Danube Systems / PU-101

Regional Evidence & Pannonian Systems

Students learn the geography, institutions, datasets, and civic questions that shape the Serbian Danube region.

Course detail

Research connection

Connected to PU's Danube Basin Civic Atlas, a living research map of municipal services, agricultural zones, wetland risks, and public data gaps.

Field Evidence Quota42 mapped sources
Lab affiliateDanube Evidence Studio
Studio intensity42/100

Learning outcomes

What students should be able to do.

  • Build a regional evidence brief from public datasets and field notes.
  • Read Serbian Danube planning documents with clear limits and assumptions.
  • Present a map-backed civic question to a faculty review panel.

Readiness

Prerequisites and assessment.

No prior PU module requiredRegional reading pack

Evidence brief 35%, dataset notebook 25%, field memo 20%, oral defense 20%.

Weekly syllabus

Four-week intensive module structure.

  1. 01
    Regional Systems Orientation

    Pannonian geography, settlement patterns, institutions, and evidence ethics.

  2. 02
    Public Dataset Recovery

    National statistics, municipal budgets, hydrological records, and metadata quality checks.

  3. 03
    Field Question Design

    Turning a civic issue into a defensible research question and sampling plan.

  4. 04
    Evidence Brief Studio

    A concise dossier with map, method note, uncertainty label, and public-facing conclusion.