Geography
Entry requirements
GCSE: Grade C/4 in Mathematics and English Language or Welsh, if not demonstrated by the Level 3 qualification/s. Offers are tariff based, 112 - 144 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.: A Levels: Including a C grade or above in Geography. General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted. International Baccalaureate Diploma (including grade H5 or above in Geography at the Higher Level) Access: Science or Environmental/Land-based or Humanities course (merit grade required in the Geography element) BTEC National Extended Diploma in Countryside Management or Applied Science**: DMM-DDD Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma in Applied Science or Laboratory Skills**: DMM-DDD City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080): DMM-DDD in a relevant subject (e.g. Countryside Management, Countryside and Environment, Forestry & Arboriculture)** Welsh Baccalaureate is accepted. T-levels: considered on a case-by-case basis Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
About this course
MGeog in Geography, combining human and physical geography perspectives. Core topics include programming, data analysis, statistics, research methods, fieldwork, and environmental analysis. The programme is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). The integrated master's includes a fourth year focused on research, with fieldwork conducted in North Wales including Eryri National Park.
Modules
- Earth Systems and Processes
- Geography Field Study (North Wales)
- Environmental Data and Analysis
- Environmental Data Analysis
- Year 1 Tutorials
- Tutorials Year 1
- Introducing Human Geographies
- Introduction to Human Geography
- Ecosystem Function and Services
- Britain: Blitz to Brexit, UK Politics and the Post-war World
- Earth, Climate and Evolution
- Social Divisions
- Climate Change: Science and Impacts
- Geographical Fieldwork and Research Skills
- Becoming a Researcher
- Geospatial Data Skills
- Space, Power and Ideology
- Natural Hazards
- Water, Air and Soil Pollution
- Remote Sensing and Geophysics
- Ice, Oceans and Climate
- Poverty and Inequality
- Contemporary Social and Political Debates
- Fluvial Geomorphology
- Catchment Processes
- Sustainable Development
- Sustainable Development: From Global to Local
- Geographical Thought
- Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing
- Rivers, Coasts and Oceans
- Sustainable Communities
- Catchment Modelling and Analysis
- Environmental Geochemistry
- Governing Society and Environment
- The Urban Anthropocene
- Environmental Policy
- Field Course: Tenerife
- Forest Ecology
- Geoarchaeology
- Coastal Processes Field Study
- Marine Geology and Applications
- Housing Policy
- Climate Change and Environmental Politics
- Daearyddiaeth Bwyd: Arloesi a Mentergarwch
- Food Geographies: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- MGeog Dissertation
- Professional Placement
- The Urban Anthropocene
- Strategic Environmental Management
- Green Technologies
- Practical Oceanography: Applied Marine Geoscience
- Climate and Climate Change
- Geophysical Surveying
- Sediment Geotechnics
- Tackling Inequalities 2
- Nationalism