Modules Elements of the degree program

Applied Statistics I

The students present data in graphical form and consolidate it with key figures in order to gain an overview of large quantities of data. They calculate and interpret mean values and measures of dispersion. The students analyze connections and interactions between macroeconomic factors. They carry out the seasonal adjustment for time series. The students create questionnaires and evaluate the collected data statistically. (3 ECTS)

Business IT English – Digital Business

The students expand upon their fundamental business skills in the field of strategic management in the IT environment. In a variety of learning and teaching settings, the students devise realistic discussions and debates on relevant business-related IT topics and fundamentals in order to use these in international business correspondence. In doing so, genre-specific lexical and grammatical topics are examined and internalized in practice facilities. (3 ECTS)

Business IT English – Strategic Management in IT – Advanced

The students become familiar with the communication tools used in general management (e.g. digital marketing, e-finance, social media). In addition, they also pick up the language skills required in order to be able to act successfully within the scope of a digital business context. In particular, their oral interaction skills are also nurtured as part of exchanges on topical subjects related to all areas of general management in a digital setting. (3 ECTS)

Data Management

Students learn how to consistently implement and manage a relational data model in a relational database management system. After that, they learn to apply the basic interrogation techniques. (3 ECTS)

Digital & IT Basics

The students gain an overview of the areas of computer architectures, the structure of microprocessors and computers, and the main features of operation systems. They work with virtualization (both on own hardware and in the Enterprise Lab). Practical relevance is ensured through exercises with simple batch programs and regular expressions. Unicode, coding and fault tolerance, recurrence, sorting and data structures (trees) are explained clearly. (3 ECTS)

Enterprise Application I: Concepts

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are IT-based information systems that aim to integrate data and business processes across the enterprise and across companies. Such systems are used today in any type of business, regardless of size or industry affiliation. Business and IT are intertwined in today's corporate world. IT becomes a business service provider and offers business processes as services. Knowledge of the concepts of such systems is essential. (3 ECTS)

Entreprise Application II: Implementation

The students reproduce a service company in an ERP software (Enterprise Resource Planning). The business processes of the company are stepwise implemented and configured. Each implementation step includes a quality control. The digital image of the company and the deliberately built-in errors make the concept of «Game-Based Learning» exciting. (3 ECTS)

Finance & Accounting in Digital Contexts

The students learn how to assess the financial situation of companies according to the key figures and to make corresponding improvements. They are able to create and analyze a cash flow statement, and to calculate and interpret the value of companies. Moreover, the students are also proficient in determining and interpreting the profitability of investments. (3 ECTS)

General Management in the digital environment

The students expand upon their fundamental business skills in the field of strategic management in the IT environment. In a variety of learning and teaching settings, the students devise realistic discussions and debates on relevant business-related IT topics and fundamentals in order to use these in international business correspondence. In doing so, genre-specific lexical and grammatical topics are examined and internalized in practice facilities. (3 ECTS)

Business Processes & Organization

A structural and process-oriented organization adapted to the entrepreneurial situation are important building blocks for a successful enterprise. The right choice of the organizational structure, as well as the mastering and directing of business processes is a basic requirement for a high-performance enterprise. Only if the processes and their potential for optimization are known in a company can these be improved and where appropriate automated. On the one hand, this module conveys the basic knowledge of operative process management and shows how processes can be recorded, presented and optimized. On the other hand, the basics for the design and assessment of organizational structures are shown. (3 ECTS)

Information Security Fundamentals I

Typical organizational and technical threats; security objectives in information security; fundamental measures and concepts on an organizational, system and network level; basics of cryptography. (3 ECTS)

Mathematics in Business IT I

The students acquire the mathematical skills for working with quantitative economical models. The students use functional terms and techniques seen in differential calculus in order to model the dependencies of economic factors and to quantify the changes. (3 ECTS)

Modeling Basics

Introduction to modeling: tools and meanings of models; basics of class and information modeling, introduction to process analysis and process modeling, basics of function and interaction modeling. (3 ETCS)

Network Architecture & Web Technologies

The students find out more about the OSI model and selected network protocols. The main focus here is on IP and the range of protocols that are important for the World Wide Web. This theory is further developed in weekly practical exercises in the laboratory. In order to handle web technologies, the basic knowledge of HTML and CSS is taught, together with selected insights into script languages for clients and web servers for creating dynamic pages and connecting databases. In parallel to the theory lessons, the students work in groups on a project defined by the students themselves. (6 ETCS)

Programming

The students are taught both the basic programming concepts and the most important language concepts for the Java programming language. Moreover, the students also find out more about the fundamentals of object-oriented programming (classes, objects, interfaces, inheritance, error handling). This thus enables the students to analyze simple problems and develop the corresponding solutions, including their implementation. (6 ETCS)

