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BSc Geography

Key Course Details

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3 Year Full Time

UCAS Code: F800
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Start Date: September
Typical Offer: See Entry Requirements
Location: Singleton Park Campus
Tuition Fees Per Year: £ 9,000

4 Year Full Time With a Year Abroad

UCAS Code: F8R9
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Start Date: September
Typical Offer: See Entry Requirements
Location: Singleton Park Campus
Tuition Fees Per Year: £ 9,000

4 Year Full Time With a Year In Industry

UCAS Code: F273
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Start Date: September
Typical Offer: See Entry Requirements
Location: Singleton Park Campus
Tuition Fees Per Year: £ 9,000

3 Year Full Time

UCAS Code: F800
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Start Date: September
Typical Offer: AAB-BBB - More Information
Location: Singleton Park Campus
Tuition Fees Per Year: £ 18,000

4 Year Full Time With a Year Abroad

UCAS Code: F8R9
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Start Date: September
Typical Offer: AAB-BBB - More Information
Location: Singleton Park Campus
Tuition Fees Per Year: £ 18,000

4 Year Full Time With a Year In Industry

UCAS Code: F273
Mode of Study: Campus Based
Start Date: September
Typical Offer: AAB-BBB - More Information
Location: Singleton Park Campus
Tuition Fees Per Year: £ 18,000

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Course Overview

Geography is vital in our globally interconnected world. It helps us understand human-environment relationships, and how they vary across time and space. Geography allows us to discover, record and shape the places we inhabit today and in the future.

This three-year BSc Geography degree is suitable if you know your main interest lies in physical geography.

We cover geographical themes including glacial environments and processes, climate change, meteorology and plate tectonics.

At Swansea, there is a strong emphasis on fieldwork. Our location offers easy access to environments as varied as the Gower Peninsula, Brecon Beacons, rural west Wales and the urban industrial landscapes across south Wales.

You will have the opportunity to undertake overseas field courses in places such as Malaysian Borneo, Vancouver, Austria and Mallorca

If you don’t have the necessary entry requirements to enter on to the first year of a degree, you may be offered a place on a degree course with an integrated foundation year.

Why Geography at Swansea?

Geography at Swansea University attracts students from across the world. Our department is based on our stunning Singleton Park campus overlooking Swansea Bay.

Your learning will be shaped by inspirational and internationally-renowned academics including Professor Tavi Murray, the first woman to be awarded a Polar Medal for outstanding service to polar research, Professor Adrian Luckman, who earned global media coverage for climate change research into the Larsen C ice shelf collapse and Dr Amanda Rogers who has been awarded the Learned Society of Wales' Dillwyn Medal for outstanding early career research in the Creative Arts and Humanities

Our BA and BSc Geography degrees have Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) accreditation, and Swansea University also holds a TEF Gold award, UK Government recognition for excellent teaching in UK higher education.

Your Geography Experience

A flexibly structured degree path means you have the opportunity to study abroad for a year or work in industry for a year, either locally, nationally or overseas.

Your degree can also be customised with a mixture of human and physical geography modules.

You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, and discussion groups, supported by practical classes and field courses.

Field courses might take you from areas of outstanding natural beauty on our doorstep in the Gower Peninsula, to locations across the world such as Malaysian Borneo, Colorado and Mallorca.

Our facilities include a £4.2 million suite of state-of-the-art science laboratories and a high-performance computer laboratory for processing and interpreting satellite earth observation and GIS data.

You may also find yourself working with our stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer, our climatic test chamber, our mineral magnetic characterisation equipment, or our automatic organic carbon analyser.

Geography Employment Opportunities

Our Geography degrees at Swansea University are designed so that you have the skills that today's employers are looking for. Geography graduates have a broad range of career options within sectors which include environmental management, aid and development agencies, conservation and regional and resource planning.

