BSc in Geography and Earth Sciences within the Natural Sciences programme (CFG0): 2024-2025

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The current course structure is shown in the table below that consists of modules which must be studied in the appropriate year - click on the module code for the current module content. After Year 1, students focus solely on studying Geography and Earth Sciences. If students don't wish to take a particular module or include a third subject then it may be possible take up the option of the more flexible "BSc in Natural Sciences degree. The subjects in which modules have been taken successfully in the final two years are as follows: Geography and Earth Sciences". As the rules in each year permit, students may take up to 80 credits in one subject and no less than 40 credits in the other subject and always take precisely 120 credits in one year. UCAS applicants are invited to use the app to discover the key modules to self-build a degree

Year 1
Geography	40 credits: Introduction To Geographical Research (bsc) (GEOG1232)
Earth Sciences	40 credits: Understanding Earth Sciences (GEOL1101) and (Earth Materials (GEOL1021) or Environmental Earth Sciences (GEOL1111))
Year 2
Geography	60 credits: Scientific Research In Geography (GEOG2462) and at least 20 credits from: Handling Geographic Information (GEOG2591); Climate Change: Geographical Perspectives (GEOG2661); Contested Environments (GEOG2551); Glaciers And Glaciation (GEOG2531); Mountain Landscapes (GEOG2611); Reconstructing Environmental Change (GEOG2571).
Earth Sciences	60 credits: Modules taken from the Level 2 Earth Sciences list.
Year 3
Geography	40 credits: Modules taken from Dissertation (double Module) In Geography B (GEOG3432); Iceland: Field Research In Glacial Environments (GEOG3691); Natural Hazards, Risk And Resilience (GEOG3621); Oceans Past And Present (GEOG3641); Remote Sensing (GEOG3261); River Dynamics (GEOG3461); Sea-level Change And Coastal Evolution (GEOG3191); The Arctic (GEOG3521); Antarctic Environments (GEOG3817); Catchment Modelling (GEOG3987); Glacial Sedimentary Environments (GEOG30H7); Ice Age Environments (GEOG30K7); Landslides: Mechanisms, Hazard And Risk (GEOG3807); Peatland Landscapes And Management (GEOG3947).
Earth Sciences	40 credits: Modules taken from the Level 3 Earth Sciences list.
Students must take no less than 20 credits and no more than 60 Capstone Modules from the following list:
Capstone modules	40 credit Dissertation in Geography A (GEOG3232); 40 credit Dissertation (Double Module) in Geography B (GEOG3432); 40 credit Dissertation (GEOL3022); 20 credit Earth Sciences into Schools (GEOL3251); 20 credit Science Enterprise (NSCI3001);

Further details about the modules in the Geography list.
Further details about the modules in the Earth Sciences list.

Below is an example of modules that are timetabled to satisfy these rules except in Year 3 where the set may not include a capstone module. Click on the single digit numbered link on the left to see a sample timetable and the module code to see details about the module such as content, contact hours, teaching methods and assessment methods.

1	Introduction To Geographical Research (bsc) (GEOG1232)	Physical Geography (GEOG1081)	Earth Materials (GEOL1021)	Field Studies (GEOL1051)	Understanding Earth Sciences (GEOL1101)
2	Sedimentary Environments (GEOL2031)	Isotopes And Climate (GEOL2171)	Geol2277 (GEOL2277)	Geol2bb7 (GEOL2BB7)	Scientific Research In Geography (GEOG2462)	Glaciers And Glaciation (GEOG2531)
3	Environmental Management (GEOL3281)	Monitoring The Oceans: Geohazards And Climate Change (GEOL3377)	Earth System And Climate: The Quaternary (GEOL3407)	Habitable Environments (astrobiology) (GEOL3417)	Earth System And Climate: Long-term Processes (GEOL3447)	River Dynamics (GEOG3461)	Oceans Past And Present (GEOG3641)	Antarctic Environments (GEOG3817)	Peatland Landscapes And Management (GEOG3947)

Note that:

• You can vary the balance between the two subjects in all years assuming the rules below and timetable will allow it.
• In Year 3 students are required to take no less than 20 credits and no more than 60 Capstone Modules from two subjects. The minimum number of credits is reviewed on an annual basis as we are working towards students being required to take 40 credits, when this change happens students will be informed explicitly.

• Not all combinations of the modules which make up the degree rules are guaranteed to timetable, but one set will.
• If no student is following the Joint-Honours degree in a given year, then we do not ask for modules to be timetabled for that cohort in the following year.
• The timetable changes each year.
• Future changes in the Joint-Honours rules are either flagged up in the programme regulations in the Faculty Handbook or in the Geography/Earth Sciences advice.
• Students are welcome to suggest to the Director better guaranteed combinations, but due to the quality assurance process and timetabling the lead in time is one year.