2013/14 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BSc Geography
| Programme code: | BS-GEOG | UCAS code: | F800 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Duncan Quincey | Contact address: | d.j.quincey@leeds.ac.uk |
Part Time students will take the same array of compulsory, optional and elective modules as Full Time students. The order in which they are studied will be by agreement between the student, the School of Geography and the parent department.
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
AAB including Geography and excluding General Studies.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Geography
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Geography
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Geography
Programme specification:
The distinctiveness of the BSc Geography programme is that it will allow students to:
1. investigate and to inter-relate core components of the earth surface system, at present and in the immediate past;
2. explore, to analyse and to synthesise the complex and reciprocal relationships between the physical components of the earth, the environment, landscape and human society;
3. understand, to explain and to challenge the implications of (1) and (2) for both policy and practice;
4. develop specific skills in relation to data acquisition, analysis and interpretation in relation to geography in general and physical/environmental geography in particular;
5. develop transferable skills in relation to Information Technology and numeracy; fieldwork; laboratory methods; communication and teamwork; critical analysis; creative thinking; and writing; and
6. prepare students for; life-long learning, study and enquiry; for future careers; and for disseminating the value of a geography education to the wider world.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment, Learning Context]
Compulsory modules:
| GEOG1040 | Dynamic Landscapes | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG1045 | Living Planet | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG1055 | Environmental Change: Past and Future | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG1065 | Nature, Society and Environment | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG1070 | Physical Geography Tutorial | 10 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG1075 | Data Analysis Skills for Physical Geography | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Elective modules:
- Candidates should study 20 credits worth of elective modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment, Learning Context]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| GEOG2015 | Career Skills in Geography | 10 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG2095 | Skills for Physical Geographers | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 50-70 credits from the following lists of optional Geography modules:
Subset A
BSc Geography candidates must take one of the follwoing field trip modules:
| GEOG2005 | The dynamic environment of the Cévennes National Park (Massif Central, France) | 10 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG2009 | The dynamic environment of the Hohe Tauern National Park (Eastern Alps, Austria) | 10 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Subset B
BSc Geography candidates should take at least 40 credits from the following list:
| GEOG2060 | Living within limits: natural resource management for sustainable development | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG2080 | Earth Surface Processes | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG2085 | Ecosystems: process, pattern, and change | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG2090 | Climate Systems | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Elective modules:
Candidates may take up to 20 credits of elective modules.
Electives may be modules from other departments or human geography.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment, Learning Context]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
| GEOG3600 | Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
- Candidates will be required to study 60-80 credits from the following optional modules.
- Please note that GEOG 3520 and GEOG 3820 are mutually exclusive.
- GEOG 3062 may be taken with one of these modules with permission.
| GEOG3062 | New Zealand Field Trip | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3065 | Water Science & Management | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3130 | Alternative Urban Futures | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3180 | Management of Wilderness and Global Ecosystems | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3440 | Environment, Conflict and Policy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3520 | Workplace Co-operative Project | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3690 | Tropical forests and sustainable development | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3710 | Digital worlds: computer simulation of Earth'20s dynamic environments | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3820 | Research Placement | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3875 | Biogeochemical Cycles: Process to Policy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3885 | Ecosystems of the Quaternary | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Elective modules:
Candidates may study up to 20 credits of elective modules.
Last updated: 11/04/2013
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