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Geography
MA or BSc (Single Honours Degree) Geography
Joint Honours Degrees Geography and one of:
Art History (MA) Classical Studies (MA) Comparative Literature (MA) Economics (MA) Environmental Biology (BSc) Film Studies (MA) FrenchW (MA) Hebrew (MA) International Relations (MA) ItalianW (MA) ManagementT (BSc or MA) Management ScienceT (BSc)
“With” Degrees
Honours in which the majority of the course deals with the first-named subject: Geography with Social Anthropology (MA) Geography with SpanishW (MA) Mathematics with Geography (BSc) Psychology with Geography (MA) Russian with GeographyW (MA) Social Anthropology with Geography (MA) Spanish with GeographyW (MA)
W Available With Integrated Year Abroad – see Modern Languages. T
Timetable clash exists and this combination is subject to the agreement of the Chair of the Department or Head of School concerned.
[If you wish to study Arts subjects in your first and second years, apply for the MA rather than the BSc degree.]
Entry Requirements The likely minimum grades currently required are shown below. (For Joint Honours degrees the subject with the higher entry requirements determines the likely minimum grades.)
SQA Highers: AAAB GCE A-Levels: AAA International Baccalaureate Points: 36
Please note: • Obtaining these grades may not guarantee you a place. • We consider all aspects of every application, including the personal statement.
• Remember to confirm that you also meet the Faculty Entrance Requirements. Information on these and other qualifications pages 52-85.
Degree Structure For Arts and Science Faculty information and other module choices, see pages 13 and 16-17.
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Mathematics (BSc) Mediaeval History (MA) Middle East Studies (MA) Modern History (MA) Philosophy (MA) Psychology (MA) Scottish History (MA) Social Anthropology (MA) SpanishW (MA) Statistics (BSc) Theological Studies (MA)
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Features
• Our Geography degree is ranked fifth (of 78) in the UK in The Times Good University Guide 2010, and sixth (of 71) in The Independent Complete University Guide 2010.
• Integrated approaches to Science and Social Science.
• A recent external assessment of our teaching praised Geography staff for providing ‘a well-balanced and structured programme . . . taught by enthusiastic staff.’
• Wide range of expertise with particular strengths in health and population geography, Quaternary (ice age) and glacial studies, urban and historical geography, gender and development studies, climate change and environmental management.
• Excellent local laboratory, IT and field resources for teaching and research.
• Emphasis on a range of different skills producing highly literate and numerate graduates with excellent employment prospects.
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In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, the School of Geography & Geosciences came top in Scotland, with 95 per cent of our submitted research being judged world leading, internationally excellent or internationally recognised (see page 5).
Geography is the integrated study of the earth’s landscapes, peoples, places and environments. It is unique in bridging the social sciences with their understanding of the dynamics of cultures, societies and economies, and the earth sciences with their understanding of the dynamics of physical landscapes and environmental processes. While each of the two broad areas of physical and human geography exist in their own right, this human-physical focus on environments represents the heartland of Geography and geographers often contribute substantially to the applied management of resources and environments.
At St Andrews you have the choice of either an MA or BSc Geography degree depending on what other subjects you take.
Geographers at St Andrews study the processes that shape the physical landscape of the globe, the problems besetting cities and the countryside, and the changing links between regions, nations and the world economy. We explore the human and physical facets of environmental problems, such as climate change, pollution, famine and population growth; we study the evolution of physical environments from the perspectives of geomorphology, biogeography and climatology; and we investigate how people build and make sense of their cultural, social, economic and political environments. At all stages of both Geography degrees, particular emphasis is placed on the development of field, laboratory, computing, analytical and presentational skills. Above all, these degrees provide an exciting challenge to those who wish to understand the interaction of environmental systems and human activity in the modern world.
The School of Geography & Geosciences also offers degrees in Earth Sciences (page 116) and Sustainable Development (page 184). Geography students can combine their studies with either of these programmes in their first two years.
Doug Benn
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