Study Schemes

BSC  Geography [F800]

Academic Year: 2024/2025Single Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

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

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (120 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GS10000

Living in a Dangerous World

or
DA10000

Byw mewn Byd Peryglus

GS10220

Conflict and Change: the making of urban and rural spaces

or
DA10520

Newid a gwrthdaro: Cynhyrchu gofodau gwledig a threfol

GS11520

How to Build a Planet

or
DA11520

Sut i Greu Planed

GS13000

Researching the World: data collection and analysis

or
DA10300

Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data

Semester 2
GS10020

Living in a Dangerous World

or
DA10020

Byw mewn Byd Peryglus

GS10520

Earth Surface Environments

GS13020

Researching the World: data collection and analysis

or
DA10320

Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data

GS14220

Place and Identity

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (50 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GS20510

Social Research Methods

or
DA20510

Ymchwilio i bobl a lle

GS22010

Physical Analysis of Natural Materials

GS23810

Quantitative Data Analysis

Semester 2
GS20410

Concepts for Geographers

GS23710

Geographical Information Systems

Year 2  Options

Students must take one of these modules.

Semester 1
DA25400

Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes

GS20000

Geography Research Design and Fieldwork Skills

Semester 2
DA25420

Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes

GS20020

Geography Research Design and Fieldwork Skills

Year 2  Options

Choose 50 credits

Semester 1
DA20820

Astudio Cymru Gyfoes

DA22510

Geomorffoleg Afonol

GS22920

Placing Culture

GS23510

The Frozen Planet

GS25210

Catchment Systems

Semester 2
DA23020

Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth

GS21910

Reconstructing Past Environments

GS23020

Placing Politics

GS28910

Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society

Final Year  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GS34000

Geography Dissertation

or
DA34000

Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth

Semester 2
GS34040

Geography Dissertation

or
DA34040

Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth

Final Year  Options

Students may choose 80 credits. Up to 20 credits may be taken from other appropriate modules in DGES or in the University.

Semester 1
DA32220

Cenedlaetholdeb a chymdeithas

GS32020

Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space

GS33320

Everyday Social Worlds

GS33420

Glaciers and Ice Sheets

GS36220

Modern British Landscapes

GS37520

Urban Risk and Environmental Resilience

Semester 2
DA31720

Rheoli'r Amgylchedd Gymreig

GS30020

The psychosocial century

GS30420

Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change

GS31120

Applied Environmental Management

GS36820

The Global Countryside: Geographical and Sociological Perspectives

GS37920

Memory Cultures: heritage, identity and power

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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