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
GS10220Conflict and Change: the making of urban and rural spaces
orDA10520Newid a gwrthdaro: Cynhyrchu gofodau gwledig a threfol
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 (50 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS22010Physical Analysis of Natural Materials
Semester 2
GS23710Geographical Information Systems
Year 3
Options
Students must take one of these modules.
Semester 1
DA25400Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes
GS20000Geography Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
Semester 2
DA25420Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes
GS20020Geography Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
Year 3
Options
Choose 50 credits
Semester 2
GS21910Reconstructing Past Environments
GS28910Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society
Final Year
Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
GS34000Geography Dissertation
orDA34000Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth
Semester 2
GS34040Geography Dissertation
orDA34040Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth
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
DA32220Cenedlaetholdeb a chymdeithas
GS32020Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space
GS36220Landscape, Culture and Society in 20th Century Britain
GS37520Urban Risk and Environmental Resilience
Semester 2
GS30420Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change
GS31120Applied Environmental Management
GS36820The Global Countryside: Geographical and Sociological Perspectives
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
