Subject Curricula
This page lists discipline-specific and interdisciplinary degree programs offered by a single faculty or department and focusing on a single area (humanities and behavioral sciences / human sciences; economics, law, and the social sciences; life sciences; the natural sciences and engineering). They are further divided into
subject curricula with an explicit connection to sustainable development.
The degree programs listed here include mandatory components on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and students are required to write final theses on topics related to several SDGs.
Each of the degree programs focuses on a single subject area (humanities and behavioral sciences / human sciences; economics, law, and the social sciences; life sciences; the natural sciences and engineering).
| Degree program / degree | Institute / institution | Comments: |
| Labor, Economics and Society (Economic and Sociological Studies) (MA) | Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences / Department of Socioeconomics | Interdisciplinary analysis of structural change in labor, economics, and society as well as its causes and consequences; objective: to provide sound answers to questions about the mechanisms and conditions involved in fostering security, integration, and well-being in a society; students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses |
| Bio-Resource Management (BSc) | Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences / Department of Biology | Sustainable management of wood, bamboo, and palm fiber and their impact on nature and society |
| Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences / Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology | Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses. | |
| Geography (BSc, MSc) | Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences / Department of Geography | Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses. |
| Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences / Department of Earth Sciences / Institute of Oceanography | Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses. | |
| Geosciences (BSc, MSc) | Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences / Department of Earth Sciences / Institutes of Geology / Paleontology, Mineralogy / Petrography, Bio-Geochemistry and Soil Science | Interdisciplinary in the subject areas geology, soil science, and mineralogy; developing concepts for sustainable management of natural resources; objective: to understand Earth as a system |
| International Business and Sustainability—MIBAS (MA) | Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Department of Socioeconomics | International management and sustainability; objective: corporate and societal sustainability; MIBAS students can choose from numerous English-language electives to supplement their studies |
| Meteorology (BSc, MSc) | Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences / Department of Earth Sciences / Institute of Meteorology | Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses. |
| Wood Science (MSc) | Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences / Department of Biology | Sustainable management of wood and its impact on nature and society |
Subject curricula based on an academic area with optional connections to sustainable development
Students in the degree programs listed here can elect courses within their subject that, taken together, cover multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); students can also write final theses on topics relevant to multiple SDGs.
Each of the degree programs relates to a single subject area (humanities and behavioral sciences / human sciences; economics, law, and the social sciences; life sciences; the natural sciences and engineering).
| Degree program / degree | Institute / institution | Comments: |
| Faculty of Law | Focus on environmental law | |
| International Criminology (MA) | Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences / Department of Social Sciences / field: criminology | Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses. |
| Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences / Department of Social Sciences / subject group: journalism and mass communication | Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses. | |
| Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences / Department of Economics |
Combines insights into politics, economics, and philosophy to solve complex societal problems (in English) Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses. |
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| Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences / Department of Social Sciences / field: political science | Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses. | |
| Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences / Department of Socioeconomics | Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses. | |
| Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences / Department of Social Sciences / field: sociology | Advanced module Environment and Society (BA), climate-related courses in the specialization module (MA) | |
| Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences / Department of Economics | Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses. | |
| Faculty of Education | Principles of teaching ESB, individual focus via subject choice | |
| Faculty of Education | Principles of teaching ESB | |
| Faculty of Humanities / Department of Languages, Literature and Media (SLM I) / Institute of Media and Communications (IMK) | Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses. | |
| Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences / Departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Informatics | Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses | |
| Business Administration (BSc, MSc) | Faculty of Business Administration (Hamburg Business School) | Students have individual options for courses, topics, and final theses. |
Subject curricula, based on an academic area, for and with “sustainability pioneers”
The curricula do not include systematically integrated sustainability topics; students can nonetheless elect courses and faculty with individual specializations within the subject that, taken together, cover multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Furthermore, students can write final theses related to multiple SDGs.
Each of the degree programs relates to a single subject area (humanities and behavioral sciences / human sciences; economics, law, and the social sciences; life sciences; the natural sciences and engineering).
| Degree program / degree | Institute / institution | Comments: |
German Language and Literature Protestant / Catholic Theology | Faculty of Humanities | Subject-specific introductions to researching / shaping sustainable development |
| Interdisciplinary Public and Nonprofit Studies (MSc) | Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences / Department of Socioeconomics | Interdisciplinary introductions to sustainability with a focus on public life, in which public welfare is organized and social commitment is possible |