Geography and Management BSc (Hons)
Master
In Loughborough
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Loughborough
Overview
Geography and Management BSc (Hons) is a joint honours degree which will appeal to those of you who are keen to extend your geographical knowledge and understanding of how social and physical processes affect our rapidly changing planet. It will also give you an insight into business management from one of the UK’s leading Business Schools.
On our BSc (Hons) Geography and Management degree 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.
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Subjects
- Marketing Mix
- Physical Geography
- Landforms
- Human Geography
- Organisational Behaviour
- Resource Management
- HRM
- Systems
- Finance
- Global
- International
- Marketing
- Innovation
- Ecology
- Strategic Management
- Entrepreneurship
Course programme
What you'll study
Excited to learn more? For a taster of what you can expect to study on our Geography and Management BSc (Hons) course, take a sneak preview of some of the modules you may have the opportunity to study below.
The information below reflects the currently intended course structure and module details. Updates may be made on an annual basis and revised details will be published through Programme Specifications ahead of each academic year. Please see Terms and Conditions of Study for more information.
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Final year
Year 1
Areas studied include human geography, physical geography, and academic and professional study skills. Management topics include organisational behaviour, human resources and accounting.
Semester 1 & 2
Tutorials Core
Tutorials
Semester 1
Earth System Science Core
Earth System Science
Geographies of Global Economic Change Core
Geographies of Global Economic Change
Introduction to Accounting Core
Introduction to Accounting
Organisational Behaviour Core
Organisational Behaviour
This module aims to prepare students with a sound foundation of behavioural and organisational concepts and to develop a sensitive awareness and clear understanding of how people work individually, in groups and within organisations.
Practising Geography - Residential Fieldcourse Core
Practising Geography - Residential Fieldcourse
Quantitative Methods for Business Core
Quantitative Methods for Business
Semester 2
Accounting for Managers Core
Accounting for Managers
Business Modelling Core
Business Modelling
Environmental Hazards : from mitigation to management Core
Environmental Hazards : from mitigation to management
Geographies of Identity Core
Geographies of Identity
Management of Human Resources Core
Management of Human Resources
The aims of this module are to examine critically the role of the Human Resource Management (HRM) function within the contemporary organisation and to develop a clear understanding of how the HRM function maintains an equitable relationship between employer and employee.
Year 2
Areas studied include a range of human geography, physical geography, and fieldcourse modules. Management topics include marketing, organisation studies and management sciences.
Semester 1 & 2
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Optional
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Environmental Systems and Resource Management Optional
Environmental Systems and Resource Management
Geographical Research: Design and Practice Optional
Geographical Research: Design and Practice
Geographies of Social Difference Optional
Geographies of Social Difference
Globalisation Optional
Globalisation
Remote Sensing and GIS Optional
Remote Sensing and GIS
Semester 1
Operations Management Core
Operations Management
Organisational Studies Core
Organisational Studies
Principles of Marketing Core
Principles of Marketing
This module introduces students to the principles of marketing and the role of marketing management, in and the impact of internet marketing in a variety of organisational settings (Retail, industrial, service and non-profit orientated).
Human Geography Fieldcourse Optional
Human Geography Fieldcourse
Lake System Dynamics Optional
Lake System Dynamics
Physical Geography Fieldcourse Optional
Physical Geography Fieldcourse
River Ecology Optional
River Ecology
Semester 2
Management Science Methods Core
Management Science Methods
The Marketing Mix Core
The Marketing Mix
The Marketing Mix – Year 2 module Listed in English with Business Studies and Drama with Business Studies
This module aims to examine the nature of the marketing mix and the contribution of each of the marketing mix elements to an effective marketing strategy.
Company Finance Optional
Company Finance
This module examines the background to the financing of companies; the methods used to raise finance; and the implications of using different sources in an international context.
Exploring the Ice Ages Optional
Exploring the Ice Ages
Forest Ecology Optional
Forest Ecology
Geographies of Culture, Media and Representation Optional
Geographies of Culture, Media and Representation
Global Migration Optional
Global Migration
Sustainable Urban Geographies Optional
Sustainable Urban Geographies
The Contemporary Business Environment Optional
The Contemporary Business Environment
Final year
Areas studied include a range of geography and management modules plus a compulsory strategic management module.
Semester 1 & 2
Dissertation Optional
Dissertation
Independent Geographical Essay Optional
Independent Geographical Essay
Semester 1
Strategic Management Core
Strategic Management
Aeolian Processes and Landforms Optional
Aeolian Processes and Landforms
Arctic Glaciers Fieldcourse Optional
Arctic Glaciers Fieldcourse
Business Systems Optional
Business Systems
The aims of this module are: to develop an appreciation of the use of IT based Management Information Systems and Decision Support Systems in business contexts, particularly in management planning, decision-making and control; to enhance the ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Optional
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
The aims of this module are to present a range of issues on entrepreneurship related to the development of technical and non-technical innovation; to present a range of topics on small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs), as these companies are an important channel for the diffusion of technical and non-technical innovation; and to develop relevant transferable skills.
Environmental Change and Ecological Response Optional
Environmental Change and Ecological Response
Feminist Geographies of Home Optional
Feminist Geographies of Home
Financial Management and Corporate Policy Optional
Financial Management and Corporate Policy
Geographies of Work and Life Optional
Geographies of Work and Life
Glacial Environments and Landscapes Optional
Glacial Environments and Landscapes
Global Cities Fieldcourse Optional
Global Cities Fieldcourse
Globalised Urbanisation Optional
Globalised Urbanisation
International Human Resource Management Optional
International Human Resource Management
The aims of this module are to examine critically the role of the Human Resource Management (HRM) in an international context.
Island Biogeography Fieldcourse Optional
Island Biogeography Fieldcourse
Knowledge Management Optional
Geography and Management BSc (Hons)