Module selection

‘Open courses’ are a regular part of the curriculum of the respective degree programme for which the lecturer offering the course is originally employed. They are also open to students from other faculties and degree programmes.

What does this mean?

The diverse range of courses offers many points of contact across faculty and degree programme boundaries. For example, the basics of ‘Mechanics’ are not only of interest to students of civil and environmental engineering but can also support the realisation of work in art and design. Similarly, ‘Sociology’ is an indispensable foundation not only for students of cultural and media studies, but also for architecture and urban studies.

‘Open courses’ are therefore generally courses designed for specific disciplines and aimed at two target groups:

• Students of the respective degree programme take part in the course as part of their compulsory curriculum. This means that the credit transfer of study and examination achievements within their degree programme can take place without any problems.
• Students from other faculties and degree programmes take part in the course as part of their compulsory curriculum. This means that they must clarify the credit transfer of coursework and examinations in their degree programme with the relevant academic advisor at the start of the course.

‘Open courses’ are therefore thematically, methodically and didactically tailored to specific degree programmes and assigned to a specific faculty. This makes them different from the ‘Bauhaus.modules’: these are not regular courses, but additional courses designed across degree programmes and faculties.

‘Academic Bauhaus.modules’ are structured as additional cross-faculty and cross-degree programme courses and are therefore not a regular part of the obligatory curriculum. They are conceptualised by teachers at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and are dedicated to interdisciplinary topics. The aim is to enable cooperation between students and lecturers across faculty and degree programme boundaries. Furthermore, interdisciplinary foundation and introductory courses can be designed to facilitate the acquisition of a broad range of skills.

What does this mean?

Despite the diverse range of courses, there are numerous topics that are not integrated into individual degree programmes but are nevertheless of overarching interest and can usefully supplement university education. For example, the topics of ‘sustainability’ and ‘climate justice’ require all degree programmes to engage in critical self-reflection. Similarly, the question of how ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’ can be preserved, ‘racism’ combated, and ‘diversity’ promoted arises across all faculties.

‘Academic Bauhaus modules’ are therefore explicitly additional and interdisciplinary programmes that are aimed equally at all students from all faculties and degree programmes. This means that all students participate outside of their compulsory curriculum. They must clarify the recognition of study and examination achievements in their degree programme with the relevant academic advisor at the start of the course.

Academic Bauhaus.modules’ are therefore not thematically, methodically and didactically designed for specific degree programmes and are not assigned to a specific faculty. This distinguishes them from the ‘open courses’: These are a regular part of the curriculum of the respective degree programme for which the lecturer offering the course is primarily employed.

Like ‘Academic Bauhaus Modules’, ‘Student Bauhaus Modules’ are designed as additional cross-faculty and cross-degree programme courses and are therefore not a regular part of the obligatory curriculum. ‘Student Bauhaus Modules’ are based on uniform organisational rules.

‘Student Bauhaus Modules’ are designed by students of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Mentors, i.e. full-time teachers at the Bauhaus-Universität, are responsible for the modules. ‘Student Bauhaus.modules’ are dedicated to interdisciplinary topics. The aim is to add student perspectives and topics to the curriculum and thus develop student participation.

What does that mean?

All Bachelor's, Master's and PhD students at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar are invited to contribute their own perspectives and topics that they consider relevant and urgent to the course programme. The ‘Student Bauhaus Modules’ are designed by students in collaboration with their mentors and carried out independently. Ideally, a learning environment is created in which student teachers and students work together on topics that are missing from the regular university programme.

‘Student Bauhaus Modules’ are also explicitly additional and interdisciplinary courses that are aimed equally at all students from all faculties and degree programmes. This means that all students participate outside of their compulsory curriculum. They must clarify the recognition of study and examination achievements in their degree programme with the relevant student advisory service at the start of the course.