Winter Semester 2025/26

Info: Enrolments will be open from 22.09 till the first session of the respective courses; the fixed place allocations will start on 29.09. You will always receive a spot at the mandatory courses!

Semester 1

Additional Basics

STS 0: Basic Theories and Methods of Science & Technology Studies

Basics & Methods (Mandatory Modules)

Making a Mess with Methods

Immersion Project

Technology & Society (Economics, Politics, Ethics, Law, & Media)

Voluntary Tutorials:

Tutorial: Methods I

Skill Courses (Elective Modules)

The following Skill Courses are co-organized with the Study Management STS and therefore don't overlap with your mandatory courses where possible:

English Writing for Social Scientists C2

Facilitation Skills for Transdisciplinary Work Processes

Interpersonal Business Communication Skills

Hands-On SciCom: Experiment-Driven Science Communication

Projekt Week: A different kind of Game Jam! Reflecting Science, Technology and Society through Game Design.

Project Week: Hackathon - Hacking TUM for Diversity!

The following courses are offered by other TUM Departments and therefore might overlap with your mandatory courses:

Project Week: ChangeMakers: Entrepreneurial and Design Competencies for Societal Transformation

Science Communication & Public Engagement

Info: Further Skill Courses might be published in the upcoming weeks due to some of them being offered by other TUM Departments. The enrolement and fixed allocation deadlines might therefore vary as well.

Semester 3

Practical Experience (Mandatory Modules)

Internship (accompanying online course during the internship)

Master's Blog

Science School

Practicing Research (RESET)

Skill Courses (Elective Modules)

English Writing for Social Scientists C2

A different kind of Game Jam! Reflecting Science, Technology and Society through Game Design.

Facilitation Skills for Transdisciplinary Work Processes

ChangeMakers: Entrepreneurial and Design Competencies for Societal Transformation

Interpersonal Business Communication Skills

Science Communication & Public Engagement

Project Week: Hackathon - Hacking TUM for Diversity!

Info: Further Skill Courses might be published in the upcoming weeks due to some of them being offered by other TUM Departments. The enrollement and fixed allocation deadlines might therefore vary as well.

Additional Offers

RESET students can visit the two courses of the Module SOT56404 Academic Prompt Engineering and Management: Theory and Practice and get them recognized as POL60805 Core Topic: Law and Digitization in Action. For this, please inform the Study Management via sts.stm(at)sot.tum.de once you received the grades.

Semester 2

STEM	(Mandatory Modules)
exercise	STS-STEM Mentorship	Bernhard Isopp, Philipp Mehl, Aysel Sultan, Jenny Graner

Core Topics	(Elective Modules)
seminar	History of Technology and the Body	Tamar Novick
seminar	Ontologies of the Social: inquiries into bodies, infrastructures, landscapes and technologies	Jörg Niewöhner
seminar	Innovation in the Periphery? Industrial Legacies, Economic Transitions, and the Politics of "Lost Places"	Alexander Wentland
seminar	Gender and Diversity in Science and Technology	Cansu Güner
seminar	Telling Responsible Stories (STS, Technoscience and Narrative Culture.)	Ruth Müller
seminar	Biomedicine, Health & Society: Classifying, Valuing and Intervening	Kim Hajek
seminar	Environments and Societies	Anne Rademacher
seminar	Information and Society	Kim Hajek, Hugh Williamson

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
seminar	Deepening Immersion Project: Advanced Methods	Anne Rademacher
seminar	ChangeMakers: Entrepreneurial and Design Competencies for Societal Transformation	Annette Diefenthaler, Anne Tryba, Tobias Löhe, Carmen Mayer
workshop	Science Journalism: How to Communicate Scientific News to Listen to	Anna Dannecker
workshop	Interpersonal Business Communication Skills	Tina Crail
seminar	Business Ethics (Corporate Social Responsibility)	Marianne Thejls Ziegler, Raphael Max
workshop	Meaningful Project Management (From an Idea to the Implementation of Socially Useful Projects)	Matthias Haberl
workshop	Moderation – How to Guarantee Efficient Communication within Groups	Ursula Caser
seminar	Science Communication and Public Engagement	Jeanne Rubner
seminar	Project Week: Hackathon - Hacking TUM for Diversity!	Amy Clare, Cansu Güner, Dominic Lammar

