We live in an era of super complexity, and a fresh look at Geography, Geographical Information Science (GIS), Cartography and Remote Sensing curricula is needed. Although Geography has been described as a science with 'secret powers’ that could potentially save the world, this notion could be expanded to include related modules such as GIS, Cartography, Mapwork and Remote Sensing (collectively referred to as spatial modules in this research). These 'secret powers' that could potentially save the world refer to geographic, geospatial, and spatial thinking. Spatial thinking is a vast and ubiquitous skill and forms the focus of this research. It can be reasoned that spatial thinking should be accorded the same level of interest in education as reading, writing and computational reasoning. In the case of teaching spatial modules, more emphasis should specifically be placed on spatial thinking than on the other mentioned skills. Spatial modules are suitable for the development of the spatial thinking skills of undergraduate students. Should spatial thinking be overlooked in the curricula of these modules, the key ways in which the brain comprehends and organizes information will be neglected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]