EDUC Courses
The EDUC Alliance opens up new study opportunities across Europe - all from the comfort of your own sofa with our online and blended courses.
Browse through our EDUC course catalogue now and discover the diverse range of courses on offer: https://courses.educalliance.eu/
Current Courses
Culture and Society of Arab Contemporary Countries
The course aimed at providing students with basic knowledge, analytical and methodological tools, and notions about history and institutions of the Arab world. In the last part of the course, the topics of the current best-known debate will be focused, even by specific workshops. In accordance with the Dublin descriptors, at the end of the course, students will have to reach their intended learning goals by perfecting their knowledge and skills through the work of deepening and acquiring new fundamental tools for reading the contemporary Arab world, acquiring communication skills based on proper use of language and self-learning skills.
Course Type: asynchronous
Course Period: 12 h, available until the end of February
Application: https://courses.educalliance.eu/course/132
Registration Deadline: 30 September 2025
Current Issues of International Environmental Law
Delivered asynchronously, the course opens with a brief “zeroing” lecture that refreshes the essentials of public international law - actors, sources and dispute settlement - so that students from different backgrounds can start on common ground. It then unfolds in two parts. The first develops a solid foundation in international environmental law through a set of lectures that trace its historical evolution, unpack core principles, map global environmental governance and law-making processes, and examine judicial and compliance mechanisms. Building on that basis, the second part turns to selected contemporary issues. Students will explore environmental sovereignty in an interdependent world; the emerging right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment; sustainable development and the SDGs; the protection of future generations; the interaction between trade and the environment through sustainable development chapters in EU free trade agreements; and the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Assessment is by a short multiple-choice quiz (10 questions). The course is passed with at least 6 correct answers. The Course Learning Outcomes are as follows:
- Acquire knowledge about the historical evolution and foundational principles of International Environmental Law, including the development of global environmental governance structures and lawmaking processes.
- Demonstrate understanding of the key mechanisms for judicial review, compliance, and enforcement in the context of international environmental obligations.
- Develop the ability to analyze complex legal and institutional frameworks related to environmental sovereignty, the right to a healthy environment, and sustainable development.
- Evaluate the relevance and application of international legal instruments and mechanisms in protecting the rights of future generations and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Interpret and assess the environmental dimensions of trade agreements, particularly the Sustainable Development Chapters of EU Free Trade Agreements, and the implications of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
- Apply critical thinking skills to current debates and challenges in International Environmental Law, identifying both legal and policy responses to emerging global environmental issues
Course Type: asynchronous
Course Period: 20 h, verfügbar bis Ende Februar
Application: https://courses.educalliance.eu/course/569
Registration Deadline: 09 October 2025
History of Medieval Art
Students will have to acquire the ability to read a work of medieval art in its technical, iconographic and iconological, formal and stylistic, historical and cultural values, and understanding the historical-artistic path.
Course Type: asynchronous
Course Period: 12 h, available until the end of February
Application: https://courses.educalliance.eu/course/131
Registration Deadline: 30 September 2025
Marketing and Corporate Communication
The main goal of the course is to provide students with the knowledge, skills, tools (theoretical and methodological) that will enable them to:
- Learn the strategic role of marketing for companies and organizations;
- Learn the evolving characteristics of corporate communication, with a specific focus on its strategies and tools;
- Learn the importance of digital platforms and social media for companies and organizations;
- Create and manage a digital communication project work, with a particular focus on social network sites.
Course Type: asynchronous
Course Period: 12 h, available until the end of February
Application: https://courses.educalliance.eu/course/72
Registration Deadline: 30 September 2025
The Future of Europe
The students of the Virtual Module of Future Europe, at the end of the course will get a general knowledge about the present and future politics of the European Union in a multidisciplinary framework. The course's aim is to give a basic knowledge that can help the students in understanding the functioning of the European Union and its action. The students will acquire the necessary tools to critically analyse the interaction between the EU and the international and global dynamics and present problems. Students will also master the historiographic and political debate concerning the European Union issues; and will be able to elaborate analytical interpretative and autonomous judgement on the international role of the European Union.
Course Type: asynchronous
Course Period: 18 h, available until the end of February
Application: https://courses.educalliance.eu/course/135
Registration Deadline: 30 September 2025
Use or Abuse of ICTs? Keys for Risk Prevention and Detection
The course will focus on the personal and social implications of ICT addiction, as well as on the analysis of those related factors that should be addressed to prevent it. Based on their identification from a social-cognitive perspective, theoretical-practical learning sessions will reflect on main protective factors and provide practical examples for developing them to prevent addiction and the risk use of ICTs. Likewise, the main strategies to support people who have a profile of risk or addiction to ICTs will be addressed. Therefore, this course aims to improve knowledge about the relationship between addiction and the use of ICTs, as well as to strengthen the ability to identify risk factors and preventive personal strategies.
Course Type: asynchronous
Course Period: 20-28 h, verfügbar zwischen 15. Oktober und 15. Dezember 2025
Course Language: Spanish
Application: https://courses.educalliance.eu/course/552
Registration Deadline: 24 November 2025
FAQ
What is the EDUC course catalogue?
The EDUC Course Catalogue is a compilation of online and blended courses offered at one or more of the eight EDUC Alliance universities (University of Potsdam – Germany, Université Paris Nanterre – France, Université de Rennes I – France, University of Cagliari – Italy, University of Pécs – Hungary, Masaryk University – Czech Republic, University of South-Eastern Norway - Norway, Jaume I University - Spain) and is open to students within the EDUC Alliance. The course catalogue lists the individual courses as well as important information on content, duration and application for each course.
Which courses are offered?
The courses offered in the EDUC course catalogue are very diverse and include courses from (almost) all subject areas and at different study levels. The range of courses on offer continues to grow, so it is worth checking back regularly.
When do the courses take place?
As the universities of the EDUC Alliance have very different lecture periods, the time frames in which the courses are offered vary. Details can be found in the course catalogue in the respective course description. The schedule also depends on whether the courses take place asynchronously online, synchronously online or blended (i.e. as a mixture of online and face-to-face phases) - further details on this can also be found in the course catalogue.
Who can apply?
In principle, the EDUC courses are open to all students within the EDUC Alliance as long as they are enrolled at one of the Alliance universities. There can be certain participation requirements for individual courses, which are noted in the respective course description.
When and how can I apply?
Applications are usually sent to the university offering the course. Application details are listed in the respective course description in the course catalogue. For courses that are (also) offered by the University of Potsdam, please also note the registration deadline on PULS.
Can I have the courses recognised at the University of Potsdam?
This depends on your individual study regulations (‘Studien- und Prüfungsordnung’) at the University of Potsdam and must be clarified with the examination board of your subject.
In principle, the recognition process is analogous to that of regular semesters abroad or corona-related online semesters abroad according to the guidelines for recognition or internal faculty or institute regulations.
It is advisable to conclude a Learning Agreement before starting the course in order to clarify the recognition with the local examination board in advance. An EDUC template for a Learning Agreement does not yet exist, which is why the general template of the International Office linked on the following page can be used.
After successful completion of the course, the university offering the course also issues an EDUC certificate or Transcript of Records, which lists the ECTS and confirms the achievement. Whether the university offering the course issues this and to what extent can be looked up in the course description in the EDUC course catalogue and, if necessary, clarified with the university offering the course.
Tip: If the chosen courses are from different subject areas, it is advisable to list the courses in separate Learning Agreements, as only one examination board can sign each.