2021/22 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA Geography with Transport Studies
| Programme code: | BA-GEOG/TS | UCAS code: | L7N9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Stuart Hodkinson | Contact address: | s.n.hodkinson@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
Normally 3 A level passes (AAB) preferably 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:
Programme specification:
The aims of the BA in Geography with Transport Studies are to provide students with:
1) An opportunity to study the discipline of human geography and to focus on transport planning in more detail as they progress through the programme.
2) A balanced curriculum which enables the acquisition of a range of practical, computational, research and problem solving skills as well as the development of factual and conceptual knowledge of human geography and transport planning.
3) A structured sequence of compulsory, optional and discovery modules with an appropriate combination of teaching, learning and assessment methods, providing a clear progression from one level to the next.
4) An environment in which they can achieve their full potential in terms of the development of communication and presentation capabilities that are relevant to a wide range of career opportunities.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates must take the following compulsory modules:
| GEOG1400 | Digital Geographies | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| GEOG1450 | The Urban Age | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG1500 | Global Geopolitics, Migration and Uneven Development | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| GEOG1550 | Population, Society and Space | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| TRAN1011 | Challenges in Transport and Mobility | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| TRAN1021 | Transport Policy in Action | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
| GEOG1000 | Planet Under Threat | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
If students do not take GEOG1000 then they are permitted to take 20 credits of discovery modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates must take the following compulsory modules:
| GEOG2000 | Research Approaches in Human Geography | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG2150 | Social and Spatial Data Analysis with GIS | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| TRAN2063 | Key Challenges in Transport and Society | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| TRAN2064 | Exploring Transport and Society | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students wishing to take GEOG2150 will need to have taken GEOG1400 at Level 1.
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to take a minimum of 50 credits from the following optional modules:
- At least 20 credits must be taken from GEOG modules.
- At least 20 credits must be taken from TRAN modules.
Candidates are advised to balance their module credits equally across both semesters.
Please note that GEOG2062 and GEOG2661 are mutually exclusive.
Students wishing to take GEOG2100 will have either GEOG1400 or GEOG2150 as prerequisites.
| GEOG2015 | Career Skills in Geography | 10 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG2020 | Political and Development Geographies | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG2035 | Geographies of Economies | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| GEOG2046 | The Making of the Modern City | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| GEOG2055 | Citizenship and Identity: Comparative Perspectives | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| GEOG2062 | Sustainability: Living Within Limits | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG2100 | Planning Services for Changing Populations | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| GEOG2661 | Social Ecological Systems | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| TRAN2010 | Transport Economics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| TRAN2020 | Transport Land Use and Development | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| TRAN2030 | Project Appraisal | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| TRAN2041 | Transport, Energy and Environment | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates participating in a recognised exchange as part of the 4-year international programme will spend a year studying abroad between levels 2 and 3.
Candidates participating in a recognised industrial placement as part of the 4-year industrial programme will spend a year working between levels 2 and 3.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates must take the following compulsory module:
| GEOG3615 | Human Geography Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| TRAN3061 | Travel Activity Analysis | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| TRAN3062 | Social Analysis and Social Psychology for Transport | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Students wishing to take GEOG2150 will need to have taken GEOG1400 at Level 1.
Optional modules:
Candidates should take 40 - 60 credits from the following list of modules:
- Up to 60 credits from below list, of which at least 20 must be GEOG classroom based (i.e. not GEOG3070, GEOG3535 or GEOG3510) and 10 must be TRAN.
-please note that GEOG3535 and GEOG3510 are mutually exclusive and cannot be taken together.
There will be two field class options. Students can choose either to go on the Virtual field trip to Sicily in Semester 1 or go on the in-person UK-based field class module in Semester 2. These are mutually exclusive modules – you can only choose one. Students do not have to take either option.
Students that took GEOG2470 Sicily: Exploring the Migration Crisis cannot take GEOG3070.
Students wishing to take GEOG3195 will need to have taken either GEOG1400 at Level 1 or GEOG2150 at Level 2
Students wishing to take GEOG3440 will need to have taken either GEOG2060, GEOG2062 or GEOG2661.
| GEOG3005 | Retail Location Planning | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| GEOG3064 | Field Research Project | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| GEOG3070 | Sicily Virtual Fieldtrip: Exploring the Migration Crisis | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| GEOG3085 | Contested Cities | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| GEOG3121 | Creating Alternative Futures | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| GEOG3140 | Advanced Population & Health Geographies | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3195 | Geocomputation and Spatial Analysis | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| GEOG3290 | Geographies of Global Insecurities | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3440 | Environment, Conflict and Policy | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3510 | Professional Development Project | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3535 | School and Educational Placements | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| GEOG3981 | Spaces of Migration and Encounter | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
| PIED3702 | Introduction to Programming for Social Science | 20 credits | Not running in 202122 | |
| TRAN3031 | Public Transport Policy and Practice | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| TRAN3041 | Freight Transport, Logistics and the Environment | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| TRAN3070 | Healthy Cities: Transport and Health | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
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