Junior Secondary Exploring Geography Book 3

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Onour BSc (Hons) Geography and Management degree you will spend equal amounts of time studying each subject. There is also the opportunity to explore the relationship between geography and management in an optional final year dissertation.

In Geography, 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 programme is at the cutting-edge of scientific research and focused on some of the most important issues in society today.

In the first year of our BSc (Hons) Geography and Management degree, the geography modules span human and physical geography, ensuring you have a firm understanding of how social and physical processes vary within the context of places and regions. In second and final year of this course you can specialise in either human or physical geography, or you can choose to maintain the equal balance between the two.

You will be able to choose from a wide range of topics, delivery, assessment and fieldwork opportunities. You will also experience our ethos of research and teaching excellence, being taught by award-winning academic and technical staff.

The aims of this module are to introduce students to key concepts and debates in economic and political geography, examine case studies of economic and political change in the global North and global South, familiarise students with writers and texts in economic and political geography.

The aim of this module is to introduce students to some key geographical themes and a range of practical techniques for collecting, analysing and interpreting data relevant to human and physical geographical research questions.

Students will gain a broad understanding of the basic characteristics and functions of physical and biogeographical Earth systems and the sensitivity of such environmental systems to perturbations, both natural and human-made, on a variety of time-scales ranging from seasonal to geological.

The aim of this module is to introduce students to key concepts in social and cultural geography, particularly ideas about the importance of space in the construction of social and cultural identities.

The module will introduce students to a range of problems associated with human interactions with the geosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere and to various strategies for the management and mitigation of these problems.

The module will introduce the use of GIS as a means of solving geographical problems using digital geospatial data. Students will explore a variety of primary and secondary data acquisition methods including satellite-based remote sensing and the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).

They will engage in the organisation, manipulation, analysis and presentation of spatial data using GIS. Students will be able to use knowledge and skills from this module in practical project work. Examples will be drawn from both physical and human geography in the context of urban environments. Focus will be given to the development of those key and transferable hands-on skills of particular interest to graduate employers.

This module provides a scientific basis for understanding the spatial and temporal patterns of climate, water resources and biomes. It explores the interaction of these realms and assesses aspects of their management or mismanagement as resources that are useful to human endeavour.

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the issues involved in the conception, design and execution of research projects. The module supports undergraduate research projects and dissertations in human/physical geography. It provides students with a theoretical and practical basis for choosing appropriate quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, analysis, interpretation and communication.

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the principles of marketing and the role of marketing management, and the impact of internet marketing in a variety of organisational settings (Retail, industrial, service and non-profit orientated).

The aim of this module is to introduce the fundamentals of river ecology. The module focuses on the 'Stream in its Valley' and as such, emphasises those processes linking the main channel with the adjacent floodplain.

The aims of this module are for students to develop an understanding of both contemporary environmental processes and the importance of past environments in understanding the modern environment. Students will gain practical experience in a range of field and laboratory techniques in physical geography.

The aim of this module is to introduce students to some key ecological processes in forest ecosystems. This will be focussed on assessing carbon storage using practical, problem-based and inquiry-based learning based on a 'real-life' consultancy scenario. Teaching will be student-led and involve field work on campus.

The aim of this module is to give students first-hand experience of a major city (which may be in the UK or overseas). Students will be familiarised with a range of field study techniques in urban and cultural geography which will enable them to acquire an in-depth understanding of the processes underlying contemporary city development and their historical context, and to interpret relevant urban theorisation.

The aim of this module is for Joint and Combined Honours Geography students to be provided with the opportunity to undertake personal research with suitable guidance into any field of geographical study.

Knowledge of contemporary glacier and glacier-influenced environments and glacial geomorphology will be combined with onshore and offshore landscapes to explore Earth's changing ice-masses through time.

The aims of this module are to introduce students to interlinked processes of globalisation and urbanisation and to examine how these vary spatially and temporally in the global North and South.

The aim of this module is to provide students with an understanding of some of the major drivers of change affecting natural environments at varying spatial and temporal scales, in the context of the major changes to these systems observed more recently, which has given rise to the term the Anthropocene.

The module will explore the ecological response of both terrestrial and aquatic systems to these changes, and how these responses (such as ecosystem functioning, ecological services and biodiversity) can themselves have impacts on human activity and society. Knowledge of contemporary (Anthropocene) functioning of major ecological systems will be combined with evidence from palaeoenvironmental archives to explore the relationships between environmental stressors, and ecological systems, today and in the past.

The module will include the use of various types of evidence (e.g. documentary, inventory, palaeoenvironmental) and modelling approaches to understand how global biogeochemical cycles and major ecosystems (e.g. tropical forests, freshwater lakes, coastal regions) have changed over time, and introduce the debate over what constitutes the Anthropocene and when it might have started.

This module aims to explore the history, approaches and techniques associated with the conservation of ecological communities, habitats, landforms and archaeological sites, and the potential conflict between legitimate economic and social activities.

The aim of this module is to give students first-hand experience of a major urban environment. Students will be familiarised with a range of field study techniques in urban and social geography. This will enable them to acquire in-depth understanding of the processes underlying contemporary urban environments and their historical and demographic context, and to evaluate relevant urban theorisation. It will also enhance their practical and transferable skills through group, student-centred and co-operative learning in a fieldwork environment.

The aims of this module are that students examine:

1) the spatial and temporal scales of landscape evolution and the processes that cause landscape change

2) a range of geospatial tools and techniques for analysing and interpreting landscape evolution across scales

The aim of this module is to examine the roles of leadership and interpersonal skills in achieving effective teamwork, motivation and successful organisational performance by organisations and individuals.

The aim of this module is for students to develop an understanding of the geomorphology, biogeography and climatology of dryland environments. Students will gain practical experience in a range of field and laboratory techniques including process monitoring, geomorphological mapping, sedimentology and climate data analysis.

We have strong industry links which help our students secure year-long placements in the UK and internationally. These placements are an invaluable opportunity to enhance employability and apply skills and knowledge to a working environment. You are expected to secure your own placement, however, extensive support from the School Placement Officer and Careers Network team is always available. Transfer between the three and four year courses is normally possible.

In recent years our students have completed placements with Volkswagen, Molson Coors, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Samsung Electronics, Bosch, Confederation of British Industry, PwC, National Grid, Renault, Department of Work and Pensions, Food Standards Agency, Bedfordshire Police, Instron and Sky.

Students have undertaken roles such as Logistics Manager, Marketing Intern, Management Consultant, Social Research Officer, Community Safety Hub Team Assistant, Corporate Finance Analyst, Sports Data Researcher, HR, PR & Social Media Intern and Corporate Affairs. Students also have the opportunity to develop their commercial and professional skills by undertaking a Year in Enterprise.

Studying abroad allows you to get ahead in the job market by gaining an international perspective and improving your ability to establish relations with people from different cultural backgrounds. Your time abroad will help you to establish an international network of friends and students return to Loughborough with a new and different study outlook, coloured by their experiences whilst away.

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