BSc degree module catalogue

Our BSc courses let you choose from a wide selection of modules

This is an overview of the structure of the BSc degree programmes for 2025/26 offered within the School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, along with brief details of the modules on offer at Levels 1 and 2.

Although this this information is for new students, existing students entering Second Year should also find it useful for their choice for Year 2.

Details of the process for the BSc programme

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You’re assigned an Adviser to help you choose your modules.

Before arrival:

You select modules online (with plenty of guidance provided).
Your Adviser checks your selection and either approves it or contacts you for discussion (possibly by email).

Welcome Week / Week Zero:

You get an email from your School with your Adviser’s name, meeting location, and time.
You meet your Adviser to ask questions and confirm your plan.

Adviser’s role

Advisers are academic staff (usually in your subject area, but not guaranteed).
Any changes to your module choices must be approved by your Adviser.
They will:
- Meet with you at least once per semester in your first year to review your progress.
- Offer guidance on academic, financial, personal, or general concerns.
- Refer you to University support services if needed.

How to contact your adviser

In person: During their posted consultation hours.
By email: For academic or non-academic questions.
They may not have all answers, but they will help direct you to the right place.

Continuing students

You should already know who your Adviser is.
If unsure:
- Check eVision.
- Or contact your School for details.

Incoming Year 1 BSc Students

Full details will be given via the Welcome webpages for new entrant students in the BSc programme.

Selection process:
1. Choose all modules for the year at the start of the academic year.
2. Follow your School’s process.
3. Submit your choices online via the Welcome Pages.
4. Your Adviser must approve them for you to matriculate (become fully registered).
Deadline:
- Friday 12 September 2025 (latest) — ideally earlier to allow time for approval before teaching starts.

Continuing students

Follow the instructions emailed to you by your School.

Changing modules

Semester 1 changes: By 12 noon, Friday 3 October 2025 (end of Week 2).
Semester 2 changes: During the first 2 weeks of that semester.
All changes require Adviser approval.
Changes are subject to module capacity — not all requests can be granted.
Make changes as early as possible to avoid falling behind.

Module structure and credits

Levels: 1 (first year) → 4 (final year).
Level 1 & 2 modules: Usually 20 credits each, last one semester.
Level 3 & 4 modules: Usually 30 credits each, some may run over two semesters.
Full-time load: 120 credits per year.
Progression requirement (Year 2 → Year 3): At least 4 Level 2 modules must be completed.

Typical BSc Honours pattern

Year	Modules per Year	Notes
1	6 × Level 1	Year 1 students can only take Level 1 modules
2	6 × Level 2	Up to 2 Level 1 modules allowed (except in Community Development & Youth Work)
3	4 × Level 3	Psychology students follow a different pattern
4	4 × Level 4	May take 1 Level 3 module if permitted by subject

Well-qualified applicants may enter directly into Year 2 and finish Honours in 3 years.

Pre-requisites and co-requisites

First year: No pre-/co-requisites (except Psychology & Mathematics).
Check in advance for later-year requirements.
Direct entry students to Year 2 get tailored advice from their Adviser.

Single and Joint Honours

Single Honours: Normally 8 modules in one subject in Years 3 & 4 (up to 2 in another subject allowed).
Joint Honours: Split either 4:4 or 3:5 between subjects.
Some can be combined with 1–2 languages (4-year study).
Credit requirement for Honours: 480 credits total.

Degree pathways

Show required/recommended modules for each subject.
Levels 1 & 2 pathways are the same for BSc Honours (4 years) or BSc (3 years).
Recommendation: Stay on at least two pathways until end of Year 2 to keep options open.
Some subjects:
- Require 2 Level 1 + 2 Level 2 modules.
- Have more compulsory modules.
- Allow progression with 1 module (though 2 is advisable).

About the content of modules

All modules are reviewed regularly with respect to capacity and delivery. This review may lead to a change in the core and/or optional modules offered on a particular course. Module content is reviewed and may be adjusted as part of this process. In some cases adjustments to content may be significant. Modules may be rescinded permanently or withdrawn on a temporary basis at any time.

