Programme structure: Human Geography: Society and Space (MSc) - what's running in 2019/20

This programme is also available on a part time basis over two years.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Students must take the following mandatory units
Dissertation and Research Design	GEOGM0042	60	Optional	AYEAR
Theorizing Society and Space	GEOGM0001	20	Optional	TB-2
Qualitative Research Methods in Human Geography	GEOGM0041	20	Optional	TB-1
Non-ESRC Students choose four of the following units
Environmental Policy and Politics	GEOGM1409	20	Optional	TB-1
Experimental Geographical Methods: Practicing Posthumanism in Social Research	GEOGM0020	20	Optional	TB-2
Conflicted Environments: Studying environmental social movements from the grassroots	GEOGM0036	20	Optional	TB-2
Geographies of Health, Science and Technology	GEOGM0040	20	Optional	TB-1
Practical Statistics for Use in Research and Policy	GEOGM0010	20	Optional	TB-1
Explanation, Causation and Longitudinal Analysis	GEOGM0024	20	Optional	TB-2
Postcolonial Matters	GEOGM0028	20	Optional	TB-1
Geographies of Time and Timing	GEOGM0800	20	Optional	TB-2
ESRC funded students have to take one of the following quantitative units:
Practical Statistics for Use in Research and Policy	GEOGM0010	20	Optional	TB-1
Explanation, Causation and Longitudinal Analysis	GEOGM0024	20	Optional	TB-2
ESRC funded students have to take three of the following optional units:
Experimental Geographical Methods: Practicing Posthumanism in Social Research	GEOGM0020	20	Optional	TB-2
Conflicted Environments: Studying environmental social movements from the grassroots	GEOGM0036	20	Optional	TB-2
Environmental Policy and Politics	GEOGM1409	20	Optional	TB-1
Geographies of Health, Science and Technology	GEOGM0040	20	Optional	TB-1
Geographies of Time and Timing	GEOGM0800	20	Optional	TB-2
Postcolonial Matters	GEOGM0028	20	Optional	TB-1
		180

Progression/award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Exit awards

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

Degree classifications:

An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.

Diploma/certificate stages:

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.