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Master of Arts (Honours) Geography and Sustainable Development


MA/ BSc (Hons) Geography and Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): 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

MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
SD1000 What is Sustainable Development? 20 AND
SD1004 Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

MA/ BSc (Hons) Geography and Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ GG2013 Geography: Exploring the discipline 1 20 AND
^ GG2014 Geography: Exploring the discipline 2 20 AND
View list 20 credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options
AH1001 Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600 20
AH1003 Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800 20
AN1003 Ancient Empires 20
AN1004 Cities and communities in the ancient Mediterranean 20
AR1001 Arabic for Beginners 1 20
AR1002 Arabic for Beginners 2 20
AS1001 Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 20
AS1101 Astrophysics (Direct Entry) 5
BL1101 Biology 1 20
BL1102 Biology 2 20
CH1202 Introductory Chemistry for Second Year Direct Entry Students 10
CH1301 The Impact of Chemistry 20
CH1401 Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 20
CH1402 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1 20
CH1601 Organic and Biological Chemistry 1 20
CL1004 Myth and Community in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture 20
CL1005 Images of Augustan Rome 20
CN1011 Beginners Chinese Language 1 20
CN1012 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1 20
CN1021 Beginners Chinese Language 2 20
CN1022 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2 20
CO1001 The Nineteenth-Century Novel 20
CO1002 Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 20
CS1002 Object-Oriented Programming 20
CS1003 Programming with Data 20
CS1006 Programming Projects 20
CS1007 Computer Systems Fundamentals 20
DI1001 God and the World: Introducing Theology 20
DI1003 Old Testament: Torah and Prophets 20
DI1004 Hebrew 1: Introduction to Hebrew Language 20
DI1005 New Testament Greek 1 20
DI1006 Jesus and the Gospels 20
DI1009 Introduction to World Religions 20
DI1012 Introduction to Practical Theology and Theological Ethics 20
DI1201 From Adam to Apocalypse: The Bible and Western Culture 20
EC1001 Macroeconomics 20
EC1002 Microeconomics 20
EC1003 Mathematics for Economists 20
EC1008 Finance 20
EN1003 Culture and Conflict: An Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature 20
EN1004 Empires and Revolutions: Literature 1680-1830 20
ES1001 Understanding Planet Earth 20
ES1002 Earth's Resource Challenges 20
ES1006 Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe 20
FM1001 Key Concepts in Film Studies 20
FM1002 Global Film History and Historiography 20
FR1001 French Language and Literature 1 20
FR1002 French Language and Literature 2 20
GG1001 Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment 20
GG1002 A World in Crisis? 20
GK1001 Greek Language for Beginners 20
GK1002 Greek Literature for Beginners 20
GK1005 Greek Language and Literature 1 20
GK1006 Greek Pastoral and Passion 20
GM1001 First Level German A 1 20
GM1002 First Level German A 2 20
GM1003 First Level German B 1 20
GM1004 First Level German B 2 20
ID1007 Ancient Origins, Modern Worlds 20
IE1103 Academic English and Study Skills 1 20
IE1203 Academic English and Study Skills 2 20
IT1001 Introduction to Italian Language 20
IT1002 Italian Language (Elementary) 20
IT1003 Italian Language Intermediate 1 10
IT1004 Italian Language Intermediate 2 10
IT1013 Italian Geographies 10
IT1014 Italian Histories 10
LT1001 Elementary Latin 1 20
LT1002 Elementary Latin 2 20
LT1003 World of Latin 1 20
LT1004 World of Latin 2 20
ME1003 The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
