Curriculum

Climate Culture Lab | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: l230043107

Climate Culture Lab I

4.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

> Cultural sustainability and climate culture > Inter- and transdisciplinarity > Ecocriticism

Climate Literacy | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: l230043103

Ecology and Biodiversity

3.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

> Organisms, populations, communities and ecosystems > Biogeochemical cycles > Land use and applied ecology > Biodiversity crisis and mass extinctions > Biosemiotics and multispecies discourses

Climate Literacy | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: l230043102

Scientific Foundations of Climate Change

5.00

ECTS

3.00

SWS

> Basic principles and history of Earth system science > Central components and processes of the climate system > Causes, drivers and impacts of natural and anthropogenic climate change > Weather and climate monitoring > Climate models > Tipping points, extreme weather events and attribution > Climate protection and climate change adaptation

Climate Literacy | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: l230043101

Theory and Practice of Science

2.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

> Foundations of scientific knowledge in the context of the history of science > Scientific methods > Principles, practices and quality criteria of formal internal science communication > Research and expert networks

Communication and Journalism for Sustainability | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: l230043105

Basics of Sustainability Communication and Climate Journalism

4.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

> Introduction, basic terms and ethical concepts; sustainable development as a universal value > Historical lines of development > Role models and role debates > Formats in journalism and PR (e.g. sustainability reporting) > Forms of presentation and narration/narratives

Communication and Journalism for Sustainability | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: l230043106

Psychology of Communication

2.00

ECTS

1.00

SWS

> Introduction to communication psychology, history and basic concepts > Development and communication models > Climate psychology – basics > Positive Psychology and Constructive Journalism

Project Work on Sustainability Communication and Climate Journalism | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: l230043108

Practice of Sustainability Communication & Climate Journalism I

5.00

ECTS

3.00

SWS

Current issues and trends from the two disciplines (e.g. sustainability reporting, COP reporting or similar) are brought in and discussed in the form of guest lectures. The students choose a current problem in the context of climate or sustainability from their own professional practice and develop an innovative solution for it in the form of a project concept. The supervision takes into account the different professional fields of the students (group division), the supervision takes place alternately in the plenum and in intensive exchange with practitioners (e.g. Austrian Media Academy, Network Climate Journalism), who also act as coaches for the participants.

Society in the Anthropocene | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: l230043104

Critical Social and Sustainability Discourse

5.00

ECTS

3.00

SWS

> Social and cultural science discourses on human and nature > Social theory in the Anthropocene > Critical history of sustainability > Concepts of sustainability and the United Nations Development Goals (SDGs) > Discourses of social transformation > Ecologisation and digitalisation > Principles and theories of ecological ethics

Climate Culture Lab | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: l230043206

Climate Culture Lab II

4.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

> Cultural Sustainability and Climate Culture > Development and Exploitation of the Arts (EEK) & Artistic Research

Climate Policy | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: l230043201

Climate Policy and Species Protection in the D/A/CH Region

5.00

ECTS

3.00

SWS

> Principles of evidence-based Climate and environmental policy > National climate governance and climate policy in the European and international context: actors, processes, conflicts > History of the environmental, anti-nuclear and ecological movements in German-speaking countries > Selected controversies or climate policy fields in a D/A/CH comparison (energy, mobility, agriculture, infrastructure, climate, nature and species protection, etc.)

Climate Policy | Lecture (VO) | Coursecode: l230043202

International Climate Policy and Climate Justice

3.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

> International climate governance and climate policy: history, actors and regulatory frameworks > International biodiversity governance and policy > European Green Deal in the context of European and global climate and biodiversity policy > Climate and transformation governance in the Global South > Climate justice

Ecology and Economics | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: l230043203

Ecological-social Economic Discourse

5.00

ECTS

3.00

SWS

> Critique of current economic practices > Plural economics: diversity of economic discourse strands in theory and practice > Basic principles of ecological management and ecological economics (degrowth/post-growth, donut economics, etc.) > Other alternative economic approaches in practice (economy of the common good, solidarity economy, commoning, sharing economy) > Sustainable economy and green finance in the policies of the European Union > Greenwashing

Project Work on Sustainability Communication and Climate Journalism | Project Thesis (PA) | Coursecode: l230043207

Practice of Sustainability Communication & Climate Journalism II

6.00

ECTS

3.00

SWS

The students implement the project concept from the first semester and continue to be accompanied by practitioners or coaches from their professional field. The project work is also the written final thesis of the course, which is to be presented in the plenum at the end of the semester. The final oral examination at the end of the second semester is the finale of the academic certificate programme. The 30-minute examination, which is to be conducted individually and chaired by the programme director, refers to the main topics of the programme.

Strategic Climate Communication | Practical (UE) | Coursecode: l230043205

Storytelling and Visualisation

3.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

> Narratives in the Anthropocene > Language of transformation, climate-just language and clichés > Nature Writing & Multi-Species Storytelling > Climate Change & Visualisations

Strategic Climate Communication | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: l230043204

Sustainable Content Strategy and Media Production

4.00

ECTS

2.00

SWS

> Methods of content strategy > Principles of sustainable media production > Digital ecology