The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities. The university has a long and rich history, and has produced many notable alumni in a variety of fields, including science, literature, and politics. Today, the University of Edinburgh is a leading research-intensive university, with a global reputation for academic excellence and a strong commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship. It is consistently ranked among the top universities in the UK and the world.

Year 1 Academic year: 2021/22 Starting in: September
NOTES:
Before selecting your outside courses please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor.
Compulsory courses
You must take these courses
Human Geography
Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR08007
20 credits
Sociology 1A: The Sociological Imagination: Individuals and Society
Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

SCIL08004
20 credits
Sociology 1B: The Sociological Imagination: Private Troubles Public Problems
Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

SCIL08005
20 credits
Physical Geography
Must be taken during Semester 2

GEGR08010
20 credits
Fundamental Methods in Geography
Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR08009
20 credits
Course options
Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q T W and Y
Select exactly 20 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q T W and Y
NOTES:
Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.
Year 2 Academic year: 2021/22 Starting in: August
Compulsory courses
You must take these courses
Sociology 2a: Thinking Sociologically
Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCIL08012
20 credits
Sociology 2b: Researching Social Life
Must be passed 1st time at 50%

SCIL08013
20 credits
Course options
Courses from School of Geoscience- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8
Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
SELECTED COURSES MUST BE PASSED
Geomorphology
GEGR08002
20 credits
Economic and Political Geography
GEGR08003
20 credits
Social and Cultural Geography
GEGR08004
20 credits
Global Change
GEGR08011
20 credits
AND
Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q T W and Y
Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q T W and Y
NOTES:
Geography students should only take a maximum of 40 credits Level 7 language courses in 1st AND 2nd year.
Year 3 Academic year: 2021/22 Starting in: August
NOTES:
Entry to third year normally requires successful completion of the first two years of the curriculum and a mark of 50% or higher in Sociology 2a and Sociology 2b at the first attempt.

Students intending to do the Geography Dissertation should take courses from Group A.

Students intending to do the Sociology Project should take courses from Group B.
Compulsory courses
You must take these courses
The Nature of Geographical Knowledge
Must be taken during Semester 1