Projectmanagement & Requirements Engineering

In the PMRE module - based on the PMBasics module - students get a deeper insight in project management and requirements engineering. Methods and tools of requirements engineering are teached and deepened in methods and tools of strategic and operative project management and controlling. There is a distinction between the classic and the hybrid approach. (3 ETCS)

Software Solutions and Business Processes

Based on a business process, the students learn about how a distributed software application used to support this process is developed step by step. The fundamentals for the process and the technical concepts required for implementing the application are taught and practiced. Based on the taught concepts, a distributed application is then developed (as a prototype) for a business process. The development is carried out as supervised group work and contains diverse elements that are relevant for a development process. (3 ECTS)

Strategic Management in a process-oriented Environment

The students learn how to consider the company and its strategic management from a process-oriented viewpoint. Both company-wide processes (such as supply chain management) and internal company processes (such as strategic development, service provision) are examined in depth. Additionally, after visiting the module students will also understand how a company can position themselves successfully and on a long-term basis against their competition. (3 ECTS)

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Bachelor thesis

The bachelor's thesis is usually done in the context of the individual professional profiling, in conjunction with an external business partner and/or a research group of the School of IT. Beside the methodological-scientific approach, the practical implementation has a high priority. The bachelors thesis is an individual work. (12 ECTS)

Business Practical Project

Practical projects which allow extra-occupational students to combine the skills obtained during their studies with their professional experience. (6 + 6 ECTS)

Academic and Professional Writing

In this module, the students systematically plan and write comprehensible, appealing specialist texts for the degree program and everyday work. The focus here is on scientific writing and on operational text types used in IT. Multimodal texts are analyzed and classified before being assessed in terms of their comprehensibility. (3 ECTS)

Business IT Project

The business informatics project is completed as part of a practical project focusing on the field of business informatics. It serves the individual professional profiling. (6 ECTS)

International Project Experience (IPE)

A course (3 ECTS) during the spring semester helps students meet the necessary requirements for the IPE, namely in terms of language and cultural skills. Later, students are assigned to working on a specific project with a company (either a local business or the branch office of a Swiss company) for 6 weeks during the summer. In the framework of the project, they apply the necessary scientific approach and, in groups of three to five, independently develop a professional solution under the client’s continuous guidance. The clients involved in the various projects determine the shape and form of the outcome – for instance, a publication-quality article, operable software, a prototype or a market analysis – and jointly mark it with the supervising lecturer. To improve the students’ understanding of different cultural and economic environments, supplementary company visits and cultural events are organized. (12 ECTS)

Project Management Basics

The students are taught the basics of classic, agile and hybrid project management according to case studies in the fields of project setup, planning and controlling, plus project management, reporting and business cases. (3 ECTS

Project and Teamwork

Working together practically in a team towards a common goal, collecting and processing project experiences, presenting a result together and justifying it, practice with method inputs such as project approaches, requirements, presentation, communication and teamwork. (6 ECTS)

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21st Century Workplace Communication

The module develops the online communication skills of students. They become familiar with both argumentation techniques and different forms of communication (e.g., blogs) in a digital context. The course focuses on both verbal and written online strategies of argumentation. In the field of writing, Twitter, blogs and other platforms of social media are discussed, in the area of orality students learn to communicate convincingly via digital media (video, etc.). They will also learn to use different tools to improve their digital communication skills. These skills are trained on the one hand by the analysis of texts, videos, case studies, role plays etc. and on the other hand by discussions in the context of digital communication. (3 ECTS)

3D Modellieren für Echtzeitanwendungen

Realtime applications such as games, augmented and virtual reality application pose challenges for the used assets such as models, textures and audio files. This module teaches the creation of such assets, technological foundations (types of 3D models, animation, textures) and how to work with them in applications.

Accounting Basics

The students are taught the skills needed in order to determine the accounting effects on the various success factors and balance sheet items of a company based on practical business cases. They are able to create and analyze a simple financial statement, including evaluations, based on the Swiss Code of Obligations and with the help of a simple piece of software. Moreover, the main features of calculations in commercial enterprises are taught and practiced. (3 ECTS)

Accounting Basics Tutorat

Coaching of students by experienced tutors, particularly in core modules; specialist support during tasks and exercises; teaching of effective working strategies; counseling in the event of learning difficulties, expansion of own skills and specialist and didactic expertise.

Advanced Game Development

This module teaches advances concepts and methods that play an important role in today’s game development. Students learn the theoretical concepts behind topics like lighting, culling, navigation, and others and apply them in practice in state-of-the-art game engines.

Augmented Reality

The module «Augmented Reality» covers topics of AR on mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and head-mounted displays. It includes the underlying technologies, challenges and hand-on development of mobile AR applications.

