Sustainable Development and Digital Transformation

How can we make our society and economy more sustainable? How do we combine knowledge about climate change with technical and digital possibilities?

In this subject track, students gain practical knowledge that will enable them to develop innovative solutions to real-world problems.

Covering everything from geography and computer science to social research, the curriculum covers many relevant areas, providing a broad knowledge base with different perspectives. Students will not only learn technical skills, but also develop an understanding of social and ecological contexts.

From the fourth semester onwards, students can set their own specialisations in this subject track. Whether in-depth IT knowledge, practical experience through work placements or interdisciplinary courses - they decide what they want to focus on.

Details

The subject track initially consists of four compulsory modules, which cover the basics of geography and computer science relevant to the subject track. "Empirical Social Research and Climate Geography" covers qualitative and quantitative methods and empirical social research in general, as well as an introduction to climate geography.

In "Fundamentals in Human Geography", the geographical basics are supplemented by an introduction to economic geography, human geography, urban planning and transport geography.
In the module "Information Technology I", the technical basics of modern IT systems are taught at a comprehensible level.

The module "Fundamentals of Programming and Visualisation with Python" teaches basic and essential programming skills.
The "Study Project I" works on a current topic of sustainable development and digital transformation from the perspective of geography.
From the fourth semester onwards, the subject track includes various compulsory elective modules that give you the opportunity to set your own priorities in your studies and pursue your interests.

In the fourth semester, you can choose between "Information Technology II", "Text Mining" or "Introduction to Databases".

During the fifth semester, you can choose the "Internship" or "Information Visualisation". However, if the internship was not completed in the fifth semester, it must be taken in the sixth semester. Otherwise, either a "Study Project II" can be completed in the sixth semester or technical skills can be further specialised by attending the courses "Web Development", "App Development" or "Geoinformation Systems".
Finally, the programme also offers the "Balance Module", which serves to reflect on what has been learnt, in particular the combination of lectures and project modules.
With the "Thesis module", students can work independently on a scientific topic within the subject track.

Overview „Sustainable Development and Digital Transformation“