Recommended prerequisite for participation in
the module
Passed the three first semesters of the Geography programme
Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
Tofagsstuderende, der læser geografi som centralt fag, skal
skrive kandidatspecialet på dansk, selvom modulbeskrivelsen er på
engelsk.
Students completing the module acquire the following:
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Can understand and on a scientific basis reflect on the
knowledge attained within the geographical subjects studied
- Can identify scientific relevant geographical problems within
the subjects studied and reflect on them.
- Knowledge of the scientific-theoretical and methodological
embeddedness of the used geographical theories and can reflect on
them
- Knowledge of important national and international geographical
research in the field
Skills
- Can independently plan and carry out a geographical project at
a high professional level
- Can assess possible theoretical and/or experimental methods for
analysis of the research problem and reflect and critically
evaluate the chosen methods
- Can make an independent and critical reflection of the chosen
theories and methods as well as the analyses, results and
conclusions
- Can communicate relevant scientific and professional aspects of
project work in a clear and systematic way
Competences
- Can work independently with a project on a specific
geographical problem at the highest international level
- Can define and analyse scientific geographical problems and
based on that make and state the reasons for the decisions
made
- Can solve new and complicated geographical problems by the use
of advanced scientific geographical knowledge
- Can evaluate the progress of the project independently and
select and include additional literature, field studies,
experiments or supplementary data when needed in order to maintain
a scientific basis for the project
Type of instruction
Problem-based project work with supervision supplemented with
instructions, workshops, presentation seminars, lab tests, etc.
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Master’s Thesis |
Type of exam | Oral exam based on a project |
ECTS | 30 |
Permitted aids | |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | External examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |