he program aims for graduates to acquire interdisciplinary competencies in a broad spectrum of scientific methodologies that encompass cultural studies and social sciences through analysis and historicizing, scientific experimenting from the natural sciences, and creative synthesis from the design disciplines; they will be familiar with praxis-oriented and creative problem-solving strategies. The program will prepare students in specific social and intercultural competencies, including critical self-reflection in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, linguistic competencies in a trilingual degree program (English, German, Spanish), and intercultural competency in communications between internationally differentiated cultures of knowledge.