BSC
Geography
[F80F]
Academic Year: 2025/2026Single Honours scheme - available from 2019/2020
Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years
Part 1 Rules
Year 1
Core (80 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS01120Information in a Post-Truth World
Semester 2
GS00820Understanding Change - Environment, People, Places
Year 1
Options
Choose 40 credits (two modules)
Semester 1
GS09720Introduction to Social Science
Semester 2
GS09620The "Othered" Migrant: Social Science Perspectives
GS09820Representing the Other: Cultures and Clashes
Year 2
Core (120 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS10220The city & the country: processes of conflict & changes
orDA10520Cefn gwlad a'r ddinas: prosesau o newid a gwrthdaro
GS13000Researching the World: data collection and analysis
orDA10300Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data
Semester 2
GS13020Researching the World: data collection and analysis
orDA10320Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data
Part 2 Rules
Year 3
Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS20900Practising Human Geography: Methods, Approaches, and Contexts
GS23600Visualisation and Analysis of Geographical Data
Semester 2
GS20920Practising Human Geography: Methods, Approaches, and Contexts
GS23620Visualisation and Analysis of Geographical Data
Year 3
Options
Students must take one of these modules.
Semester 1
DA25400Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes
GS20000Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
Semester 2
DA25420Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes
GS20020Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
Year 3
Options
Choose 60 credits
Semester 1
GS20100Geoscience Laboratory Techniques
GS25520Glacial and Fluvial Processes
GS27920How to Build a Sustainable Society
Semester 2
GS20120Geoscience Laboratory Techniques
GS23920Quaternary Environmental Change
Final Year
Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS34000Dissertation: Geography, Environmental Science, and Environmental Earth Science
orDA34000Traethawd Estynedig: Daearyddiaeth, Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd, a Gwyddor Daear yr Amgylchedd
Semester 2
GS34040Dissertation: Geography, Environmental Science, and Environmental Earth Science
orDA34040Traethawd Estynedig: Daearyddiaeth, Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd, a Gwyddor Daear yr Amgylchedd
Final Year
Options
Students may choose 80 credits from the following modules. Up to 20 credits may be taken from other appropriate modules in DGES or in the University.
Semester 1
GS32020Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space
GS36220Landscape, Culture and Society in 20th Century Britain
Semester 2
GS30420Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change
GS31120Applied Environmental Management
GS37520Urban Risk and Environmental Resilience
GS37920Memory 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
