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Geographie / Geography (minor subject in a combined bachelor’s degree)

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Program: Geographie / Geography
Degree: depends on the major chosen
Program option: minor subject in a combined bachelor's degree
Study model: combined bachelor's degree
Program length: 6/8 semesters / 3/4 years (180/ 210 ECTS points) (depending on the combination)
Start: Winter semester 

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Even at an early stage of your studies, you can acquire specialist skills from the sub-areas of geography and focus on human geography, physical geography or relations between man and the environment. Lectures in geoinformatics, cartography, statistics and other field and laboratory methods provide the ideal preparation for advanced modules, which teach planning skills for location analysis and environmental planning, for example.

Prospects

The minor subject “Geography” will help you to extend your professional qualifications profile, which is decisively shaped by the choice of your major subject.
The abilities and skills acquired in the minor subject can be used in the following profession fields in particular:

  • spatial planning in the broadest sense,
  • environment, nature, landscape,
  • development cooperation,
  • information and documentation,
  • geospatial information technology

A minor subject will help you to extend your professional qualifications profile, which is decisively shaped by the choice of your major subject. In conjunction with your major subject, your relevant work experience (e.g. internships, part-time jobs, voluntary work) and your personal skills, it will enable you to refine your profile and carve out your own individual array of career options.

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