Term dates & deadlines
Winter semester 2017/18
General admission period:
11 July to 5 September 2017
Extended admission period:
6 September to 30 November 2017
The Master's degree programme features an interdisciplinary design and builds primarily upon social science theories and methods. The degree programme is based on the idea that the challenges facing society require scientific-technological innovations, which will contribute to general and individual well-being, and thus can be regarded as sustainable and fit for the future.
Students are ideally equipped to engage in professional activities in a variety of institutional contexts and organisations. They gain solid expertise regarding the generation, regulation and utilisation of new fields and applications of research and innovation, as well as the necessary skills to grasp associated controversies arising in the public sphere and to give these due consideration in relation to decision-making processes in diverse sectors of democratic contemporary societies.
This degree programme is part of the "European Inter-University Association on Society, Science and Technology“ (ESST), a network composed of similar Master's degree programmes. Students enrolled with the ESST Association are entitled to attend courses belonging to the Master's degree programme at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, and, vice versa, AAU students are entitled to enhance their Master's degree programme by completing a specialisation module at an ESST partner university. Students can write their Master thesis during the course of their stay at the ESST partner university. In this case, the language of the Master thesis must be English.
Master of Arts (MA)
Yes
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German, English
Student Advisory Service
E-mail: studieninfo [at] aau.at
Programme Director
Website of the degree programme director
E-mail: sts-master [at] aau.at
Upon completion, graduates of the Master's degree programme "Science, Technology & Society Studies“ are able to
The admission to the degree programme must take place before the end of the extension period (winter semester: 7 July to 30 November 2017 | summer semester: 9 January to 30 April 2018).
Students who have successfully completed a Bachelor's degree programme assigned to the groups of Engineering Sciences, Natural Sciences, Medical Sciences, or the Arts, must demonstrate that they have acquired an adequate level of knowledge in the following areas:
Fach | Fachbezeichnung | ECTS |
Pflichtfächer | Grundlagen der Science, Technology and Society Studies | 22 |
Sozialwissenschaftliche Methoden | 12 | |
Begleitung von Masterarbeiten | 4 | |
Kompetenzerweiterung | 12 | |
Gebundenes Wahlfach | Wahl von drei Fächern:
|
36 |
Masterarbeit | 22 | |
Freie Wahlfächer | 12 | |
Summe | 120 |
Within the scope of one of the Electives, students can complete a placement, selecting one of the following three options:
Following the completion of the placement, students report on the project semester in the course "Reflection of the Placement" 2 ECTS credits and record their experiences in a written project report.
Relevant professional activities conducted prior to or during the Master's degree programme may be accredited as practical experience worth a total of 10 ECTS credits in certain justified cases.
In general, students are encouraged to spend at least one semester studying abroad. This applies particularly to periods of study spent abroad at the locations of members of the European Programme "European Studies of Society, Science and Technology“ (ESST), in which the AAU Klagenfurt is an active member. It is recommended to schedule the ESST study visit abroad from the fourth semester onwards. Examinations successfully completed within the context of a study visit abroad shall be recognised, provided that the student obtains the programme director's specific permission in advance.
Graduates are qualified to perform professional activities, e.g. working for the following types of institutions:
Upon successful completion of the Master’s degree programme Science, Technology and Society Studies, students can continue their studies in the Doctoral degree programme for Science and Technology Studies.
Within the scope of the free electives and in accordance with the respective curriculum, students can receive credits for individual courses or for entire modules from other subject areas.
General admission period:
11 July to 5 September 2017
Extended admission period:
6 September to 30 November 2017
General admission period:
9 January to 5 February 2018
Extended admission period:
6 February to 30 April 2018
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