Study Examination Regulations (SPO) 2022 for the masters program M.Sc. Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation

For the winter semester 2022/23, new study examination regulations will come into force, which include some significant changes in the study structure.

Are you an archaeologist who would like to learn digital surveying methods but shy away from building physics? Are you an art historian who would like to digitise the museum landscape, but don't know your way around computer science?

With the new study examination regulations, you can tailor your studies more individually to your needs and interests without necessarily having to cover all areas. You can get a taste of everything and find your own individual path. The programs’ student advisory service of this masters will be happy to support you.

This is how it works in the course of a regular time of 4-semesters (you are welcome to stretch this over up to six semesters full-time or more if you are part-time):

in the first two semesters, the foundation modules are designed to fill in the gaps in your knowledge and supplement your basic studies of your bachelor or previous degrees . These modules will also prepare you specifically for later specialisations/profiling (marked with dashed arrows in the diagram, see module handbook ) whilst helping you across the board for all modules and in your later working life.

The fundamentals M-DDT-GL-1 Introduction to Digital Technologies in Heritage, M-DDT-GL-2 Principles and Theories of Heritage Conservation and their Significance for Digital Heritage Technologies are compulsory modules and serve to show you the possibilities of Digital Technologies in Heritage Conservation and to provide you with relevant background knowledge from the field of heritage conservation to prepare you for working with heritage. Another compulsory module is M-DDT-GL-15 As-built drawing of historic buildings. If you have never made drawings in your previous studies, we recommend M-DDT-GL-4 Technical Drawing and Computer-aided Design (CAD) in advance as preparation.

In the 2nd semester, you can now choose any three specialisation modules . You are invited to try out several specialisation modules first and begin taking the lectures and seminars; the lecturers will be happy to support you in your choice. The profilingmodules in the 3rd semester continue the specialisations and follow on from the relevant 2nd semester modules (marked by solid arrows in the diagram, see the module handbook). In the 4th semester you will write your Master's thesis, accompanied by the Master's module (research methodologies and science communication).