Any information regarding the modules offered and their content is therefore subject to change and provided as guidance only to assist you with your choice of course. Reading lists are also provided for information purposes only and do not constitute a final or definitive list.

Your module choices

This list shows the modules that you must take (compulsory) or that are 'recommended' (i.e. highly relevant but not compulsory) for the pathway for a particular degree title, and where there are no compulsory modules, those that are recommended.

Students should choose their selected compulsory modules then go on to select their optional modules from the list, ensuring they have 120 credits (6 x level 1 modules).

* Available modules outside the BSc degree programme - With the agreement of an Adviser (and if your degree structure allows it), students can study up to 40 credits at Level 1 or Level 2 outside the BSc/MA Degree Programme. (Subject to the timetable).

Business Economics with Marketing, Economics, Financial Economics, International Business

**BSc degrees in these areas are offered by the School of Business. These modules are available to BSc students in School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law as part of their optional modules.

Level 1

Level 2

Microeconomics - BU21004
Pre-requisite(s): BU12004 Co-requisite: BU21012, unless passed MA11001, MA12001
Skills for Business and Economics - BU21012
Pre-requisite(s): BU12004 Co-requisites: BU21004, BU22005
Economics of an Unequal World - BU21006
Macroeconomics and Applied Policy - BU22005
Pre-requisite(s): BU12004 Co-requisite: BU21012, unless passed MA11001, MA12001

Career

Level 1

Step Up module - AG11023

Level 2

Career Planning Module Online - AG20001
Anti-requisite: AG22037, BU22009, EG32002, LW22021
Internship Module - AG22037
Anti-requisite:AG20001, BU22009, EG32002, LW22021

Community Development and Youth Work

Level 1

Introduction to Community Development, Youth Work and Adult Education - CO10008
Building Relationships in Communities - CO11009 (compulsory)

Level 2

Youth Work in Practice - CO21008
Social Justice - CO20017
Pre-requisites: completion of year one
Community Development & Sustainable Futures - CO20016
Pre-requisites: completion of year one
Engaging Communities - CO21007
Pre-requisites: completion of year one
Inquiry-Based Practice - CO20015
Pre-requisites: completion of year one

Education and Social Work

These modules are capped at 10 places.

Level 1

Level 2

Critical Knowledge for Social Work Practice 1 – Assessing Human Behaviour - SW21015* (Capped at 10 places)
Pre-requisites:completion of year one
Action for Social Justice - SW21016* (Capped at 10 places)
Pre-requisites:completion of year one
Reflective and Ethical Practice - SW21011* (Capped at 10 places)
Pre-requisites:completion of year one
Critical Knowledge for Social Work Practice Part 2 - SW22014* (Capped at 10 places)
Pre-requisites:completion of year one

English and Film Studies

Level 1

Level 2

Environmental Science

Level 1

From September 2025 onwards

An Introduction to Geography & Environmental Science -1 - GE11001 (compulsory) and
Introduction to Geography & Environmental Science - 2 - EV12002 (compulsory) OR
Introduction to the Global Environment EV10001 (Dundee and Angus BSc Env Science route)

If you started in 2024-25, your compulsory modules were EV11001 and EV12002 OR EV10001

Level 2

Earth Systems and Resources - EV21001 (compulsory)
Pre-requisite(s): EV11001 and EV12002
and
Earth System Function and Measurement - EV22002 (compulsory)
Pre-requisite(s): EV11001 and EV12002

Environmental Science & Geography

Level 1

From September 2025 onwards

An Introduction to Geography & Environmental Science -1 - GE11001 (compulsory) and
Introduction to Geography & Environmental Science - 2 - EV12002 (compulsory) OR
Introduction to the Global Environment EV10001 (Dundee and Angus BSc Env Science route)

If you started in 2024-25, your compulsory modules were EV11001 and EV12002 and GE11001 and GE12002

Level 2

Earth Systems and Resources - EV21001
Pre-requisite(s): EV11001 and EV12002 (compulsory)
and
Earth System Function and Measurement - EV22002 (compulsory)
Pre-requisite(s): EV11001 and EV12002
Dynamic Human Worlds: Society, Culture, Economy - GE21001 (compulsory)
Pre-requisite(s): GE11001 and GE12002
Dynamic Physical Worlds: Earth, Water and Ice - GE22002 (compulsory)
Pre-requisite(s): GE11001 and GE12002

Environmental Sustainability

There is no BSc degree in Environmental Sustainability (it is available in the MA programme). However you may take these modules as part of the BSc module choices.

