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Joint Course Development

A central activity of the Inclusive Cities project is the collaborative development of four courses across the partner universities – two at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and two at Notre Dame University-Louaize and Scientific College of Design respectively. Three existing courses are being revised and upgraded, while one is newly introduced.

The devel­op­ment process kicked off in April 2025 dur­ing the pro­jec­t’s kick-off event, where course teams were formed and a two-phase approach was out­lined. The first phase focused on devel­op­ing core course con­tent through col­lab­o­ra­tive rounds of dis­cus­sion and review, cul­mi­nat­ing in inten­sive exchanges dur­ing the work­shop in Oman. The sec­ond phase, cur­rently under­way, involves pilot test­ing and refine­ment of selected course com­po­nents in ongo­ing teach­ing activities.

The courses are designed to be com­pe­tence-based, the­mat­i­cally updated, and closely linked to local and global urban chal­lenges. First ele­ments have already been tested in teach­ing con­texts, includ­ing guest con­tri­bu­tions by part­ner staff in a course at Notre Dame Uni­ver­sity-Louaize. The final­ized courses are set to be fully imple­mented from the aca­d­e­mic year 2026/2027 onwards.