Sustainable Transformation
- Faculty
Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture
- Version
Version 1 of 13.08.2025.
- Module identifier
44M0566
- Module level
Master
- Language of instruction
English
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only winter term
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
This course addresses the main trends and crises in the Anthropocene and overviews transformation strategies for sustainable land use. Important governance structures from local to global scale will be presented. Lectures will be accompanied by group work and discussions.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
1 The Anthropocene
1.1 Climate Crisis
1.2 Biodiversity Crisis
1.3 Nutrition Crisis
2 Transformation strategies
2.1 Water retention in cities and landscapes
2.2 Trees in rural and urban landscapes
2.3 Sustainable farming and biodiversity management
2.4 Sustainable supply chains and artificial intelligence
2.5 Regeneration of wetlands and landscape planning
2.6 Environmental modelling and resource management
3 Governance of transformation
3.1 Governance structures from local to global scales
3.2 Transformation and learning
- 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 - 30 Seminar - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 30 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 45 Creation of examinations - 15 Work in small groups -
- Graded examination
- Presentation
- Exam duration and scope
Poster presentation: 10 minutes
- Knowledge Broadening
Students learn about the development of the Anthropocene and understand what factors are driving it. They have an overview of different strategies for the conversion of land use to sustainable management and are familiar with the relevant governance structures and instruments.
- Knowledge deepening
Students are able to describe potential solutions to sustainable land use transformation and critcally reflect the obstacles in their path as they explore individual aspects of each issue.
- Knowledge Understanding
Students are able to contrast the various demands on land use and weigh the respective benefits and drawbacks of different transformation strategies.
- Application and Transfer
Students are able to research and present individual aspects of sustainable land use transformation.
- Academic Innovation
Students are able to evaluate the information gained from independent literature research in light of the current state of research and their specific research question.
- Communication and Cooperation
Students are able to present and communicate the results of their research in a clear and engaging manner.
- Academic Self-Conception / Professionalism
Students develop a critical approach to scientific perspectives and a self-understanding of responsible communication.
- Literature
To be specified by lecturers.
- Applicability in study programs
- Land Use Transformation
- Land Use Transformation M.Sc. (01.03.2026)
- Person responsible for the module
- Deiglmayr, Kathrin
- Teachers
- Straka, Dorothee
- Speck, Melanie
- Deiglmayr, Kathrin
- Rath, Thomas
- Taeger, Stefan
- Schultz, Henrik
- Kiehl, Kathrin
- Hinrichs, Birgit
- Hanusch, Marie Luise
- Naz, Ali Ahmad
- Meseth, Nicolas
- Krieger-Güss, Stephanie
- Bouillon, Jürgen
- Hoy, Stephanie
- Further lecturer(s)
N.N. (Professur MLT)