ME1006 The Kingdom of the Scots, c.900-1707 20
MN1001 Organisations and Society 20
MN1002 Organisations and Analysis 20
MO1007 The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) 20
MO1008 Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
MT1001 Introductory Mathematics 20
MT1002 Mathematics 20
MT1002 Mathematics 20
MT1003 Pure and Applied Mathematics 20
MT1007 Statistics in Practice 20
MU1003 Understanding Music 20
MU1004 Making Music 1 20
MU1005 Words and Music 20
MU1006 An Introduction to Ethnomusicology: why, and how, human beings are musical 20
PH1011 Physics 1A 20
PH1012 Physics 1B 20
PH1501 Mathematics for Physicists 1A 20
PH1502 Physics Skills 1A 20
PH1503 Physics Skills 1B 20
PR1001 Persian for Beginners 1 20
PR1002 Persian for Beginners 2 20
PS1001 Fundamentals of Psychology 1 20
PS1002 Fundamentals of Psychology 2 20
PY1010 Mind and World 20
PY1011 Moral and Political Controversies 20
PY1012 Reasoning 20
PY1013 The Enlightenment 20
RU1001 Elementary Russian Language 1 20
RU1002 Elementary Russian Language 2 20
RU1005 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1 20
RU1006 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2 20
SA1001 Anthropology in the World 20
SA1002 Ways of Thinking 20
SD1000 What is Sustainable Development? 20
SD1004 Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20
SP1001 Spanish Language and Texts 1 20
SP1002 Spanish Language and Texts 2 20
SP1003 Spanish for Beginners 1 20
SP1004 Spanish for Beginners 2 20
VP1210 Vertically Integrated Project 10
VP1215 Vertically Integrated Project 15
VP1220 Vertically Integrated Project 20
AH2001 Modernity, Empire, and Revolution: Art from 1789-1900 20
AH2002 Art, Culture and Politics, from 1900 to Now 20
AN2002 The Roman Empire 20
AN2003 Mediterranean Communities 20
AR2001 Intermediate Arabic 1 20
AR2002 Intermediate Arabic 2 20
AR2004 Introduction to Classical Arab Culture 20
AS2001 Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 30
AS2101 Astrophysics 2 15
BL2300 Research Methods in Biology 15
BL2301 Cell Biology 15
BL2302 Molecular Biology 15
BL2303 Evolutionary Biology 15
BL2304 Invertebrate Zoology 15
BL2305 Cell Systems 15
BL2306 Biochemistry 15
BL2307 Ecology 15
BL2308 Vertebrate Zoology 15
BL2309 Applied Molecular Biology 15
BL2311 The Oceans 15
BL2312 Animal Behaviour 15
CH2501 Inorganic Chemistry 2 30
CH2601 Organic Chemistry 2 30
CH2603 Organic Chemistry 2 (French) 20
CH2701 Physical Chemistry 2 30
CL2003 Early Greek Poetry and Philosophy 20
CL2004 Culture and Thought in the Late Roman Republic 20
CN2011 Intermediate Chinese Language 1 20
CN2012 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 3 20
CN2021 Intermediate Chinese Language 2 20
CN2022 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 4 20
CO2001 Good and Evil 20
CO2002 Journeys 20
CS2001 Foundations of Computation 30
CS2002 Computer Systems 30
CS2003 The Internet and the Web: Concepts and Programming 30
CS2006 Advanced Programming Projects 30
CS2101 Foundations of Computation (Accelerated) 40
DI2001 Old Testament: Writings and Beyond A (English Texts) 20
DI2002 Hebrew 2 20
DI2003 Paul and the Epistles A (English Texts) 20
DI2006 The Early and Medieval Church: History, Beliefs and Practices 20
DI2010 Philosophical Theology 20
DI2011 Reading Religion(s): Understanding the Dimensions of Religion and the Religions in the 21st Century 20
DI2012 Old Testament: Writings and Beyond B (Hebrew Texts) 20
DI2013 Paul and the Epistles B (Greek Texts) 20
DI2201 New Testament Greek 2 20
EC2001 Intermediate Microeconomics 20
EC2002 Intermediate Macroeconomics 20
EC2203 Statistics for Economists 20
EN2003 Medieval and Renaissance Texts 20
EN2004 Drama: Reading and Performance 20
ES2001 Dynamic Earth: The Earth System 30
ES2002 Dynamic Earth: Magma, Minerals and Metamorphism 30
