Study Schemes

BSC  Geography [F800]

Academic Year: 2025/2026Single Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Scholarship; The Coleg Incentive Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (120 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GS10000

Living in a Dangerous World

or
DA10000

Byw mewn Byd Peryglus

GS10220

The city & the country: processes of conflict & changes

or
DA10520

Cefn gwlad a'r ddinas: prosesau o newid a gwrthdaro

GS11520

How to Build a Planet

or
DA11520

Sut i Greu Planed

GS13000

Researching the World: data collection and analysis

or
DA10300

Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data

Semester 2
GS10020

Living in a Dangerous World

or
DA10020

Byw mewn Byd Peryglus

GS10520

Earth Surface Environments

GS13020

Researching the World: data collection and analysis

or
DA10320

Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data

GS14220

Place and Identity

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (50 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GS23810

Quantitative Data Analysis

Year 2  Options

Students must take one of these modules.

Semester 1
DA25400

Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes

GS20000

Research Design and Fieldwork Skills

Semester 2
DA25420

Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes

GS20020

Research Design and Fieldwork Skills

Year 2  Options

Choose 50 credits

Semester 1
DA20820

Astudio Cymru Gyfoes

GS22920

Placing Culture

Semester 2
DA23020

Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth

GS23020

Placing Politics

GS28910

Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society

Final Year  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GS34000

Dissertation: Geography, Environmental Science, and Environmental Earth Science

or
DA34000

Traethawd Estynedig: Daearyddiaeth, Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd, a Gwyddor Daear yr Amgylchedd

Semester 2
GS34040

Dissertation: Geography, Environmental Science, and Environmental Earth Science

or
DA34040

Traethawd Estynedig: Daearyddiaeth, Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd, a Gwyddor Daear yr Amgylchedd

Final Year  Options

Students may choose 80 credits. Up to 20 credits may be taken from other appropriate modules in DGES or in the University.

Semester 1
DA32220

Cenedlaetholdeb a chymdeithas

GS32020

Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space

GS33320

Everyday Social Worlds

GS36220

Landscape, Culture and Society in 20th Century Britain

Semester 2
DA31720

Rheoli'r Amgylchedd Gymreig

GS30020

The psychosocial century

GS30420

Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change

GS31120

Applied Environmental Management

GS33420

Glaciers and Ice Sheets

GS37520

Urban Risk and Environmental Resilience

GS37920

Memory Cultures: heritage, identity and power

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary