Programme structure: Geography with Study in Continental Europe (BSc) - what's running in 2018/19

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	Teaching Block
Students must take a relevant level I language unit
You must take both of:
Spatial Modelling 2	GEOG25010	20	Mandatory	TB-4
Group Research Project	GEOG20009	10	Mandatory	TB-2
Select 60 credit points from the following:
Fundamentals of Modern Glaciology	GEOG20004	20	Optional	TB-4
Floods, Flows and Erosion in River Basins	GEOG20002	20	Optional	TB-2
The Earth System	GEOG20003	20	Optional	TB-4
State, Economy and Society in Geographical Perspective	GEOG20005	20	Optional	TB-2
More-than-Human Geographies: Animal Geographies & Cultures of Nature	GEOG20006	20	Optional	TB-4
Philosophy, Social Theory and Geography	GEOG25110	20	Optional	TB-4
And either both of:
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography	GEOG20007	10	Optional	TB-1
Study and Field Skills C	GEOG25150	20	Optional	TB-2
Or both of:
Research Methods in Physical Geography	GEOG20008	10	Optional	TB-1
Study and Field Skills B	GEOG25070	20	Optional	TB-2
Or both of:
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography	GEOG20007	10	Optional	TB-1
Study and Field Skills D	GEOG20010	20	Optional	TB-2
Or both of:
Research Methods in Physical Geography	GEOG20008	10	Optional	TB-1
Study and Field Skills D	GEOG20010	20	Optional	TB-2
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 BSc Geography with Study in Continental Europe programme must obtain an overall year average mark of 60 or more in Year 2 including a unit mark of 60 or more in their Language unit, in order to continue on this BSc.

Students whose overall average mark in Year 2 falls below 60 or whose Language unit mark is less than 60 will be transferred onto the final year of the BSc Geography programme.