Studienplan

Master | Innovation and Product Management

Studienplan

Module

ECTS-Punkte pro Semester

Project / Exchange Semester

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
30
-
-
-

Englisch

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Übung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
General English. Strong structural focus Grammar and vocabulary development (grammar review) Intensive analytical language work related to all skills

Projects

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Projekt
ECTS	28
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung

Bridging Courses

Bridging Courses I

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
10
-
-
-

Allgem. Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Basic terminology and facts of economic management - Types of organizations and their structural organization - Core processes of organizations - Balance sheets, salary and accounting - Basics of macroeconomics

Marketingmanagement

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Strategic Marketing Management - Basics of marketing - Special aspects of marketing industrial goods - Basic elements of conceptualization of marketing aspects and marketing process - Situational analysis - Strategic marketing of industrial goods at an organizational level (mission statement, portfolio analysis) - Competition strategy - Timing strategy - Basic internationalisation strategies - Basic principles of product management

Marktforschung

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Basics of marketing research - Process of marketing research - Secondary research vs. primary research - Qualitative research vs. Quantitative research - Research design - Information gathering and processing - Selected methods of secondary research (market monitoring, competition analysis, press-, patent- and brand research, ...) - Basic analytical processes of market research

Präsentation

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Übung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- Different types and objectives of presentations - Advantages and disadvantages of different presentation medias - Rules of visualization (focus on layout of transparencies with special software features) - Significance of eye contact, gesture/facial expression/habitus linguistic and paralinguistic aspect for the success of presentations - (Meeting) Moderation: repertoire, rules, asking techniques, visualization - Positive association with excitement - Effect of circumstances on the success - How to write handouts - Video training

Produktmanagement

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Analyzing-instruments - Perceptual Maps - Product Decisions - Innovation - Variation - Differentiation - Ellimination Service marketing - Brand management o Brand Policy o Brand Identity o Branding o Brand Strategies

Project Management

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Vorlesung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Project management as a business process - Project manual - Methods for the management of projects o Methods for starting a project - Project limitation and project context - Design of the project organisation - Project planning o Methods for project coordination o Methods for project controlling o Methods for project marketing o Methods for the management of project crises o Methods for project completion, - Management of project-oriented organisations (overview)

Bridging Courses II

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
9
-
-
-

Design and Morphology

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- In-depth display of alternative design processes - Basic principles of design methods and display techniques - Morphology (form, colour, surface, font) - Training in perspective illustration - Creation of renderings - Basic principles of the software packages Photoshop and Illustrator

Design and Morphology

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Seminar
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- In-depth display of alternative design processes - Basic principles of design methods and display techniques - Morphology (form, colour, surface, font) - Training in perspective illustration - Creation of renderings - Basic principles of the software packages Photoshop and Illustrator

Industrial Design

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Professional design terms - Product language: terms and their practical meaning - Design professions and activities Design processes - Design history (overview) - Interface expertise between product development, design, engineering, production and marketing

Innovationsmanagement I

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Significance of technical innovation - Objectives of R&D, technology management and innovation management - Technology and innovation management process - Overview and structure - Functions and roles in technology and innovation management - Success factors for technology and innovation management - Stage-gate processes and evaluation methods

Innovationsmanagement II

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Agile and hybrid innovation processes - Innovation-promoting corporate organisation - Initiation, development and evaluation of ideas (incl. open innovation) - Principles of creativity (e.g. convergent & divergent thinking) - Facilitation of (agile) creative processes (incl. creativity techniques)

Bridging Courses III

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
11
-
-
-

Digitale Produktentwicklung

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Vorlesung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Methods of Digital Product Development - Basics of the conceptualization and evaluation of product variants - Computer based design and construction - Basics of numerical simulation - Advanced modelling and simulation of mechatronic systems - Optimization - Virtual Prototyping and digital Mock-Ups - Virtual and Augmented Reality

Mechanics of Materials - Einführung

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	3
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
The students understand the basic concepts of statics (force-equilibrium etc.) as well as the concept of stresses. Basic static concepts (forces, moments, free-body-diagrams, frictional forces), Concept of Stress and Strain; Principal stresses, Mohr-Circle; Linear elastic material law; Thermal strains and stresses; Loading of trusses and beams (axial forces, bending, torsion); Deflection of beams; Energy-methods; Stability of columns.

