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Programme code | 2GEOG016U |
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Programme type | Single Honours |
Programme director(s) |
Levi Wolf
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Faculty | Faculty of Science |
School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Accrediting types: |
This programme has been accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). Accredited degree programmes contain a solid academic foundation in geographical knowledge and skills, and prepare graduates to address the needs of the world beyond higher education. The accreditation criteria require evidence that graduates from accredited programmes meet defined sets of learning outcomes, including subject knowledge, technical ability and transferable skills. (www.rgs.org) |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups | Geography (2019) (benchmark statement) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 3 years (full time) |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
By the end of their studies at level C, students are expected to be able to demonstrate sound knowledge of the fundamental principles of some of the core areas of geography and a level of competence in the relevant skills. The expectation is that their work may require substantial direction from members of staff. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
At level I students are expected to be able to demonstrate that they have expanded the range and depth of their knowledge of geographical principles and their capacity to evaluate these principles using a variety of perspectives. They should also have developed a higher level of competence in the relevant skills. They are expected to be developing a capacity for self-directed learning. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
At level H students are expected to expand the breadth of their knowledge through their study of advanced subjects taught at current research cutting-edge. At this level students are expected to be able to demonstrate their capacity for self-directed study using the skills acquired and developed at levels one and two, particularly in the production of an independent dissertation which demonstrates a high standard of scholarship. |
Level M/7 - Masters |
At level M students will be carrying out work at or informed by the forefront of an academic or professional discipline with a strong focus on quantitative research methods. Students will have shown originality in the application of knowledge, and they will understand how the boundaries of knowledge are advanced through research. They will be able to deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, and they will show originality in tackling and solving problems. They will have the qualities needed for employment in circumstances requiring sound judgement, personal responsibility and initiative, in complex and unpredictable professional environments. |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
UG Workload Statement
Success as an undergraduate student depends on you being able to make the transition to self-motivated, independent learning. Programmes are designed to assist you in this development, in many cases by starting with units in which timetabled teaching, such as lectures and practical classes, provides the foundations of knowledge and skills in a subject, moving on to individual research-based work. Over time you will be expected to take increasing responsibility for your own learning, guided by the feedback on your work that you will receive. At the heart of your studies at every level there must be regular and disciplined individual reading, reflection and writing and it is this skill of independent studies, above all others, that will serve you best when you leave the University.
Most programmes use credits and a 20 credit unit broadly equates to about 200 hours of student input. This includes all activities related to the teaching, learning and assessment of taught units.
A component of this is the time that you spend in class, in contact with the teaching staff, which includes activities such as lectures, laboratories, tutorials and fieldwork. Some of this activity may be online and could consist of activity that is synchronous (using real-time environments such as Blackboard Collaborate) or asynchronous (using tools such as tutor moderated discussion forums, blogs or wikis).
In some programmes there are field courses and/or placements that will take place in concentrated periods of time.
Outside scheduled activities you are expected to pursue your own independent learning to build your knowledge and understanding of the subjects you are studying. Such independent activities include, reviewing lecture material, reading textbooks, working on examples sheets, completing coursework, writing up laboratory notes, preparing for in-class progress tests and revising for examinations.
We recognise that many students undertake paid employment. To achieve a sensible balance between work and study, you are advised to undertake paid work for no more than 15 hours per week in term-time.
Professional Programmes
Many undergraduates in the Faculty of Health Sciences will be following the professional programmes of:
For these professional programmes, full time attendance is compulsory unless absence is formally approved. Academic activities are timetabled throughout the 5-day week and student workload is around 40 hours per week on average. Where possible, students in the early years are permitted Wednesday afternoons for sport and extra-curriculum activities. This may not be available in later years of professional programmes as when a student progresses through the curricula there is an increasing exposure to clinical and professional activities. Students in clinic or on placements may need to stay later than core times of 08.00 – 18.00 or even overnight to observe out-of-hours activities. This increasing exposure to clinical activities means that students on these professional programmes often have longer term dates than the University standard. Individual years within programmes are likely to vary in length (for example because of the timings of placements) and further information on this will be found in individual programme regulations. Another important point to note is that many of the assessments sit outside of the standard University examination timetable and are likely to be more frequent meaning that students will more oftentimes be engaged in revision activities and self-directed learning.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty Assessment and Feedback Statement for Undergraduate Students. University of Bristol access only.