Semester 4

Skill Courses	(Elective Modules)
seminar	European Mobility VEnture - euMOVE	Manuel Jung, Carolin Zimmer, Nico Nachtigall, Yihan Xu

Master’s Thesis
colloquium	Master’s Colloquium STS & RESET	Please join the colloquium of your supervisor's research group

Semester 1

Additional Basics
seminar	Basic Theories and Methods of Science & Technology Studies	Bernhard Isopp

Basics & Methods	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Making a Mess with Methods	Georgia Samaras, Patrick Bieler, Cansu Güner
project	Immersion Project	Introduction and Coordination: Bernhard Isopp; Groups; Jörg Niewöhner, Patrick Bieler, Thomas Roiss; Davic Rebohl, Verena Müller; Marlise Schneider, Jasmin Stein, Cindy Rentrop; Michael Nitschmann; Anne Rademacher; Amy Clare, Dominic Lammar
seminar	Technology & Society (Economics, Politics, Ethics, Law, & Media)	Ruth Müller, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Jörg Wernecke, Silke Beck, Christian Djeffal

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
seminar	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Jennifer Balton-Stier
workshop	A different kind of Game Jam! Reflecting Science, Technology and Society through Games.	Clara Valdes Stauber
workshop	Facilitation Skills for Transdisciplinary Work Processes	Susanne Schmitt

Semester 3

Practical Experience	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Internship	Joakim Juhl
seminar	Master’s Blog	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Science School	Joakim Juhl
seminar	Practicing Research (RESET)	Aysel Sultan

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
seminar	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Jennifer Balton-Stier
workshop	A different kind of Game Jam! Reflecting Science, Technology and Society through Games.	Clara Valdes Stauber
workshop	Facilitation Skills for Transdisciplinary Work Processes	Susanne Schmitt
workshop	Interpersonal Business Communication Skills	Tina Crail
workshop	ChangeMakers: Entrepreneurial and Design Competencies for Societal Transformation	Annette Diefenthaler, Amelia Hendra, Carmen, Mayer, Anne Tryba

Semester 4

Master’s Thesis
colloquium	MA Colloquium STS & RESET – WS 24/25: Please join the colloquium of your supervisor’s research group.	Bernhard Isopp

Semester 2

STEM	(Mandatory Modules)
exercise	STS-STEM Mentorship	Aysel Sultan, Joakim Juhl, Philip Mehl, Svenja Breuer

Core Topics	(Elective Modules)
seminar	Search History. Research Seminar on the History of Technology in the 20th and 21st Century	Andrea Reichenberger
seminar	STS and the City. An Environmental History Perspective	Felix Mauch
seminar	Knowledge matters	Jörg Niewöhner
seminar	Gender and Diversity in Science and Technology	Cansu Güner
seminar	Project Seminar: Applied Ethics of Responsibility. Wildlife Management and Conservation	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	What Future of Mobility? Engaging Technologies, Politics, Economic Scenarios, and Practices	Alex Wendland
seminar	Introduction to Science & Technology Policy	Sebastian Pfotenhauer
seminar	Responsible Research & Innovation	Joakim Juhl, Cecilia Peres
seminar	The Value of Life: Public Health, Policy and Ethics	Georgia Samaras
seminar	Environmental Science and Technology Studies: Making and Responding to the Ecological Crisis	Lucas Brunet
seminar	Ethnography of Chemicals, (Green) Chemistry & Society	Patrick Bieler
seminar	Science in a Post-Truth World: STS and the Politics of Knowledge	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	The Age of Engagement: Critical Reflection on Democratizing Science and Technology	Michael Nitschmann
seminar	Telling Responsible Stories – Telling Stories Responsibly (STS, Technoscience and Narrative Culture)	Ruth Müller
seminar	Law and Governance of Artificial Intelligence (Law in Action)	Christian Djeffal
seminar	Great Debates on Normativity and Technology	Christian Djeffal

