Human Geography
The study of human geography centers around social, economic and development geography as well as human environment interactions and spatial planning. Among other things you will focus on globalisation processes and their geographical implications – for instance, the dynamics of global value chains, transformation of cities, regions and landscapes, migration, urbanisation, and land use change.
You will also get insight into the social, political and economic processes and drivers of the location, distribution and growth of human activity, as well as the role of uneven geographical development and its implications.
As a graduate, you'll have the skills and competencies to:
- design and perform studies, field work and research projects within the field of human geography.
- compile and analyse complex data from a variety of sources.
- select appropriate quantitative and qualitative methodologies for problem-based research.
- work with interdisciplinary dimensions of human geographical processes and their impacts and spatial aspects at different scales.
- work in and understand the implications of cross-cultural contexts.
The programme can be structured in two ways, depending on the size of your thesis (45 or 60 ECTS):
Programme structure (thesis: 45 ECTS)
Compulsory courses: 15 ECTS
Restricted elective courses: 45 ECTS – see list of courses below
Elective courses: 15 ECTS
Thesis: 45 ECTS
| Block 1 | Block 2 | Block 3 | Block 4 | |
| Year 1 | Environment, Society and Development | Transformation of Cities and Landscapes: Globalisation and Local Strategies | Restricted elective course | Restricted elective course |
| Restricted elective course | Restricted elective course | Elective course | Elective course | |
| Year 2 | Restricted elective course | Thesis | ||
| Restricted elective course | ||||
Programme structure (thesis: 60 ECTS)
Compulsory courses: 15 ECTS
Restricted elective courses: 30 ECTS – see list of courses below
Elective courses: 15 ECTS
Thesis: 60 ECTS
| Block 1 | Block 2 | Block 3 | Block 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | Environment, Society and Development | Transformation of Cities and Landscapes: Globalisation and Local Strategies | Restricted elective course | Restricted elective course |
| Restricted elective course | Restricted elective course | Elective course | Elective course | |
| Year 2 | Thesis | |||
Restricted elective courses
Choose your restricted elective courses from the lists below. Click on each course for a detailed description.
You are obliged to choose courses worth at least 15 ECTS from this list:
- Land Use Transitions in the Global South
- The Dynamics of City Regions: Social and Economic Change
- Globalisation and Dynamics in Global Value Chains
- Countryside Planning: Policies, Processes and Regulation
- International Migration - Flows, Networks and Diasporas
- Livelihoods and Rural-Urban Connections in the Global South
Choose your remaining courses from this list:
- Remote Sensing of the Bio-Geosphere
- Applied GIS and Geoinformatics for Urban Spatial Analysis
- Ecosystems, Climate and Climate Change
- Interdisciplinary Project Course
- Advanced Geoinformatics
- Spatial and Temporal Pattern Analysis
- Geopolitics of Climate Change
- Field and Methods Course in Geography and Geoinformatics (block 1+2 or block 3+4)
- Remote Sensing in Land Science Studies
- Project Management and Planning
- Thematic Course: Interdisciplinary Land Use and Natural Resource Management
- Aerial and Near-field Remote Sensing
- Programming, Customization and Automation in GIS
- Human Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Environmental Impact Assessment in a Practical Danish Context (course language: Danish)
- Project Course in Geography and Geoinformatics
- Project in Practice (course database)