The SPRING curriculum consists of 10 modules. The corresponding courses of the modules are offered as lectures, seminars, exercises, workshops and excursions.
The table below displays the study structure of the SPRING Programme. The first year at TU Dortmund University consists of the modules 1 to 6. Whereas the modules 7 to 10 are offered by the SPRING partning universities respectively: 1) Ardhi University in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, 2) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, 3) University of The Philippines in Manila, The Philippines, 4) Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia, Chile and 5) Universidade Federal do ABC in São Paulo, Brazil.
For further information about the courses and SPRING partnering universities, please visit the webpages "First year", "Second year" and "SPRING Network".
Location of Study | Semester | Modules | Credit Points | |||||||
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Dortmund (Germany) | 1st Semester | Module 1: Planning Approaches and Key Skills for Planners (8 CP) |
Module 2: |
Module 3: Planning in Developing Countries and Physical Infrastructure (20 CP) |
Module 4: Planning Tools (6 CP) |
Module 5: Concepts and Theories for Planning (7 CP) |
60 CP | |||
2nd Semester | Module 6: Socio-Economic Development Planning (7 CP) |
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3rd Semester | Module 7: Planning and Research Methods (9 CP) |
Module 8: Policy Planning and Implementation (9 CP) |
Module 9: Development Planning Workshop (18 CP) |
60 CP | |||||
4th Semester | Module 10: Master Thesis (24 CP) |
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120 CP |