Mechatronik

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	4
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
Consolidating the interplay of mechanical, electrical, electronic, microelectronic and sensor/actuator system components in connection with interface and display into a whole behaviour.

Wertanalyse und FMEA

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Function Analysis (FA): Methods of FA, nominating and structuring of functions; Application of FA to develop and improve products and processes; Work on examples from the lecturer’s practical experience. - Value Management (VA): Fundamentals of value analysis and value engineering; Value in product- and service-analysis, criteria of value, functions to describe products and service; function costs, value analysis job plan; the process of value analysis;. Work on examples from the lecturer’s practical experience Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA): Methodology of FMEA for products and processes; structural analysis of products and processes; function block diagram; failure and risk analysis; risk priority number; improvement of design; samples and organization; work on examples from the lecturer’s practical experience. General product analysis: Situation analysis, cause analyses according to Kepner/Tregoe Ishikawa diagram; decision-making analyses, useful value analyses, cost-effect analyses

Specialization 1 - Product Concept Design (PCD)

Product Concept Design 1

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
18
-
-

Computer Aided Industrial Design I

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Übung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Introduction to CAID freeform modeling - Fundamentals of Autodesk Alias or Rhino 3D CAID software packages

Designtheorie

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Selected theoretical, methodological and applied problems from the field of design - In-depth examination of selected aspects of the history and future of design

Entwurf und Hardwaremodellbau

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Seminar
ECTS	3
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- Introduction to hardware model construction methodologies - Introduction to tools and materials for design model construction - Sculptural design - Form finding and proportioning - Basics of aesthetics and design

Projekt

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Projekt
ECTS	12
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung

Product Concept Design 2

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
6
-
-

Designprojekt Technisches Design I

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Projekt
ECTS	5
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
• Bearbeitung eines Design-Entwurfsprojektes • Anwendung designspezifischer Methodik • Kennenlernen des Design-Entwurfsprozesses

Zeichentechnik

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Seminar
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- Training in drawing techniques and perspective presentation methods - Creating sketches and rendering

Product Concept Design 3

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
-
5
-

Computer Aided Industrial Design II

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Advanced CAID freeform modeling and introduction to CAID rendering - CAID software packages: Autodesk Alias or Rhino 3D

Strategisches Design

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Vorlesung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- The use of design as a strategic business tool - Basics of design strategy development and implementation and design management - Introduction to corporate design/identity - Application of VO course content using example

Strategisches Design

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Übung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- The use of design as a strategic business tool - Basics of design strategy development and implementation and design management - Introduction to corporate design/identity - Application of VO course content using example

Product Concept Design 4

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
-
7
-

Designprojekt Technisches Design II

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Projekt
ECTS	5
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- Carefully selected and prepared "model examples" from professional practice are addressed either individually or in small groups, under the supervision of the lecturer. The lecturer acts as moderator and "senior expert", and provides methodological or expert assistance as required. The model examples incorporate typical concepts and methods from professional practice as "best practices". The focus here is on a systematic, problem-oriented approach toward problem solving and design development. - Completing a design project - Using and adapting specific design methodologies - Overview of the design process.

Kurzzeitentwurf

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Projekt
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- Completing a short-term design project - Applying specific design methodologies

Specialization 2 - Development Process Engineering (DPEa)

Development Process Engineering 1

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
6
-
-

Multiprojektmanagement

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Introduction of Product Portfolio Management - Portfolio Management Processes o Portfolio planning (budgeting, linking product portfolio decisions and corporate strategy, roadmapping, ...) o Project prioritization and selection o Portfolio management (EPM, portfolio controlling methods, key figures, management of interdependencies) o Project evaluation and acceptance - Organization of portfolio management o PMO (tasks, interfaces, ...) o Steering board - Communication structures in Portfolio Management o Strategy meeting o Steering Board Meeting - Resource Management o Strategic resource management (interface portfolio planning and project selection) o Operational resource management (interface line manager - project manager) - Agile Multi-Project Management

Product Lifecycle Management

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
Core processes in product lifecycle management. Components of PLM. Methods and trends in PLM. PLM as the backbone of virtual product creation. Organizational and methodological requirements for launching PLM. Components and core functions of a PLM solution. Input/output management. Integration. Technical infrastructure and system functions. Economic considerations with PLM systems. PLM launch planning.

