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Programme structure: Geography with Quantitative Research Methods (MSci) - what's running in 2022/23

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This integrated Masters programme has been designated as type II: Specialised or Advanced Masters in accordance with the QAA Degree Characteristics Statement. Please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes for further information on this type of programme.

Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
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    

Progression/award requirements

Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:

  • 40 out of 100 – for level C/4, I/5 & H/6 units
  • 50 out of 100 – for level M/7 units

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.

Exit awards

All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.

  • To be awarded a Diploma of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 240 credit points, of which at least 90 must be at level 5.
  • To be awarded a Certificate of Higher Education, a student must have successfully completed 120 credit points at level 4.

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).

Additional progress information

Students on the MSci Geography with Quantitative Research Methods programme must obtain an overall average mark of 60 or more in Year 2 to continue on the MSci.

Students whose overall average mark in Year 2 falls below 60 will be transferred onto the final year of the BSc Geography with Quantitative Research Methods programme.

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