Target Competencies in both Masters Programmes (the number of elective courses which each student must complete will be decided on an individual basis)

“Sustainable Urban Technologies”

• Design for a mid to large-scale urban development project
• Identification of pollutants in bodies of water
• Mechanical, chemical and biological methods of analysis
• Application of logistical coordination methods
• Logistics Management methods
• Methods of Waste Management
• Processes of spatial mapping and layout
• Moderation and Mediation techniques (for urban planning processes)
• Techniques for developing urban infrastructure and transport concepts

“Urban Culture, Society, and Space”

• Fundamentals of urban semiotics and urban hermeneutics
• Methods for analyzing and contextualizing cultural forms of expression
• History of the City/Urban Spaces
• Image Building for Cities and Regions, Location Factors
• Neighborhood Management
• Moderation and Mediation techniques (for urban planning processes)
• Methodologies of quantitative and qualitative studies, use of statistical methods, use of SPSS
• Intercultural competencies

It is our expressed goal to enable our students to understand complex urban issues which are new to them. Working with interdisciplinary approaches, our students will be enabled to independently identify specific problems and describe and analyze them in a methodologically sound manner with the goal of developing creative solutions.