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Master of Arts (Honours) Geography with Spanish


MA (Hons) Geography 'with' Degrees: First year
Code Module name Credits
GG1001 Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment 20 AND
GG1002 Worlds of Crisis and Hope 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) 'with' Spanish Degrees: First Year
Code Module name Credits
( SP1001 Spanish Language and Texts 1 20 AND
SP1002 Spanish Language and Texts 2 20 ) OR
( SP1003 Spanish for Beginners 1 20 AND
SP1004 Spanish for Beginners 2 20 ) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year


MA (Hons) Geography 'with' Degrees: Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ GG2013 Geography: Exploring the discipline 1 20 AND
^ GG2014 Geography: Exploring the discipline 2 20 AND
^ SD2100 Sustainable Scotland 20

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) 'with' Spanish Degrees: Second Year
Code Module name Credits
( SP2001 Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 1 20 OR
SP2005 Spanish Language and Texts: ex-Beginners 20 ) AND
SP2002 Spanish Language and Critical Approaches to Texts 2 20 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

  • passes in all of the Spanish modules taken

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 (Hons) Geography 'with' Degrees: Third year
Code Module name Credits
GG3205 Developing a Geography Research Proposal 10 AND
View list At least 30 credits from Module List: GG3206 - 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
GG3213 Physical Geography Fieldclass 20
GG3214 Human Geography Field Course 20
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 Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: GG3280-GG4299
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
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
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
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 take at least 80 credits from Module List GG3100-GG3289 across Years 3 and 4.
MA (Hons) 'with' Spanish Degrees: Third Year
Code Module name Credits
SP3001 Spanish Language 1 15 AND
SP3002 Spanish Language 2 15

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year


MA (Hons) Geography 'with' Degrees: Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
GG4399 Research Dissertation in Geography 30 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: GG3280-GG4299
GG3100 Quaternary Science: Principles and Practice 20
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
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
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 take at least 80 credits from Module List GG3100-GG3289 across Years 3 and 4.
Students must take a total of 180 credits in Geography modules across Years 3 and 4.

MA (Hons) 'with' Spanish Degrees: Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
SP4003 Spanish Language 3 15 AND
SP4004 Spanish Language 4: Communication Skills 15

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic 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 ).