Master’s Programme Digital Society, Social Innovation and Global Citizenship

Curriculum (2025W)

Master of Science

Duration/ECTS-AP
4 semesters/120 ECTS-Credits

Mode of Study
Full-Time

Language
English

Requirements
Relevant bachelor's degree or equivalent and Language Certificates

Faculty
Faculty of Economics and Statistics

Qualification Level
Master (Second Cycle)
ISCED-11: Level 7, EQF/NQF: Level 7

ISCED-F
xxx

Study Code
UC xxx

The curriculum is the basis of a degree programme. A look at the curriculum for the Master’s Programme Digital Society, Social Innovation and Global Citizenship gives you a detailed overview of the structure, content, examination regulations and qualification profile of this Master's degree.

The curriculum can clarify several important questions before you start your studies. For example, which criteria must be fulfilled for enrolment in the Master’s ProgrammeDigital Society, Social Innovation and Global Citizenship, how long the programme lasts, which modules must be completed and much more.

The 2025W curriculum currently applies to the Master’s Programme Digital Society, Social Innovation and Global Citizenship.

Information on the Curriculum (2025W)

The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.

In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies, available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current Curriculum version.

University of Innsbruck Bulletins

University of Innsbruck Bulletin March 3rd 2025, Issue 32, No. 398

Requirements

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Recommended Course Sequence

The exemplary course sequence given below is recommended for full-time students beginning their study programme in the winter semester. The table shows one possible course sequence for the bachelor's programme and is not compulsory. Delays resulting from repeated examinations are not taken into account.

The standard duration of the study programme is 4 semesters or 120 ECTS-Credits, whereby according to the Universities Act of 2002, a workload of 1,500 (real) hours per academic year must be fulfilled, corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits (one ECTS-Credit is equivalent to a workload of 25 hours).

Course Sequence
Semester	ECTS-AP	Titel
1	4	Joint Summer School I - Introduction
1	4	Joint Summer School I - Collaboratorium
1	4	Digital Technology and Society: theories and emerging issues
1	4	Digital Politics
1	4	Ethics and Governance
1	4	Global citizenship and sustainability
1	4	International and European Law Aspects of Digital Technologies
1	4	International and European Law Aspects of Digital Technologies
2	6	Lecture and excercises, Statistics and Data Science
2	6	Lecture and excercices, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
2	4	Digital Design
2	4	ICT for Development
2	8	Social Digital Innovation for Education
2	8	Digital Communication Foundation
2	4	Lecture, Philosophical Antrhopology and Digital Humanism - Foundations
2	4	Lecture, Philosophical Antrhopology and Digital Humanism - Foundations
3	10	Individual Learning paths
3	4	Lecture Being human in the Age of Cyborgs
3	4	Seminar, Being human in the Age of Cyborgs
3	4	Lecture, The Normative Order of Digitality
3	8	Collaboratorium, Sustainable Digitalization and Social Innovation
3	6	Public Pedagogy in the Digital
3	6	Social Innovation and Digital Education
3	8	Collaboratorium
3	6	Digital Communication and Information
3	6	Digital Communication and Security
3	8	Collaboratorium
4	10	International Service Learning
4	10	Internship
4	20	Master Thesis, Defence