Virtual and Augmented Reality

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Human perception and VR - Hardware components of VR & AR systems - Software components of VR & AR systems - Data structure and -formats in VR & AR systems - Digital Mockup, Mixed Mockup and Virtual Prototypes - Virtual testing - Implementation of a simple VR application

Development Process Engineering 2

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
6
-
-

Model Based Engineering - Introduction

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Concepts of system theory and modelling, system theory, system concepts, modelling concepts - Modelling process, - Modelling, mechanical system, electrical system, thermodynamic system, linked system - Transfer function and transfer elements, System characteristics, - Basics and processes of analogue regulation technology, parameters of the control circuit, frequency parameter processes, state regulation, - State space representation of mechatronic systems, analysis of the dynamic behaviour in the state space, design and implementation of linear state regulators, design and implementation of linear state observers - Numerical simulation, concentrated/distributed parametric dynamic systems, processes and faults

Model Based Engineering - Introduction

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Laborübung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- identification of modelling parameters, design of regulators and observers, analysis of model behaviour by means of simulation studies, Modelling drive train with concentrated components (,meta-level’)

Produktentwicklungsprozess

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	3
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Designing goal-oriented, efficient, integrated product development and development processes - Product and service development specifics - Approach and processes for the development of products and services - Types of process models and their uses - Problem-solving models - Engineering models - Application of the topics covered using practical problems and case studies

Development Process Engineering 3

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
-
7
-

Project

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Projekt
ECTS	3
Prüfungsart	Mündliche Prüfung
- The project work is usually carried out for a company within the aspired competency and professional field of the study program Innovation and Product Management. - Engineering/Engineering Management topics - Application of project management tools

Reverse Engineering

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Capturing and processing complex geometries - Digitizing systems (3D coordinate measurements, fringe projection scanners, laser scanners, computer tomography) - CAD/prototype variance analysis - Object reconstruction - Design-oriented reverse engineering

Simultaneous Engineering

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Planning and monitoring of project portfolios - Reporting in multiple-projects management - Human resource management in multiple-projects management - Case studies or practical projects relating to selected topics of the lecture

Development Process Engineering 4

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
-
5
-

Digitale Fabrik

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Vorlesung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Factory and production control - Data analyses for status reporting (dashboards) - Predictive maintenance or production and quality optimization - Automation of production processes and of interlinked business processes - IT security aspects - The collaboration of humans and machines - Methods of digital twins - The use of virtual and augmented reality - The networking of machines and plants - Advanced digitization topics

Digitale Fabrik

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Übung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Factory and production control - Data analyses for status reporting (dashboards) - Predictive maintenance or production and quality optimization - Automation of production processes and of interlinked business processes - IT security aspects - The collaboration of humans and machines - Methods of digital twins - The use of virtual and augmented reality - The networking of machines and plants - Advanced digitization topics

F&E-Controlling

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Modern R&D controlling methods - Lifecycle costing (design to cost, LCC, TCO) - Depicting R&D costs on the balance sheet, budgeting R&D departments - Innovation and performance measurement - Innovation/R&D balanced scorecard - Controlling Open Innovation - Innovation audit

Allgemein

Social Competence and Leadership

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
4
2
-

Interkulturelles Management

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Seminar
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- Theories and key concepts of intercultural communication - Intercultural adaptation processes (e.g. Milton Bennett's stage model) - Cultural specificity in international "meetings" and projects - Negotiation practice and conflict management in an international setting - Development of key intercultural skills

Verhandeln

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Übung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- Harvard negotiating approach - Types of argumentation in negotiation - Preparing efficiently for a negotiation and carrying it out successfully - Obtaining results that satisfy both sides (win-win situations) - Understanding negotiating partners better and concluding negotiations - Mastering difficult negotiation situations with confidence - Examining and developing individual current negotiating styles

Leadership

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Übung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- Leadership models, functions and duties - Key management competencies - Relationship between leadership and personality - The role of management as the sum of all expectations of the person occupying the role - Management as the multiplier of an organisation's goals and values - Management as the developer of its own personnel - Influences on leadership (external and internal factors) - Cooperative leadership behavior - Employee decision-sharing - Dealing with power and information

Economics

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
2
1
-

Controlling

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Basics of controlling - Corporate leadership and control - Strategic and operative controlling - Budgeting - Methods and key figures in controlling - Analysis (target-performance comparison, etc.) - Specifics of R&D and project controlling