Our degrees will provide you with an understanding of the human world, the natural environment, and interactions between them and equip you with the practical, numerical and computational skills that are valued by many employers.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to develop your essential transferable skills, such as team working, communication, presentation, problem solving, and analytical skills.

We offer CV workshop and you will have access to our Employment Zone, which advertises work placements, part time vacancies and graduate jobs. We have dedicated staff who will always be on hand to provide employability support, throughout your studies.

We take Employability seriously and you will leave Swansea University with much more than a degree, gaining invaluable life skills and experiences on your journey.

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Modules

Following early compulsory modules including the earth’s changing face, global environmental change and global shifts, you will be able to craft your own personalised path throughout the degree.

You will select from a wide range of optional modules, with the chance to mix human and physical geography modules, leading to a dissertation in your final year.

BSc 3 Year Full-time

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG132	Period September-January	20	Dynamic Earth Systems

Optional Modules

GEG100/GEC100

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC100	TB1	20	Sgiliau Daearyddol
GEG100	TB1	20	Geographical skills

AND

GEG133/GEC133

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC133	TB2	20	Y Byd Peryglus
GEG133	TB2	20	Dangerous Earth: Understanding and Living with Natural Hazards

AND

GEC135/GEG135

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC135	TB1	20	Daear Gyfanheddol
GEG135	TB1	20	Habitable Earth

AND

GEC140/GEG140

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC140	TB2	20	Prosiect a Dulliau Ymchwil
GEG140	TB2	20	Project and Methods

AND

Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG130	TB1	20	Globalisation
GEG131	TB2	20	Cities
GEL121	TB2	20	Introducing Planet Earth: an overview of geology

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Compulsory GIS

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Cannot select GEC275 with GEG275, GEC276 with GEG276, GEC277 with GEG277 and GEC278 with GEC278 as they are the Welsh and English equivalent of the same module.

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC276	TB1	20	Systemau Gwybodaeth Ddaearyddol
GEG276	TB1	20	Geographic Information Systems

AND

Compulsory Methods and Approaches

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC277	TB1	20	Dulliau ac Ymagweddau Daearyddol
GEG277	TB1	20	Geographical Methods and Approaches

AND

Compulsory Skills and Data Analysis

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC278	TB2	20	Sgiliau Dadansoddi Data a Pharatoi Traethawd Hir
GEG278	TB2	20	Data Analysis and Dissertation Preparation Skills

AND

Field Course

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : This module has been pre-allocated to your module selections after our application process in April. Therefore any selection made here will be overwritten by the Geography Department

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG252B	TB2	20	Geographical Fieldwork skills: Berlin
GEG252M	TB2	20	Geographical Fieldwork skills: Mallorca
GEG252MB	TB2	20	Geographical Field Work Skills: Malaysian, Borneo
GEG252N	TB2	20	Geographical Fieldwork skills: New York
GEG252V	TB2	20	Geographical Fieldwork skills: Vancouver

AND

Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : GEC269 is taught through the medium of welsh GEC275 is the welsh equivalent of GEG275

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG211	TB1	10	Glacial Environments and Processes, past and present
GEG229	TB1	10	Marginal Geographies
GEG236	TB1	10	The Earth from Space: Monitoring Global Environmental Change
GEG251	TB1	10	Political Geographies
GEL203	TB1	10	Earth history
GEC269	TB2	10	Cyfathrebu Gwyddoniaeth
GEC275	TB2	10	Daearyddiaethau Iaith
GEG202	TB2	10	Rivers
GEG221	TB2	10	Regional Economic Development and Policy
GEG230	TB2	10	Boundaries and Connections in Social Geography
GEG269	TB2	10	Sustainable Land Management
GEG275	TB2	10	Geographies of Language
GEL204	TB2	10	Geological Record of Past Environments
GE-200	YR	0	Professional Development and Career Planning

Year 3 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Dissertation GEG331/GEC331

Choose Exactly 30 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC331	TB1+2	30	Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth
GEG331	TB1+2	30	Dissertation Report: Geography

