Sustainability and Environmental Ethics (SEE)5 ECTS
(englische Bezeichnung: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics)
(Prüfungsordnungsmodul: Seminar sustainability and environmental ethics)

Lehrveranstaltungen:

• • Sustainability and Environmental Ethics
    (Seminar, 4 SWS, Martin Hartmann et al., Mo, 08:15 - 10:45, H6)

Inhalt:

This course introduces the academic approach of sustainability and environmental ethics. It explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations. The course focuses on key knowledge areas of sustainability theory and practice, including population, ecosystems, global change, energy, agriculture, water, circular economy, environmental economics and policy, ethics, and cultural history.

Lernziele und Kompetenzen:

Students will become familiar with important concepts of sustainability and environmental ethics and discuss current possibilities, limitations and future challenges. Students who successfully participate in this module can: • Understand the concept and methodology of sustainability and environmental ethics • Apply the methodology of green chemistry and engineering • Identify opportunities for improvements by life cycle sustainability assessments (LCSA) • Collect information on topics of current interest und present the results to the course members orally or in writing • Explain and discuss important new concepts (e.g. planetary boundaries, geoengineering, eco-sufficiency, rebound effect)

Literatur:

U. Gruber, Sustainability: A Cultural History, Green Books (2012). I. Pufé, Nachhaltigkeit, UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, 2. Auflage (2014). A. Reller, L. Marschall, S. Meißner, C. Schmidt, Resourcenstrategien, WBG (2013) A. E. Marteel-Parrish, M.A. Abraham (ed.), Green Chemistry and Engineering - A Pathway to Sustainability. John Wiley (2014). M. Reder, A. Gösele, L.Köhler, J. Wallacher, Umweltethik, W. Kohlhammer GmbH (2019).

Weitere Informationen:

Verwendbarkeit des Moduls / Einpassung in den Musterstudienplan:

1. Clean Energy Processes (Master of Science)
   (Po-Vers. 2021w | Gesamtkonto | Seminar sustainability and environmental ethics)

Studien-/Prüfungsleistungen:

Seminar sustainability and environmental ethics (Prüfungsnummer: 50021)

(englischer Titel: Seminar sustainability and environmental ethics)

Prüfungsleistung, Seminarleistung, Dauer (in Minuten): 20, benotet, 5 ECTS

Anteil an der Berechnung der Modulnote: 100.0 %

weitere Erläuterungen:
Presentation (5-10 min.) or Seminar paper (10 pages).
The form of examination depends on the didactic character of the course and will be announced at the beginning of the lecture period. / Die Prüfungsform ist abhängig vom didaktischen Charakter der Lehrveranstaltung und wird zu Beginn der Vorlesungszeit bekannt gegeben.

Prüfungssprache: Englisch

Erstablegung: WS 2022/2023, 1. Wdh.: SS 2023

1. Prüfer:

Martin Hartmann