Modular Studies Naturale: Natural Sciences and Sustainability
Modular Studies Naturale: Natural Sciences and Sustainability (Module studies)
The “Modulstudien Naturale: Naturwissenschaften und Nachhaltigkeit” is an orientation program at (FAU, which you can choose to study for one or two semesters. During this time, you can take lectures, seminars and exercises from the Faculty of Natural Sciences as well as other FAU courses related to the subject area of sustainability. The courses are part of regular bachelor’s degree programs and you can take exams in them, which you can have credited to your subsequent studies if necessary. In doing so, you have full student status as defined by the Bavarian Higher Education Act.
- Degree
- Certificate (Module studies)
- Duration of studies in semester
- 1
- Start of degree program
- Summer semester, Winter semester
- Study location
- Erlangen
- Number of students
- 1-50
- Subject group
- Mathematics, Natural sciences
- Special ways to study
- Orientation/Module studies
- Teaching language
- completely in German
- Admission Requirements
- No Admissions Restrictions
What is the degree program about?
The “Modulstudien Naturale: Naturwissenschaften und Nachhaltigkeit” (MSN) offer first-year students orientation for a targeted and successful entry into the Bachelor’s degree programs of the Faculty of Natural Sciences as well as the Bachelor’s degree programs of FAU related to the subject area of sustainability. They are particularly suitable as preparation for all degree programs with basic content from biology, chemistry, geosciences, mathematics and physics.
They are aimed primarily at prospective students with a university entrance qualification who have a strong interest in natural science content and/or the interdisciplinary topic of sustainability, but who do not yet want to commit themselves to a specific course of study. In the Modulstudien Naturale, you can deepen and supplement your knowledge from high school or acquire the necessary basic and interdisciplinary prerequisites for successful study.
In addition, during the module studies you can take language courses to acquire the relevant language requirements, e.g. for a semester abroad or an English-language Master’s program, or to expand your existing knowledge. Participants of the module studies are regularly enrolled students in their first university semester, but not in their first subject-related semester. However, there is no entitlement to funding according to BAföG.
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The standard period of study for the Modulstudien Naturale is one semester. However, you can re-register once and thus extend the orientation studies by one semester. In general, the studies and examinations are based on the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), which reflects the workload in the studies.
One ECTS point corresponds to a workload of approximately 30 hours. Upon earning at least 10 ECTS points in one or both of the elective areas, you will receive a “Certificate in Natural Sciences” and/or a “Certificate in Sustainability”.
The module studies Naturale consist of the two elective areas for the “Certificate in Natural Sciences” or “Certificate in Sustainability” as well as an elective area:
Elective area Natural Sciences
Fundamentals of cell biology and genetics
Molecular Biology
Introduction to Chemistry
Physics 1
Experimental Physics I
Physics for minor students
Mathematics for Natural Scientists
Mathematics for Data Science 1
Mathematics for Data Science 2
The Earth System for Natural Scientists
Minerals and rocks for minor/elective (for geographers)
Sustainability elective, e.g.:Lecture series FAU against CO2
Climate change and international climate policy
Blue Engineering – social and ecological responsibility for technology
Basic principles of environmental economics
Competence seminar on climate changeElectives
Elective modules, e.g., Introduction to Toxicology for Natural Scientists, Fundamentals of Hazardous Materials Ordinance, Competence Seminar on Climate Change, Introduction to Mathematical Data Analysis, Structural Physics / Crystallography, Astronomy, The Earth System for Natural Scientists,, Business Administration I, Microeconomics, Introduction to Philosophy, Market and Customer Analytics: From Data to Decisions in Marketing, Introduction to Energy Economics, Fundamentals of Business and Business Ethics, Conceptual Modeling, Biology for Minors, Fundamentals of Applied University Mathematics from the vhb, etc.
Key qualification modules, e.g. offers of the departments or from the SQ pool of FAU, cf. also www.ziwis.fau.de
Language courses, in particular also “C1 English vocabulary and usage for physics” of the Virtual University of Bavaria (www.vhb.org)
The modules are selected individually according to your interests and previous knowledge with regard to the competencies still to be acquired for a successful entry into the Bachelor’s programs. The courses of the degree programs from which the modules of the Modulstudien Naturale have been taken will be held in German (with the exception of the language modules, if applicable).In each semester, a sufficient number of modules are offered so that you can start with the Modulstudien Naturale both in the winter and summer semester. A schematic overview is given in appendix 1. The complete module offer will be published on the homepage of Modulstudien Naturale in time before the beginning of the lecture period.
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- Admission requirements (first semester)
- No Admissions Restrictions
- Application deadline winter semester
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30.09.
- Application deadline summer semester
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30.03.
- Details and notes
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The application deadline for international applicants is July 15th for the winter semester and January 15th for the summer semester.
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