| Detailed information |
| Original study plan |
Master's programme Sustainability and Plastics Management (SPM) 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
- Develop a broad, interdisciplinary perspective on global sustainability challenges and their connection to polymeric materials.
- Understand the role of polymer-based technologies in enabling sustainable development and a circular economy.
- Enhance critical thinking and decision-making skills for evaluating long-term sustainability strategies in materials science.
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| Skills |
Knowledge |
- k3: Analyze the evolution and impact of polymeric materials in the context of global sustainability challenges.
- k4: Evaluate the potential of polymer technologies in transitioning towards renewable energy systems and circular economies.
- k5: Reflect on and communicate sustainability strategies related to polymeric materials from a multidisciplinary perspective.
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- Understanding of sustainable development principles and their historical, policy, and scientific context.
- Awareness of the global energy transition and the role of polymeric materials in achieving sustainability goals.
- Insights into the circular carbon and plastics economy, including challenges and technological advancements.
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| Criteria for evaluation |
Lecture attendance and discourse participation; participation in student surveys; homework assignments; written exam.
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| Methods |
Lectures by course leader/instructor; interactive discussions and reflections, homework reading assignments and video recommendations.
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
Lecture handouts (pdf of ppt-slides); recommended websites and web-links.
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Further information |
Lecture dates/times will preferably be blocked; to be established jointly in a kick-off event with students registered after the Easter break.
Overall scope and aims include:
- Based on an evolutionary and historic perspective along with recent scientific findings, to raise, enhance and deepen your knowledge and awareness towards the Grand Global Challenges, crucial to the near-future development of human society (next 40-50 years).
- To foster a better understanding for the potential role of Polymeric Materials & Polymer based Technologies in helping to resolve some of these Grand Global Challenges of human society.
- To train and expand the capacity and competencies for comprehensive multi-/trans-/cross-disciplinary (i.e., ‘all-inclusive’) short-term, mid-term, long-term thinking & decision making, triggering perhaps a life-long interest and learning desire on issues of global socio-economic & environmental significance.
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| Corresponding lecture |
480ADPTPM3K10: PR Polymeric Materials 3 (Polymeric materials and sustainable development) (3 ECTS)
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