GEGR09012
20 credits
Course options
Group A
Select exactly 100 credits in this group.
Courses from School of Social and Political Studies- Multiple UG Courses (MA)- Level 10
Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
NOTES:
Students who have passed either Introduction to Statistics for Social Science (SSPS08008) or Doing Social Research Statistics (SSPS08007) are not required to take Doing Survey Research (SCIL10063) and should take a Sociology Honours Option course instead. Students who have not taken Introduction to Statistics (SSPS08008) or Doing Social Research with Statistics (SSSPS08007) must take Doing Survey Research (SCIL10063) as compulsory course.
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062
20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063
20 credits
OR
Social Policy Level 10 courses
Select between 20 and 40 credits from Social Policy Level 10 courses
AND
Courses from School(s) N - Geography (MA Hons) - Level(s) 9
Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Key Methods in Human Geography
GEGR09020
20 credits
Fundamentals of Research Design
GEGR10133
20 credits
OR
Group B
Select exactly 100 credits in this group.
Courses from School of Social and Political Studies- Multiple UG Courses (MA)- Level 10
Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062
20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063
20 credits
AND
Sociology Project Preparation Course
Select exactly 0 credits of the following courses
NOTES:
Note for students: you must enrol on this course if you are taking the Sociology Project in 4th Year.
Sociology Project Preparation Course
SCIL10091
0 credits
AND
Courses from School(s) N-N - Geography (MA Hons) - Level(s) 10-10
Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Key Methods in Physical Geography
GEGR09018
20 credits
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023
20 credits
Remote Sensing and Global Climate Change
GEGR10055
20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075
20 credits
Encountering Cities
GEGR10102
20 credits
Divided Cities
GEGR10106
20 credits
People landscape change and settlement: the last 15000 years
GEGR10107
20 credits
Development and Decolonization in Latin America
GEGR10114
20 credits
Space place and sensory perception
GEGR10116
20 credits
Writing Landscape
GEGR10118
20 credits
Ice and Climate
GEGR10119
20 credits
Environmental Justice
GEGR10123
20 credits
Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature
GEGR10125
20 credits
Geographies of the Border
GEGR10126
20 credits
Capital Land and Power
GEGR10127
20 credits
The Blue Humanities: Studying the Sea
GEGR10128
20 credits
Geographies of Mobility
GEGR10129
20 credits
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains Hills and Rivers
GEGR10136
20 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10137
20 credits
The Geography of Health
GEGR10138
20 credits
Volcanoes Environment and People
GEGR10139
20 credits
Geographies of Food
GEGR10140
20 credits
Queer Geographies: Spatialising Sexuality and Gender
GEGR10141
20 credits
Problematising Environment and Society
GEGR10142
20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233
20 credits
Food Animals and Society
PGGE11243
20 credits
AND
Sociology Year 3 Electives
Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
Muslims in Europe
IMES10098
20 credits
Punishment and Society
LAWS10057
40 credits
Sentencing and Judicial Culture
LAWS10217
20 credits
Criminologies of Atrocity
LAWS10218
20 credits
South Asia: Culture Politics and the Economy
SAST10001
20 credits
Social Demography
SCIL10006
20 credits
Social Theory
SCIL10018
20 credits
Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change
SCIL10020
20 credits
Intimate Relationships
SCIL10023
20 credits
Sociology of the Environment and Risk
SCIL10024
20 credits
Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice
SCIL10047
20 credits
Sociology of Intoxication
SCIL10054
20 credits
Religion and Society
SCIL10058
20 credits
Designing and Doing Social Research
SCIL10062
20 credits
Doing Survey Research
SCIL10063
20 credits
Popular Music Technology and Society
SCIL10064
20 credits
Nations and Nationalism
SCIL10065
20 credits
Globalization
SCIL10067
20 credits
Migration: social origins and social consequences
SCIL10068
20 credits
Race And Ethnicity
SCIL10071
20 credits
Sociology of Emotions
SCIL10072
20 credits
Gender Marginality and Social Change
SCIL10073
20 credits
China's Contemporary Transformations
SCIL10076
20 credits
Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries
SCIL10077
20 credits
Digital Culture
SCIL10079
20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Sociology
SCIL10080
20 credits
The social life of food
SCIL10081
20 credits
Responding to sustainability challenges: critical debates
SCIL10082
20 credits
Sociology of the Arts
SCIL10083
20 credits
The Sociology of Sex Work
SCIL10085
20 credits
Finance and Society
SCIL10086
20 credits
Topics in Social Theory
SCIL10087
20 credits
Sociology of Illicit Markets and Criminal Organisations
SCIL10089
20 credits
Refugees and Humanitarianism
SCIL10090
20 credits
The future of our university: an interdisciplinary experiment in cooperative learning (Honours)
SCIL10092
20 credits
Sociology of Freedom
SCIL10093
20 credits
Social Inequality and the Life Course
SCPL10020
20 credits
Applied Demographic Analysis
SCPL10037
20 credits
Drug Policy and the Public Good
SHSS10011
20 credits
Sport Media and Society
SPRT10021
20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001
20 credits
Cases in Sustainable Development
SSPS10014
20 credits
Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists
SSPS10016
20 credits
Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science
SSPS10024
20 credits
Social and Political Science in Practice
SSPS10026
20 credits
Statistical Modelling
SSPS10027
20 credits
Analysing Social Networks with Statistics
SSPS10029
20 credits
Using pre-existing data for your own research
SSPS10030
20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001
20 credits
Armed Force and Society
STIS10005
20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008
20 credits
Controversies in Medicine Technology and the Environment
STIS10009
20 credits
Knowledge Expertise and Policy
STIS10010
20 credits
Gender and Environment
STIS10012
20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013
20 credits
Year 4 Academic year: 2021/22 Starting in: August
Compulsory courses
You must take these courses
Social Theory
Must be taken during Semester 1

