Geography (Hons) Loughborough University

Overview

The Geography (Hons) from  Loughborough University  provides a broad foundation of physical and human geography in Year 1 and then allows you to increasingly specialise in physical geography, or maintain a balance of physical and human geography, in subsequent years.

Key facts:

• When it comes to designing your degree, undergraduates benefit directly from staff research expertise through the modular choices available. The 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 BSc Geography degree programme is at the cutting-edge of scientific research and focused on some of the most important issues in society today.

Career opportunities:

• Employability skills are embedded through the curriculum, either as stand-alone skills based modules or integrated into all of the topic-based modules. Your personal tutor will introduce you to personal development planning which is done alongside your Geography degree to prepare you for graduate life.
• The graduates are appointed to posts across a full range of industries and sectors, including posts in administration, finance, management, the armed forces, computing, industry, international aid, development and environmental agencies, and education. Almost all of our graduates are in employment within a few months of graduating or progress to postgraduate study.

Accreditation

The BSc (Hons) Geography degree is accredited by the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers).