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Degree Program: Bioeconomy (Master)

Note: Last updated September 2019. Current module catalog in HohCampus.

Six modules in the total amount of a minimum of 42 credits are compulsory. Depending on the subject of the previous degree, two semi-elective modules in the total amount of a minimum of 12 credits have to be chosen. Elective modules in the total amount of a minimum of 36 credits may be freely selected across all Master’s modules offered at the University of Hohenheim.

  Code Module Name Semester Bindingness
3000-430 Master’s Thesis Bioeconomy 4 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3000-431 Master’s Thesis Bioeconomy Abschlussarbeit compulsory
Elective Modules
4302-490 Food Tech Transition - Summer School 2019 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4302-491 Food Tech Transition - Summer School 2019 lecture with practicals and excursion compulsory
I. Compulsory modules
4301-420 Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research Approaches in Bioeconomy 1 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4301-421 Inter- and transdisciplinary approaches in Bioeconomy lecture with seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4301-422 Teamwork in interdisciplinary research groups (Seminar) seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4301-423 Facilitation of mixed working groups (Seminar) seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3701-470 Properties of Biobased Resources and Products 1 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3701-471 Properties of Biobased Resources and Products lecture compulsory
5000-510 Markets, Innovation and Social Acceptance of Biobased Products 2 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5000-511 Economic Aspects of the Bioeconomy lecture with exercise compulsory
  5000-512 Modelling and Simulation lecture with exercise compulsory
1510-410 Sustainable Industrial Processes 2 compulsory
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1510-411 Biochemical Conversion of Renewable Resources lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  1510-412 Thermochemical Conversion of Renewable Resources lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
II. Semi-elective modules

