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Geography and Environment
Why choose Geography and Environment at Loughborough? Our students benefit from high-quality, research-informed teaching ensuring the very best learning experience. Studying one of our Geography courses will prepare you for a wide range of exciting and diverse career opportunities. We offer modules that will develop your understanding of our rapidly changing planet. Through the interlinked strands of human and physical geography, our courses bridge the social sciences and natural sciences. With 50 academic, research and support staff and over 450 students, we offer a fantastic learning environment. Our academic staff are driving forward intellectual agendas in physical and human geography, as well as helping to shape national and international policy. This expertise ensures that the knowledge you are getting throughout your degree is at the cutting-edge of scientific research and focused on some of the most important issues in society today. Accreditation All our eligible courses (BA Geography; BSc Geography; BSc Geography with Economics) are accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). Employability We pride ourselves in supporting our students to fulfil their potential and to graduate as confident, capable, adaptable individuals equipped with the skills that are demanded by today’s employers. Employability skills are embedded in all our courses and our graduates are appointed in posts across a range of industries and sectors. Fieldcourses The methods of teaching and learning we use vary from large lecture-based classes to seminars and practical classes, through to individual sessions with an academic advisor. Fieldcourses are available in a range of UK and overseas locations and in recent years these have included Ghana, Singapore, Paris, Namibia and Wales. Facilities Modern facilities provide the perfect environment for all types of classes, with the latest technology and laboratory equipment available to carry out cutting-edge geographical research. There are also study areas where students can work independently or in groups.
3RD IN UK FOR STUDENT EXPERIENCE IN GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES GOOD UNIVERSITY GUIDE 2020
98% OVERALL SATISFACTION IN GEOGRAPHY NSS 2019
TOP 10 IN UK FOR GRADUATE PROSPECTS IN GEOGRAPHY THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES GOOD UNIVERSITY GUIDE 2020
Geography BA (Hons) DPS/DIntS*: 4 years full-time with placement year UCAS code: L701 BA (Hons): 3 years full-time UCAS code: L700 BSc (Hons) DPS/DIntS*: 4 years full-time with placement year UCAS code: F801 BSc (Hons): 3 years full-time UCAS code: F800 Typical offers A level: AAB IB: 35 (6,6,5 HL) BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DD plus B in A level Geography
Students can study either for a BA or BSc in Geography. Both courses provide a sound understanding of how social and physical processes affect our rapidly changing planet, before allowing you to specialise in human geography (BA) or physical geography (BSc). It is still possible to maintain a balance of human and physical geography; both the BA and BSc allow you to do this. Year 1 Areas studied include cartography and digital mapping, quantitative methods, environmental hazards, global economic change, geographies of identity, global environmental change at local scale, earth system science, with all students attending a residential fieldcourse. Year 2 Areas studied include research design and practice, and a range of optional modules including forest ecology, globalisation and fieldcourses. Optional placement/study year Optional professional placement and/or overseas study. Final year Areas studied include a range of specialist human geography, physical geography and fieldcourse modules plus a compulsory dissertation. Graduate destinations Our graduates are appointed to posts across a full range of industries and sectors, including finance, management, the armed forces, computing, industry, international aid, development and environmental agencies, and education.
*Diploma in Professional/International Studies
Geography and Management BSc (Hons) DPS/DIntS*: 4 years full-time with placement year UCAS code: FN82 BSc (Hons): 3 years full-time UCAS code: FN8F Typical offers A level: AAB IB: 35 (6,6,5 HL) BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DD plus B in A level Geography
This degree will appeal to those looking to extend their knowledge of the social and physical processes affecting our rapidly changing planet, as well as develop their understanding of management. You will spend equal amounts of time studying each subject, and there is also the opportunity to explore the relationship between geography and management in an optional final year dissertation. Year 1 Areas studied include human geography, physical geography, and academic and professional study skills. Management topics include organisational behaviour, human resources and accounting. Year 2 Areas studied include a range of human geography, physical geography, and fieldcourse modules. Management topics include marketing, organisation studies and management sciences. Optional placement/study abroad year Optional professional placement or study abroad year. Final year Areas studied include a range of specialist geography and management modules plus a compulsory strategic management module. Graduate destinations All of our courses develop a range of subject-specific and transferable skills. Graduates from this degree have pursued exciting and diverse career paths and almost all of them are in employment within a few months of graduating, or progress to postgraduate study.
*Diploma in Professional/International Studies
Geography and Sport Science BSc (Hons) DPS/DIntS*: 4 years full-time with placement year UCAS code: FC8F BSc (Hons): 3 years full-time UCAS code: FC86 Typical offers A level: AAB IB: 35 (6,6,5 HL) BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DD plus B in A level Geography
Geography with Economics BSc (Hons) DPS/DIntS*: 4 years full-time with placement year UCAS code: LL18 BSc (Hons): 3 years full-time UCAS code: LL17 Typical offers A level: AAB IB: 35 (6,6,5 HL) BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DD plus B in A level Geography
This course aims to develop your understanding of how physical and social processes affect our rapidly changing planet, as well as enhance your knowledge of sport science. Geography modules span human and physical geography and you will have the option to specialise between them as preferred in second and third year. You will also develop a theoretical, critical and practical understanding of sport science with the help of the UK’s leading School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences. Year 1 Areas studied include human geography, physical geography, and academic and professional study skills. Sport science topics include sport and the social sciences, sport and exercise science, and teaching physical education. Year 2 Areas studied include a range of human geography, physical geography, and fieldcourse modules, as well as various sport science topics including conceptualising sport and fitness training and analysis. Optional placement/study abroad year Optional professional placement or study abroad year. Final year Areas studied include a range of specialist geography modules and the option of conducting independent research. Sport science topics are selected from a range of optional modules including psychology of coaching and physical education, and physical activity and health in practice. Graduate destinations Recent graduates have been appointed to posts across a broad range of industries and sectors. Some go on to further study or training, or take up posts that reflect the content of both subjects such as teacher training for Physical Education and Geography; others have been appointed to posts in publishing, sport marketing, administration and management. *Diploma in Professional/International Studies
This degree combines a focus on the social and physical processes affecting our rapidly changing planet, as well as developing your knowledge and understanding of economics. It is taught in partnership with one of the UK’s leading Schools of Business and Economics. Skills acquisition and assessment are increasingly important for employment prospects and these are given prominence throughout the degree. Year 1 Areas studied include human and physical geography, macro and microeconomics. Year 2 Areas studied include a range of human geography, physical geography, and fieldcourse modules. Economics topics include financial economics and the economics of social issues. Optional placement/study abroad year Optional professional placement or study abroad year. Final year Areas studied include a range of specialist geography modules and the option of conducting independent research. Economics topics include transport economics, and international economic relations. Graduate destinations Our graduates are appointed to posts across a full range of industries and sectors, including finance, management, the armed forces, computing, industry, international aid, development and environmental agencies, and education. Almost all our graduates are in employment within a few months of graduating, or progress to postgraduate study. *Diploma in Professional/International Studies
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