1. PRISMA Sprinkles

   – We inspire and support professors to introduce interdisciplinary and critical thinking elements – the so-called Sprinkles – into fundamental BSc lectures, so that students can learn how to incorporate technical …

2. PRISMA

   – Our goal is to bring BSc students from different backgrounds together for a semester elective course, where they can build connections among disciplines and bridge their knowledge to society. Supported …

3. Tackling Environmental Problems III

   – In Tackling Environmental Problems I & II, students analyze an environmental topic, identify a specific problem within it, develop measures to address the problem and test the measures for feasibility …

4. Energy and Environment in the 21st Century

   – The fundamentals of physics make a constructive contribution to the discussion of energy and environmental problems. With the help of up-to-date data and publications, this course takes a very interdisciplinary …

5. Innovation Leadership

   – The Innovation Leadership seminar aims at developing students’ managerial and leadership skills by promoting their critical thinking processes. Additionally, it fosters the development of more traditional project management and innovation …

6. Project-based team work in geospatial engineering

   – A project-based course in the base year of Geospatial Engineering offers students the opportunity to get insights into a related real-world challenge already early during their Bachelor’s program. They have …

7. Skills for Creativity and Innovation

   – This lecture aims to improve the knowledge and competency of students in terms of their innovation capability. An overview on prerequisites of and different skills required for creativity and innovation …

8. Analytical Strategy

   – The MSc-level course "Analytical Strategy" at the D-CHAB is based entirely on solving real-world problems. The course format with case studies and a pool of external experts has been a …

9. Team problem-solving in an integrated capstone course

   – Students working effectively in teams to meet a deadline, solving a complex interdisciplinary problem that has multiple possible solutions, and defending their solution to other teams, this is what we …

10. Materials at Work

    – The purpose of this course is to strengthen the engineering aspect in the training of materials scientists. At the heart of the course’s design is fostering and questioning the challenges …

11. Battery Integration Engineering

    – In our course, the students and I co-create a culture of creativity and curiosity. This is done by establishing a "power with" relationship with the students via language & learning-positive …

12. Food Innovation Lab

    – The course 'Food Innovation Lab' aims at developing future-ready graduates skilled in collaboration and teamwork who can take responsibility for their well-being and learning. These skills are fostered by facilitating …

13. Æther

    – The focus of the Æther teaching format is the promotion of writing skills. In the Æther seminar, students slip into the role of researchers, authors and editors, who together follow …

14. Scientific Concepts and Methods

    – This one-week course introduces students to pivotal scientific methods of biomedicine by not only focusing on their application, but also the key concepts, assumptions and inferences they are based on. …

15. Critical Thinking Skills for Corporate Sustainability

    – The D-MTEC MSc core course “Corporate Sustainability” uses the six-sentence argument (6SA) exercise to train critical thinking skills. Students learn to write and give their peers constructive feedback on their …

16. Physics of Exotic Atoms

    – The “Exotic atoms” course works with modern and intriguing research topics and the individual interests of students to overcome the classic problem of applying new knowledge to solve novel problems. …

17. RealLives – Learning from Being Born in a Different Place on the Earth

    – The course gives students insights into the United Nations’ seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By playing the text-based online game "RealLives", they learn how to empathise with people from other …

18. Tackling Environmental Problems I & II

    – In the first semester of the BSc course “Tackling Environmental Problems (Umweltproblemlösen)”, we place an emphasis on collaboration in groups. During the course, students will work together very autonomously in …

19. Collective performance assessment

    – Traditional teaching methods are often based on transmitting concepts through frontal lectures. Such strategy is strongly focused on teaching technical skills rather than promoting the development of personal and social …

20. Philosophy of Algorithms

    – The seminar is geared towards bringing students from computer science and engineering and humanities into conversation about the philosophy of algorithms. These heterogenous backgrounds enable highly realistic, controversial and exciting …

21. Better teamwork through peer review

    – Our vision is that teamwork improves with peer review. Hence, we built a peer review tool allowing students to assess each other in a grade-relevant way that builds on game …

22. Introduction to Scientific Practice for Materials Scientists

    – The course "Introduction to Scientific Practice for Materials Scientists" is offered in the first semester of the Bachelor’s degree curriculum in Materials. It was originally established as a weekly 3h …

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