Master's degree programme | Information Engineering and Management

Curriculum

Modules

ECTS-credits/semester

Professional competences

1
2
3
4

Data- and Knowledge Engineering

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
5
-
-
-

Data Warehousing and Online Analytical Processing

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	written examination

Data Warehousing and Online Analytical Processing

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Practice-oriented session
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Knowledge Management Methods and Tools

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	oral or written examination

Integrated Informationmanagement

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
3.5
-
-
-

Infrastructure- and Service Management

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Integrated Information Management

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	oral or written examination

IT-Management 1

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
5
-
-

IT Controlling

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	oral or written examination

IT-Controlling

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Practice-oriented session
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Human Resources

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	oral or written examination

IT-Management 2

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
-
6
-

Customer Relationship Management and Customer Engagement

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Innovation and Changemanagement

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	2
type of examination	written examination

Enterprise Development

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	2
type of examination	written examination

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
-
6
-

Basics of Operations Research

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	2
type of examination	written examination

Development of IT-Strategy

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	4
type of examination	continuous assessment

IT-Project Management

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
6.5
-
-
-

IT-Project Management

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	oral or written examination

IT-Project Management

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Practice-oriented session
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Communication and Presentation

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Individual Training
ECTS	1
type of examination	continuous assessment

Scientific Work

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

IT-Process Management

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
5
-
-

Integrated Process Management

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	2
type of examination	oral or written examination

Security and Catastrophe Management

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	written examination

Software-Monitoring and -Evolution

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	written examination
This lecture focuses on both the maintenance of software life-cycles and the laws of software evolution. The main areas of emphasis are as follows: differences between maintenance and development projects, role of release managers, change management, reverse and re-engineering, re-factoring, change patterns and software evolution. A particular stress is to be laid on an integrated approach to software maintenance by also addressing non-technical aspects such as organisation and management. Best practices of software maintenance and its maintainability are conveyed.

Business Analytics and Knowledge

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
5
-
-

Business Intelligence and Business Analytics

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	oral or written examination

Knowledge Engineering Technologies

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	oral or written examination

Knowledge Engineering Technologies

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Practice-oriented session
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Information Retrieval and Extraction

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
-
5.5
-

Information Retrieval and Extraction

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Neural Networks and Deep Learning

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	oral or written examination

Neural Networks and Deep Learning

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Practice-oriented session
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Scientific competences (basics and methods)

1
2
3
4

Business Management

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
8.5
-
-
-

Business Economics

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	2
type of examination	written examination

Business Economics Transition Module

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	written examination

Business Economics Transition Module

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Practice-oriented session
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Business Law

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	3
type of examination	oral or written examination

Information Engineering Basics

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
6.5
-
-
-

Data Engineering

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	written examination

Introduction to Programming Transition Modul

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	oral or written examination

Introduction to Programming Transition Modul

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Practice-oriented session
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Statistics

semester	1
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	written examination

Information Management

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
6
-
-

Artificial Intelligence

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
5
-
-

Data Mining

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	oral or written examination

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	oral or written examination

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Practice-oriented session
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Cross-curricular competences

1
2
3
4

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
-
4
-

Business English Communication Skills

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Individual Training
ECTS	1
type of examination	continuous assessment
Students are familiarized with appropriate terminology from the field of Business English. They learn to use the English language professionally in a professional context and to discuss current and study-relevant topics. In the process, both the subject-specific vocabulary and grammatical skills are deepened and further developed with the aim of successfully using the foreign language in everyday life, study and work.

Intercultural Communication

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment
Theories and core concepts of intercultural communication Processes of intercultural adaptation according to Milton Bennett's stage model and cultural dimensions based on Hall, Hampden-Turner, Hofstede and Lewis Examples and experiences from practical application areas Exercises to develop key competences Role plays, case studies and critical incidents in intercultural work settings

Negotiating

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Individual Training
ECTS	1
type of examination	continuous assessment

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
-
-
2

Law and Mediation

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
4
-
-

IT Law

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	2
type of examination	oral or written examination

Leadership - Conflict Management and Mediation

semester	2
type	compulsory course / Miscellaneous
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Law and Sciences

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
-
8.5
-

Labour Law

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	3
type of examination	oral or written examination

Empirical research methods

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Integrated course
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Information visualization

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Lecture
ECTS	1,5
type of examination	written examination

Information visualization

semester	3
type	compulsory course / Practice-oriented session
ECTS	2
type of examination	continuous assessment

Semester
1
2
3
4

ECTS
-
-
-
28

Master Thesis

semester	4
type	compulsory course / Master's thesis
ECTS	23
type of examination	continuous assessment

Thesis Seminar

semester	4
type	compulsory course / Seminar
ECTS	4
type of examination	continuous assessment

Master Exam

semester	4
type	compulsory course / Final Exam
ECTS	1
type of examination	continuous assessment

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