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
seminar	Advanced Methods in STS	Aysel Sultan
workshop	A Different Kind of Game Jam! Reflecting the City, Environment and History through Game Design	Clara Valdes Stauber, Elissenda Passola i Lizandra, Felix Mauch
workshop	Interpersonal Communication Skills for Working Internationally Today	Tina Crail
workshop	Interpersonal Communication Skills for Working Internationally Today	Tina Crail
workshop	Meaningful Project Management (From an Idea to the Implementation of Socially Useful Products)	Matthias Haberl
workshop	European Mobility VEnture - euMOVE	Manuel Jung
workshop	Science Communication and Public Engagement	Jeanne Rubner
workshop	Moderation – How to Guarantee Efficient Communication within Groups	Ursula Caser

Semester 4

Master’s Thesis
colloquium	Master’s Colloquium STS & RESET	Please join the colloquium of your supervisor's research group

Semester 1

Additional Basics
seminar	Basic Theories and Methods of Science & Technology Studies	Bernhard Isopp

Basics & Methods	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Making a Mess with Methods	Georgia Samaras, Patrick Bieler; Guests: Christian Djeffal, Felix Mauch
project	Immersion Project	Bernhard Isopp, Johanna Hopp, Jörg Niewöhner, Michael Nietschmann, Nadine Osbild
seminar	Technology & Society (Economics, Politics, Ethics, Law, & Media)	Ruth Müller, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Jörg Wernecke, Christian Djeffal, Silke Beck

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
seminar	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Jennifer Balton-Stier
workshop	Game Jam. Reflecting Science, Technology and Society through Game Design	Clara Valdes Stauber
workshop	Facilitation Skills for Transdisciplinary Work Processes	Susanne Schmitt
workshop	Interpersonal Communication Skills for Working Internationally Today	Tina Crail
workshop	ChangeMakers: Entrepreneurial and Design Competencies for Societal Transformation	Annette Diefenthaler, Anne Tryba
workshop	Communicating Science: Let’s Make a Science Radio Show	Anna Dannecker

Semester 3

Practical Experience	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Internship	Joakim Juhl
seminar	Master’s Blog	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Science School	Joakim Juhl
seminar	Practicing Research (RESET)	Georgia Samaras, Aysel Sultan

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
seminar	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Jennifer Balton-Stier
workshop	Game Jam. Reflecting Science, Technology and Society through Game Design	Clara Valdes Stauber
seminar	Business Ethics: Corporate Social Responsibility	Marianne Thejls Ziegler
workshop	Facilitation Skills for Transdisciplinary Work Processes	Susanne Schmitt
workshop	Interpersonal Communication Skills for Working Internationally Today	Tina Crail
workshop	ChangeMakers: Entrepreneurial and Design Competencies for Societal Transformation	Annette Diefenthaler, Anne Tryba
workshop	Communicating Science: Let’s Make a Science Radio Show	Anna Dannecker

Semester 4

Master’s Thesis
colloquium	MA Colloquium STS & RESET – WS 23/24: Please join the colloquium of your supervisor’s research group.	Aysel Sultan, Sophia Knopf, Christian Djefall

Semester 2

STEM	(Mandatory Modules)
exercise	STS-STEM Mentorship	Bernhard Isopp

STS Core Topics	(Elective Modules)
seminar	Great Debates on Normativity and Technology	Christian Djeffal
seminar	The Future of Data Governance: Sharing, Accessing, Securing and Protecting	David Rebohl, Christian Djeffal
seminar	Current Discussions in Digital Law	Philipp Mehl, Jessica Eynard
seminar	Infrastructural Inversion. Prehistories of Connected Mobilities	Felix Mauch
seminar	Search History: Research Seminar on the History of Technology in the 20th and 21st Century	Daniela Zetti
seminar	Responsible Research & Innovation	Joakim Juhl, Cecilia Peres
seminar	Urban Visions: The Exploration of Innovation Culture	Cindy Rentrop
seminar	Innovation in the Periphery? Industrial Legacies, Economic Transitions, and the Politics of "Lost Places"	Marlise Schneider
project	Applied Ethics of Responsibility	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Science in a Post-Truth World	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	The Value of Life: Public Health, Policy and Ethics	Aysel Sultan
seminar	Telling Responsible Stories – Telling Stories Responsibly	Cansu Güner, Amy Clare
seminar	Science, Environment and International Development	Anna Bridel
seminar	Engineers, Energy, and Responsibility	Mallory James
seminar	Introduction to Science and Technology Policy	Sebastian Pfotenhauer
seminar	Inclusive Science and Technology	Anna Bridel
seminar	The End of the World as We Know It? Cultures of Risk, Crisis & Catastrophe	Makoto Takahashi

