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hello, We’re neW here!
5 Degree program start-Ups in a nUtshell
editinG And
doCuMentoLoGy
You have a degree in a textcentered
discipline and want
to know how texts and documents
can be edited scientifically
and prepared for
publication? Then you should
take UW’s four-semester MA
program in Editing and Documentology.
on the one hand
this provides philological
competencies in editorial theory
and practice concerned
with the establishment, production
and representation
of texts for cultural transmission,
and on the other hand
it will familiarize you with
modern media technologies
from the point of view of the
informatic structure of documents
and the design of their
presentation. In line with your
personal interests you can
put the emphasis on either
the philological or the media
technology aspects of the
program. UW’s MA in Editing
and Documentology is unique
in Germany and provides key
qualifications for all careers
connected with texts and documents.
kwww.edw.uni-wuppertal.de
HeALtH systeMs eCono-
MiCs And MAnAGeMent
In Germany today every ninth
person in employment works
in the health sector, and demographic
aging will further
increase demand for specialist
personnel. UW’s interdisciplinary
BSc program in
Health Systems Economics
and Management provides
a broad basis in economics,
business administration,
and methodology, as well as
specialist knowledge of the
health system and its many
actors. The curriculum includes
medical economics and
insurance, fundamentals of
medicine, law, healthcare
models and healthcare management.
The program includes
an internship, regular
guest lectures by experts in
the field, and special focus
days illustrating the relevance
of course material.
Career opportunities are
found on the fascinating interface
between medicine and
the economy, in hospitals,
insurance companies, the
pharmaceutical industries,
and politics.
kwww.gesundheit.uni-wuppertal.de
oCCuPAtionAL And
orGAniZAtionAL
PsyCHoLoGy
Unique in Germany, the new
MA program in occupational
and organizational Psychology
is UW’s first combined
continuing education and
distance learning program.
Directed by Prof. Dr. Rainer
Wieland and Prof. Dr. Gerd
Wiendieck, it aims to equip
graduates with an understanding
of the psychological
dimensions and impact of
work activities, organizational
structures and HR development
measures, and to
enable them to evaluate and
shape these aspects. Competencies
acquired in the interaction
of people working
together within organizations
will qualify graduates for toplevel
tasks in management
and consulting.
kwww.master-organizational-psychology.de
HeALtH And MoVe-
Ment studies
A result of demographic
change, and of a lifestyle in
western industrial nations
marked by rich food and lack
of movement, is the growing
need for qualified health advisors
and sports therapists.
UW’s MA program in Health
and Movement Studies provides
graduates with scientific
and practical qualifications
for a career in areas concerned
with health promotion,
as well as with rehabilitation
from and prevention of
illness, in association with
sports and movement.
kwww.zsb.uni-wuppertal.de
GeoGrAPHy
Geography has been newly
added to the already thirty
subjects that can be selected
within the framework of
UW’s Combined BA program.
Geography is of interest not
only to future teachers, but
also for a career in tourism
development and planning,
urban and regional marketing,
city R&D, or political consulting.
At UW the subject focuses
on sustainability within an
interdisciplinary context.
kwww.fbg.uni-wuppertal.
de/faecher/geographie/keil/
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