AND

DSG GEG332/GEC332

Choose Exactly 10 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC332	TB1+2	10	Cefnogaeth Traethawd Hir
GEG332	TB1+2	10	Dissertation Support: Geography

AND

GEC333

Choose Exactly 80 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : GEB301 applications for this module will be during teaching block 2 in your 2nd year. If successful your allocation of this module will be added by the Student Information Office directly onto your profile. Can only select two modules out of GEB301/GEC333 or GEG333 and AR-400

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG329	TB1	20	Animating Migration Theory
GEG336	TB1	20	Vegetation Patterns and Dynamics
GEG342	TB1	20	Geographies of National Identity
GEG344	TB1	20	Glaciology
GEG345	TB1	20	Humid Tropical Environments and Landscapes
GEG346	TB1	20	Capital and Labour in the 21st century
GEG347	TB1	20	Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
AR-400	TB2	20	Enterprise and Creativity: Entrepreneurship in Practice
GEB301	TB2	20	Interdisciplinary Field Course to the Indian Himalayas (Sikkim)
GEC333	TB2	20	Ffiniau Ymchwil Daearyddol
GEG338	TB2	20	Plant Biogeography
GEG341	TB2	20	Contemporary Rural Britain
GEG348	TB2	20	Plate Tectonics and Global Geophysics
GEG352	TB2	20	World Cities
GEG358	TB2	20	Climate of the last 1000 years

GEG333

Choose Exactly 80 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG329	TB1	20	Animating Migration Theory
GEG336	TB1	20	Vegetation Patterns and Dynamics
GEG342	TB1	20	Geographies of National Identity
GEG344	TB1	20	Glaciology
GEG345	TB1	20	Humid Tropical Environments and Landscapes
GEG346	TB1	20	Capital and Labour in the 21st century
GEG347	TB1	20	Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
AR-400	TB2	20	Enterprise and Creativity: Entrepreneurship in Practice
GEB301	TB2	20	Interdisciplinary Field Course to the Indian Himalayas (Sikkim)
GEG333	TB2	20	Geographical Research Frontiers
GEG338	TB2	20	Plant Biogeography
GEG341	TB2	20	Contemporary Rural Britain
GEG348	TB2	20	Plate Tectonics and Global Geophysics
GEG352	TB2	20	World Cities
GEG358	TB2	20	Climate of the last 1000 years

BA 4 Year Full-time (with a year abroad)

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG132	Period September-January	20	Dynamic Earth Systems

Optional Modules

GEG100/GEC100

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC100	TB1	20	Sgiliau Daearyddol
GEG100	TB1	20	Geographical skills

AND

GEG133/GEC133

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC133	TB2	20	Y Byd Peryglus
GEG133	TB2	20	Dangerous Earth: Understanding and Living with Natural Hazards

AND

GEC135/GEG135

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC135	TB1	20	Daear Gyfanheddol
GEG135	TB1	20	Habitable Earth

AND

GEC140/GEG140

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC140	TB2	20	Prosiect a Dulliau Ymchwil
GEG140	TB2	20	Project and Methods

AND

Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG130	TB1	20	Globalisation
GEG131	TB2	20	Cities
GEL121	TB2	20	Introducing Planet Earth: an overview of geology

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Compulsory GIS

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Cannot select GEC275 with GEG275, GEC276 with GEG276, GEC277 with GEG277 and GEC278 with GEC278 as they are the Welsh and English equivalent of the same module.

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC276	TB1	20	Systemau Gwybodaeth Ddaearyddol
GEG276	TB1	20	Geographic Information Systems

AND

Compulsory Methods and Approaches

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC277	TB1	20	Dulliau ac Ymagweddau Daearyddol
GEG277	TB1	20	Geographical Methods and Approaches

AND

Compulsory Skills and Data Analysis

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC278	TB2	20	Sgiliau Dadansoddi Data a Pharatoi Traethawd Hir
GEG278	TB2	20	Data Analysis and Dissertation Preparation Skills

AND

Field Course

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : This module has been pre-allocated to your module selections after our application process in April. Therefore any selection made here will be overwritten by the Geography Department

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG252B	TB2	20	Geographical Fieldwork skills: Berlin
GEG252M	TB2	20	Geographical Fieldwork skills: Mallorca
GEG252MB	TB2	20	Geographical Field Work Skills: Malaysian, Borneo
GEG252N	TB2	20	Geographical Fieldwork skills: New York
GEG252V	TB2	20	Geographical Fieldwork skills: Vancouver

AND

Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : GEC269 is taught through the medium of welsh GEC275 is the welsh equivalent of GEG275

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG211	TB1	10	Glacial Environments and Processes, past and present
GEG229	TB1	10	Marginal Geographies
GEG236	TB1	10	The Earth from Space: Monitoring Global Environmental Change
GEG251	TB1	10	Political Geographies
GEL203	TB1	10	Earth history
GEC269	TB2	10	Cyfathrebu Gwyddoniaeth
GEC275	TB2	10	Daearyddiaethau Iaith
GEG202	TB2	10	Rivers
GEG221	TB2	10	Regional Economic Development and Policy
GEG230	TB2	10	Boundaries and Connections in Social Geography
GEG269	TB2	10	Sustainable Land Management
GEG275	TB2	10	Geographies of Language
GEL204	TB2	10	Geological Record of Past Environments
GE-200	YR	0	Professional Development and Career Planning

Year 3 (Level 5 YR OUT)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate Sandwich Year

Compulsory Modules

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GE-S00	Period September-June	120	Year Abroad (Geography)

Year 4 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Dissertation GEG331/GEC331

Choose Exactly 30 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC331	TB1+2	30	Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth
GEG331	TB1+2	30	Dissertation Report: Geography

AND

DSG GEG332/GEC332

Choose Exactly 10 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC332	TB1+2	10	Cefnogaeth Traethawd Hir
GEG332	TB1+2	10	Dissertation Support: Geography

AND

GEC333

Choose Exactly 80 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG329	TB1	20	Animating Migration Theory
GEG336	TB1	20	Vegetation Patterns and Dynamics
GEG342	TB1	20	Geographies of National Identity
GEG344	TB1	20	Glaciology
GEG345	TB1	20	Humid Tropical Environments and Landscapes
GEG346	TB1	20	Capital and Labour in the 21st century
GEG347	TB1	20	Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
AR-400	TB2	20	Enterprise and Creativity: Entrepreneurship in Practice
GEB301	TB2	20	Interdisciplinary Field Course to the Indian Himalayas (Sikkim)
GEC333	TB2	20	Ffiniau Ymchwil Daearyddol
GEG338	TB2	20	Plant Biogeography
GEG341	TB2	20	Contemporary Rural Britain
GEG348	TB2	20	Plate Tectonics and Global Geophysics
GEG352	TB2	20	World Cities
GEG358	TB2	20	Climate of the last 1000 years

GEG333

Choose Exactly 80 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG329	TB1	20	Animating Migration Theory
GEG336	TB1	20	Vegetation Patterns and Dynamics
GEG342	TB1	20	Geographies of National Identity
GEG344	TB1	20	Glaciology
GEG345	TB1	20	Humid Tropical Environments and Landscapes
GEG346	TB1	20	Capital and Labour in the 21st century
GEG347	TB1	20	Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
AR-400	TB2	20	Enterprise and Creativity: Entrepreneurship in Practice
GEB301	TB2	20	Interdisciplinary Field Course to the Indian Himalayas (Sikkim)
GEG333	TB2	20	Geographical Research Frontiers
GEG338	TB2	20	Plant Biogeography
GEG341	TB2	20	Contemporary Rural Britain
GEG348	TB2	20	Plate Tectonics and Global Geophysics
GEG352	TB2	20	World Cities
GEG358	TB2	20	Climate of the last 1000 years