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
seminar	Make it Happen: Science Communication in Museums	Andrea Geipel
exercise	Communicating Science: Let’s Make a Science Radio Show	Anna Danecker
workshop	Game Jam! Reflecting Nature, Technology and Society through Game Design	Clara Valdés-Stauber
exercise	Science Communication	Jeanne Rubner
exercise	Meaningful Project Management (From the Idea to the Implementation of Socially Relevant and Responsible Projects)	Matthias Haberl
exercise	Moderation - How to Guarantee Efficient Communication within Groups	Ursula Caser
exercise	Intercultural Communication & Cultural Awareness (Skills for a Mindful and Effective Way to Communicate with Each Other)	Isabel Reible

Semester 3 & 4

Master’s Thesis
colloquium	MA Thesis Colloquium of the Professorship of Innovation Research	Bernhard Isopp, Nadine Osbild
colloquium	PhD and MA Thesis Colloquium Law, Science, and Technology	Christian Djeffal, Philipp Mehl
colloquium	Technikhistorisches Oberseminar	Daniela Zetti

Semester 1

Additional Basics
seminar	Basic Theories and Methods of Science & Technology Studies	Bernhard Isopp

Basics & Methods	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Making a Mess with Methods	Georgia Samaras
project	Immersion Project	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Technology & Society (Economics, Politics, Ethics, Law, & Media)	Ruth Müller, Joakim Juhl, Jörg Wernecke, Christian Djeffal, Silke Beck

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
seminar	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Jennifer Balton-Stier
seminar	Master Seminar Business Ethics. Corporate Social Responsibility	Marianne Thejls Ziegler
seminar	Moderation. Facilitation for Transdisciplinary Work Processes	Susanne Schmitt
workshop	Meaningful Project Management	Matthias Haberl
project	Make It Happen	Andrea Geipel, Katharina Bock
seminar	Communicating Science. Let’s Make a Science Radio Show	Anna Dannecker

Semester 3

Practical Experience	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Internship	Akanksha Bisoyi
seminar	Master’s Blog	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Science School	Joakim Juhl
seminar	Practicing Research (RESET)	Georgia Samaras, Cindy Rintrop

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)

seminar	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Jennifer Balton-Stier
seminar	Master Seminar Business Ethics. Corporate Social Responsibility	Marianne Thejls Ziegler
seminar	Moderation. Facilitation for Transdisciplinary Work Processes	Susanne Schmitt
workshop	Meaningful Project Management	Matthias Haberl
project	Make It Happen	Andrea Geipel, Katharina Bock
seminar	Communicating Science. Let’s Make a Science Radio Show	Anna Dannecker

Semester 4

Master’s Thesis
colloquium	MA Colloquium STS & RESET

Semester 2

STEM	(Mandatory Modules)
exercise	STS-STEM Mentorship	Bernhard Isopp

STS Core Topics	(Elective Modules)
seminar	The Value of Life. Public Health, Policy and Ethics	Aysel Sultan
seminar	Economic and Political Spaces of Innovation	Alex Wentland, Marlise Schneider
seminar	Socio-technical Systems in the History and Philosophy of Technology	Daniela Zetti
seminar	Introduction to Science & Technology Policy (ISPP)	Sebastian Pfotenhauer
seminar	Law and Governance of Artificial Intelligence	Christian Djeffal
project	Applied Ethics of Responsibility	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Responsible Research & Innovation	Joakim Juhl
seminar	Science in a Post-Truth World	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Telling Responsible Stories	Ruth Müller
seminar	Great Debates about Normativity and Technology Applied to Recent Events	Christian Djeffal
seminar	Making the Invisible Visible. Values in Design and Infrastructure	Paula Helm
seminar	Environmental Science and Technology Studies: Making and Responding to the Ecological Crisis	Lucas Brunet
seminar	Urban Natures. Landscapes, Infrastructures, Technologies	Felix Mauch
seminar	Urbane Visionen. Eine ethnographische Erkundung der Innovationskulturen Münchens	Cindy Rentrop

