Study Schemes

BA Human Geography with Education [L7X3]

Academic Year: 2013/2014Major/Minor scheme - available from 2002/2003

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; 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

CORE MODULES (40 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
AD19220

Datblygiad Plant

ED10220

Child Development

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
AD11320

Plant Ifainc Yn Dysgu

ED10810

Introduction To Working With Groups

ED11320

Young Children Learning

ED11510

Play In Practice

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

Year 2 Core (20 Credits)

CORE MODULES (20 CREDITS). You must take the following core Education module.

Semester 1
ED20120

Psychology Of Learning And Thinking

Semester 2

Year 2 Options

OPTIONAL MODULES (20 CREDITS). You must also choose another 20 credits from the following list:

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

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 Core (20 Credits)

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

Semester 1
ED30120

Critically Reflecting And Evaluating Learning And Skills

Semester 2

Final Year Options

OPTIONAL MODULES (20 CREDITS). You can choose 20 credits from this list:

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