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Modul PS1110-KP04

Social Aspects of Sustainability (GesellNach)

Duration:


1 Semester
Turnus of offer:


each winter semester
Credit points:


4
Course of studies, specific field and terms:
  • Bachelor Interdisciplinary Courses (optional subject), interdisciplinary competence, Arbitrary semester
  • Master Interdisciplinary Courses (optional subject), interdisciplinary competence, Arbitrary semester
  • Bachelor Interdisciplinary Courses for health sciences (optional subject), interdisciplinary competence, Arbitrary semester
Classes and lectures:
  • PS1102-V: Social classification of sustainability science (lecture, 1 SWS)
  • PS1110-S: Social Aspects of Sustainability (seminar, 1 SWS)
Workload:
  • 30 Hours in-classroom work
  • 60 Hours private studies
Contents of teaching:
  • The idea of sustainable development and its historical classification
  • Foundations for theoretical concepts of sustainable development
  • Foundations of sustainable development and its scientific resonance
  • Basic concepts of sustainability ethics
  • Fundamentals of the philosophy of science and transdisciplinary research
  • Specific aspects of the methodology of sustainability science
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
  • Students master the basics of ecological, social and economic assessment of the sustainability of technological developments.
  • They have an understanding of which procedures are sustainable in which areas (business, medicine, research, transfer) and which criteria they must fulfil
  • You will gain a general understanding of sustainability science and learn about its importance for society and current and future economic developments.
Grading through:
  • portfolio exam
Responsible for this module:
Teachers:
Literature:
  • Harald Heinrichs, Gerd Michelsen: Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften - Springer Spektrum 2014
  • Joachim Pietzsch: Bioökonomie für Einsteiger - Springer Spektrum 1. Auflage 2017 Edition
Language:
  • offered only in German
Notes:

Admission requirements for taking the module:
- None

Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- Successful and regular participation in the seminar

Module Exam(s):
- PS1110-L1: Social Aspects of Sustainability, Portfolio exam consisting of: 30 points in the form of an individual term paper, 70 points in the form of a semester presentation, 100% of the (non-existent) module grade

Letzte Änderung:
1.3.2024