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.

BA 3 Year Full-time
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Cities September-January 20 GEG131
Globalisation January-June 20 GEG130
Optional Modules
GEG100/GEC100
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Sgiliau Daearyddol September-January 20 GEC100
Geographical skills September-January 20 GEG100
AND
GEC133/GEG133
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Peryglon Naturiol a Chymdeithas January-June 20 GEC133
Natural Hazards and Society January-June 20 GEG133
AND
GEG135/GEG135
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Cynaliadwyedd a'r Argyfwng Hinsawdd September-January 20 GEC135
Sustainability and the Climate Emergency September-January 20 GEG135
AND
Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Introduction to Earth Systems September-January 20 GEG132
Project and Methods (Human Geography) January-June 20 GEG140H
Project and Methods (Physical Geography) January-June 20 GEG140P
Introduction to Geology January-June 20 GEL121
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
None found.

Optional Modules
Optional Modules
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 Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Systemau Gwybodaeth Ddaearyddol January-June 20 GEC276
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems January-June 20 GEG276
AND

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Dulliau ac Ymagweddau Daearyddol September-January 20 GEC277
Geographical Methods and Approaches September-January 20 GEG277
AND

Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Sgiliau Dadansoddi Data a Pharatoi Traethawd Hir January-June 20 GEC278
Data Analysis and Dissertation Preparation Skills January-June 20 GEG278
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 Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Geographical Fieldwork skills September-June 20 GEG252
AND
Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : GEC269 is taught through the medium of welsh

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Professional Development and Career Planning Academic Year 0 GE-200
Glacial Environments September-January 10 GEG211
Marginal Cultural Geographies September-January 10 GEG229
Social Geographies September-January 10 GEG230
Earth from Space: Monitoring Global Environmental Change September-January 10 GEG236
Geographies of Climate Action and Activism September-January 10 GEG273
Sustainable Land Management September-January 10 GEG283
Earth history September-January 10 GEL203
Political Geographies January-June 10 GEG251
Geological Record of Past Environments January-June 10 GEL204
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
None found.

Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 10 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Cefnogaeth Traethawd Hir September-June 10 GEC332
Dissertation Support: Geography September-June 10 GEG332
AND

Choose Exactly 30 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth September-June 30 GEC331
Dissertation Report: Geography September-June 30 GEG331
AND
Optional Modules
Choose Maximum Of 80 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Violent Geographies September-January 20 GEG306
Animating Migration Theory September-January 20 GEG329
Wildfires September-January 20 GEG337
The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate September-January 20 GEG344
Capital and Labour in the 21st century September-January 20 GEG346
Contemporary Rural Britain January-June 20 GEG341
World Cities January-June 20 GEG352
Measuring Climate Change January-June 20 GEG358
Creative Geographies January-June 20 GEG362
Volcanology January-June 20 GEG363
AND

Choose Maximum Of 40 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 administrative team directly onto your profile. You can only select two modules out of GEB300/GEB301/GEC333/GEG333 and MN-3575. Please note GEC333 is the welsh version of GEG333, and MN-3576 is the welsh version of MN-3575.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Ffiniau Ymchwil Daearyddol September-January 20 GEC333
Geographical Research Frontiers September-January 20 GEG333
Interdisciplinary Field Course to the Indian Himalayas (Sikkim) January-June 20 GEB301

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it