BA 4 Year Full-time (with a year in Industry)

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG132	Period September-January	20	Dynamic Earth Systems

Optional Modules

GEG100/GEC100

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC100	TB1	20	Sgiliau Daearyddol
GEG100	TB1	20	Geographical skills

AND

GEG133/GEC133

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC133	TB2	20	Y Byd Peryglus
GEG133	TB2	20	Dangerous Earth: Understanding and Living with Natural Hazards

AND

GEC135/GEG135

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC135	TB1	20	Daear Gyfanheddol
GEG135	TB1	20	Habitable Earth

AND

GEC140/GEG140

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC140	TB2	20	Prosiect a Dulliau Ymchwil
GEG140	TB2	20	Project and Methods

AND

Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG130	TB1	20	Globalisation
GEG131	TB2	20	Cities
GEL121	TB2	20	Introducing Planet Earth: an overview of geology

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GE-200	Academic Year	0	Professional Development and Career Planning

Optional Modules

Compulsory GIS

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Cannot select GEC275 with GEG275, GEC276 with GEG276, GEC277 with GEG277 and GEC278 with GEC278 as they are the Welsh and English equivalent of the same module.

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC276	TB1	20	Systemau Gwybodaeth Ddaearyddol
GEG276	TB1	20	Geographic Information Systems

AND

Compulsory Methods and Approaches

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC277	TB1	20	Dulliau ac Ymagweddau Daearyddol
GEG277	TB1	20	Geographical Methods and Approaches

AND

Compulsory Skills and Data Analysis

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC278	TB2	20	Sgiliau Dadansoddi Data a Pharatoi Traethawd Hir
GEG278	TB2	20	Data Analysis and Dissertation Preparation Skills

AND

Field Course

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : This module has been pre-allocated to your module selections after our application process in April. Therefore any selection made here will be overwritten by the Geography Department

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG252B	TB2	20	Geographical Fieldwork skills: Berlin
GEG252M	TB2	20	Geographical Fieldwork skills: Mallorca
GEG252MB	TB2	20	Geographical Field Work Skills: Malaysian, Borneo
GEG252N	TB2	20	Geographical Fieldwork skills: New York
GEG252V	TB2	20	Geographical Fieldwork skills: Vancouver

AND

Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : GEC269 is taught through the medium of welsh GEC275 is the welsh equivalent of GEG275

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG211	TB1	10	Glacial Environments and Processes, past and present
GEG229	TB1	10	Marginal Geographies
GEG236	TB1	10	The Earth from Space: Monitoring Global Environmental Change
GEG251	TB1	10	Political Geographies
GEL203	TB1	10	Earth history
GEC269	TB2	10	Cyfathrebu Gwyddoniaeth
GEC275	TB2	10	Daearyddiaethau Iaith
GEG202	TB2	10	Rivers
GEG221	TB2	10	Regional Economic Development and Policy
GEG230	TB2	10	Boundaries and Connections in Social Geography
GEG269	TB2	10	Sustainable Land Management
GEG275	TB2	10	Geographies of Language
GEL204	TB2	10	Geological Record of Past Environments

Year 3 (Level 5 YR OUT)

FHEQ 5 Undergraduate Sandwich Year

Compulsory Modules

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GE-E00	Academic Year	120	Geography Industrial Placement Year

Year 4 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Dissertation GEG331/GEC331

Choose Exactly 30 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC331	TB1+2	30	Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth
GEG331	TB1+2	30	Dissertation Report: Geography

AND

DSG GEG332/GEC332

Choose Exactly 10 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name	Guidance
GEC332	TB1+2	10	Cefnogaeth Traethawd Hir
GEG332	TB1+2	10	Dissertation Support: Geography

