SECTION 1 – THE MAYNOOTH BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE
Geography (group 1 subject) CAO Code: MH101 | CAO Points 2021: 338 For full details of MH101 minimum entry requirements see p. 42.
>>We explore environment, place, and space across time. We ask questions such as: How much climate change and land-use change are we causing and how quickly? What sorts of attachments to home do people form and what happens when these are disrupted by migration? How is Ireland, and its regions, affected by economic globalisation? >>Geography education at Maynooth includes field trips, both in Ireland and overseas. >>Students can choose 15 or 30 credits of Geography in first year and progress into a Single Major degree from second year. >>In your third year, you may opt for an industry placement module (subject to availability) to experience what it’s like to work with an organisation outside the University. Course structure 1st year
2nd year and Final year
OR 2nd year and Final year
BA Bachelor of Arts – Geography – Single Major, Double Major, Major/ Minor or as a Minor
>>Geography >>Continue with 1 of your 1st year subjects as a Major/Minor, Double Major or Minor >>Optional 10 credit Elective in 2nd year (see p. 13 for details) >>Erasmus/Study Abroad option after 2nd year
Single Major Geography from 2nd year >>At least 50 credits of Geography in each of 2nd and final year >>To enter the Single Major students must normally achieve at least 60% in their 1st year Geography examinations
Geography and 1 other subject to degree level. >>Choose 15 or 30 credits of Geography from group 1 and/or 6 plus up to 3 other subjects including Critical Skills from the 4 or 5 groups available (maximum 1 subject per group). If choosing Geography in Group 6, the only subject you may choose in Group 1 is Geography (this is due to timetabling of subjects in 2nd year)
Optional 10 credit Elective in 2nd year (see p. 13 for details) Erasmus/Study Abroad option after 2nd year
For MH101 subject groups table go to p. 45
Possible topics 1st year Students can choose 15 or 30 credits of Geography in first year. The two separate 15 credit Geography options are: Living Landscapes – in group 1 (15 credits) This introduces you to the diversity of human and physical landscapes across the modern world. Landscapes are both ‘vast and past’, shaped by physical and human geographical processes, which are often interdependent. Living Landscapes will allow you to investigate world‑forming processes examining how humans across the world are part of, and also create, unique landscapes that generate issues including hazard prevention, poverty and resource depletion.
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Global Environments – in group 6 (15 credits) >>This introduces students to the issues involved in modern global development within a highly modified, rapidly changing natural environment >>Modern environments are shaped by physical forces and societal impacts formed by a range of geographical processes, which interact to create unique local management issues.
2nd year
Final year
You will study a range of different approaches in Geography, and have options to undertake fieldwork either in Ireland or overseas alongside Methods modules to develop further skills, including Geographical Information Systems. 2nd year topics may include: >>Biogeography >>Climatology >>Geomorphology >>Hydrology >>Global Environmental Change >>Hazards and Society
In 3rd year you can continue with some of these specialisms, or include, for example:
>>Economic Geography >>Urban Geography >>Rural Geography >>Political Geography >>Social and Cultural Geography >>Spatial Justice
>>Climate Change >>Fluvial Geomorphology >>Glacial Geomorphology >>Global Ecosystems Pressures and Sustainability >>Palaeoecology >>Oceanography >>Geographical Information Systems (GIS) >>Environmental Remote Sensing >>Geopolitics >>Electoral Geographies >>The Creative City >>Medical Geography >>City in Film >>Global Foodscapes >>Regional Development You may also opt for a work placement (subject to availability).
