Study Schemes

BSC  Geography (with integrated year studying abroad) [F802]

Academic Year: 2025/2026Single Honours scheme - available from 2016/2017

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence 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

Year 3  Core (120 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
GGS0000

Abroad Year Credits

GGS0100

Abroad Year Credits

Semester 2
GGS0060

Abroad Year Credits

GGS0160

Abroad Year Credits

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 from the list below. Up to 20 credits may be taken from other appropriate modules offered 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