Study Schemes
BA Human Geography / German [LR72]
Academic Year: 2013/2014Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001 (Last intake year is 2011/2012)
Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years
Part 1 Rules
Year 1 Options
GERMAN ADVANCED: you must take:
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 (30 Credits)
You must take:
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 EL31900 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
GE20420 An Introduction To Variation In German
Semester 2 EL31920 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
GE27220 German-speaking Refugees In Literature And Culture
Year 2 Core (10 Credits)
The following modules are core.
Semester 1 GG25110 Research Skills In Human Geography For Joint Honours/majors
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
Semester 2 DA22110 Tiwtorial Daearyddiaeth Lefel 2
Year 2 Options
(20 credits) Students must take 20 credits from the modules below. DA28700/20 and GG28700/20 cannot be taken together, DA22400/20 and GG22400/20 cannot be taken together.
Semester 1 DA21200 Profiad Gwaith Daearyddiaeth
GG28500 Cultural And Historical Geography
GG29200 Nature, Environment And Sustainability
Semester 2 DA21210 Profiad Gwaith Daearyddiaeth
GG28520 Cultural And Historical Geography
GG29220 Nature, Environment And Sustainability
Year 2 Options
(20 credits) Students must choose up to 20 credits from modules offered by IGES.
Year 3 Core (60 Credits)
On your compulsory year abroad your registration will be:
Year 3 Core (60 Credits)
Your compulsory year Abroad modules for Geography
Final Year Core (30 Credits)
You must take:
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 EL31900 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
GE30420 Language And Society In German-speaking Countries
GE31010 The Language Of German Politics
Semester 2 EL31920 Teaching English As A Foreign Language
GE37020 Autobiography And Life Writing In German
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 modules listed below.
Semester 2 GG36720 Territory, Knowledge And Power
GG36820 Geographies Of The Global Countryside
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