Taking On Responsibility – Shaping the Future Together

Would you like to complement your studies with social involvement? We offer you a wide range of opportunities for applying and developing your competences in real contexts – through service learning, certificate programmes, or practice-oriented projects. You receive informed insight into current social challenges, take on responsibility in cooperation with community partners from the region, and collaborate on sustainable changes. In this way, you use your studies to contribute actively to shaping a viable and liveable society.
Learning through Engagement – Service Learning
Combine your studies with personal development and social involvement with our service learning offers:

Courses on the topic ‘taking on responsibility’
Our courses support you in developing a sense of responsibility and applying it to different practical contexts. In the following, you will find a selection of appropriate courses from our course areas. Please note that our programme varies from semester to semester.

Management
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Shape Your Future – Methods of Futures Thinking for Personal and Professional Development
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Economy and Responsibility for Tomorrow – Sustainable Economics and Lifestyles in View of Climate Change
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Management of German Nonprofit Organizations – Fields of Activity, Functions, and Modes of Operation
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Topics in International Development
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Startup Lab Intrapreneurship – Sustainable Solutions for Business Challenges
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Diversity Competence for a Diverse Democracy and Workplace

Communication
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Overcoming Polarization and Division – Integrative Communication and Cooperation
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Exercising Critical Judgement, Arguing Reflectively, Acting Responsibly – Ethical Issues in Everyday Life and Work
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Discrimination-Sensitive Communication – Focus on Gender
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Debating in Polarized Times – Fundamentals of Argumentation

Media
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Fundamentals of Journalism
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Content Creation with Artificial Intelligence (online)
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Media, Power, and Responsibility – Applied Media Criticism with an Emphasis on Video and Film Analysis
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Freedom, Participation, and Responsibility in the Digital World – Ethical Perspectives on Big Data, Generative AI, and Media
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Ethical Challenges of Science Journalism
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Critical Media Literacy – Tackling Information Disorder in the Digital Age
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International Public Relations and Communication as Exemplified by the United Nations
