2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

GEOG2015 Career Skills in Geography

10 creditsClass Size: 250

Module manager: Jonathan Carrivick
Email: J.L.Carrivick@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module addresses the question: What can you do with a Geography degree? It explores the world of post-university employment, and how geographers can succeed after graduation. You will be provided with a suite of insights, skills and experiences that will better prepare you for how to use your geography degree in a future career. This includes: awareness of how the diverse skills possessed by geographers can be most effectively presented to employers; enhanced understanding of the range of employment and other opportunities available to geographers (e.g., industrial placements), and how geographical skills can be used effectively in a diversity of workplaces; gaining familiarity with the process of searching, applying and interviewing for a graduate job; and an opportunity to demonstrate skills possessed by geographers whilst undertaking an applied role-playing project and associated pitch presentation. You will hear directly from geography graduates who have succeeded in a range of employment types and they will share their experiences and insights to help you choose your own path after university.

Objectives

This module strives to provide students with:

- awareness of how the diverse skills possessed by geographers can be most effectively presented to employers

- enhanced understanding of the range of employment and other opportunities available to geographers, and how geographical skills can be effectively used in a diversity of workplaces.

- opportunities to demonstrate skills possessed by geographers whilst undertaking an applied role-playing project and associated pitch presentation.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Knowledge of the range of careers available to Geography graduates;
2. Familiarity with the process of searching, applying for and interviewing for a job;
3.Commercial awareness in relation to a specific organisation and sector;
4. Confidence to articulate their skills and knowledge effectively to prospective employers

Skills learning outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:

1. Applying creativity and innovation: Developing and acting on creative and purposeful ideas
2. Teamwork/collaboration: The ability to build positive relationships with other people which then enables successful projects or other collaborations.
3. Time management, planning & organising: The ability to prioritise, work efficiently and productively and to manage your time well to meet deadlines.
4. Problem solving & analytical skills: (i) The ability to take a logical approach to solving problems; resolving issues by tackling from different angles, using both analytical and creative skills. (ii) The ability to understand, interpret, analyse and manipulate numerical data.
5. Commercial Awareness: The ability to understand what makes a business or organisation successful, and an awareness of the wider environment within which it operates.

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
presentation	1	0.50	0.50
Practicals	1	2.00	2.00
Practicals	1	3.00	3.00
Lecture	13	1.00	13.00
Private study hours			81.50
Total Contact hours			18.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

* Instant feedback on CV using University’s CV Checker tool. After this is completed students are permitted to book appoints with Careers consultants.
* Feedback on Excel workbooks.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Coursework	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

The project pitch will be replaced at resit by an individual 5 min video pitch based on a similar task to originally set.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 18/10/2024

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