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Geography and Sociology (BA/BSc) - Joint Honours Full Time - Course Map
For current students who started their course in 2011/12 academic year and earlier.
- Course Code: GEOASY
- Course Leader: Phillip Toms / Charlotte Parker
- Senior Tutor(s):
Each module taken by a student has a credit value (measured in Credit Accumulation and Transfer [CAT] points). Approximately 10 hours of total study time is required per CAT credit. A full-time year is equivalent to 120 CATs for students on an Undergraduate course.
To achieve an undergraduate award a student must accumulate a particular number of CATs at Level 4, 5 or 6 as illustrated below:
Bachelors Degree without Honours: 300 CATs
Bachelors Degree with Honours: 360 CATs (or 480 with year-long placement)
Level 5
| Module | CATs |
|---|---|
| To complete your programme you must pass the following compulsory modules: | |
| GEO207: International Fieldwork
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass GEO107 |
15 |
| SY208: Qualitative Methods
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass 1 module from {SY104, SY111, CRI111, GEO111} |
15 |
| SY233: Sociology in the Real World
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass SY113 |
30 |
| To complete your programme you must pass a minimum of 15 credits from the following: | |
| GEO208: Qualitative Methods | 15 |
| GEO209: Quantitative Methods Natural Sciences
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass GEO109 |
15 |
| GEO210: Quantitative Methods Social Sciences | 15 |
| Other modules that can be counted toward your programme include: | |
| BIO228: Ecological Impact Assessment and Monitoring | 15 |
| CRI203: Youth and Community Justice | 15 |
| CRI209: Policing and Social Control
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass CRI101 and pass CRI104 |
15 |
| CRI229: Crime and Society | 15 |
| FL209: Film Femininity and Feminism | 15 |
| GEO201: Threats to Civilisation | 30 |
| GEO202: Contemporary Urban Issues | 15 |
| GEO204: Ice Age Earth | 15 |
| GEO205: Fluvial Hydrosystems | 15 |
| GEO206: Geographical Information Systems | 15 |
| GEO207: International Fieldwork
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass GEO107 |
15 |
| GEO211: Conflict & Development | 15 |
| GEO227: Biogeography | 15 |
| HS246: Nature, Culture and Society | 15 |
| SY210: Quantitative Methods: Social Sciences
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass SY104 or pass SY111 or pass CRI111 or pass GEO111 |
15 |
| SY214: Disability and Society | 15 |
| SY220: Policy, Power and Injustice | 15 |
| SY231: Crimes Against Humanity | 15 |
| SY232: Social Theory: Major Shifts in Modern Society | 15 |
| TRM201: Tourism Impacts
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass TRM101 or pass TRM102 |
15 |
Level 6
| Module | CATs |
|---|---|
| To complete your programme you must pass the following compulsory modules: | |
| GEO301: Global Futures | 15 |
| GEO333: Geography Dissertation
Prerequisites: Pass appropriate Level II research methods module |
30 |
| SY319: Research, Epistemology and Philosophy | 15 |
| SY333: Sociology Dissertation
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass SY223 or pass SY224 or pass SY208 |
30 |
| Other modules that can be counted toward your programme include: | |
| BIO330: Conservation Ecology | 15 |
| CRI303: Environments of Crime | 15 |
| CRI304: Global Crime | 15 |
| GEO302: Place, Culture and Identity | 15 |
| GEO304: The Postcolonial World | 15 |
| GEO305: Climate Change | 15 |
| GEO306: Sustainable Rivers: Science and Management | 15 |
| GEO307: Advanced Geographical Information Systems
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass GEO206 |
15 |
| GEO308: Subject Elective
Prerequisites: Passed a Level II module, congruent with the elect |
15 |
| GEO309: Work Placement | 15 |
| MCC318: Body Consciousness and the Media | 15 |
| NS6204: Pollution in Ecological Systems
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO328 |
15 |
| NS6206: Palaeoecology
Restrictions: Cannot be counted with BIO327 or GEO327 |
15 |
| PY314: The Psychology of Sex and Gender
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass PY204 or pass SY208 |
15 |
| SY316: Biology and Politics | 15 |
| SY317: Women Race and Representation | 15 |
| SY320: Visual Culture and the Information Society | 15 |
| SY321: Politics, Risk and Security in the Global Order | 15 |
| SY398: Independent Study
Prerequisites: Before taking this module you must pass SY223 or pass SY224 or pass SY208 |
15 |
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