Ethics and Sustainability of AI
- Faculty
Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
- Version
Version 1 of 03.12.2025.
- Module identifier
11B2007
- Module level
Bachelor
- Language of instruction
German, English
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
irregular
- Duration
1 semester
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 30 Lecture - 15 Practical project - 15 Individual coaching - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 30 Work in small groups - 20 Study of literature - 40 Creation of examinations -
- Graded examination
- Oral presentation, with written elaboration
- Exam duration and scope
Oral presentation: approx. 20 minutes, accompanying paper: approx. 5 pages per person
- Literature
- VÉLIZ, Carissa. Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics. Oxford University Press, 2023.
- ASIMOV, Isaac. The Isaac Asimov collection. Runaround. I, Robot, 1950.
- FUCHS, Christian. Digital ethics: Media, communication and society volume five. Routledge, 2022.
- VAN WYNSBERGHE, Aimee. Sustainable AI: AI for sustainability and the sustainability of AI. AI and Ethics, 2021.
- ADAMS, Douglas; SCHWARZ, Benjamin. Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis, 1990.
- LAVISTA FERRES, Juan M.; AI for Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health, Wiley, 2024.
- Applicability in study programs
- Mechatronics
- Mechatronics B.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Computer Science and Media Applications
- Computer Science and Media Applications B.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Agricultural Technologies
- Agricultural Technologies B.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Computer Science and Computer Engineering
- Computer Science and Computer Engineering B.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Person responsible for the module
- Schöning, Julius
- Teachers
- Schöning, Julius