There are three semi-elective modules. Students of the Master’s programme in Bioeconomy have to complete two semi-elective modules and replace the third semi-elective module with an elective module. The selection depends on the subject of the student’s Bachelor’s programme: Students with a Bachelor’s degree in the agricultural sciences may replace the module "Agricultural Production of Biobased Resources". Students with a Bachelor’s degree in the natural sciences may replace the module "Natural Science Concepts". Students with a Bachelor’s degree in economics may replace the module "Economics and Management".
3403-430 Agricultural Production of Biobased Resources 1 semi-elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3403-431 Agricultural Production of Biobased Resources lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
1507-400 Natural Science Concepts 1 semi-elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1507-401 Natural Science Concepts, Lecture lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
III. Elective modules in the agricultural sciences
4904-410 Agricultural Economics Seminar 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4904-411 Agricultural Economics Seminar - Lecture lecture compulsory
  4904-412 Agricultural Economics Seminar - Paper and Presentation exercise compulsory
3603-490 Biological Pest Control 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3603-491 Biological Pest Control lecture compulsory
3401-450 Conservation Agriculture 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3401-451 Conservation Agriculture lecture with e-learning compulsory
4101-410 Environmental and Resource Economics 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4101-411 Environmental and Resource Economics seminar compulsory
3301-480 Fertilisation and Soil Fertility Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (e-learning module) 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3301-481 Fertilisation and Soil Fertility Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ILIAS online module) e-learning compulsory
4903-450 Innovations in Agriculture 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4903-451 Innovations in Agriculture lecture with excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4902-420 International Food and Agricultural Trade 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4902-421 International Food and Agricultural Trade lecture with exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3401-460 Organic Plant Production 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3401-461 Organic Plant Production lecture with seminar, exercise and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3000-410 Portfolio Module (Master) 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
4404-520 Precision Farming 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4404-521 Precision Farming lecture with exercise compulsory
3405-460 Processing and Quality of Organic Food 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3405-461 Processing and Quality of Organic Food lecture with excursion compulsory
4903-470 Qualitative Research Methods in Rural Development Studies 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4903-471 Qualitative Research Methods in Rural Development Studies lecture with seminar and practicals compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4302-440 Sustainability Discourses and Environmental Sociology 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4302-441 Sustainability Discourses and Environmental Sociology seminar with excercise compulsory
4201-430 Applied Econometrics 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5202-411 Introductory Econometrics (lecture) lecture compulsory
  4201-432 Applied Econometrics (Exercises) exercise compulsory
3201-580 Conservation Biology 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3201-581 Conservation Biology lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4905-420 Crop Production Systems 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4905-421 Crop Production Systems lecture with exercise and seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3202-410 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Analytics 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3202-411 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Analytics lecture compulsory
  3202-412 Methods in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Analytics lecture compulsory
  3202-413 Practical in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Analytics practical compulsory
  3202-414 Seminar on Ecotoxicology and Environmental Analytics seminar compulsory
4302-420 Ethical Reflection on Food and Agriculture 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4302-421 Ethical Reflection on Food and Agriculture seminar with excercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4904-450 Farm and Project Evaluation 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4904-451 Farm Level Methods lecture compulsory
  4904-452 Project Level Methods lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4904-453 Exercise for Project Monitoring and Evaluation (optional) exercise optional
4904-460 Farm System Modelling 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4904-461 Farm System Modelling lecture compulsory
  4904-462 Modelling of Land Use Decisions with Mathematical Programming exercise compulsory
  4904-463 Introduction to Excel Spreadsheet Models (optional) exercise optional
3301-480 Fertilisation and Soil Fertility Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (e-learning module) 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3301-481 Fertilisation and Soil Fertility Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ILIAS online module) e-learning compulsory
4902-430 Food and Nutrition Security 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4902-431 Food and Nutrition Security lecture compulsory
3411-420 From Genes to Transgenic Plants and Edited Genomes 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3411-421 From Genes to Transgenic Plants and Edited Genomes lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3201-630 GIS and Remote Sensing in Landscape Ecology 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3201-631 GIS and Remote Sensing in Landscape Ecology lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  3201-632 Practicals in GIS and Remote Sensing exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4302-460 Global Agri-food Systems: Conventional, Organic, and Beyond 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4302-461 Global Agri-food Systems: Conventional, Organic, and Beyond seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4302-462 Tutorial Global Agri-food Systems: Conventional, Organic, and Beyond (voluntary) Tutorial optional
3202-420 Global Change Issues 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3202-421 Introduction to Global Change lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  3202-423 Experiments on Global Change practical compulsory
  3202-422 Seminar on Global Change seminar compulsory
4903-480 Governance, Institutions and Organisational Development 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4903-481 Governance, Institutions and Organisational Development lecture with exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4301-410 Knowledge and Innovation Management 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4301-411 Knowledge and Innovation Management lecture with seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4904-430 Land Use Economics 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4904-431 Land Use Economics - Lecture lecture compulsory
  4904-432 Land Use Economics - Case Study practical compulsory
4908-440 Livestock Production Systems and Development 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4908-411 Genetic Resources and Animal Husbandry Systems in the Tropics and Subtropics lecture with seminar and excursion Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4908-441 Livestock Production Systems and Development lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4908-471 Global Animal Genetic Biodiversity lecture with seminar and excursion Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4903-460 Methods in Interdisciplinary Collaboration 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4903-461 Methods in Interdisciplinary Collaboration lecture with exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4907-410 Natural Resource Use and Conservation in the Tropics and Subtropics 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4907-411 Natural Resource Use and Conservation in the Tropics and Subtropics lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3405-410 Organic Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3405-411 Organic Farming in the Tropics and Subtropics lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory
3405-470 Organic Food Systems and Concepts 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3405-471 Organic Food Systems and Concepts lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4908-450 Organic Livestock Farming and Products 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4908-451 Organic Livestock Farming and Products lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3302-440 Physiology and Biochemistry of Crops 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3302-441 Physiology and Biochemistry of Crops lecture with exercise compulsory
3202-440 Plant Ecology 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3202-441 Plant Ecology lecture with seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3302-460 Plant Quality 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3302-461 Plant Quality lecture with seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4903-500 Policy Processes in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4903-501 Policy Processes in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3000-410 Portfolio Module (Master) 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
4901-470 Quantitative Methods in Economics 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4901-471 Quantitative Methods in Economics lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4901-472 Exercises to Quantitative Methods in Economics exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3301-440 Soil Fertility and Fertilisation in Organic Farming 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3301-441 Soil Fertility and Fertilisation in Organic Farming lecture with exercise and seminar compulsory
III. Elective modules in the natural sciences
1201-590 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 1 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1201-591 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Lecture lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  1201-592 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Exercise and Practical exercise with practical compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
1510-420 Integrated Bioprocess Engineering - Bioproduction 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1510-421 Bioproduction, lecture lecture with seminar and exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  1510-422 Bioproduction, internship practical compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
1507-510 Soft Matter Science II - Food Physics 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1507-511 Soft Matter Science II - Food Physics lecture with exercise and practicals compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
1201-590 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1201-591 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Lecture lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  1201-592 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Exercise and Practical exercise with practical compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
2502-400 Digital Transformation of the Healthcare Industry 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  2502-401 Digital Transformation of the Healthcare Industry lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
1502-430 Fermentation Technology 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1502-431 Fermentation Technology, Lecture with Exercise lecture with practicals compulsory
1503-520 Food Process Design I - Efficient Processing and Transport Phenomena 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1503-521 Food Process Design I - Efficient Processing and Transport Phenomena, Lecture lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  1503-522 Food Process Design I - Efficient Processing and Transport Phenomena, Exercise exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
1510-440 Integrated Bioprocess Engineering - Upstream Processing 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1510-441 Industrial Biotechnology lecture with exercise and seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  1510-442 Genetic Strain Construction practical compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
1510-430 Integrated Bioprocess Engineering – Bioseparation Process Science (Downstream Processing) 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1510-431 Downstream Processing lecture with seminar and practicals compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
1501-520 Scientific Writing and Reporting 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1501-521 Literature Research exercise compulsory
  1501-522 Scientific Publications seminar with excercise compulsory
  1501-523 Introduction in Microbiological and Enzymatic Methods practical compulsory
III. Elective modules in the social sciences and economics
5301-450 Health Economics 1 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5301-411 Health Economics lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
5301-440 Management-Methodology II 1 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5301-441 Multivariate Data Analysis lecture with exercise compulsory
5803-420 Supply Chain Planning & Advanced Planning Systems 1 1 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5803-421 Supply Chain Planning & Advanced Planning Systems 1 lecture with exercise compulsory
5106-510 Banking 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5106-511 Financial Intermediation lecture with exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  5106-512 Theory of Debt & Bank Lending lecture with exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
5206-510 Consumer Policy 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5206-511 Consumer Policy (lecture) lecture compulsory
  5206-512 Consumer Policy (excercises) exercise compulsory
5206-520 Environmental Economics 1 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5206-521 Resource Economics and Environmental Policy (lecture) lecture compulsory
  5206-522 Resource Economics and Environmental Policy (Exercises) exercise compulsory
5208-510 Growth Economics 1 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5208-511 Modern Economic Growth (lecture) lecture compulsory
  5208-512 Modern Economic Growth (excercises) exercise compulsory
5803-520 Supply Chain Planning & Advanced Planning Systems 2 2 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5803-521 Supply Chain Planning & Advanced Planning Systems 2 lecture with exercise compulsory
5106-610 Banking and Derivatives 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5106-611 Derivatives lecture with exercise semi-elective Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  5106-612 Portfoliomanagement lecture with exercise semi-elective
5106-640 Derivatives 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5106-611 Derivatives lecture with exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
5105-140 Entrepreneurial Finance 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5105-141 Entrepreneurial Finance lecture compulsory
  5105-142 Cases in Entrepreneurial Finance exercise compulsory
5206-610 Environmental Economics 2 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5206-611 Cost Benefit Analysis and Environmental Valuation (lecture) lecture compulsory
  5206-612 Cost Benefit Analysis and Environmental Valuation (exercises) exercise compulsory
5301-450 Health Economics 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5301-411 Health Economics lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
5301-440 Management-Methodology II 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5301-441 Multivariate Data Analysis lecture with exercise compulsory
5106-630 Portfolio Management 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5106-612 Portfoliomanagement lecture with exercise compulsory
5803-420 Supply Chain Planning & Advanced Planning Systems 1 3 elective
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5803-421 Supply Chain Planning & Advanced Planning Systems 1 lecture with exercise compulsory

