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Courses for the autumn semester 2023/2204

Courses take place hybrid, online or in person at an EPICUR partner university. Here you will find the complete course catalog and the possibility to register directly until June 12^th, 2023 (Reopening of the course registration from September 4th to September 15th! Attention: Except EPIC Missions and courses with course start September)

For the autumn semester 2023/2024 (courses run from September to March) EPICUR offers courses in various disciplines: 

• Sustainable Transformation and European Values

• Entrepreneurship and Engagement

• Language Training for Mobility

• Modern Greek 

• Slavonic 

• Nordic/Scandinavian

• Key competences (like e.g. Academic Writing) 

Furthermore, for the autumn semester 2023/2024 EPICUR offers once again the learning format "EPIC Mission" (see EPIC Mission further down on this page). Open for application are eight missions in cooperation with various stakeholders. 

Courses 2023 

Courses take place hybrid, online or in person at an EPICUR partner university. Here you will find the complete course catalog and the possibility to register directly until December 16^th, 2022.

We have compiled a small selection from the learning paths "Sustainability - ecological, social, economic" and "European Identities" below. Information on the Language Training for Mobility Courses can be found here. 

BOKU:

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Education for Sustainable Development (2 ECTS)

Aristoteles-University Thessaloniki:

• Start up Entrepreneurship (4 ECTS)

• Sustainable Future Transportation Systems (2 ECTS)

• European Human Rights Law (5 ECTS)

• Politics and Government in Southern Europe. A Comparative Analysis (4 ECTS)

Karlsruher Institut for Technology:

• Crisis Cinema - (Post-)Apocalyptic and New Worlds on Screen (6 ECTS)

• Intercultural Competence for Global Citizens (3 ECTS)

• Critical Aspects of European History: Memory Wars in Media (3 ECTS)

Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg:

• Service Learning International (2 ECTS)

Adam-Mickiewicz-University Posen:

• Academic Skills (in English) (5 ECTS)

• Argument-Checking and Critical Thinking (6 ECTS)

• The Art of Dialogue (5 ECTS)

• Towards a More Sustainable Future: New Trends in Tourism (2 ECTS)

• Europe's LGBTQ Histories, Cultures and Politics: A Comparative Global Perspective (6 ECTS)

• Justice(s) and Law(s): cross-examination of selected issues of the European legal identity (8 ECTS)

• Cultural Relativism in Practice. The Case of the Slavs and the Balkans (8 ECTS)

• The Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Slavs and the Balkans (8 ECTS)

Courses 2022/23

Courses take place hybrid, online or on-site at an EPICUR partner university. Here you will find the complete course catalog and the possibility to register directly until June ^27th, 2022.

We have compiled a small selection from various learning paths: "Sustainable Food System", "Societal and Natural Sustainability", "Language Learning for Mobility" and "Nordic Languages". There are more learning paths to discover here.

EPICUR:

• EPIC Mission: How can Inner Sustainability Become Part of the Teaching and Everyday Life at Universities? (9 ECTS)

• EPIC Mission: A 21st Century Education for Europeans (9 ECTS)

• EPIC Mission: Education and Communication Measures for Climate, Nature and Sustainability (9 ECTS)

• EPIC Mission: Energy Transition and Citizenship - Re-inventing the Link Between Energy and Way of Life (9 ECTS)

• Entrepreneurship Summer School (6 ECTS)

BOKU:

• The inner dimension of sustainability: the role of values, emotions and world views (Deutsch) (3 ECTS)

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Education for Sustainable Development (2 ECTS)

• Biodiversity and land use change: A socio-ecological perspective (3 ECTS)

• Soil protection (3 ECTS)

• Biodiversity and land use change: A socio-ecological perspective (3 ECTS)

Aristotle University Thessaloniki:

• Issues of environment and sustainability (+ Greek) (4 ECTS)

• Municipal Solid Waste Management (+ Greek) (4 ECTS)

• Modern Greek Language and Culture B1/B2 (6 ECTS)

• Fundamentals of Nutrition and Metabolism (4 ECTS)

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology:

• Talking About Climate Change Beyond the "Green Bubble" (3 ECTS)

• Intercultural Competence for Global Citizens (3 ECTS)

University of Freiburg:

• Wicked problems in socio-economic systems (6 ECTS)

• Academic Writing (6 ECTS)

Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań:

• Academic Skills (5 ECTS)

• Towards a More Sustainable Future: New Trends in Tourism (2 ECTS)

• Polish Language acquisition A1 (4 ECTS)