Finanzierung

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Vorlesung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Forms of financing (debt and equity financing, internal and external financing) - Cash flow calculations, financial planning - Capital and financial markets - Venture financing and investment financing - Start-up financing - Export financing - Financing models and financial support - special forms of financing (leasing, factoring)

Thesis

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
-
1
30

Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
Fundamentals of scientific research Research design: goals, questions, methods Academic writing: sources, types of texts, style Efficient use of information sources

Master Exam

Semester	4
Typ	Pflicht / Projekt
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche Prüfung

Master Thesis

Semester	4
Typ	Pflicht / Masterarbeit
ECTS	27
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
Thesis typically deal with practical industrial problems and support the interdisciplinary synopsis of experiences from professional practice, based upon the basic knowledge level in the lectures and exercises to date.

Thesis Preparation Seminar

Semester	4
Typ	Pflicht / Seminar
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
The thesis preparation seminar makes tutors available to diploma candidates to provide expert support. Findings are discussed, analysed and evaluated. Assistance is also provided in writing the thesis.

Management

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
2
3
-

Change Management

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Seminar
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- Understand the role of change management as driver for innovation management and new business development - Build knowledge on ways and tools to identify change necessities, barriers to change, and drivers of change - Learn how to stimulate change and to empower and motivate teams and leaders - Ability to apply tools for effective corporate change management

Entrepreneurship & New Business Development

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Overview on personal characteristics of entrepreneurs and success factors of entrepreneurship - Ability to assess and write business plans in an international context - Knowledge of current methods of new business modeling (St. Gallen Business Model Navigator, Business Model Canvas)

Entrepreneurship & New Business Development

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Seminar
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
Apply the knowledge of Entrepreneurship & New Business Development (ILV 2. Semester) in a group work in which a new business idea is developed,analyzed, de-tailed, and presented orally and in a written report

Supply Chain Management

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Conceptualize supply chain designs, which are aligned with business models for manufacturing and service companies - Configure logistics networks and assess their performance impacts on efficiency and service levels - Manage inventory efficiently and pool inventory risks across time, products, channels, and geography.

Internationales Marketing

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
2
2
-

International Key Account Management

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
Relationship marketing as the basis for successful key account management - Relationship marketing vs transactional marketing - Principles of relationship marketing - Process-oriented approach to relationship marketing - Customer segmentation and segment-specific programmes Marketing policy and key account management in international business - Sales and distribution channel systems and sales organizations in international business - Management of sales organisations in international business - Basics of marketing policy in international business - Basics of international sales management - Cross-cultural communication: Cultural factors and their importance for sales success in international business - Global sales process Developments, challenges and functions in key account management - Types of key account management - A successful account manager's toolkit

Internationales Marketing & Management

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- International technology marketing - Significance of internationalisation and the internationalisation process - Situational analysis methods in international marketing - International market research - Strategic thrusts and competitive strategies in the international marketing of industrial goods - International (operative) marketing of industrial goods according to business type. - Investment business - Systems business - Supplier business - Product business

Innovation Management

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
3
5
-

Strategisches Innovationsmanagement

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Risk and R&D - Target planning in strategic technology and innovation management - Types of R&D and innovation strategies - Strategy formulation decision areas - Portfolio techniques - Technology roadmapping - Value innovation - Interactive value creation - Business development and innovation

Sustainability

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Basic understanding of sustainability in the context of innovation, design and engineering - View sustainability as a source of innovation and business creation - Be able to define, differ and develop sustainability innovations

Customer Integration in NPD

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
Understanding the Challenges at the Front End of Innovation - Knowing the principles of Strategic Foresight and how to work with scenarios - Gaining insights into Innovative Customer Integration tools for ideation and evaluation at the front end of innovation - Learning about the usage of Open Innovation Approaches and Cross Industry Innovation at the Front End of Innovation - Business Model innovation

Product Line &Product Lifecycle Management - Project

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Seminar
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
Projects from business and R&D are conducted in selected areas of Product Line & Product Lifecycle Management

Technikfolgenabschätzung

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Introduction to technology intelligence methods and technology assessment (TA) - TA-related design issues

New Product Development

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
5
3
-

Daten Analyse

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	3
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Methods of analyzing different kinds of data - Extract, transform, load (ETL) process - Data warehousing and Business Intelligence - Data visualization and reporting

