Programme Specification
BSc (Hons) Geography and Sport Science (Entry prior to 2019)
Academic Year: 2020/21
This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if full advantage is taken of the learning opportunities that are provided.
This specification applies to delivery of the programme in the Academic Year indicated above. Prospective students reviewing this information for a later year of study should be aware that these details are subject to change as outlined in our .
This specification should be read in conjunction with:
- Reg. XX (Undergraduate Awards) (see
- Module Specifications
- Summary
- Aims
- Learning outcomes
- Structure
- Progression & weighting
Programme summary
Awarding body/institution | Â鶹ֱ²¥ University |
Teaching institution (if different) | |
Owning school/department | School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences |
Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body | |
Final award | BSc (Hons)/BSc (Hons) + DPS/DIntS |
Programme title | Geography and Sport Science |
Programme code | GYUB05 |
Length of programme | The duration of the programme is normally six semesters (three years), or eight semesters (four years) for students who take the opportunity to undertake professional training via an approved industrial/work placement or undertake an academic year abroad (Part I). |
UCAS code | FC86 / FC8F |
Admissions criteria | BSc (Hons) - BSc (Hons) + DPS/DIntS - |
Date at which the programme specification was published | Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:34:18 GMT |
1. Programme Aims
- to provide students with an intellectually-stimulating environment within which they can develop knowledge, understanding and skills in both geography and the core sport sciences;
- to provide students with the opportunity to study a broad curriculum in both human and physical geography and in the fields of sport and exercise science and physical education;
- to develop appropriate professional practice;
- to achieve, through the student learning process, a progressive improvement in academic performance over the degree programme;
- to enhance students’ career and employment prospects on graduating by developing a range of transferable skills embedded in the programme.
2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:
The Benchmark Statements for Geography and Sport Science (within Unit 25 Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism)
3. Programme Learning Outcomes
3.1 Knowledge and Understanding
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the potential applications of concepts within a broader critical framework;
- the main methodologies used in the analysis and interpretation of data;
- the idea of academic disciplines as dynamic, plural and contested; developed within the broader frameworks of the sciences and humanities;
and within the Geography portion of the programme:
- a range of environments, in the broadest sense, of environmental processes and the impacts of these processes on human activities and vice versa;
- the ways in which representations and interpretations of the world are socially-constructed, and the forms of geographical difference;
- the determinants of temporal and spatial variation in the physical, social, economic and political worlds; and the significance of spatial and temporal scale on physical processes, human processes and on their interactions;
- past patterns of environmental and social changes, and of the processes and conditions that have determined those changes, and the implications for the future;
and within the Sport Science portion of the programme:
- the disciplines underpinning human structure and function;
- the effects of sport and exercise intervention, and being able to appraise and evaluate these effects on the individual;
- the skills required to monitor, analyse, diagnose and prescribe action to enhance the learning and performance of sport in both laboratory and field settings;
- the variables involved in the delivery (teaching, instructing, coaching) of enhanced sport performance;
- social, economic and political theory to explain the development and differentiation of sport in society.
3.2 Skills and other attributes
a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Develop a reflexive approach to learning.
- Abstract and synthesise information.
- Assess the merits of contrasting theories, explanations and arguments.
- Critically evaluate and interpret a range of evidence, including data and text.
- Undertake problem-solving and decision-making.
- Develop a reasoned argument.
b. Subject-specific practical skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
1. Combine and interpret different types of evidence.
2. Recognise and critically debate moral and ethical issues underpinning particular debates or enquiries.
3. Undertake safe and effective field and laboratory work.
4. Employ a range of survey skills for the collection of qualitative and quantitative data and to use appropriate methods for the analysis of these data.
5. Design and execute a piece of research and produce a report.
Additionally, within the Geography portion of the programme:
6. Prepare effective maps and diagrams using a range of appropriate technologies.
Additionally, within the Sport Science portion of the programme:
7.Plan and execute appropriate techniques and skills in the practice of sport activities.
c. Key transferable skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should show competence in:
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Numeracy and computational skills.
- Field and laboratory skills.
- Spatial awareness and observational skills.
- IT and information handling and retrieval.
- Independent study and group work.
- Time management.
4. Programme structure
Modules with a total modular weight of 60 must be studied in each academic year (Parts A, B and C) from both Geography and Sport Science.
Candidates must take a total modular weight of 120 in each Part with a minimum modular weight of 50 in each semester, taking into account both compulsory and optional modules. Individual modules taught and assessed over both semesters with a modular weight of 10 may count against either semester 1 or semester 2, depending on the balance of other modular weights between semesters. Where the modular weight of a module taught and assessed over both semesters is 20, this shall be split equally between semesters.
Due to timetabling constraints, not all option combinations may be available.
4.1 Part A - Introductory Modules
Semesters 1 and 2
(i) COMPULSORY MODULES (total modular weight 30)
Geography |
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CODE |
TITLE |
MODULAR WEIGHT |
GYA106 |
Tutorials |
10 |
Sport Science |
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CODE |
TITLE |
MODULAR WEIGHT |
PSA001 |
Teaching and Coaching 1 |
20 |
Semester 1
(i) COMPULSORY MODULES (total modular weight 50)
Geography |
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GYA004 |
Geographies of Global Economic Change |
10 |
GYA006 |
Practising Geography |
10 |
GYA101 |
Earth System Science |
10 |
Sport Science |
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PSA011 |
Introduction to Pedagogy |
10 |
PSA024 |
Introduction to Sociology of Sport |
10 |
Semester 2
(i) COMPULSORY MODULES (total modular weight 40)
Geography |
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GYA104 |
Geographies of Identity |
10 |
GYA110 |
Environmental Hazards: from mitigation to management |
10 |
Sport Science |
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PSA026 |
Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology |
10 |
PSA030 |
Introduction to Physical Activity and Health |
10 |
4.2 Part B - Degree Modules
Semesters 1 and 2
(i) OPTIONAL MODULES
Candidates must choose a combined modular weight of 60 from Geography modules over semesters 1 and 2, of which a minimum of 40 must be from Group 1 (20 if GYB327 is selected). Fieldcourse modules GYB911 and GYB912 in Group 2 are mutually exclusive. In addition, candidates must choose a combined modular weight of 60 from Sport Science modules over semesters 1 and 2.
