the curriculum is designed for master students from all academic disciplines. It is based on three pillars: transdisciplinarity, real-world challenges, and personal development.
It consists of three modules (10 EC each) built on six courses (5 EC each).
Educational Approach & Learning Goals
To address the complex-real world challenges you are trained in workshop settings, using activating and engaging work forms such as case analyses, role-play simulations, open discussion sessions, design studios, and debates. Furthermore, to develop the required knowledge base, you are provided with academic literature and (guest-)lectures and seminars of academics and professional experts.
Overall, the 'Shaping Responsible Futures' programme combines social science, design and engineering perspectives: Societal Leadership and Change Making start from the social sciences, Creative Intelligence and Systems Thinking from design and engineering, and Transdisciplinary Working and Futurism transcend these boundaries. All in all, by collaborating with students, stakeholders, and academics from a wide range of disciplines, you, after completing the full Master-Insert:
- are competent in approaching complex societal challenges as a transdisciplinary innovation project
- are competent in applying relevant disciplinary insights to the analysis of societal challenges in a multidisciplinary team
- are competent in transcending disciplinary perspectives in creative, systemic and responsible designs
- have a constructive attitude towards societal challenges, disciplinary perspectives, and integrated designs
- are competent in collaborating and communicating across disciplinary and social boundaries
- have a leader's attitude and aim for societal impact
Please note that the Master-Insert is preferably to be pursued full-time (Quartile 2 and Quartile 3). For those students who cannot integrate the full-time Master-Insert into their study programmes, we also offer the modules Transdisciplinary and Creative Ways of Working, Shaping Society and Responsible Futures, and Leading Systemic Change, as flexible options.
Assessment
The assessment philosophy of the Transdisciplinary Master-Insert is to focus on feedback in order to enable professional and personal growth. Instead of receiving a grade, you receive a pass (or fail) for the modules, together with extensive feedback related to the quality of your work and the process.
Personal Development Plan & Self-Evaluation Report
To stimulate you to actively engage in the programme and to integrate your learning in a personal, professional, and academic sense, you write a Personal Development Plan at the start of the 'Shaping Responsible Futures' programme. You define personal goals you want to reach during the programme. You monitor your progress by building a portfolio with achievements in the modules and teacher feedback. Finally, you reflect on your growth in a Final Reflection Report.