Course Program
This page offers an overview of all the modules and courses offered within the program.
Compulsory Modules
- Introduction to Environmental Humanities: Theories, Methods, Concepts
- Internship
Electives (Subject Modules)
Students choose 6 ouf of 8 modules (60 ECTS).
- Environmental Literatures (I u. II)
- Environmental Cultures (I u. II)
- Environmental and Sustainability Ethics
- Environmental Education
- Environmental Politics
- Conservation Biology
Electives (Competence Modules)
Students choose 3 out of 7 modules (15 ECTS).
- Independent Research (I u. II)
- Science Communication
- Excursion
- Conference Visit
- Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability
- Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Conservation
Thesis
- Master Thesis
- Exam Colloquium
Courses Winter Term 2026/27
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"Introduction to Environmental Humanities: Theories, Methods, Concepts" (FR, 12--14, all colleagues involved in the MA program)
"Climate: Literary, Cultural, and Historical Approaches" (TUE, 14--16, Prof. Dr. Catrin Gersdorf)
"Literature and the Anthropocene" (MO, 14--16, Dr. Lena Pfeifer)
"Wilde Gärten – warum sie gerade jetzt so wichtig sind" (Block Seminar, Prof. Dr. Michaela Fenske)
"Wegwerfkulturen. Vom Wert des scheinbar Wertlosen"(WED, 12--14, PD Dr. Sebastian Dümling)
"Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsethik" (WED, 12--14, Prof. Dr. Katharina Wörn)
"Nachhaltigkeit im (Schul-)Alltag / Nachhaltige Weihnachten?" (WED, 9--12, Emily Schweitzer-Martin)
"Sozialwissenschaftliche Nachhaltigkeitsforschung" (MON, 10--12, Prof. Dr. Ulrike Zeigermann)
"Nachhaltigkeit und Demokratie: Zur politischen Theorie einer ökologischen Transformation" (THUR, 10--12, Prof. Dr. Matthias Flatscher)
"Angewandte Humangeographie-Regionalforschung: Raum- und Umweltplanung" (WED, 10--12, Prof. Dr. Matthias Naumann)
"Transformationskonflikte" (TUE, 16:30-18:00, Prof. Dr. Matthias Naumann)
"Geographien der globalen Wirtschaft"(WED, 12-14, Prof. Dr. Marit Rosol) | Please note that only individual sessions of this lecture deal with environmental and sustainability topics.
"Naturschutzbiologie" (WED, 9-10 and FRI 9:15-11, Prof. Dr. Nadja Simons)
"Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Conservation" (Block Seminar, Prof. Dr. Nadja Simons)