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
project	Make it Happen: Science Communication in Museums	Andrea Geipel, Mariana Arjona Soberon
seminar	Socio-Technical Integration Research (STIR)	Erik Fisher
workshop	Meaningful Project Management	Matthias Haberl
workshop	Moderation - How to Guarantee Efficient Communication within Groups	Ursula Caser
workshop	Intercultural Communication & Cultural Awareness (Skills for a Mindful and Effective Way to Communicate with Each Other)	Isabel Reible

Semester 3 & 4

Master’s Thesis
colloquium	Master's Thesis Colloquium

Semester 1

Additional Basics
seminar	Basic Theories and Methods of Science & Technology Studies	Bernhard Isopp, Mak Takahashi

Basics & Methods	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Making a Mess with Methods	Georgia Samaras, Anja Rueß, Theresa Willem
project	Immersion Project	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Technology & Society (Economics, Politics, Ethics, Law, & Media)	Ruth Müller, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Jörg Wernecke, Christian Djeffal, Andreas Wenninger

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
workshop	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Jennifer Balton-Stier, Marlise Schneider
seminar	Wirtschaftsethik (Corporate Social Responsibility)	Marianne Thejls Ziegler
workshop	Meaningful Project Management	Matthias Haberl
project	Entering Virtual Museum Worlds via the Dark Side of Science Communication	Andrea Geipel, Katharina Bock
seminar	Science - Society Interfaces Skills	Silke Beck
workshop	Moderation - Facilitation Skills for Transdisciplinary Work Processes	Susanne Schmitt

Semester 3

Practical Experience	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Internship	Nils Matzner
seminar	Master’s Blog	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Science School	Nils Matzner
seminar	Practicing Research (RESET)	Mallory James, Sophia Rossmann, Tess Doezema

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
workshop	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Jennifer Balton-Stier, Marlise Schneider
seminar	Wirtschaftsethik (Corporate Social Responsibility)	Marianne Thejls Ziegler
workshop	Meaningful Project Management	Matthias Haberl
project	Entering Virtual Museum Worlds via the Dark Side of Science Communication	Andrea Geipel, Katharina Bock
seminar	Science - Society Interfaces Skills	Silke Beck
workshop	Moderation - Facilitation Skills for Transdisciplinary Work Processes	Susanne Schmit

Semester 2

STEM	(Mandatory Modules)
exercise	STS-STEM Mentorship	Bernhard Isopp, Amy Clare, Sophia Rossmann, Antonia Horst, Oguz Özkan, Mak Takahashi, Maryam Tatari

STS Core Topics	(Elective Modules)
seminar	Between Empowerment and Control: Unpacking Biomedical Approaches towards Life	Georgia Samaras
seminar	Co-Creation Lab (SCALINGS)	Julia Renninger, Federica Pepponi, Carlos Cuevas, Benjamin Lipp, Anja Rueß
seminar	Digitalised Media and Publics	Nils Matzner
seminar	Economic and Political Spaces of Innovation	Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Marlise Schneider, Alexander Wentland
seminar	Global Histories of Engineering	Shehab Ismail
seminar	Introduction to Science & Technology Policy (ISPP)	Sebastian Pfotenhauer
seminar	Law and Governance of Artificial Intelligence	Christian Djeffal
seminar	Narratives of Industrial Innovation	Katrin Hahn
seminar	Project Seminar: Applied Ethics of Responsibility	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Responsible Research and Innovation in Practice	Katrin Hahn
seminar	Science in a „Post-Truth“ World	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Telling Responsible Stories	Ruth Müller
seminar	Theoretical Reflections on Law and Technology	Christian Djeffal
seminar	Urban Natures. Landscapes, Infrastructures, Technologies	Shehab Ismail

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
seminar	Advanced Methods in STS	Nils Matzner
project	Entering Virtual Museum Worlds via the Dark Side of Science Communication	Andrea Geipel, Katharina Bock
workshop	Intercultural Communication & Cultural Awareness – Skills for a Mindful and Effective Way to Communicate with Each Other	Isabel Reible
workshop	Meaningful Project Management	Matthias Haberl
workshop	Moderation – How to Guarantee Efficient Communication within Groups	Ursula Caser
seminar	Science Communication	Jeanne Rubner
exercise	Statistical Literacy: Basics, Scope and Limitations of Standard Statistical Procedures	Cornelia Schadler

