People, social issues, society
If you want to understand how individuals and entire societies influence each other, or how they are influenced by culture, politics and the economy, then this field of study is just right for you. The focus here is on people and everything that makes them social beings.
Bachelor degree programs
In Siegen, you will not only study social sciences in an interdisciplinary way, but also in a research-oriented way. Thanks to lecturers who conduct research both in Europe and abroad, you will find out which research questions are currently being asked in the social sciences and which methods are being used to answer these questions.
Master programs
The Master's degree course in Christian Theologies in Ecumenical Perspective familiarizes you with in-depth aspects of Christian theologies and their influences and influences on and through European culture. The program takes an interdenominational standpoint. Topics are therefore considered from the perspectives of both Roman Catholic and Protestant theological traditions.
Why does one person fall ill and three others don't? How can diseases be prevented and health promoted? How can we use digital technologies to improve prevention and care? What impact does digitalization in our living environments have on health and how can we use digital health technologies to meet needs and requirements? These and similar questions are the subject of Digital Public Health.
If you are interested in the connections between cultural education and educational theory, then our Master's degree program is the right place for you!
Here you will deal with topics such as education in pop culture, popular music, gamification or art in public space and reflect on mediation possibilities in (non-)educational institutions.
With History of Modernity, you will study a question-oriented Master's degree in History with a temporal focus on modernity. The question(s) of modernity is/are therefore central to your studies:
What constitutes modernity, what are the essential moments of modernity and what does modernity mean for our present?
Our international master's program in "Human-Computer Interaction" is a four-semester, full-time study program for bachelor's graduates. As IT permeates life and work, this program focuses on designing, implementing, and evaluating user-friendly and efficient software systems, emphasizing IT artifacts that support human practices.
On the "Plural Economics: Transformation and Sustainability" course, you will get to know and critically reflect on various economic theories beyond the mainstream. The course is for you if you want to deal with current topics such as climate change, sustainability, transformation, digitalization, inequality and global justice.
The subject of psychology is the description and explanation of human behavior and experience. To this end, psychology investigates the internal and external causes of human behavior in order to derive general laws that extend across the entire lifespan and to determine individual differences. As an empirical science, it consists of both natural science and humanities and social science components.
The Master's degree program in Psychology with a focus on Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy aims to deepen and expand the basic psychological skills and knowledge acquired in the Bachelor's degree program. Students acquire the ability to work independently using scientific methods and are prepared for professional practice as a psychotherapist. At the end of the course, you will take the licensing examination and thus qualify for further training in accordance with the PsychThApprO.
Interdisciplinary, supported by the subjects of political science and sociology, the Master's in Social Sciences offers you a graduate education that is both research- and practice-oriented. The focus is on theories, topics and methods of international and intercultural comparative political science and sociology.
The supplementary subject of History will provide you with academic knowledge based on the current state of international research in history. You will study the specializations "Pre-Modernity" and "Political Culture in the Age of Nations", where you will not only deepen your specialist knowledge, but also acquire advanced methodological skills and key qualifications.