Big Data Lab I

In a prefabricated Hortonworks Sandbox, students are introduced to the application of various tools in a Big Data and NoSQL environment. The Hortonworks Sandbox facilitates the direct use of current Big Data tools without the need for the students to specifically configure and match them. Experiences and specializations are documented at the end of the course.  (3 ECTS)

Big Data Lab II

In a Big Data and NoSQL environment, students learn in this lab to independently install, integrate and professionally (e.g. inside a virtual machine) configure current tools and frameworks. During a number of tasks, the application in a practical environment is demonstrated. Students independently set up and start a Hadoop cluster. Experiences and specializations are documented at the end of the course. (3 ECTS)

Change Management

There is no IT project without the dimensions of «change management» and «organizational development». And vice versa: no «organizational development» and «change management» without IT support. Anyone who wants to successfully manage and implement IT innovations and projects in a customer-oriented manner must take this circumstance into account. Far too often, IT professionals, as well as their customers and users, assume that change projects in the IT area are purely technical projects. (3 ECTS)

Cognitive Robotics Lab

Students learn the basics of using and programming cognitive behaviors on humanoid robot platforms. Using the example of the Pepper Robot from SoftBank, you can develop intelligent abilities that enable a robot to interact with people and perform simple tasks that humans transfer to the robot. (3 ECTS)

Corporate Communication & language technology

The students understand concepts and models of internal and external communication of companies. You will get to know the current language technologies that help to handle corporate communication tasks. In the practical part, the students prepare their knowledge for an e-book, which should serve as a guide for the use of language technologies. In addition, the students analyze conversations from the corporate context in order to purposefully take over the role of leadership in the corporate context. (3 ECTS)

Data Warehousing

The module provides knowledge and skills on how to model, structure and manage large volumes of data to serve as the basis for analytic evaluations and decisions. Students know how to process operational, dynamic datasets for data marts and data warehouses, as well as how to transfer them to such analytical, static datasets. They know the operational requirements and processes for obtaining prospective management-relevant information. They know multi-dimensional data models and can model multi-dimensional sional. They know the essence, the task and, by way of example, the handling of OLAP tools.

Digital Business Models I

The module Digital Business Models I looks into business models, with a focus on services. Current technologies in the field and their concrete applications are explored and complemented with topics such as legal aspects and technology management, thus teaching students about both theoretical aspects of digital business models and the practical use and application of associated technologies. (3 ECTS)

Digital Business Models II

The module Digital Business Models II looks into business models, with a focus on products/industry 4.0. Current technologies in the field and their concrete applications are explored, thus teaching students about both theoretical aspects of digital business models and the practical use and application of associated technologies. (3 ECTS)

Digital Customer Experience

Basics of customer relationship management (CRM / eCRM) and aspects of digital interaction designed to increase customer value; Role of technologies such as big data in involving customers in the development of products and services (co-creation), as well as in swarm intelligence (crowdsourcing, crowdfunding); Personalization and customization of customer relationships and transformation of customers into brand ambassadors in the social media.  (3 ECTS)

Digital Law

Digitization is changing the world. The digital transformation has innumerable effects on the economy, companies and their structures and processes. Businesses need to adapt and change to meet the new technologies and associated speed, take advantage of them, and stay competitive. In this module, students are taught knowledge and practice on relevant legal topics that digitization entails. (3 ECTS)

Digital Strategy

The module describes digital strategies and their impact on existing and future business models. It shows how digitalization can help to increase effectiveness and efficiency across the entire internal and inter-enterprise value chain, and to create new digital products and services. (3 ECTS)

Economy

Digitization, Industry 4.0 or Share Economy put companies under pressure to change. The module deals with the emergence and the economic success of digital innovations. It sets out the conditions for the implementation of digital innovation in the market. This enables students to identify attractive fields of innovation. (3 ECTS)

ERP Certification I

Students have basic knowledge of the SAP system and SAP business processes in Financial Accounting. You are able to set up access to an SAP system from anywhere. You post various business transactions on the basis of written business scenarios and independently create a balance sheet and a profit and loss account from their own business area. (3 ECTS)

ERP Certification II

Students are able to work with the responsible consultants and project team members of each ERP area. You can explain how the key integrative business processes in procurement, production, planning, project management, sales, customer service, asset management, financial accounting, human resources and analytics interact within SAP ERP. (3 ECTS)

Game Development

Programming of games using Unity game engine. Technical and conceptual focus (e.g. game loop, component-based architecture, whiteboxing, playtesting, accessibility). Discussion of current topics in the game industry.

Human Factors & Design

The module’s superordinate goal is to attain greater familiarity with the human “system” to allow for a deeper understanding of why users of interactive systems behave in a certain way. Gestalt laws of grouping are taught and discussed, as are the key human anatomical and physiological aspects, up to and including psychological areas such as motivation, emotions and stress.

