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22University of FribourgMaster of Sci<strong>en</strong>ce <strong>in</strong> Geography: «Global Change and Susta<strong>in</strong>ability»Focus<strong>in</strong>g on «Global Change and Susta<strong>in</strong>ability»,this Master course <strong>in</strong>tegrates courses <strong>in</strong> naturaland human sci<strong>en</strong>ces, offer<strong>in</strong>g a specialisation <strong>in</strong>one of the two ori<strong>en</strong>tations. The MSc <strong>in</strong> Geographyprovides access to various professional activities<strong>in</strong> research, education, <strong>en</strong>vironm<strong>en</strong>tal consult<strong>in</strong>gand protection, spatial plann<strong>in</strong>g, docum<strong>en</strong>tation,and adm<strong>in</strong>istration.Wh<strong>en</strong> accompanied by a subsidiary subject <strong>in</strong> adiscipl<strong>in</strong>e figur<strong>in</strong>g on higher secondary schoolcurricula, the MSc allows stud<strong>en</strong>ts to follow acomplem<strong>en</strong>tary didactics programme lead<strong>in</strong>g tothe qualification as a higher secondary schoolteacher.SPECIALISATION• Physical Sci<strong>en</strong>ces Module: <strong>en</strong>vironm<strong>en</strong>talmodell<strong>in</strong>g, d<strong>en</strong>drogeomorphology, geomorphology• Socio-Economic Module: Environm<strong>en</strong>tal policies– background and legal issues, risk analysisand perception, global change and humanrights issues.PRACTICAL INFORMATIONOrganiser: Departm<strong>en</strong>t of Geosci<strong>en</strong>cesECTS credits: 90Duration: 3 semestersBeg<strong>in</strong>: fall semesterLanguage: English, Fr<strong>en</strong>ch and German arethe languages of the courses. Forexams and writt<strong>en</strong> work stud<strong>en</strong>tscan choose betwe<strong>en</strong> the three languages.Admission: BSc <strong>in</strong> Geography of the Universityof Fribourg or another degree consideredequival<strong>en</strong>t by the Faculty ofSci<strong>en</strong>ceApplications close: 1st of JuneContact: Prof. Claude ColletTel. +41 (0)26 300 90 23claude.collet@unifr.chFurther <strong>in</strong>formation:http://www.unifr.ch/sci<strong>en</strong>ce/plans_pdf/Cur_MSc-GG.pdf1 st sem.2 nd sem.Core module (18 ECTS)Specialisation module (14 ECTS): <strong>in</strong> physical sci<strong>en</strong>ces or <strong>in</strong> humanities (socio-economic module)Support<strong>in</strong>g courses module (18 ECTS): the selection of the courses is guided bythe specialisation3 rd sem.Master thesis module (40 ECTS): Master thesis and sem<strong>in</strong>ars