2019/20 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Geography and Business Management

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

- Grades AAA at A Level preferably including Geography, and excluding General Studies.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

Leeds University Business School for students entering up to and including September 2015. School of Geography for students entering from September 2016.

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Programme specification:

The programme will:
- enable students to work across more than one discipline by providing the flexibility to study three disciplines at level one;
- allow the study of two disciplines to the same depth as any single honours student but with less breadth in each discipline;
- provide a basis for further advanced study in either of the disciplines or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.

General
- The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of University of Leeds joint honours programmes lie in the unusual combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which they offer, as well as in the exceptional range of degree combinations available.
- They permit students to study two disciplines, in depth and to degree level while acquiring a broader range of skills than is typically possible within a single honours degree.
- They are emphatically joint honours programmes, rather than integrated programmes: students can therefore make the links they choose from the wide choice of optional modules available within each discipline. Within certain parameters, they thus effectively make connections and devise pathways according to their own preferences, rather than being faced with a prescribed combination of modules chosen for them by others.
- The students must acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- A further element of distinctiveness is the flexibility of the programme structure, which allows joint honours students to change direction more easily, and more radically, than single honours students.
- Many of these programmes also allow the opportunity to undertake a work placement, field work or study abroad.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students must study 120 credits.

In level 1, students are required to pass a minimum of 50 credits in Mangement and 40 credits in Geography. Students must pass 100 credits and all designated 'pass for progression' modules to proceed to the next level of the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students may choose to additionally register for one of the following:

Discovery modules:

Candidates must study 10-30 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in either Geography or Management.

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students must study 120 credits.
Over levels 2 and 3 taken combined students must pass:
- Geography: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- Management: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
The remaining 80 credits must be used to ensure that a sufficient total of credits at the appropriate level for award are taken; by taking further modules in the named subjects, or by taking up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3). Students must pass at least 100 credits at Level 2 and all designated ‘pass for progression’ modules to proceed to the next level of the programme.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates are required to study ONE of the following research training pathways to prepare them for their final year project:
EITHER

OR

Students should seek advice from JH tutors before selecting their research training pathway to ensure that they receive the appropriate training for their final year project.

Depending on the research training pathway selected candidates will normally study between 20 and 60 credits from the following two lists of optional and discovery Geography modules:

-GEOG2041, GEOG2042, GEOG2043 and GEOG2470 are mutually exclusive

NOTE 10-credit variants of some of the above Geography modules are available to students as discovery modules:

Candidates will be required to study a minimum of 10 credits from the following list of optional Management modules:

Discovery modules:

Alternatively candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of discovery modules at Level 2 (but they should not exceed a maximum of 40 credits of discovery modules in total across Levels 2 and 3).

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students must study 120 credits.

Over levels 2 and 3 taken combined students must pass:

- Geography: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- Management: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)

The remaining 80 credits must be used to ensure that a sufficient total of credits at the appropriate level for award are taken; by taking further modules in the named subjects, or by taking up to 40 credits of discovery modules.
In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at L2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at L3). Students must pass at least 100 credits at L3 and all designated 'pass for progression' modules to gain the degree.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following final year project modules

Depending on the subject in which they elect to pursue their final year project candidates will normally study 20-60 credits from the following list of optional Geography modules:

NOTE: students who wish to take GEOG3615 (above) and one of the following GEOG3520, GEOG3530, GEOG3820, GEOG3042, GEOG3046 or GEOG3550 as their only L3 Geography modules must secure the permission of the Geography JH Tutor or the Geography Director of Student Education before confirming their module choices.

-GEOG3042, GEOG3046 & GEOG3550 are mutually exclusive
-GEOG3520 and GEOG3530 are mutually exclusive

Depending on the subject in which they elect to pursue their final year project candidates will normally study 20-40 credits from the following list of optional Management modules:

Discovery modules:

Alternatively candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules at Level 3 (but they should not exceed a maximum of 40 credits of discovery modules in total across Levels 2 and 3).

Last updated: 13/05/2019

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