This course is ideal for those interested in learning more about how to use numbers and data within the social sciences, and in acquiring practical and analytical skills that are attractive to employers. It has been developed in partnership with the Nuffield Foundation, ESRC and HEFCE as part of the new Bristol Q-Step Centre: one of fifteen centres in the UK tasked with leading a step-change in the quality of quantitative methods teaching provided to undergraduate social scientists.
Two thirds of your studies will follow the Single Honours Geography course, acquiring core knowledge in your subject. The remaining third provides applied inter-disciplinary training in quantitative methods. In year one, we discuss how numbers and data are used (and abused) to tell ‘convincing stories’ in the media and social research. We consider what is meant by segregation, and how it can be mapped and measured. Year two offers practical classes in social statistics and applied data analysis, developing your skills in numeracy and analysis to advance your study of geography, and enabling you to undertake your own individual research project in an area of quantitative social science in year three.
There is also a four-year undergraduate degree option, offering more advanced quantitative methods for those wishing to graduate with a Master's (MSci) qualification.
www.bris.ac.uk/qstep
www.nuffieldfoundation.org/q-step-centres
Students will be offered a blended educational experience with a mix of in person and online teaching. The in person teaching will consist of small group work, laboratory practicals and field work/alternative activities. To achieve the intended learning outcomes across the programme and to satisfy any accreditation requirements, students will be expected to undertake some in person teaching.
All units (with the exception of Open Units) in this year of study are must pass. The definition of must pass units can be found in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes Glossary of Terms.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Key Concepts in Human and Physical Geography | GEOG10003 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Introduction to Quantitative Geography | GEOG10004 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Geographical History, Thought and Practices | GEOG10002 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Convincing stories? Numbers as evidence in the social sciences | UNIV10002 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Segregation and Inequality in International Perspective | SPOL10038 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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All students take the following 60 credit points: | ||||
Spatial Modelling 2 | GEOG25010 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Conducting a Research Project using Secondary Data | POLI20001 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Study and Field Skills D | GEOG20010 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Select 60 credit points from the following: | ||||
State, Economy and Society in Geographical Perspective | GEOG20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Philosophy, Social Theory and Geography | GEOG25110 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Floods, Flows and Erosion in River Basins | GEOG20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
The Earth System | GEOG20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Fundamentals of Modern Glaciology | GEOG20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Geographies of Nature and Environment | GEOG20015 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Oceans in a Changing World | GEOG20021 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Health Geography | GEOG20023 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Geographies of Colonialism and Coloniality | GEOG20024 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Please note that the dissertation unit in this year of study is must-pass. For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Dissertation | GEOG30001 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Spatial Modelling: Data Science for Geographers | GEOG30042 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Plus 60cp from the following: | ||||
Sea Level past, present and future | GEOG30008 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Ice and Ocean in the Global Carbon Cycle | GEOG30014 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Geographies of the Bioeconomy | GEOG30030 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Climate forensics: Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere | GEOG30033 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Food: Social, Animal, Ecological | GEOG30040 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Future Climates | GEOG30016 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Migration and Development | GEOG30018 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Urban Geography - a focus on Africa | GEOG30022 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Ethnicity, Class and Housing in the City | GEOG30020 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Geographies of Fashion and Style | GEOG30027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Catchment Science: Hydrology, Ecology and Management | GEOG30013 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Critical Political Ecologies of Extraction and Conservation | GEOG30029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Rural Asia | GEOG30031 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Geographies of the Anthropocene | GEOG30036 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Environmental Risks and Disaster Risk Reduction | GEOG30041 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Geography with Quantitative Research Methods (BSc) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
The alternative classified honours degree of Science (Geography with Quantitative Research Methods) (BSc) may be awarded on this programme. For further details please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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