Geography: Global Change and Sustainability (Master)

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The aim of the English-language master's programme Geography: Global Change and Sustainability is to train graduates to be able to identify challenges, changes and complex problems in geography from a natural and social science perspective in the context of global change and the sustainability. By following an interdisciplinary approach, the students will analyse and develop evidence-based solutions for current challenges in this field. The master's programme deals with an international perspective on current theory-based geographical research on the causes and consequences of global change as well as social and environmental challenges in the context of sustainability and relevant fields of practice. A balance is pursued between thematic specialisation and embedding in a holistic context of "Global Change and Sustainability".

Graduates acquire comprehensive skills from relevant areas (specialisations: Migration and Population Dynamics, Socio-Economic Transformations, Earth Surface Dynamics and Management, Geoecology). Scientific principles as well as methodological and technical skills are conveyed through the combination of cross-specialization work and analysis techniques. These reflect the scale-dependent, spatio-temporal approaches to the dynamics of global change and sustainability inherent to geography.

Master of Science

Degree Programme Code: 066 855

4 semesters / 120 ECTS credits

Language: English

NO entrance examination

Curriculum

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Study Programme

The master's programme consists of the following modules:

  • Compulsory module group Global Change and Sustainability (20 ECTS)
  • Preparation Module (5 ECTS)
  • Compulsory module group Specialisations (30 ECTS)
  • Open Mind Modules I and II (10 ECTS)
  • Mobility Module (25 ECTS)
  • Master's Thesis (25 ECTS) and
  • Defensio (5 ECTS)

Five Concepts

which you will deal with during your studies:

  • Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Global Change
  • Population Dynamics
  • Geomorphology
  • Assessment of natural hazards

... and many more.

 Overview of the programme structure & topics

Here you find the current offer of courses for this programme to gain better insight into the topics and structure. For more information please click on the respective level.



After Graduation

The complexity of the spatiotemporal consideration of global change, sustainability and transformation in geography is also reflected in the range of professional activities of the graduates, from research and development as well as administration and public service (both international, national as well as regional and local ) ranges from international development work, protected area management and NGOs with sustainability agendas to engineering and planning offices, private-sector site assessments and process modeling. Accordingly, in the courses within the framework of the specialization modules, there is an additional, individually configurable focus on applied and research-led approaches.

Graduates' Perspective on the Degree Programme

Graduates ...

  • say that this degree programme receives the grade: 2.3 (good)
  • rate the level of difficulty as: 3.3 (appropriate)

→ These results are based on feedback from 20 graduates.

*You can find further assessments of the degree programme from its graduates’ perspective in the graduate survey of the master's programme in Geography (in German).

Graduates ...

  • find employment within 2 months after graduation on average.
  • earn an average of € 2,846 (women) and € 3,143 (men) gross per month within three years after graduation.
  • work full time at a percentage of 81% (women) and 84% (men) within three years after graduation.

*You can find further information on career entry and career paths in the tracking of graduates "MA Geography".

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