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Bachelor of Science (Honours) Geography


BSc (Hons) Geography: First year
Code Module name Credits
GG1001 Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment 20 AND
GG1002 A World in Crisis? 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


BSc (Hons) Geography: Second year
Code Module name Credits
* GG2011 Geographies of Global Change 30 AND
* GG2012 (Re)constructing environments, people and places 30 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • pass and have an average grade 7 or better in modules marked *

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/media/teaching-and-learning/policies/honsentry.pdf )

BSc Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


BSc (Hons) Geography: Third year
Code Module name Credits
GG3205 Developing a Geography Research Proposal 10 AND
View list 20 credits from Module List: GG3213 - GG3214 AND
GG3213 Physical Geography Fieldclass 20
GG3214 Human Geography Field Course 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list 30 credits from Module List: GG3206 - GG3212, GG3215 AND
GG3206 Quantitative Methods for Social Scientists 10
GG3207 Qualitative Methods for Human Geographers 10
GG3208 Survey Design 10
GG3209 Spatial Analysis with GIS 10
GG3210 Remote Sensing 10
GG3211 Research Design and Methods for Physical Geography 10
GG3212 Data Analysis for Physical Geography 10
GG3215 Secondary and Archival Data 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list 60 credits from Module List: GG3100, GG3221-GG3301
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
GG3221 Geographies of Identity and Power 20
GG3224 HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa 20
GG3227 Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 20
GG3229 Environmental Management in Scotland 20
GG3234 Migration and Transnationalism 20
GG3237 Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
GG3238 Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
GG3239 European Population Trends 20
GG3240 Ice and climate 20
GG3241 Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
GG3242 Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course 20
GG3263 Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
GG3271 Coastal Processes 20
GG3272 Biogeography and the Earth System 20
GG3273 Scrutinising Segregation: Geographies of Diversity and Inequality 20
GG3274 Socio-Ecological Systems 20
GG3275 Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes 20
GG3276 Volcanic ash: dispersal, impacts and applications 20
GG3277 Cultural geographies of climate activism 20
GG3278 Critical Dimensions of Environmental Management 20
GG3279 Risk Governance In Practice 20
GG3301 Special Topic for Joint or Major Honours in Geography (Junior Honours) 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Take GG3205 as well as GG3213 or GG3214, plus 30 credits from GG3206-GG3212, GG3215 and 60 credits from GG3100, GG3221-GG3301

BSc (Hons) Geography: Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
GG4298 Single Honours Research Dissertation in Geography 50 AND
( GG4201 Advanced Debates in Geography 10 AND
View list 40 credits from Module List: GG4221 - GG4229 ) AND
GG4221 Review Essay 20
GG4222 Advanced Qualitative Analysis 20
GG4223 Advanced Quantitative Analysis 20
GG4224 Advanced Topics in Physical Sciences 20
GG4226 Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing 20
GG4228 Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Science (GISci) 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
( View list 20 credits from Module List: GG3100, GG3221 - GG3302, GG4301
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
GG3221 Geographies of Identity and Power 20
GG3224 HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa 20
GG3227 Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 20
GG3229 Environmental Management in Scotland 20
GG3234 Migration and Transnationalism 20
GG3237 Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
GG3238 Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
GG3239 European Population Trends 20
GG3240 Ice and climate 20
GG3241 Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
GG3242 Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course 20
GG3263 Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
GG3271 Coastal Processes 20
GG3272 Biogeography and the Earth System 20
GG3273 Scrutinising Segregation: Geographies of Diversity and Inequality 20
GG3274 Socio-Ecological Systems 20
GG3275 Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes 20
GG3276 Volcanic ash: dispersal, impacts and applications 20
GG3277 Cultural geographies of climate activism 20
GG3278 Critical Dimensions of Environmental Management 20
GG3279 Risk Governance In Practice 20
GG3301 Special Topic for Joint or Major Honours in Geography (Junior Honours) 10
GG3302 Special Topic for Honours in Geography (Senior Honours) 10
GG4301 Advanced Study for Joint or Major Honours in Geography 10
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

With the permission of the Honours Adviser 30 credits in Third or Fourth year may be substituted by 3000 or 4000 level credits from another subject.

EG3020 and EG4020 must be selected with an appropriate partner module (EG3031, EG3032).

Remember to balance your choices across the year.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).