Licence Géographie et Aménagement at Université de Perpignan Via Domitia

The Licence Géographie et Aménagement gives an initial education in geography and spatial planning covering socio-economic issues, environmental problems and the principles of territorial planning. In the final year students choose between an Aménagement option and an Histoire-Archéologie option.

Faculty: Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines (LSH)  |  Duration: 3 years (6 semesters, 180 ECTS)  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in French  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Perpignan, Occitanie, France

What you will study

1,608 hours (L1 507 h, L2 537 h, L3 564 h); languages 18 h per semester (English recommended, Spanish, German or Catalan) and an English thematic course in L3; a placement of at least 4 weeks in L3; Erasmus or Canada mobility encouraged. Skills: geographic and planning concepts, territorial analysis at several scales, field surveys, cartography, statistics, GIS and image-processing software.

Career pathways

Executive posts in local authorities (urban planning, GIS), consultancy, environmental study engineer, project officer, teacher, or study and research officer; most students continue to a Master, notably Urbanisme-Habitat-Aménagement at Perpignan (optional work-study), palaeo-environment or teaching Masters.

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