AND

GEC333

Choose Exactly 80 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG329	TB1	20	Animating Migration Theory
GEG336	TB1	20	Vegetation Patterns and Dynamics
GEG342	TB1	20	Geographies of National Identity
GEG344	TB1	20	Glaciology
GEG345	TB1	20	Humid Tropical Environments and Landscapes
GEG346	TB1	20	Capital and Labour in the 21st century
GEG347	TB1	20	Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
AR-400	TB2	20	Enterprise and Creativity: Entrepreneurship in Practice
GEB301	TB2	20	Interdisciplinary Field Course to the Indian Himalayas (Sikkim)
GEC333	TB2	20	Ffiniau Ymchwil Daearyddol
GEG338	TB2	20	Plant Biogeography
GEG341	TB2	20	Contemporary Rural Britain
GEG348	TB2	20	Plate Tectonics and Global Geophysics
GEG352	TB2	20	World Cities
GEG358	TB2	20	Climate of the last 1000 years

GEG333

Choose Exactly 80 credits from the following Modules:

Module Code	Semester	Credits	Module Name
GEG329	TB1	20	Animating Migration Theory
GEG336	TB1	20	Vegetation Patterns and Dynamics
GEG342	TB1	20	Geographies of National Identity
GEG344	TB1	20	Glaciology
GEG345	TB1	20	Humid Tropical Environments and Landscapes
GEG346	TB1	20	Capital and Labour in the 21st century
GEG347	TB1	20	Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
AR-400	TB2	20	Enterprise and Creativity: Entrepreneurship in Practice
GEB301	TB2	20	Interdisciplinary Field Course to the Indian Himalayas (Sikkim)
GEG333	TB2	20	Geographical Research Frontiers
GEG338	TB2	20	Plant Biogeography
GEG341	TB2	20	Contemporary Rural Britain
GEG348	TB2	20	Plate Tectonics and Global Geophysics
GEG352	TB2	20	World Cities
GEG358	TB2	20	Climate of the last 1000 years

Entry Requirements

We have vacancies across a variety of subjects for entry September 2020 - please get in touch by email regarding specific course entry requirements or by telephone 0800 094 9071.

We also welcome enquiries from candidates researching starting a course in 2021 - please see our Entry Requirements Page to find out typical offer ranges or get in touch by email or by telephone 01792 295111.

How You're Taught

You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials and coursework throughout the year.
You will be assessed through a combination of unseen written examinations, set assignments, presentations and a dissertation.

This course offers some modules taught through the medium of Welsh or bilingually for students who consider themselves to be fluent Welsh speakers. For more details on the provision available see the Welsh Provision expander below.

Welsh Provision

There are opportunities for Welsh speakers to study this subject through the medium of Welsh and our dedicated academy, Academi Hywel Teifi, is here to support you throughout your time at Swansea University. We offer you:

An interview through the medium of Welsh when applying for a place.
The option to receive your personal correspondence in Welsh, English or bilingually - we will then communicate with you in your language of choice.
Access to generous Welsh-language study scholarships or bursaries.
Access to modules taught wholly or partly in Welsh.
The option to write and submit your coursework or exams through the medium of Welsh (even if you have chosen to study in English), and your work will be marked in Welsh.
A Welsh-speaking academic tutor.
One-to-one support to improve your academic Welsh language skills.
An opportunity to gain an additional free qualification that serves as evidence of your Welsh language ability for future employers.

To see further details about the level of provision delivered in Welsh on this particular degree scheme, please see the Welsh-language course page for further information.

Since 2011, there has been a 40% increase in the number of students studying through the medium of Welsh at Swansea University and our TEF* data over the last two years shows that Welsh-medium students are high achievers in regards to employability (*Swansea University TEF return 2017 and 2018).

Professional Body Accreditation

Our programmes have been accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). Accredited degree programmes contain a solid academic foundation in geographical knowledge and skills, and prepare graduates to address the needs of the world beyond higher education. The accreditation criteria require evidence that graduates from accredited programmes meet defined sets of learning outcomes, including subject knowledge, technical ability and transferable skills.