Level 1

Level 2

General MA

Level 1

Humanities in Practice - HU11001

Level 2

Gender, Sexuality, Culture - HU21001

Geography

Level 1

From September 2025 onwards

An Introduction to Geography & Environmental Science -1 - GE11001 (compulsory) and
Introduction to Geography & Environmental Science - 2 - EV12002 (compulsory)

If you started in 2024-25, your compulsory modules were GE11001 and GE12002

Level 2

Dynamic Human Worlds: Society, Culture, Economy - GE21001 (compulsory)
Pre-requisite(s): GE11001 and GE12002
Dynamic Physical Worlds: Earth, Water and Ice - GE22002 (compulsory)
Pre-requisite(s): GE11001 and GE12002
Earth Systems and Resources - EV21001
Pre-requisite(s): EV11001 and EV12002 (recommended)
Earth System Function and Measurement - EV22002 (recommended)
Pre-requisite(s): EV11001 and EV12002

History

Level 1

Level 2

Languages

Levels 1

Applied French Intensive and Applied Spanish Intensive modules are also available as Intensive modules for students with little or no previous experience in that language. Modules available:

Level 2

Philosophy

Level 1

Level 2

Physics

Level 1

Space Physics and Astronomy - PH12003*

Politics

Level 1

Level 2

Comparative Politics - PO22002
Pre-requisite(s): PO11001 or PO12004
International Relations - PO21001
Pre-requisite(s): PO11001 or PO12004

Psychology

You may also do these degrees with a Language. This means that in both first and second year you must do two modules in one of French or Spanish.

Level 1

Introductory Psychology:1 PY11001 (compulsory) and
Introductory Psychology:2 - PY12002 (compulsory)
Co-requisite: normally PY11001
Psychology and Me: Understanding ourselves in the wider world - PY12003 (recommended)

Level 2

Understanding the Mind - PY21001 (compulsory)
Pre-requisite(s): PY11001 and PY12002
and
Individual Development - PY22002 (compulsory)
Pre-requisite(s): PY11001 and PY12002 Co-requisite(s): PY21001

Science and Engineering

Level 1

Introduction to Software Development - CS11002*
Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms - CS12002*
Embedded Systems Development and Networking - CS12001*
Computing and Society - CS12003*
Front End Website Development - CS11001*
Core Mathematics I - MA11001*
Pre-requisite: a B pass at Higher Maths or equivalent
Core Mathematics II - MA12001*
Co-requisite: MA11001
Statistics and Probability - MA12003*
Pre-requisite: a C pass at Higher Maths or equivalent.

Level 2

Core Mathematics III - MA21001
Pre-requisite(s): MA11001 and MA12001
Core Mathematics IV - MA22001
Pre-requisite(s): MA11001 and MA12001 Co-requisite: MA21001

BSc degree module catalogue

Details of the process for the BSc programme

Your module choices

Business Economics with Marketing, Economics, Financial Economics, International Business

Level 1

Level 2

Career

Level 1

Level 2

Community Development and Youth Work

Level 1

Level 2

Education and Social Work

Level 1

Level 2

English and Film Studies

Level 1

Level 2

Environmental Science

Level 1

Level 2

Environmental Science & Geography

Level 1

Level 2

Environmental Sustainability

Level 1

Level 2

General MA

Level 1

Level 2

Geography

Level 1

Level 2

History

Level 1

Level 2

Languages

Levels 1

Level 2

Philosophy

Level 1

Level 2

Physics

Level 1

Politics

Level 1

Level 2

Psychology

Level 1

Level 2

Science and Engineering

Level 1

Level 2

Urban Planning

Level 1

Level 2