MSc Geography and Geoinformatics - Field and Methods Courses
Academic year 2025-2026:
Spain
Timing: Block 3+4, 2026
Destination: Barcelona
Themes: Human Geography
Responsible: Christine Benna Skytt-Larsen, Nikos Kapitsinis
Course description: Field and Methods Course in Geography and Geoinformatics
Information meeting: Monday 29th September 2025 at 12.15, Auditorium C, Øster Voldgade 10
Further information about the course: To be announced
Greenland
Timing: Block 4+5, 2026
Destination: Disko, Arctic Station
Themes: Physical Geography, Arctic hydrology and soil science
Responsible: Bo Elberling, Per Ambus
Course description: Field and Methods Course in Geography and Geoinformatics
Information meeting: Monday 29th September 2025 at 12.15, Auditorium C
Further information about the course: To be announced
Denmark
Timing: Block 5+1, 2026
Destination: The Wadden Sea
Themes: Physical Geography, Coastal Geoscience, Geomorphology
Responsible: Thorbjørn Joost Andersen, Mikkel Fruergaard, Aart Kroon
Course description: Field and Methods Course in Geography and Geoinformatics
Information meeting: Monday 29th September 2025 at 12.15, Auditorium C
Further information about the course: To be announced
SLUSE
SLUSE - Practicing Interdisciplinary Field Research on the Environment. Separate course that runs every year in block 3 (15 ECTS, full block), jointly with other departments. Read more on www.sluse.dk or on the course description: Practicing Interdisciplinary Field Research on the Environment
Information meeting: Monday 29th September 2025 at 12.15, Auditorium C, Øster Voldgade 10
Academic year 2026-2027:
Information about upcoming field courses will be available here before 1st September 2025
About MSc Geography Field and Methods Course
The fundamental goal of the MSc Geography Field and Methods Course is to enable the student to independently organize and carry out larger-scale geographical fieldwork and to be able to analyze, evaluate, document and communicate the results of a scientific study.
The course is designed as preparation for a Master’s thesis and therefore ideally takes place prior to carrying out the Master’s thesis. In this course students will gain hands-on experience on a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods that are considered to have a broad application in both research- and industry-related fields.
The course comprises three parts:
- Block N: theoretical and methodological studies, classroom teaching and preparation for fieldwork
- Between block N and N+1: 10 days of fieldwork
- Block N+1: processing of data, report writing, possibly additional classroom teaching and an exam.
The course is generic in the sense that the formal course description is taylored to a range of geographical destinations that change from one year to another. Various teachers participate and various geographical disciplines are in focus.
It is only possible to take part in one Field and Methods course pr. student during the MSc programme.
Please note that prior to the formal course registration via the Self-Service, the Department will arrange information meetings for students who are interested in this course.
Students shall pay for their own travel to and from the field-work area, as well as entry visa (if required), vaccinations (if required) and personal medicine (e.g. malaria medication) and a daily amount for food, lodging and local transport. For destinations outside DK, students are required to take out a private illness and repatriation insurance covering the field period.