) - please see below for those offered this year:

Semester 1
GW32220

Damcaniaethau Gwleidyddiaeth

GW35020

Cymru A Datganoli

IP32220

Political Theory

IP35020

Wales And Devolution

Semester 2
GW33820

Gwleidyddiaeth Ewropeaidd

IP33820

European Politics

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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