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Programme structure: Geography with Quantitative Research Methods (BSc) - what's running in 2021/22

Please note: you are viewing unit and programme information for a past academic year. Please see the current academic year for up to date information.

Please note that the dissertation unit in this year of study is 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
Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Geography) GEOG30007 40 Mandatory TB-4
Geographic Data Science GEOG30021 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-2
Geographies of the Bioeconomy GEOG30030 20 Optional TB-1
Extreme Climates GEOG30028 20 Optional TB-1
Geographies of Food GEOG30011 20 Optional TB-2
Geographies of the Anthropocene GEOG30012 20 Optional TB-2
Environmental Risks, Management and Policy GEOG30015 20 Optional TB-2
Future Climates GEOG30016 20 Optional TB-1
Migration and Development GEOG30018 20 Optional TB-2
Ethnicity, Class and Housing in the City GEOG30020 20 Optional TB-2
Geographies of Fashion and Style GEOG30027 20 Optional TB-2
Water Governance and Management GEOG30024 20 Optional TB-1
Catchment Science: Hydrology, Ecology and Management GEOG30013 20 Optional TB-2
Critical Political Ecologies of Extraction and Conservation GEOG30029 20 Optional TB-1
Geography with Quantitative Research Methods (BSc)   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).

Degree classifications:

  • First Class Honours 70 and above
  • Second Class Honours, First Division 60-69
  • Second Class Honours, Second Division 50-59
  • Third Class Honours 40-49
  • Fail 39 and below

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.

Additional progress information

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

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