Semester 3 & 4

Practical Research & Master's Blog

seminar	Practicing Research in STS	Michael Penkler
seminar	Master’s Colloquium STS & RESET	Mak Takahashi
colloquium	MA Thesis Colloquium of the Professorship of Science & Technology Policy	Ruth Müller
exercise	Thesis Writers‘ Workshop (extracurricular)	Jennifer Balton-Stier

Semester 1

Additional Basics
seminar	Basic Theories and Methods of Science & Technology Studies	Bernhard Isopp, Mak Takahashi

Basics & Methods	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Making a Mess with Methods	Michael Penkler, Georgia Samaras, Anja Rueß
project	Immersion Project	Bernhard Isopp, Katrin Hahn, Sophia Knopf, Mak Takahashi, Amy Clare, Svenja Breuer, Antonia Horst, Christina Hitrova, Stefan Esselborn
seminar	Technology & Society (Politics, Economics, Ethics, Law, & Media)	Sarah Schönbauer, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Jörg Wernecke, Christian Djeffal

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
workshop	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Jena Balton-Stier
workshop	Moderation – How to Guarantee Efficient Communication within Groups	Ursula Caser
seminar	Corporate Social Responsibility	Marianne Thejls Ziegler

Semester 3

Practical Experience	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Internship	Katrin Hahn, Antonia Horst
seminar	Master’s Blog	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Science School	Katrin Hahn
exercise	Practicing Research in STS [RESET]	Michael Penkler, Nils Matzner

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
project	Entering Virtual Museum Worlds via the Dark Side of Science Communication	Andrea Geipel, Katharina Bock

Semester 4

Master’s Thesis
colloquium	MA Colloquium STS & RESET	Andrea Schikowitz, Nils Matzner

STEM	(Mandatory Modules)
exercise	STS-STEM Mentorship	Bernhard Isopp, Sarah Schönbauer, Henning Mayer, N.N.

STS Core Topics	(Elective Modules)
seminar	Bodies & Beings in Biomedicine	Amy Clare
seminar	Introduction to Science & Technology Policy (WI001124, WI001172)	Sebastian Pfotenhauer
seminar	Law, Science and Technology: Law and Governance of Artificial Intelligence	Christian Djeffal
seminar	Politics, Innovation, and Risks in the Oil & Gas Industry	Carlos Cuevas
seminar	Project Seminar: Applied Ethics of Responsibility	Jörg Wernecke
seminar	Research Creation: Sensing Extended Realities	Jan-Hendrik Passoth
seminar	Responsible Research & Innovation in the Making	Nils Matzner
seminar	Science in a „Post-Truth“ World	Bernhard Isopp
seminar	Telling Responsible Stories – Telling Stories Responsibly. STS, Technoscience and Narrative Culture.	Ruth Müller
seminar	Urban Natures. Landscapes, Infrastructures, Technologies	Felix Mauch

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
seminar	STS Methods 2 (Making a Mess with Methods II)	Michael Penkler
seminar	Corporate Social Responsibility	Marianne Thejls Ziegler
workshop	Meaningful Project Management. From an Idea to the Implementation of Socially Useful Projects.	Matthias Haberl
seminar	Science Communication	Jeanne Rubner

Semester 3 & 4

Practical Research & Master's Blog
exercise	Practicing Research (RESET)	Andrea Schikowitz
colloquium	Master’s Colloquium STS & RESET	Sabine Maasen, Andrea Schikowitz

Semester 1

Additional Basics
exercise	Basic Methods in Science & Technology Studies	Isopp, Frahm, Vasilyeva et al.
seminar	Basic Ideas and Concepts of Science and Technology Studies	Isopp, Frahm, Vasilyeva et al.

Basics & Methods	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Making a Mess with Methods	Penkler, Samaras, Felder
project	Immersion Project	Pfotenhauer, Pedziwiatr et al.
seminar	Technology & Society (Economics, Politics, Ethics, Law, & Media)	Müller, Pfotenhauer, Wernecke, Djeffal, Passoth

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
workshop	Interpersonal Communication Skills for Working Internationally Today	Crail
workshop	Moderation – How to Guarantee Efficient Communication within Groups	Caser
workshop	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Balton-Stier

Semester 2

STS Core Topics	(Elective Modules)
seminar	Law, Science and Technology: Digital Medicine	Christian Djeffal

