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Programme code | 2GEOG001U |
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Programme type | Single Honours |
Programme director(s) |
Martyn Tranter
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Faculty | Faculty of Science |
School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups | Geography (2019) (benchmark statement) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 3 years (full time) |
� To provide students with a balanced overview of the contemporary study of human, environmental and physical geography, irrespective of further specialisms;
� To provide specialised, research-led teaching for those choosing to focus on one of three optional syllabuses of physical, human and environmental geography;
� To provide challenging academic pathways through these syllabuses which both equip students for further research in them and allow them to explore and sharpen their intellectual skills within the study of academic geography;
� To provide training in a wide range of generic intellectual and personal (transferable) skills;
� Successful completion of the course will thus allow students to move a wide range of postgraduate courses and non-academic careers, and better to understand the contested and spatially-structured world of their post-graduation experiences.
Choice of three interlocking single Honours programmes in Geography unique in UK Higher Education, with transfer pathways among them. Study in Continental Europe allows choice of currently 4 countries subject to language qualification.
Each programme is based on a common foundation year followed by a choice among 3 syllabuses over the remaining 2 or 3 sessions, each of which containing an integrated and progressive package of units. Syllabus A allows some further 'internal' unit choices, but not B or C.Geography Open Units also available to be chosen in Year 1 allowing students to opt to study 100% Geography throughout their programme : about 50% of each cohort choose to.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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1. Integration of learning/teaching methods and assessment methods. |
Methods of Assessment | |
1. Diversity of assessment methods to match learning/teaching methods. Use of unseen examinations, extended essay/project submissions, practical class reports, research dissertations, group and individual oral presentations, student-led seminars plus unit-specific assignments (eg food diaries, home climate projects, GIS analysis, creating, computing programmes, consultancy reports). |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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1. Integration of learning/teaching methods and assessment methods. |
Methods of Assessment | |
1. Diversity of assessment methods to match learning/teaching methods. Use of unseen examinations, extended essay/project submissions, practical class reports, research dissertations, group and individual oral presentations, student-led seminars plus unit-specific assignments (eg food diaries, home climate projects, GIS analysis, creating, computing programmes, consultancy reports). |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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1. Integration of learning/teaching methods and assessment methods. |
Methods of Assessment | |
1. Diversity of assessment methods to match learning/teaching methods. Use of unseen examinations, extended essay/project submissions, practical class reports, research dissertations, group and individual oral presentations, student-led seminars plus unit-specific assignments (eg food diaries, home climate projects, GIS analysis, creating, computing programmes, consultancy reports). |
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. |
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.
The Faculty of Science expects a minimum work input by its undergraduates of 40 hours per week for every week of the academic year. The 40 hours is made up of a portfolio of different components. The balance between these components varies slightly from programme to programme reflecting the varying academic demands of different subject areas.
Lectures, practical work, tutorials, seminars and required coursework and homework for may take up around 20 hours per week. While this volume of formal teaching is common in the early years of programmes, in later years there is more self directed learning and the opportunity to carry out supervised research work. In total the formal teaching and the students learning should amount to the 40 hours a week mentioned.
The Faculty of Science requires students to do some academic work in the periods between the terms, both required work and that which reflects their interest in, and commitment to their programmes of study.
Admissions Tutor(s): F800/F803/L700/L703/F801/L701: Professor Jon Bamber.
Address:
School of Geographical Sciences
University of Bristol
University Road
Bristol
BS8 1SS
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 117 9289954
Fax: (0117) 9287878
WWW:http://www.ggy.bris.ac.uk
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Physical Geography | GEOG15010 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Human Geography | GEOG15020 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Geographical Practices 1 | GEOG15030 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Geographical Methods 1 | GEOG15040 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Plus choose 40 cp from the following: | ||||
World in Crisis? | GEOG16001 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Journeying: Discovering the World, Creating Ourselves | GEOG16002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Choose open units | OPEN | 20 | Optional | |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
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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Spatial Modelling 2 | GEOG25010 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Students choose either: | ||||
Pathway B: | ||||
All of the following: | ||||
Cryosphere 2 | GEOG25040 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Environmental Change 2 | GEOG25060 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Hydrosphere 2 | GEOG25050 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Or Pathway C | ||||
All of the following | ||||
More-than-Human-Geographies: Ecological Imaginaries & Animal Geographies | GEOG20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Political Economy 2: State, Economy and Society | GEOG20110 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Philosophy, Social Theory and Geography | GEOG25110 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Or Pathway A combinations (choose from) | ||||
One from: | ||||
Cryosphere 2 | GEOG25040 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Hydrosphere 2 | GEOG25050 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Environmental Change 2 | GEOG25060 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Plus both of the following: | ||||
Political Economy 2: State, Economy and Society | GEOG20110 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Philosophy, Social Theory and Geography | GEOG25110 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Or both of the following: | ||||
More-than-Human-Geographies: Ecological Imaginaries & Animal Geographies | GEOG20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Philosophy, Social Theory and Geography | GEOG25110 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Or two from the following | ||||
Cryosphere 2 | GEOG25040 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Hydrosphere 2 | GEOG25050 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Environmental Change 2 | GEOG25060 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Plus one of the following | ||||
Political Economy 2: State, Economy and Society | GEOG20110 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
More-than-Human-Geographies: Ecological Imaginaries & Animal Geographies | GEOG20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Philosophy, Social Theory and Geography | GEOG25110 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Depending on the choice above students take one of: | ||||
Either both of the following: | ||||
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography | GEOG23350 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Study and Field Skills C | GEOG25150 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Or both of the following: | ||||
Research Methods in Physical Geography | GEOG25020 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Study and Field Skills B | GEOG25070 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Dissertation | GEOG30001 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
OPTION A: Students continue with three pathway options from year 2 and select one cross-cutting unit. OPTION B: Students continue with two pathway options from year 2 and select two cross-cutting units. | ||||
Pathway options: | ||||
Cryosphere 3 | GEOG35200 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Environmental Change 3: Warm Climates | GEOG35240 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Hydrosphere 3 | GEOG35220 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Historical and Cultural 3 | GEOG30004 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Spatial Modelling 3: Multilevel Modelling | GEOG35260 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Political Economy 3 | GEOG36000 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Cross-cutting units: | ||||
People and Planet | GEOG35500 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Environmental Impacts and Policy | GEOG35600 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Spatial Modelling 3: Multilevel Modelling | GEOG35260 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
This is both a pathway and a cross-cutting option | ||||
Political Ecology | GEOG30005 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Geography (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.
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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