ES2003 Dynamic Earth: Earth Surface Processes 30
ES2004 Practical and Field Skills for Earth Sciences (Direct Entrants) 30
FM2002 Film Theory 20
FM2003 Screen Cultures today: media and methods 20
FR2201 Second Level French Language (1) 10
FR2202 Second Level French Language (2) 10
FR2203 French Civilisation: from the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment 10
FR2204 French Civilisation: from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century 10
FR2205 French Literature: from the Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment 10
FR2206 French Literature: from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century 10
GG2013 Geography: Exploring the discipline 1 20
GG2014 Geography: Exploring the discipline 2 20
GK2001 The Landscape of Greek Prose (A) 20
GK2002 The Landscape of Greek Poetry (A) 20
GK2003 The Landscape of Greek Prose (B) 20
GK2004 The Landscape of Greek Poetry (B) 20
GM2003 Second Level Advanced German Language 1 10
GM2004 Second Level Advanced German Language 2 10
GM2007 Second Level Ex-Beginners German Language 1 10
GM2008 Second Level Ex-Beginners German Language 2 10
GM2011 The Age of Goethe 10
GM2012 Unification to the First World War 10
GM2013 Medieval German Language and Literature 10
GM2014 Weimar Republic: 1918-1933 10
HI2001 History as a Discipline: Development and Key Concepts 20
ID2003 Science Methods 10
ID2005 Scientific Thinking 15
ID2006 Introduction to Archaeology 20
ID2007 Enterprise and Creativity 20
IT2001 Second Level Italian 20
IT2002 Second Level Italian (Advanced) 20
LT2001 Latin Language and Literature 1 20
LT2002 Latin Language and Literature 2 20
LT2003 Latin in Progress 1 20
LT2004 Latin in Progress 2 20
ME2003 Medieval Europe (11th - 15th c.) 20
MH2002 Introduction to Middle Eastern History 20
MN2001 Management and Society 20
MN2002 Management and Analysis 20
MO2008 Scotland, Britain and Empire (c. 1500 - 2000) 20
MT2501 Linear Mathematics 15
MT2501 Linear Mathematics 15
MT2502 Analysis 15
MT2503 Multivariate Calculus 15
MT2503 Multivariate Calculus 15
MT2504 Combinatorics and Probability 15
MT2505 Abstract Algebra 15
MT2506 Vector Calculus 15
MT2507 Mathematical Modelling 15
MT2508 Statistical Inference 15
MU2001 Making Music 2 20
MU2002 Scottish Music 20
MU2004 Electronic Music 20
MU2006 Music Leadership 20
PH2011 Physics 2A 30
PH2012 Physics 2B 30
PN2202 Neuroscience 15
PR2001 Intermediate Persian 1 20
PR2002 Intermediate Persian 2 20
PS2001 Advanced Principles of Psychology 1 30
PS2002 Advanced Principles of Psychology 2 30
PY2010 Intermediate Logic 20
PY2011 Foundations of Western Philosophy 20
PY2012 Meaning and Knowing 20
PY2013 Moral and Aesthetic Value 20
RU2100 Intermediate Russian (Summer Course) 40
RU2201 Intermediate Russian Language 1 20
RU2202 Intermediate Russian Language 2 20
RU2203 Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 1 20
RU2204 Advanced Intermediate Russian Language 2 20
RU2205 Intermediate Russian Literature and Culture 1 10
RU2206 Intermediate Russian Literature and Culture 2 10
SA2001 The Foundations of Social Anthropology 20
SA2002 Ethnographic Encounters 20
SD2005 From Sustainable Development to Human Security 20
SD2006 Changing Natures 20
SD2100 Sustainable Scotland 20
SP2001 Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 1 20
SP2002 Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 2 20
SP2005 Spanish Language and Texts: ex-Beginners 20
SP2006 Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Cinema 20
VP2110 Vertically Integrated Project 10
VP2115 Vertically Integrated Project 15
VP2210 Vertically Integrated Project 10
VP2215 Vertically Integrated Project 15
VP2220 Vertically Integrated Project 20
VP2120 Vertically Integrated Project 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