SCIL10018
20 credits
Course options
Courses from Schools of Geoscience & Social and Political Studies- Geography and Sociology (MA)- Level 10
Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Geography Dissertation
GEGR10053
40 credits
Sociology Project
SCIL10045
40 credits
AND
Geography Joint Honours Options
Select exactly 40 credits of the following courses
Catchment Water Resources
GEGR10023
20 credits
Principles of Geographical Information Science
GEGR10039
20 credits
Glacial Processes and Geomorphology
GEGR10075
20 credits
Encountering Cities
GEGR10102
20 credits
Divided Cities
GEGR10106
20 credits
People landscape change and settlement: the last 15000 years
GEGR10107
20 credits
Development and Decolonization in Latin America
GEGR10114
20 credits
Space place and sensory perception
GEGR10116
20 credits
Writing Landscape
GEGR10118
20 credits
Ice and Climate
GEGR10119
20 credits
Environmental Justice
GEGR10123
20 credits
Land and Landscape: Explorations in Society and Nature
GEGR10125
20 credits
Geographies of the Border
GEGR10126
20 credits
Capital Land and Power
GEGR10127
20 credits
The Blue Humanities: Studying the Sea
GEGR10128
20 credits
Geographies of Mobility
GEGR10129
20 credits
Eroding Landscapes: Mountains Hills and Rivers
GEGR10136
20 credits
The Geography of Health
GEGR10138
20 credits
Volcanoes Environment and People
GEGR10139
20 credits
Geographies of Food
GEGR10140
20 credits
Principles and Practice of Remote Sensing
PGGE11233
20 credits
Disasters and Development
PGGE11244
20 credits
AND
Sociology Year 4
Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Muslims in Europe
IMES10098
20 credits
Punishment and Society
LAWS10057
40 credits
Sentencing and Judicial Culture
LAWS10217
20 credits
Criminologies of Atrocity
LAWS10218
20 credits
South Asia: Culture Politics and the Economy
SAST10001
20 credits
Social Demography
SCIL10006
20 credits
Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change
SCIL10020
20 credits
Intimate Relationships
SCIL10023
20 credits
Sociology of the Environment and Risk
SCIL10024
20 credits
The Project Presentation
SCIL10037
20 credits
Social & Political Movements: Theory and Practice
SCIL10047
20 credits
Sociology of Intoxication
SCIL10054
20 credits
Religion and Society
SCIL10058
20 credits
Popular Music Technology and Society
SCIL10064
20 credits
Nations and Nationalism
SCIL10065
20 credits
Globalization
SCIL10067
20 credits
Migration: social origins and social consequences
SCIL10068
20 credits
Race And Ethnicity
SCIL10071
20 credits
Sociology of Emotions
SCIL10072
20 credits
Gender Marginality and Social Change
SCIL10073
20 credits
China's Contemporary Transformations
SCIL10076
20 credits
Economic Sociology: Theories and Enquiries
SCIL10077
20 credits
Digital Culture
SCIL10079
20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Sociology
SCIL10080
20 credits
The social life of food
SCIL10081
20 credits
Responding to sustainability challenges: critical debates
SCIL10082
20 credits
Sociology of the Arts
SCIL10083
20 credits
The Sociology of Sex Work
SCIL10085
20 credits
Finance and Society
SCIL10086
20 credits
Topics in Social Theory
SCIL10087
20 credits
Sociology of Illicit Markets and Criminal Organisations
SCIL10089
20 credits
Refugees and Humanitarianism
SCIL10090
20 credits
The future of our university: an interdisciplinary experiment in cooperative learning (Honours)
SCIL10092
20 credits
Sociology of Freedom
SCIL10093
20 credits
Social Inequality and the Life Course
SCPL10020
20 credits
Applied Demographic Analysis
SCPL10037
20 credits
Drug Policy and the Public Good
SHSS10011
20 credits
Sport Media and Society
SPRT10021
20 credits
Contemporary Feminist Debates
SSPS10001
20 credits
Bayesian Statistics for Social Scientists
SSPS10016
20 credits
Multi-Level Modelling in Social Science
SSPS10024
20 credits
Social and Political Science in Practice
SSPS10026
20 credits
Statistical Modelling
SSPS10027
20 credits
Researching Contemporary Britain using Longitudinal Data
SSPS10028
20 credits
Analysing Social Networks with Statistics
SSPS10029
20 credits
Using pre-existing data for your own research
SSPS10030
20 credits
The Internet and Society
STIS10001
20 credits
Armed Force and Society
STIS10005
20 credits
Energy Policy and Sustainability
STIS10008
20 credits
Controversies in Medicine Technology and the Environment
STIS10009
20 credits
Knowledge Expertise and Policy
STIS10010
20 credits
Gender and Environment
STIS10012
20 credits
Sociology of Medicine
STIS10013
20 credits

The University of Edinburgh is a world-class research-intensive university that has been shaping the minds of students for over four centuries. Founded in 1583, it is one of Scotland's ancient universities and the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world. The university is located in the beautiful and historic city of Edinburgh, which is known for its rich cultural heritage, stunning architecture, and lively atmosphere.

The University of Edinburgh offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in a variety of disciplines, including arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, engineering, medicine, business, and law. The university has a strong reputation for academic excellence, and its graduates are known for their high level of education and employability. The university is home to some of the world's most respected research centers and institutes, including the Edinburgh College of Art, the Royal Observatory, and the Human Communication Research Centre.

Throughout its history, the University of Edinburgh has produced many notable alumni, including economist Adam Smith, philosopher David Hume, and Sir Walter Scott, one of Scotland's most famous writers. The university has also produced seven Nobel Prize winners, including Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin, and Peter Higgs, who proposed the Higgs boson particle.

The University of Edinburgh is also known for its commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship. It is home to several leading research centers and institutes that specialize in areas such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and sustainable energy. The university also has a strong emphasis on student engagement, and it encourages students to participate in extracurricular activities, clubs and societies, and volunteer work.

The University of Edinburgh is a diverse and inclusive community, with students and staff from all over the world. The university provides students with a supportive and challenging environment, where they can develop the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in their chosen fields. The University of Edinburgh is consistently ranked among the top universities in the UK and the world, making it an excellent choice for students who are looking for a high-quality education and a great student experience.

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