Project Summary
According to the Bologna declaration, all study paths of the signatory states should be converted to Bachelor and Master till 2010. The adoption of this new study structure should lead to an obvious increase of the mobility of students. The results of a current DAAD study show that on the one hand there exists a strong tendency to shorter periods abroad. On the other hand staying abroad longer (more than 2 semesters) features higher qualities. The support of the development of new Bachelor and Master programmes and the conversion of already existing study paths is desirable.
In this project, general guidelines for the definition of core curricula with an integrated abroad mobility will be developed. The starting point for the development shall be the learning results. The competences gained through studies abroad are defined as an indispensable component of the learning results of the core curriculum. The general model for core curricula will give clues for the definition of technical standards, windows for transnational mobility and methods of recognition.
Public Health is chosen as a concrete example to illustrate the process of development of a core curriculum, because on the one hand education demands for international capacities and on the other hand a high number of well educated graduates in this sector will be in the following decades in Europe of particular importance because of the demographic development. Relevant actors (universities, government departments, industrial unions) on the national and international level will participate.
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