Semester 3

Practical Experience	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Internship	Hahn
seminar	Master’s Blog	Isopp
seminar	Science School	Hahn
exercise	Practicing Research (RESET)	Penkler

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
workshop	Design Thinking Experience	Adam, Bengler

Semester 4

Master’s Thesis
colloquium	MA Colloquium STS & RESET	Maasen, Schikowitz, Sutter

Additional Courses	(Extracurricular Modules)
workshop	Thesis Writer’s Workshop	Holohan

Semester 2

STEM	(Mandatory Modules)
exercise	STS-STEM Mentorat	Greif, Schönbauer, Mayer, Pöchhacker

STS Core Topics	(Elective Modules)
seminar	Biomedicine, Society, and Controversy	Penkler
seminar	Fighting Fake Science	Pedziwiatr, Wernecke
seminar	Industry and Innovation: An Introduction into Concepts and Cases	Hahn
workshop	Research Creation/Digital Encounters: Technologies of Incompetence	Passoth
seminar	Telling Responsible Stories – Telling Stories Responsibly. STS, Technoscience and Narrative Culture.	Müller
seminar	Introduction to Science & Technology Policy	Pfotenhauer, Sardo
seminar	Responsible Research & Innovation	Hahn
seminar	Project Seminar: Applied Ethics of Responsibility	Wernecke
seminar	Evidence Practices in Environmental Health Research, 1984 – present	Blacker

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
seminar	STS Methods 2 (Making a Mess with Methods II)	Penkler
exercise	How to Make and Break Statistics – The Basics of Doing, Making and Reviewing Statistics	Müller, Pöchhacker
workshop	Interpersonal Communication Skills for Working Internationally Today	Crail
workshop	Meaningful Project Management. From an Idea to the Implementation of Socially Useful Projects.	Haberl

Semester 3 & 4

Practical Research & Master's Blog
exercise	Practicing Research in STS	Sutter
colloquium	Master’s Colloquium	Sutter, Maasen

Semester 1

Additional Basics
exercise	Basic Methods in Science & Technology Studies	Cuevas
seminar	Basic Ideas and Concepts of Science and Technology Studies	Igelsböck, Guner-Birdal

Basics & Methods
seminar	Making a Mess with Methods	Penkler, Passoth
seminar	Technology & Society: Economics, Politics, Ethics, Law, Media	Müller, Pfotenhauer, Wernecke, Eisenberger, Passoth
project	Immersion Project	Pedziwiatr, Pfotenhauer

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
workshop	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Balton-Stier
workshop	Interpersonal Communication Skills for Working Internationally Today	Crail
workshop	Moderation – How to Guarantee Efficient Communication within Groups	Caser

Semester 3

Practical Research & Master's Blog
seminar	Practicing Research	Maasen, Sutter
seminar	Master’s Blog & Science School	Pepponi

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
workshop	English Writing for Social Scientists C2	Balton-Stier
workshop	Interpersonal Communication Skills for Working Internationally Today	Crail
workshop	Moderation – How to Guarantee Efficient Communication within Groups	Caser

Internship
seminar	Internship (RESET)	Felder, Vasilyeva

Semester 2

Methods & STEM	(Mandatory Modules)
seminar	Methods in STS	Cuevas
exercise	STS-STEM Mentorat	Pedziwiatr, Sutter

STS Core Topics	(Elective Modules)
seminar	Governing The Body. Biomedicine, Health and Justice in the 21st Century	Felder
seminar	On What There Is	Greif
seminar	Ethics in Science and Technology – Part 2	Sandmann
seminar	Innovation & Organization. Sociological Perspectives	Meyer
seminar	This Ain’t No Knowledge Society. Revisiting Theories of Classical/Post/Late Modernity in Digitized Societies	Pöchhacker, Passoth
seminar	Introduction to Science and Technology Policy	Pfotenhauer, Wentland
seminar	Political Objects, Political Subjects. Rethinking Democratic Ordering with STS	Laurent
seminar	Evidence Practices in Environmental Health Research, 1984 – Present	Blacker

Skills Courses	(Elective Modules)
workshop	Meaningful Project Management. From an Idea to the Implementation of Socially Useful Projects.	Haberl
seminar	Statistics. The Basics of Doing, Making and Reviewing Statistics	Müller

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