The aims of this module are for students to:

• develop a critical awareness of the intellectual diversity of geographical ideas and practice
• enhance students' abilities across a range of subject-specific academic and professional skills.

One 10-credit module from a list supplied by the Language Centre, levels dependent on candidates’ previous qualifications.  Languages offered are:  French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish.

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.

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the basic elements of cartography by exploring a range of computer-assisted mapping techniques relevant to human and physical geography. Central to the module is the understanding of the communicative, technical and aesthetic aspects of map production and the critical interpretation of maps in their appropriate social context.

The student 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 aims of this module are for the student to understand some basic quantitative methods used in geographical research and to develop the ability to apply these methods in practical work.

Many environmental problems exist 'globally' in our imaginations, but the reality of global environmental change is a host of local phenomena. This module will describe, demonstrate and analyse the relevance of environmental change at local scales drawing examples from the Loughborough and Midlands region.

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

The module aims to provide you with an understanding of the diversity of environmental hazards across a range of spatial and temporal scales, examining their impacts on and interactions with society. Through an interdisciplinary approach, this module explores the causes, impacts and risks associated with different environmental hazards, to understand how to sustainably manage and mitigate the destructive power of nature.