Bachelor's program in Environment and Georesources Management

During your studies, you have various subjects, which consist of one or more modules. A module deals with a specific topic and consists of one or more courses. In the module handbook for your degree program, you will find a description of the modules and their subject assignment as well as a study plan. This gives you an orientation as to which courses you should attend in which semester in order to complete your studies within the standard period of study. It takes into account a balanced distribution of courses over the individual semesters. It also ensures that you are first taught the important basics before moving on to more advanced topics. Your individual course of study may differ from this.

The degree program mainly comprises compulsory subjects:

• Mathematical Foundations (12 LP): in this subject, you will learn the basics of higher mathematics, which you will need in your studies.
• Chemical-Physical Foundations (25 CP): in the modules of this subject, you will learn more about general and inorganic chemistry, both theoretically and in practical courses. The basics of physics are covered in the Experimental Physics module, in which the physical laws of nature can be experienced in numerous experiments.
• Geology (60 CP): in terms of scope and content, this subject forms the core of the degree program. Here you will learn about the fundamental aspects of geology. You will immerse yourself in the dynamics of the earth, examine minerals and learn about their chemical composition. During excursions, you will collect geological data using suitable field methods and create geological maps afterwards. And of course you will also learn about key aspects of georesources, your actual research subject in this degree program.
• Fundamentals of Economics (9 CP): you will acquire basic knowledge of finance, including the functioning of financial markets, aspects of accounting, logistics, market research and the systematic presentation of a modern production economy.
• Fundamentals of Law (10 CP): in addition to legal and constitutional fundamentals, you will study core aspects of constitutional law, business law and administrative law. You will also deal with questions of environmental law, e.g. site selection law for a final repository, international environmental law, environmental planning law, etc.
• Geoinformation Systems (9 CP): in this subject, you will deal with a wide range of spatial data. This includes data processing in geoinformation systems, factual data management, data modeling and databases. Statistics are also included.
• Climate and Ecozones (7 CP): you will learn the basics of climatology, e.g. processes and patterns in the atmosphere, their interaction with ecosystems, the importance of spatial and temporal scales. You will also learn about the relationship between climate and ecosystems, which, in addition to physical-geographical aspects and land use, shape the formation of specific landscape zones on our planet.
• Interdisciplinary Qualifications (6 CP): the interdisciplinary qualifications in this degree program are subject-related, i.e. lecturers from your department will teach you the basics of scientific work and communication. You will get to grips with scientific literature research and present your findings.

In addition to the fixed modules of the foundation part of your studies, you have options in the subject specialization, especially in the higher semesters:

• Subject Specialization (30 CP): in this subject, you can follow your interests. You choose a total of three modules from several modules, each worth 10 credit points. The modules on offer are: Geodata and Informatics, Energy Economics, Industrial Production, Regional Planning, Geology in the Field.

At the end of your bachelor’s degree, you will complete your bachelor’s thesis. The bachelor's thesis takes a maximum of 6 months to complete. The bachelor's thesis can also be completed externally, for example in a company.