Certificate Gender and Diversity
Cultural and social diversity are realities that have a significant impact on our everyday lives. Gender, social and cultural background, sexuality, ethnicity and disability are just some of the many powerful and historically determined categories by which people identify themselves and are identified or discriminated against by others.
The certificate "Gender and Diversity" is designed to enable students to engage academically with gender and social diversity as interdisciplinary topics. The aim is to understand 'gender' and 'diversity' not as objective and 'natural' characteristics of individuals or groups, but as categories that have a history, are subject to change and have profound consequences for the lives of individuals and groups. 'Gender' is of particular importance here as a cross-sectional category.
In the context of the certificate "Gender and Diversity", students learn to reflect on and question seemingly self-evident processes of individual and social identification and to place them critically in a historical and social context.
1. Basic Module
6 CP
Participation in the seminar "Introduction to Gender and Diversity Studies"
- offered by the Center for Gender and Diversity Research (ZGD)
- in English
- 6 CP
This seminar provides an overview of the theoretical foundations and topics of gender and diversity studies as interdisciplinary research approaches and is intended to provide orientation for the choice of courses in the elective module.
2. Elective Module
9 CP
In the elective module, students can choose from various courses in the field of gender and diversity offered by the different departments of the university and the Transdisciplinary Course Program (TCP). In addition, a limited number of academic events organized by the Center for Gender and Diversity Research (ZGD) can also be credited towards the certificate. A total of 9 credit points should be earned in the elective module:
- participation in a course (seminar, exercise, lecture) in the field of gender offered by the departments or the TCP (3 CP)
- participation in a course (seminar, exercise, lecture) in the field of diversity offered by the departments or the TCP (3 CP)
- participation in a course (seminar, exercise, lecture) in the field of gender or diversity offered by the departments or the TCP (3 CP) OR participation in a ZGD academic event (lecture series, conference, workshop, colloquium, seminar) (CP depending on the type of course)
After consultation, thematically relevant courses from other university institutions can also be credited towards the certificate.
An overview of courses from the TCP program that can be credited towards the certificate "Gender and Diversity" can be found in the last part (orientation guide) of the current course program.