Master in Geography (MSc) - VUB

Environmental Change

Introduction to remote sensing

Environmental and Resource Economics I

Geography of Development

Research Seminar

Master Thesis Geography

Choose one of the following:
Physical Geography Field Trip Abroad
Social and Economic Geography Field Trip Abroad

Choose two of the following groups:

Earth and Climate:
Atmospheric Modelling
River Geomorphology
Dynamics and Modelling of Glacial Systems
Numerical Modeling

Society and Space:
Housing and the City
Greening the City
Economic and Financial Geography

Geo-Information Sciences:
Advanced earth observation techniques
Geospatial Information Technologies
Remote Sensing of the Environment
GIS Programming

Mixed Methods:
Interactive Data Visualization
Qualitative Research Methods
Modeling Land-use Changes
Natural Risk Management

Internship (optional):
Internship

Strengthening courses Climate and Meteorology:
Advanced Land-climate dynamics
Global Environmental Politics
Operational Meteorology

Strengthening courses Terrestrial Systems:
Agro-Systems
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Strengthening courses Hydrology:
Groundwater hydrology
Surface water hydrology

Strengthening courses Remote Sensing and Data Science:
Machine Learning and Inductive Inference
Remote Sensing of Vegetation, Soil and Water Systems

Strengthening courses Programming and Web Technologies:
Basic Programming
Object Oriented Programming
Web Technologies

Strengthening courses Sustainable Development:
The Sustainable Development Challenge
EUTOPIA Learning Unit - Sustainable Mobility and Logistics
Environmental and Resources Economics II

Strengthening courses Urban Studies:
European Cities in an Urbanizing World
Urban Anthropology
Urban Studies
StadsSalonsUrbains

Strengthening courses Urban Planning and Design:
Theory of Urban Planning and Design
Urban Ecology and Green Management
History of Urban Design
Strategic Spatial Planning

Strengthening courses Tourism:
Economics and Development of Tourism Destinations
Policy, Planning and Management of Mobility and Tourism Destinations
Tourism, Globalisation and Sustainable Development
Culture and Tourism
Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development

Specialization Earth and Climate:
Atmospheric Modelling
River Geomorphology
Dynamics and Modelling of Glacial Systems
Numerical Modeling

Specialization Society and Space:
Political Ecology
Housing and the City
StadsSalonsUrbains
Economic and Financial Geography
Political Ecology

Specialization Geo-information Sciences:
Advanced earth observation techniques
Geospatial Information Technologies
Remote Sensing of the Environment
GIS Programming

Specialization Mixed Methods:
Interactive Data Visualization
Modeling Land-use Changes
Natural Risk Management
Qualitative Research Methods

Reorientation courses:
Environmental Programming
Introduction to Geoprocessing
Linear Algebra
Calculus
Univariate Data and Modelling
Urban Geography
Applied Geomorphology
Introduction to GIS