BSC Physical Geography [F84F]

Academic Year
2025/2026
Campus
Aberystwyth
Single Honours
scheme - available from 2019/2020
Duration (studying Full-Time)
4 years
Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards

Part 1 Rules

Year 1

Core (100 Credits)

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

How to be a Student 1

GS09520

20

Semester 1

Information in a Post-Truth World

GS01120

20

Semester 1

Environmental Management

GS00420

20

Semester 1

How to be a Student 2

GS09320

20

Semester 2

Understanding Change - Environment, People, Places

GS00820

20

Semester 2

Options (20 credits)

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

Representing the Other: Cultures and Clashes

GS09820

20

Semester 2

The "Othered" Migrant: Social Science Perspectives

GS09620

20

Semester 2

Part 2 Rules

Year 2

Core (120 Credits)

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

Researching the World: data collection and analysis

GS13000

Module in Welsh

0

Semester 1

An introduction to Earth Materials

GS12500

0

Semester 1

How to Build a Planet

GS11520

Module in Welsh

20

Semester 1

Living in a Dangerous World

GS10000

Module in Welsh

0

Semester 1

Life on Earth

GS10720

20

Semester 2

An introduction to Earth Materials

GS12520

20

Semester 2

Researching the World: data collection and analysis

GS13020

Module in Welsh

20

Semester 2

Living in a Dangerous World

GS10020

Module in Welsh

20

Semester 2

Earth Surface Environments

GS10520

20

Semester 2

Part 2 Rules

Year 3

Core (40 Credits)

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

Quantitative Data Analysis

GS23810

10

Semester 1

Physical Analysis of Natural Materials

GS22010

10

Semester 1

Geographical Information Systems

GS23710

10

Semester 2

Chemical Analysis of Natural Materials

GS21010

10

Semester 2

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

Fundamentals of Geochemistry

GS22700

0

Semester 1

Geoscience for a Sustainable World

GS22600

0

Semester 1

Fundamentals of Geochemistry

GS22720

20

Semester 2

Bwyd, Ffermio, Technoleg a'r Amgylchedd

BG29020

20

Semester 2

Food, Farming, Technology and the Environment

BR29020

Module in Welsh

20

Semester 2

Geoscience for a Sustainable World

GS22620

20

Semester 2

Final Year

Core (40 Credits)

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

Geography Dissertation

GS34000

Module in Welsh

0

Semester 1

Geography Dissertation

GS34040

Module in Welsh

40

Semester 2

Options (60 credits)

Module Name

Module Code

Credit Value

Semester

Environmental geochemistry and biogeochemistry

GS30320

20

Semester 1

Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space

GS32020

20

Semester 1

Glaciers and Ice Sheets

GS33420

20

Semester 1

Rheoli'r Amgylchedd Gymreig

DA31720

20

Semester 2

Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change

GS30420

20

Semester 2

Applied Environmental Management

GS31120

20

Semester 2

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