Further requirements

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

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
^ SD2005 From Sustainable Development to Human Security 20 AND
^ SD2006 Changing Natures 20 AND
^ SD2100 Sustainable Scotland 20

Further requirements

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

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes 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/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

MA 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.


MA/ BSc (Hons) Geography and Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Module List: GG3205 - GG4296
GG3205 Developing a Geography Research Proposal 10
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
GG3213 Physical Geography Fieldclass 20
GG3214 Human Geography Field Course 20
GG3215 Secondary and Archival Data 10
GG3229 Environmental Management in Scotland 20
GG3237 Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
GG3238 Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
GG3241 Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
GG3260 Periglacial Geomorphology 20
GG3261 Quaternary Geomorphology of Scotland 20
GG3262 Climate and Weather Systems 20
GG3263 Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
GG3274 Socio-Ecological Systems 20
GG3275 Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes 20
GG3278 Critical Dimensions of Environmental Management 20
GG3280 Geopolitics 30
GG3281 Quaternary Environmental Change 30
GG3282 Human ecodynamics: understanding ecosystem change in the Anthropocene 30
GG3283 Migration and Mobilities 30
GG3284 European Population: trends, patterns and future challenges 30
GG3301 Special Topic for Joint or Major Honours in Geography (Junior Honours) 10
GG3302 Special Topic for Honours in Geography (Senior Honours) 10
GG401A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG401B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG401C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG402A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG402B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG402C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG404A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG404B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG404C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG405A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG405B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG405C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG406A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG406B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG406C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG407A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG407B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG407C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG408A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG408B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG408C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG409A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG409B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG409C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG410A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG410B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG410C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG411A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG411B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG411C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG412A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG412B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG412C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG4221 Review Essay 20
GG4226 Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing 20
GG4243 Geographies of Race, Racialisation and Racism 30
GG4244 Decolonial Geographies 30
GG4245 Biogeography and the Earth System 30
GG4246 Geographies of Disability 30
GG4247 Geographies of health in sub-Saharan Africa 30
GG4248 The Nature of Political Ecology 30
GG4249 Placing Peru: a decolonial development geography 30
GG4250 Diversity, inequality and place 30
GG4251 Volcanic ash: dispersal, impacts and applications 30
GG4252 Ice and climate 30
GG4253 Cultural geographies of climate activism 30
GG4254 Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course 30
GG4255 Geographies of Urban Housing 30
GG4256 Coastal Processes 30
GG4257 Urban Analytics: A Toolkit for Sustainable Urban Development 30
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 between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

Students must have at least 120 Geography honours credits in total by the end of their honours programme.
MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Module list: SD3100 - SD4296
SD3101 Developing a Sustainable Development Research Proposal 10
SD3102 Sustainable Development Field Course 20
SD310A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD310B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD310C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD310D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD310F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD3111 Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD311A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD311B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD311C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD311D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD312A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD312B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD312C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD312D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD3223 Navigating the Complexity of Coupled Social and Ecological Systems 20
SD3237 Placing Sustainability: Knowledge & Wellbeing for the Anthropocene 20
SD410A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD410B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD410C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD410D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD410F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD4110 Transitioning to sustainability: community, nature and governance 30
SD4111 Governance for Sustainability 30
SD4114 Society, Sustainable Consumption and Implementing Change 30
SD4116 Building sustainable, inclusive and just cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
SD4118 Extractive Environments 30
SD4119 Nature4Climate: Hybridized green blue infrastructures in the Global South 30
SD411A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD411B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD411C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD411D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD4120 Valuing Environments 30
SD4122 Rethinking waste: exploring development, environment, and culture 30
SD4123 Futures: Risk and Governance In Practice 30
SD4124 Sustainable Catchment Management 30
SD412A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD412B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD412C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD412D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 30
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 between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Students must have at least 120 SD honours credits in total by the end of their honours programme

