Study Contents

The contents of the geography degree are as diverse as the fields of activity of geographers. Whether in research, teaching, physical geography, economic geography or urban planning: the Bachelor's programme provides the basic knowledge and methods. For example: in addition to the essential questions of geography, challenges in the theory of science are also considered here. Natural and social science working methods are also introduced from a geographical perspective and the methods and techniques of scientific work are taught.

Specifically, it covers the tasks and methods of

• regional research - sub-areas of applied geography (such as urban development, economic development, leisure and tourism, environmental policies, planning policies, nature and environmental protection)
• basic processes and manifestations of the solid earth systems (geology, geomorphology, soil science)
• water & climate (climatology, hydrology)
• living beings (vegetation geography, ecozones of the earth)
• basics of social geography (social processes from a spatial perspective)
• basics of economic geography (location theories, economic basics)
• methods and working methods of cartography - methods of spatial visualisation
• basic structures of global society-environment relationships
• principles and goals of the sustainability concept
• regional development policy

In fact, the broad spectrum of topics covered by the programme deals with human-environment relations as well as migration and globalisation in all their many facets.