The inclusion of new modules in the examination regulations is possible until the beginning of the previous winter semester.

Example
Module start WS 2026/2027 or SS2027
Registration by September 2025

The information for the module handbook should be provided promptly.

Modules in the Master's programme in Marine Environmental Sciences are elective or compulsory elective modules with 6 CP (credit points). A course with 2 semester hours per week (14x2h=28h attendance time) usually has 3 CP and corresponds to a workload of 90 h (62h own work). This can also be changed for internships. A module usually consists of 2 courses with 3 CP each

The module name should be provided in German and English.

Possible compulsory elective areas (from WS 2026/2027)

Common forms of events are

• Vorlesung
• Seminar
• Übung
• Praktikum
• Exkursion
  

A module is usually completed with a marking examination. Admissible types of examination are

• Klausur
• mündliche Prüfung
• Referat
• Hausarbeit
• fachpraktische Übung
• Seminararbeit
• Praktikumsbericht
• Portfolio
• Präsentation
• Protokoll

The usual types of examination in the Marine Environmental Sciences degree programme are printed in bold. Information on the delimitation of the individual types of examination can be found in the examination regulations.

An indication of whether the student should actively participate.

Attendance monitoring or active participation in Vorlesungen is not permitted.

"Active participation ... is the active and documented participation in practical
courses (internships, exercises, seminars, excursions) and in practical parts of courses. This includes, for example, the regular submission of exercises, the preparation of solutions to exercises, the recording of the experiments or practical work carried out, the discussion of seminar contributions or presentations of tasks or content in the course in the form of short reports. Active participation is not graded, but may be included in the marking of the module in the form of bonus points." (Source: PO)

The module handbook contains the module descriptions of all modules. The following information is required

• Module name (module title as in the examination regulations)
• Module abbreviation (assigned centrally)
• Credit points
• Workload in hours
• Degree programmes in which the module is integrated, including departmental affiliation
• Contact person (responsible for the module, authorised examiner, module advisor)
• Prerequisites for participation (optional)
• Competence objectives
• Module content
• Literature recommendations (optional)
• Links (optional)
• Languages of instruction
• Duration in semesters
• Frequency (annual/semi-annual, winter semester/summer semester)
• Admission capacity
• Notes (optional)
• Module level (in Muwi generally MM (Master's module))
• Module type (in Muwi generally compulsory elective)
• Form of learning/teaching (e.g. lecture 3KP and seminar 3KP)
• Prior knowledge (optional)
• Type of examination (as specified in the examination regulations, including active participation)
• Examination time (e.g. at the end of the course)
• Presence time

The examination regulations are binding in any case!

Please use the university form for the module description(example).