University of Haute Alsace in Mulhouse:

• Scrum Framework-Agile Method (2 ECTS)

• Climate change and European mobilities: how to travel without killing the planet? (2 ECTS)

Southern Denmark University:

• Global Challenges I: The SDGs relevance for the Social Sciences (5 ECTS)

• Circular Economy for Business & Engineers with SDG Focus (Summer School) (5 ECTS)

• Engineering for Sustainability (Summer School) (5 ECTS)

University of Amsterdam:

• Dutch for reading knowledge (6 ECTS)

• Modelling for Sustainability (6 ECTS)

• Plant soil interactions (6 ECTS)

• World Food and Ecosystems (6 ECTS)

• Food and the City (6 ECTS)

University of Strasbourg:

• Histoire des identités scandinaves (Französisch) (3 ECTS)

• French Language acquisition: French as a foreign language / French for University purposes B1 (3 ECTS)

• French Language acquisition: French as a foreign language / French for University purposes B2 (3 ECTS)

Courses 2022

University of Freiburg

• Mediated Modeling for Sustainability
• New perspectives on Alemannic dialects in the Upper Rhine region (Alsace/Baden)
• PerForm - Bioeconomy and Society, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3

University of Strasbourg

• An Atlas of Data in Economics
• Collaboration Across Cultures: A Case Method Approach (Co-education with the University of Freiburg)

KIT

• Collaboration to develop a wiki on socio-cultural learning theory
• Concoct future plans - Adventure working world, here I come! (online course for self-learning)
• Excursion seminar: Taking the Lead - Mindfully Shaping Change (Münsterschwarzach Monastery)
• Strategies Of “Re-culturing”: New Networks Worldwide
• Representations of Historical Injustice in Media
• Intercultural Understanding in the Euro-Mediterranean Region
• Crisis-Cinema – (Post-)Apocalyptic and New Worlds on Screen

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

• Justice(s) and Law(s): cross-examination of selected issues of the European legal identity (Co-education with der Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
• Information Ecosystem in the EU. Market, regulation and European identities (Co-education with the University of Strasbourg)
• Europe’s LGBTQ Histories, Cultures and Politics:  A Comparative Global Perspective
• European integration history from a transnational perspective

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

• Politics and Government in Southern Europe. A Comparative Analysis
• European Human Rights Law
• Greek Nature, Conservation and Ecosystem Services

UHA

• Scrum Framework-Agile Method

Courses 2021/22

BOKU

• Mut zur Nachhaltigkeit
• Sustainicum Collection (in Zusammenarbeit mit der Uni Freiburg)

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

• Sustainable Entrepreneurship
• Topics in European Identities: Memories, Images, Utopias

Université de Strasbourg

• International Investment Law: Issues of Investment Protection and Sustainable Development
• Towards a Sustainable Management - A European Perspective

KIT

• European Cinema
• Intercultural Competence for Global Citizens
• Jean Monnet Circle Seminar - European Integration and Institutional Studies
• Talking About Climate Change Beyond the "Green Bubble"
• The European Project Revisited: National Identities as an Opportunity or Risk for European Integration

Adam-Mickiewicz-Universität Posen

• Lingua Latina (Tirones I)
• Republic in the Times of Experts

Aristoteles-Universität Thessaloniki

• Municipal Solid Waste Management
• Strategic Spatial Planning of Tourism Landscapes

UHA

• Applied Intercultural Competences - Compétences Interculturelles appliquées
• Accompanying Anthropocene-Related Transitions (Societal, Environmental, Digital…): Intercultural Approaches
• Scrum Framework-Agile Method

Courses 2021

All offerings are virtual courses.

The LAS (Liberal Arts and Sciences) courses are developed from EPICUR’s core tracks, “Natural and Societal Sustainability” as well as the “European Identities”.

• European Human Rights Law (2 March – 4 June)
• Greek Nature: Biodiversity, Conservation and Ecosystem Services (5 April – 11 June)
• Rural Sociology (1 March – 4 June)
• Communication for Development and Social Change (1 March – 11 June)
• Protected Areas and Natural Resources Management (22 Feb – 4 June)
• A Multilingual Map of Europe (1 March – 23 June)
• European Integration History from a Transnational Perspective (10 March – 5 May)
• Medievalism in Pop Culture: The Enduring Legacy of the European Middle Ages (25 April – 27 July)

Deadline for Registration: 19 Feb, 2021

Michael Pinter 

michael.pinter(at)students.boku.ac.at

Elena Marek

elena.marek(at)students.boku.ac.at