MA/ BSc (Hons) Geography and Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Module List: GG3205 - GG4399
GG3205 Developing a Geography Research Proposal 10
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
GG3213 Physical Geography Fieldclass 20
GG3214 Human Geography Field Course 20
GG3215 Secondary and Archival Data 10
GG3229 Environmental Management in Scotland 20
GG3237 Political and Cultural Geographies of the Border 20
GG3238 Development: voice, power and identity in global times 20
GG3241 Quaternary Palaeoecology 20
GG3260 Periglacial Geomorphology 20
GG3261 Quaternary Geomorphology of Scotland 20
GG3262 Climate and Weather Systems 20
GG3263 Glaciers and Glaciation 20
GG3264 Oceans and Climate 20
GG3274 Socio-Ecological Systems 20
GG3275 Geomorphology: Landscapes, Landforms and Earth Surface Processes 20
GG3278 Critical Dimensions of Environmental Management 20
GG410A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG410B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG410C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG411A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG411B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG411C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG412A Study Abroad: Geography (4) 4
GG412B Study Abroad: Geography (5) 5
GG412C Study Abroad: Geography (6) 6
GG4201 Advanced Debates in Geography 10
GG4221 Review Essay 20
GG4226 Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing 20
GG4243 Geographies of Race, Racialisation and Racism 30
GG4244 Decolonial Geographies 30
GG4245 Biogeography and the Earth System 30
GG4246 Geographies of Disability 30
GG4247 Geographies of health in sub-Saharan Africa 30
GG4248 The Nature of Political Ecology 30
GG4249 Placing Peru: a decolonial development geography 30
GG4250 Diversity, inequality and place 30
GG4251 Volcanic ash: dispersal, impacts and applications 30
GG4252 Ice and climate 30
GG4253 Cultural geographies of climate activism 30
GG4254 Health and Social Inequalities Across the Life Course 30
GG4255 Geographies of Urban Housing 30
GG4256 Coastal Processes 30
GG4257 Urban Analytics: A Toolkit for Sustainable Urban Development 30
GG4298 Single Honours Research Dissertation in Geography 50
GG4301 Advanced Study for Joint or Major Honours in Geography 10
GG4302 Advanced Quantitative Analysis 30
GG4303 Advanced Qualitative Analysis 30
GG4304 Advanced analysis in Physical Geography 30
GG4305 Environmental Geography: advanced analysis across human and physical geography 30
GG4328 Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Science (GISci) 30
GG4399 Research Dissertation in Geography 30
GG3280 Geopolitics 30
GG3281 Quaternary Environmental Change 30
GG3282 Human ecodynamics: understanding ecosystem change in the Anthropocene 30
GG3283 Migration and Mobilities 30
GG3284 European Population: trends, patterns and future challenges 30
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

Students must have at least 120 Geography honours credits in total by the end of their honours programme.
MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: SD3100 - SD4297
SD3101 Developing a Sustainable Development Research Proposal 10
SD3102 Sustainable Development Field Course 20
SD310A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD310B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD310C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD310D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD310F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD3111 Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD311A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD311B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD311C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD311D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD312A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD312B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD312C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD312D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD401A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD401B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD401C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD401D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD401F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD401J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD401L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD401N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD401R Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (30) 30
SD401U Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (40) 40
SD401W Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (45) 45
SD401Y Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (60) 60
SD402A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD402B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD402C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD402D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD402F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD402J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD402L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD402N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD402R Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (30) 30
SD402U Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (40) 40
SD402W Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (45) 45
SD402Y Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (60) 60
SD404A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD404B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD404C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD404D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD404F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD404J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD404L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD404N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD404R Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (30) 30
SD404U Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (40) 40
SD405A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD405B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD405C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD405D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD405F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD405J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD405L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD405N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD406A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD406B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD406C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD406D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD406F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD406J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD406L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD406N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD407A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD407B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD407C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD407D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD407F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD407J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD408A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD408B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD408C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD408D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD408F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD408J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD409A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD409B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD409C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD409D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD409F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD410A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD410B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD410C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD410D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD410F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD4110 Transitioning to sustainability: community, nature and governance 30
SD4111 Governance for Sustainability 30
SD4114 Society, Sustainable Consumption and Implementing Change 30
SD4116 Building sustainable, inclusive and just cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
SD4118 Extractive Environments 30
SD4119 Nature4Climate: Hybridized green blue infrastructures in the Global South 30
SD411A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD411B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD411C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD411D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD4120 Valuing Environments 30
SD4122 Rethinking waste: exploring development, environment, and culture 30
SD4123 Futures: Risk and Governance In Practice 30
SD4124 Sustainable Catchment Management 30
SD412A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD412B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD412C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD412D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 30
SD4297 Dissertation in Sustainable Development 30
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

Please balance your choices across the academic year. Students must have at least 120 Sustainable Development honours credits in total by the end of their honours programme

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 ).