Modules that are not offered anymore

  Code Module Name
4101-420 Internal and External Costs and Benefits of Biobased Products
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4101-421 Resource Use Optimisation for Permanent Crops and Forests (since SS 2017 LV-Code 4101-431) lecture with exercise compulsory
  4101-422 Life-Cycle Assessment (since SS 2017 4101-432 "Strategic Management in the Bioeconomy") lecture with exercise compulsory
4903-410 Projects in Bioeconomic Research
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4903-411 Projects in Bioeconomic Research study project compulsory
4201-450 Economics and Management
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4201-441 Basic Microeconomics lecture compulsory
  4201-452 Corporate Finance lecture with exercise compulsory
  4201-443 Exercises to Basic Microeconomics (optional) exercise compulsory
  4902-441 Basic Microeconomics lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4902-443 Exercises to Basic Microeconomics (optional) exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4407-430 Precision Farming
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4407-431 Precision Farming lecture with exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
4902-410 Applied Econometrics
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  5202-411 Introductory Econometrics (lecture) lecture compulsory
  4902-412 Applied Econometrics (Exercises) exercise compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3503-450 From Genes to Transgenic Plants
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3503-451 From Genes to Transgenic Plants lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
3505-420 From Genes to Transgenic Plants (from WS 19/20 replaced by: 3411-420)
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  3505-421 From Genes to Transgenic Plants lecture with seminar and excursion compulsory
4302-410 Social Conditions of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4302-411 Social Conditions of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
  4302-412 Tutorial Social Conditions of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture (voluntary) Tutorial optional
4903-490 Social Dimensions of Agricultural Development
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  4903-491 Social Dimensions of Agricultural Development lecture compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS
1502-500 Scientific Writing and Reporting
Code Title Type Bindingness  
  1502-501 Literature Research exercise compulsory
  1502-502 Scientific Publications seminar with excercise compulsory
  1502-503 Introduction in Microbiological and Enzymatic Methods practical compulsory

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