Geography – Group 1 |
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GYB201 |
Remote Sensing and GIS |
20 |
GYB210 |
Globalization |
20 |
GYB220 |
Geographies of Social Difference |
20 |
GYB230 |
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms |
20 |
GYB240 |
Environmental Systems and Resource Management |
20 |
Geography – Group 2 |
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GYB327 |
Geographical Research: Design and Practice (pre-requisite for the dissertation) |
20 |
GYB911 |
Physical Geography Fieldcourse (Year long) Sem 1: 10 credits; Sem 2: 10 credits |
20 |
GYB912 |
Human Geography Fieldcourse (Year long) Sem 1: 10 credits; Sem 2: 10 credits |
20 |
Sport Science |
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PSB001 |
Teaching and Coaching 2 |
20 |
PSB010 |
Sport Pedagogy 2 |
20 |
Semester 1
(i) OPTIONAL MODULES
Geography – Group 2 |
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GYB110 |
Sustainable Urban Geographies |
10 |
GYB311 |
River Ecology |
10 |
Sport Science |
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PSB024 |
Making Sense of Modern Sport |
10 |
PYB208 |
Psychological Issues and Strategies in Sport |
10 |
PSB032 |
Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Health |
10 |
Semester 2
(i) OPTIONAL MODULES
Geography – Group 2 |
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GYB113 |
Geographies of Culture, Media and Representation |
10 |
GYB308 |
Forest Ecology |
10 |
GYB320 |
Global Migration |
10 |
GYB400 |
Exploring the Ice Ages |
10 |
Sport Science |
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PSB002 |
Structural Kinesiology |
10 |
PSB015 |
Sport, Ideologies and Values |
10 |
PYB209 |
Group and Interpersonal Processes in Competitive Sport |
10 |
PYB210 |
Principles of Exercise Psychology |
10 |
4.3 Part I
Four year programme – Candidates registered on the four-year programme will undertake one of the following approved study and/or work placements leading to the Diploma in International Studies (DIntS) or Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS) in accordance with Regulation XI.
CODE |
TITLE |
GYI003 |
Diploma in International Studies (study abroad) |
GYI004 |
Diploma in Professional Studies (work placement) |
LAN900 |
Diploma in International Studies (overseas work placement in a foreign language) |
GYI100 |
Year in Enterprise (DPS) |
GYI200 |
Professional Training Placement & Overseas Study (DIntS) |
4.4 Part C - Degree Modules
Semesters 1 and 2
(i) OPTIONAL MODULES
Candidates must choose a combined modular weight of 60 from Geography modules over semesters 1 and 2. GYC400 and GYC401 (instances 1 & 2) are mutually exclusive, as are fieldcourse modules. Candidates must also choose a combined modular weight of 60 from Sport Science modules over semesters 1 and 2.
Geography
Geography |
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GYC400 |
Geography Dissertation (30 credits) |
30 |
GYC921 |
Physical Geography Fieldcourse (Year long) Sem 1: 10 credits; Sem 2: 10 credits |
20 |
GYC920 | Human Geography Fieldcourse (Year long) Sem 1: 10 credits; Sem 2: 10 credits | 20 |
The modular weight of GYC400 may be split between semesters in the ratio of either 20:10 or 10:20 depending on the balance of other modular weights selected.
Semester 1
(i) OPTIONAL MODULES
Geography |
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GYC104 |
Glacial Environments and Landscapes |
10 |
GYC207 |
Aeolian Processes and Landforms |
10 |
GYC211 |
Snow, Ice and Society |
10 |
GYC212 |
Globalised Urbanisation |
20 |
GYC226 |
Geographies of Work and Life |
10 |
GYC309 |
Geographies of Home |
10 |
GYC305 |
Environmental Change and Ecological Response |
20 |
GYC401 |
Independent Geographical Essay (instance 1) |
20 |
Sport Science |
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PSC017 |
Sport Pedagogy 3 |
20 |
PSC024 |
Sport, the Body and Deviance |
10 |
PSC033 |
Psychology of Coaching and Physical Education |
10 |
PSC035 |
Performance Psychology for Sporting Excellence |
10 |
Semester 2
(i) OPTIONAL MODULES
Geography |
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GYC107 |
Regional Worlds |
20 |
GYC108 |
Climate and Society |
20 |
GYC110 |
GIS, Modelling and Flood Risk Management |
10 |
GYC200 |
Conservation: Principles and Practice |
10 |
GYC214 |
Geographies of Children and Youth |
10 |
GYC325 |
Geographies of Transnational Mobility and Diaspora |
20 |
GYC401 |
Independent Geographical Essay (instance 2) |
20 |
Sport Science |
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PSC018 |
Teaching and Coaching 3 |
20 |
PSC023 |
Sport, Celebrity and Place |
10 |
PSC034 |
Sports Psychology in Action |
10 |
PSC032 |
Physical Activity and Health of Children |
20 |
PSC306 |
Applied Exercise Psychology |
10 |
PSC044 |
Global Issues in Sport |
10 |
5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award
In order to progress from Part A to Part B, from Part B to C, and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX.
6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification
Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C. The percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40% : Part C 60% to determine the final programme percentage mark.