Meet Your Lecturers

You will be taught by world-class lecturers who are all active researchers. Their research activities in areas such as climate change, glaciology, poverty alleviation through control of disease and pollution risks from wildfire ash, help to change the world for the better.

Dr Joanne Maddern, Programme Director
Dr Pyrs Gruffudd, Admissions Tutor
Dr Rhian Meara, Admissions Tutor

See all of the Geography staff

Tuition Fees

Annual tuition fees for entry in the academic year 2020/21 are as follows:

		UK/EU	International
BSc (Hons)	Full Time	£ 9,000	£ 18,000
BSc (Hons)	Full Time With a Year Abroad	£ 9,000	£ 18,000
BSc (Hons)	Full Time With a Year In Industry	£ 9,000	£ 18,000

Fees for full time Undergraduate UK/EU students may be increased in subsequent years of study by an inflationary amount determined by Welsh Government.

Fees for full time Undergraduate International students will increase by 3% for each subsequent year of study.

During a sandwich year (e.g. year in industry, year abroad or placement year) a lower fee will apply. For more information visit our tuition fees page.

You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Current students: You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

Funding and Scholarships

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study.

To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol offer a number of generous scholarships and bursaries for students who wish to study through the medium of Welsh or bilingually. For further information about the opportunities available to you, visit the Academi Hywel Teifi Scholarships and Bursaries page.

Our degree schemes in Geography are eligible for the Ysgoloriaeth Cymhelliant scholarships, as we offer 40 credits or more through Welsh at all levels. Our BSc Geography scheme, with 80 credits available at all levels, is also normally eligible for the Prif Ysgoloriaeth scholarship. We also welcome students who may wish to study just one or two specific modules through the medium of Welsh.

More information on scholarships

Additional Costs

You may face additional costs while at university, including (but are not limited to):

Parking and travel to and from campus
Printing, photocopying, stationery and equipment costs (e.g. USB sticks)
Purchase of books or texts
Printing and binding
Gowns for graduation ceremonies

Level 2 Single Honours:

Students choose from a range of overseas fieldcourses, all of which are subsidised but require an additional payment, which varies according to destination, e.g. Austria or Berlin, approximately £250; Vancouver or New York, approximately £900.

Level 2 Joint Honours:

Students may attend an international fieldcourse as space allows but pay the full cost of the fieldcourse (e.g. currently £450 for Mallorca).
Non-Physical Earth Science students can select GEL204 which includes a Pembrokeshire field weekend at a cost of £65 (for non-PES students).

Careers and Employability

Swansea Employability Academy (SEA) will support you at each stage of your career journey helping you build a bright future.

Our career support services include:

Employability workshops, employers’ talks, bespoke events and careers fairs
Individual advice and guidance from professionally qualified Careers Advisers
Help with finding jobs, internships, work placements and volunteering opportunities
Access to information resources on a wide range of career management topics
Advice and guidance on postgraduate study and funding
Funding to support student internship opportunities and Student Society/Club events.

We also provide help and advice for Swansea University Alumni up to two years after you graduate.

Geography is a popular subject because it provides a critical understanding of the modern world.

This understanding can be broadly applied in the world of work, creating a diverse range of employment opportunities for geography graduates.

These are a small number of their recent destinations.

Multi Site Supervisor (Phase Eight)
Data Analyst (PHS Group)
Account Manager Support (Handelsbanken)
Geographical Data Processor (Western Power Distribution)
Catchment Scientist (Welsh Water)
Ecologist (Natural England)

Swansea University helps you to prepare for your future career by helping you to find work placements and relevant part-time jobs, offering year in industry options. In addition, our Geography degree programmes have a bespoke work experience module offered in Year 3 where students can undertake a four-week placement and gain experience as a professional geographer.

Academic Support

As well as subject specific support by college teaching staff and your personal academic mentor, the Centre for Academic Success provides courses, workshops and one-to-one support in areas such as:

Academic writing
Maths and statistics
Critical thinking
Time management
Digital skills
Presentation skills
Note taking
Revision, memory and exam techniques
English language skills (if English is not your first language).

