Module PS1110-KP04

Social Aspects of Sustainability (GesellNach)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor Interdisciplinary Courses, optional subject, Interdisciplinary modules
  • Master Interdisciplinary Courses, optional subject, Interdisciplinary modules
  • Bachelor Interdisciplinary Courses for health sciences, optional subject, Interdisciplinary modules

Classes and lectures:

  • PS1102-V: Social classification of sustainability science (lecture, 1 SWS)
  • PS1110-S: Social Aspects of Sustainability (seminar, 1 SWS)

Workload:

  • 60 hours private studies
  • 30 hours in-classroom work

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:

Teacher:

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

Last Updated:

02.10.2025