The objective of the "Art & Science" master's degree programme is to investigate the relationships
between different artistic and scientific representational cultures and their respective cognitive and research methods. An
inter- and transdisciplinary approach and project-oriented education should stimulate interaction between model and theory
construction, and the application of methods, in particular, in the arts and sciences.
The central element of the master
programme is a project orientation that takes account for the fact that in a "scientificised" world many everyday topics in
society are permeated by scientific knowledge, which can lead to controversial discussions. In part, these discussions link
complex fields of knowledge and their respective specialised knowledge and represent different contributions to our society’s
development. Here is a point of convergence for the - quite often different - questions that art and science pose and a creative
crossroads emerges for finding or rejecting answers.
This point of view involves the investigation (and the corresponding
in-depth study) of social and political processes, the relation, application, and development of artistic and scientific positions,
methods, media, and organisations. Thus, it implies researching an oft-controversial societal thematic space, where the disciplinary,
scientific-artistic ivory tower is infiltrated, where students locate and explore - and possibly generate themselves - more
or less conspicuous socio-technical ruptures in our society. Prerequisite is a thirst for knowledge that leads to a representation,
a creative restructuring of the respective themes, in which the respective application or interweaving of certain artistic
or scientific methods or media represents the result and not the departure point of the research.
Graduate
Activities
With their prior scientific/artistic knowledge and the creative ability to develop and apply visualisation
and representational strategies procured in the "Art & Science" master's degree programme, graduates will be able to provide
conceptual support and facilitate either scientific or artistic research and developmental processes. Their professional paths
may lead to either scientific research laboratories of universities, nonuniversity research institutes, and research companies,
independent artistic activity, or collaborations with ateliers of visual artists, media artists, designers, or architects.