In addition, if you have a Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD), disability, mental health or medical condition, the Centre for Academic Success have Specialist Tutors to support your learning, working alongside the Disability Office and Wellbeing Service to support all your needs and requirements whilst studying at Swansea University.

Our lecturers operate an ‘open door’ policy so you can chat with them about any concerns you may be having. These do not have to be just course related; our academic staff are there to help you with anything at all during your time in Swansea.

Each course has a student rep. They are there to make sure that every student voice is heard. Their role is to listen and feedback on your opinions, attend regular meetings and make sure that the people who can make changes listen to the people who really matter - you!

We offer both academic mentoring and peer mentoring. All students on our undergraduate courses are assigned an Academic Mentor, who will offer you not only Academic Guidance, but advice on finding and accessing help with personal issues. Our Peer mentoring scheme is in place to help new students settle into university life here at Swansea. You will get a chance to talk to your mentor who can tell you about their experiences as a student and also chat about student life. The peer mentoring scheme is a great way to meet students and widen your friendship circle while at Swansea.

You can also get help with personal issues from our wide range of student support such as CampusLife, Inclusive Student Support Services and The Centre for Academic Success.

Global Opportunities

Your degree programme may already give you an option to study or work abroad but in addition to this you can also consider an international summer programme.

These programmes are open to all our undergraduate students and include culture and study tours, volunteering programmes and internships across destinations such as China, Zambia, South Korea, Japan, Europe and Canada. Programmes are typically 2 – 6 weeks long and funding is available. See our Summer Programmes for further information.

How to Apply

Apply now – UK, EU and international students.

For further information please see our Guide to Clearing.

Additional Information

All of our Geography courses have modules that involve a field course. Swansea University is an ideal place to study Geography as we have outstanding locations on our doorstep for both human and physical geography disciplines. We make the best of our locality by visiting the coastal Gower peninsula, the mountainous Brecon Beacons and looking at the local urban and industrial centres of South Wales.

Further afield, past field course destinations have included New York, Berlin, Mallorca, Austria, Borneo, and Vancouver. These trips of a lifetime are a great way to learn about other environments and people, and also to bond and work collaboratively with your fellow students and lecturers. There is also an opportunity to apply for a place on our field course to Sikkim, in the Indian Himalayas, where you’ll be working with students and staff from our Biosciences department.

BSc Geography with a year abroad

As part of this degree scheme, you will be able to study at one of our huge range of partner universities in your third year. Studying abroad is a great opportunity to experience another culture, make friends from around the world and gain valuable experience to prepare you for the world of work after you complete your studies.

Places and availability change annually so specific destinations can’t be guaranteed, but previously Geography students have completed their year abroad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and the USA.

Not only do we match you with a partner university, and offer you support in all stages of the process, we also offer a range of dedicated bursaries and grants to help you fund your international experience. Find out more at our Go Global pages

BSc Geography with a year in industry

Studying Geography at Swansea will help you to better understand the world around you and will equip you will all the skills needed to move seamlessly into the workplace. Our Year in Industry degrees will help you hone your employability skills, getting you ready for the wider world of work. After your year of work you will return to our beautiful beachside campus to complete your studies and graduate with our Year in industry degree, making you more desirable to prospective employers.

Although securing a placement is the responsibility of the student, we work with a number of organisations who provide a range of placement opportunities. If you are unable to secure a placement by the end of the second year of your studies you will transfer onto the equivalent degree programme.

Geography graduate profiles

Our degree schemes prepare you for a rewarding career in a wide range of areas, including environmental management, conservation, aid and development agencies, local authorities, education, financial planning, computing, business and retail management, regional and resource planning, and insurance risk assessment. Alice Matthias is working at the BBC's Natural History Unit and Tomas Howells is working at Menzies Aviation.