Requirements Engineering

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Definition of requirements - Functional and non-functional requirements - Definition of RE, activities, challenges, problems - Requirements Elicitation - Documentation of requirements - Model-based requirements documentation - Requirements negotiation, priorisation and validation - Writing in a Natural Language - Requirements management

Bionik

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	1
Prüfungsart	Schriftliche Prüfung
- Explanation of terms and historical background - Subfields of bionics - Structural bionics - Anthropobionics (human-machine interaction) - Engineering optimisation using nature as a model

Rapid Prototyping

Semester	3
Typ	Pflicht / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung
- Product development and model types (proportional ergonomic, design and functional models; prototypes and samples) - Basic process principles for the generative manufacturing of models - Generation of data models for rapid prototyping (RPT) (requirements for 3D geometries and models) - Measurement data acquisition and reverse engineering (3D coordinate measurements, digitising systems, 3D scanners) - CAD/prototype variance analysis - Generation of mathematical layers for RPT processes - Using RPT software for modelling (STL) - Applied RPT model creation from 3D geometries or using reverse engineering

Freifächer

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
7.5
6
2
-

Agile Coach

Semester	1
Typ	Frei / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung

Fremdsprachen 1

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Übung
ECTS	1,5
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
Themes: - Identity: name, age, address, family status, citizenship, languages, job - Introducing, greeting, leave-taking - Family - A situation in a café - Asking for the way, geographic orientation Grammar: - General vocabulary - Interrogatives - Numbers - Regulative words - Conjunctions and prepositions - negations - verbs in Present

Persönlichkeitscoaching

Semester	1
Typ	Pflicht / Übung
ECTS	1,5
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- Methods for reflecting upon and analysing one's own solution-oriented communication and leadership style. - Motives and goals for coaching assistance - Practice with model situations from participants' professional experiences.

Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten

Semester	1
Typ	Frei / Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
ECTS	0,5
Prüfungsart	Mündliche oder Schriftliche Prüfung

Innovation Week

Semester	1/3
Typ	Wahlpflicht / Übung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
Strukturierter Design Thinking-Prozess

Fremdsprachen 2

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Übung
ECTS	1,5
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
Themes: - Time: days, month, seasons - Asking and giving the time - Buying and selling: dialogue between salesperson and customer - Taste and preferences - Invitations: acceptance, rejection, excusing oneself Grammar: - Ordinal numbers and prepositions of place - Present tense of verbs: regular and irregular - Adverbs of place, quantity and time - Pronouns of direct and indirect object - Further Present Tense - The near future - Reflexive verbs - Comparative, superlative

Fremdsprachen 2

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Übung
ECTS	1,5
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
Themes: - Time: days, month, seasons - Asking and giving the time - Buying and selling: dialogue between salesperson and customer - Taste and preferences - Invitations: acceptance, rejection, excusing oneself Grammar: - Ordinal numbers and prepositions of place - Present tense of verbs: regular and irregular - Adverbs of place, quantity and time - Pronouns of direct and indirect object - Further Present Tense - The near future - Reflexive verbs - Comparative, superlative

Persönlichkeitscoaching

Semester	2
Typ	Pflicht / Übung
ECTS	1,5
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
- Awareness of one's own personality (strengths, weaknesses) - Setting and attaining personal goals - Practical search methods and instruments (search strategies, search channels, establishing contact) - Written job applications - Job application situations and the selection process (interview,....) - Using career coaching tools.

Unternehmensplanspiel

Semester	2
Typ	Frei / Projekt
ECTS	1,5
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
The following are examples of job functions that may be simulated: Allocating business functions - Defining the business concept and creating a business plan - Preparing the annual statement - Marketing and market development - Competitive analysis, product management, price and communication policies - Supplier policy and purchasing - Procurement marketing - Global sourcing - Purchasing negotiations - Product/area quality control

Agile Coach

Semester	3
Typ	Frei / Übung
ECTS	2
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung
The following methods are applied in the coaching project: - - Agile methods - - Communication techniques - - Coaching methods - - Creativity Methods - - Methods of change management

Craftbeer Brewing and Tasting

Semester	3
Typ	Frei / Workshop
ECTS	0
Prüfungsart	Immanente Beurteilung