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The Environmental Studies Certificate Program provides students from all disciplines with the opportunity to gain an additional interdisciplinary qualification in environmental studies. The international, interdisciplinary format and the workshops and lectures delivered by environmental researchers from all over the globe make this program the only one of its kind in Germany.

Students completing the two-year program will receive a certificate in environmental studies; the program is based on the idea that the complex interactions between environment and society cannot be adequately examined from the perspective of any individual discipline, but require trans- and interdisciplinary approaches.

It offers students the possibility to consider in conjunction topics that have until now always been approached in isolation: the various approaches which biologists and historians, ethicists and literary scholars, geographers and political scientists, philosophers and theologians have towards the relationship between humans and nature.

This innovative program opens up new academic and intellectual horizons, new career possibilities, new ideas about the environment, and, in bringing students into dialogue with different disciplines (humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences), offers new perspectives on our academic environments. The certificate program is open to all Master’s students, Diplom students and those studying Lehramt and towards their Staatsexamen.

The qualification, which is made up of 33 ECTS-credits spread across four semesters, is studied alongside the main degree subject. It allows students to look beyond the confines of their discipline during their degree course itself, and gives them a broader disciplinary base that is appreciated by employers both inside and outside of academia. You can find more information on the program's structure here.

The courses in English and German will impart theory, methodology, and practical experience in disciplines such as environmental policy, environmental history, ethnology and human geography, environmental sociology, and environmental law. Regular contact with supervisors, excellent teaching, and a high level of internationality provide ideal conditions for learning.

The program offerings include the weekly colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, in which top scholars from every continent in more than a dozen disciplines present their research in environmental studies.

The program is an initiative of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society and LMU Munich.

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