📖Program Curriculum
This programme includes two flagship and compulsory modules titled, 'Crisis and Global Change' and 'Society-Environment Relations'. Both are taught in term 1, and provide a grounding in social theory, as well as in geography, politics and culture. Both are taught by Human Geography staff in small group seminars, where the emphasis is on student-staff discussion and learning through examples from the world around us.
In term 2, all students follow a compulsory module in 'Qualitative Research Methods' which prepares them for the dissertation. The dissertation is formed of independent research work on a current topic, broadly related to the themes of environment, society and global change. Students are encouraged and supported to carry out fieldwork and seek external partnerships, where relevant. This work is supported through peer-to-peer as well as individual supervisory meetings.
Alongside these compulsory modules, students are free to select modules from a carefully curated list of options offered by the Politics, Philosophy and International Relations and History departments at Swansea University. Typically, popular options include, 'Violence, Conflict and Development', 'Critical Security Studies', 'Climate Science and Policy', 'Geographical Information Systems', and 'Heritage, Law and Conflict'.
Year 1 (Level 7T)
FHEQ 7 Taught Masters / PGDip / PGCert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Society-Environment Relations September-January 20 GEGM28
Crisis and Global Change September-January 20 GEGM29
Qualitative Research Methods January-June 20 GEGM15
Advanced Research in Human Geography January-June 20 GEGM16
Optional Modules
Optional
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Environmental Dynamics September-January 20 GEGM07
Climate Science and Policy September-January 20 GEGM26
Approaches to International Relations September-January 20 PO-M35
Violence, Conflict and Development September-January 20 PO-M64
War, Technology and Society September-January 20 WS-M94
AND
Optional
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Heritage, Law and Conflict. September-January 20 CL-M103
Geographical Information Systems January-June 20 GEGM22
Critical Security Studies: Issues and Approaches in Contemporary Security January-June 20 PO-M60
Comparative Governance in Complex Systems January-June 20 PO-M87
Development in Practice January-June 20 PO-M96
War, Identity and Society January-June 20 WS-M95
FHEQ 7 Taught Masters Dissertation
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Dissertation September-June 60 GEGM20
