Geography Department

Activities

Geography and Teaching Professions

This course offers an approach to didactics and general pedagogy, as well as preparation in line with the syllabuses for competitive teaching exams.
The aim is to prepare students either for the teaching profession or for the CAPES in history and geography.

Applied Geography

This course provides an approach to spatial analysis, data analysis, planning practices and environmental management.
The aim is to prepare students for careers in applied geography, either at the end of their bachelor's degree or at the start of a master's degree, where these basic skills will be required.

ORGANISATION

Reporting structure(s)
UFR Humanities and Social Sciences
UMR 7300 ESPACE - Study of structures, adaptation processes and changes in space

Head of Department: Alain Richaud

Degree coordinator : Guilhem Boulay

Year managers : Guilhem Boulay, Alain Richaud, Laure Casanova Enault

Responsible for the MGT Engineering Master Course : Didier Josselin and Johnny Douvinet

Courses offered

GEOGRAPHY
MASTER IN GEOMATICS AND TERRITORIAL PROJECTS
MASTER STRUCTURES AND SPATIAL DYNAMICS
DOCTORATE IN GEOGRAPHY (ED 355)
GEOGRAPHY TEACHING PROFESSIONS
APPLIED GEOGRAPHY

Partnerships

Numerous contacts with socio-professional circles: town planning and development departments of local authorities, regional nature park management team, town planning agency, government administration departments (DDE, DDA, etc.).

Contacts

Address
74 rue Louis Pasteur
84029 Avignon

Telephone
+33 (0)4 90 16 26 65

Email
alain.richaud@univ-avignon.fr

Key figures

300 students
14 teacher-researchers
around ten doctoral students