Information Security II

The students understand the essential elements of the Information Security Management System (ISMS) and can apply the ISMS to a simple practical example. You can use templates to independently develop and apply core elements of in-house security processes (e.g., risk assessment, security policy, contingency planning, awareness). You will be able to familiarize yourself with IT security in a specialized field and carry out laboratory tests based on the knowledge gained. (3 ECTS)

Interaction for Virtual Reality

This module conveys the fundamentals of virtual and augmented reality and how users may interact with immersive environments. Students learn the difference between 3Duser interfaces and classic 2D UIs, what to consider in terms of interaction and where using them makes sense. The topics discussed are then directly applied in a project.

IT-Audit

The students know the basics and effects of audits and certifications. They understand reports from internal / external auditors and judge them. You can derive suitable measures for achieving a target status from audit reports. (3 ECTS)

IT Service Management

The students are familiar with the current challenges and solutions in connection with IT Service Management and are able to plan and realize with a recognized standard IT Service Management. They can use different techniques of IT service management properly and are able to complete an ITSM Foundation exam. (3 ECTS)

IT-Law

IT and law are very closely related to each other – data protection, copyright, contract law and many other areas are interlinked in use. This module provides an interesting insight into these interfaces and promotes the awareness of problem areas related to IT law. (3 ECTS)

The Art of financial investments

The module pursues the goal of understanding the central laws of the financial markets bull market (stock market upswing) and bear market (stock market downturn / crash). For this we get acquainted with the stock exchange philosophy of Börsenaltmeister "André Kostolany (1906-1999). Because the most important market is America, in a first phase we will analyze the evolution of US financial markets from 1980 to 2017 as a whole as well as from the perspective of individual companies (eg Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, etc.). Central to the stock markets is the change in the flow of money: that is why we analyze the transmission mechanisms of monetary policy. Although smart behavior in the financial markets is rationally easy to explain, too often we are tormented by the cerebellum of the human brain - so we learn the role of human behavior in financial behavior in the block of behavioral finance. (3 ECTS)

Management and Law in the digital age

Numerous technologies such as Blockchain, AI or IoT are developing exponentially and are finding more and more applications. Business and society are facing a major technological wave - those who can successfully ride them win. The economy needs more lateral and interdisciplinary thinkers who recognize the technical opportunities, but also the legal and organizational risks. This module shows you the basics and gives you the necessary tools to successfully accompany change processes. (3 ECTS)

Management Aspects of Information Security

For small and medium-sized enterprises, the processes of information and IT security are identified and illustrated in detail. In the process, the overarching organizational processes are conveyed in the basic understanding and the focus is placed on the development and implementation of security concepts. It clearly shows how concepts are written, approved and then put into mini-cases of implementation. The implementation is exemplary for the most common security projects in SMEs. (3 ECTS)

Mathematics in Business Informatics II

Students solve microeconomic problems using differential calculus. They analyze market structures and competitive strategies as well as environmental economic problems. Students understand the concept of the time value of money and answer financial mathematical questions. (3 ECTS)

Multimedia-based Communication

The students know the most important interdisciplinary basics of HCI (Computer Science, Ergonomics, Design, Psychology, Sociology) and the historical milestones and visions of HCI. You can develop meaningful interaction scenarios and create prototypes. They know how to judge the usability of an information system. They know concepts for information structuring and visualization and can develop the information architecture of an information offer. They are familiar with the specific media design possibilities of text, graphics, images, audio and video and can develop concepts for multimedia information offers. (3 ECTS)

Online Communication

The students know the basics of online communication, online marketing and e-commerce. They know the special requirements of social media for communication, the special features of business and revenue models on the web and methods for the evaluation of communication and marketing measures on the web. (3 ECTS)

Social Project

This project deals with service learning, such as learning how to become active, how to become a part of society and how to participate in a social and responsible manner. This independent action is made in project form within the course of studies (e.g. support of foreign students, study support, student acquisition, establishing a website or social media). (3 ECTS)

Usability

Human physiology and psychology, perception and ways of processing information, GUI design, usability and quality, usability methods and project integration, accessibility and user experience. (3 ECTS)

Virtual Reality Technologies

This module teaches the technical basics of virtual reality and augmented reality systems. It explores which requirements human perception imposes on such systems, what types of types of input and output devices there are, how they function and for which applications they may be used. In addition, algorithms used in tracking and rendering are discussed.

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Social Project

Es geht um Lernen durch Engagement (Service Learning). D.h. Handeln lernen, wie man sich in einer Gemeinschaft engagiert sowie sozial und verantwortlich einbringt. Dieses selbstverantwortliche Handeln erfolgt in Form eines Projektes innerhalb des Studienganges, z.B. Betreuung ausländischer Studierender, Studierendenakquisition, Durchführung einer Exkursion oder eines Events. (3 ECTS)

Academic English IELTS Preparation

Dieser Kurs bereitet die Studierenden vor auf den IELTS Academic Test und beinhaltet Lesen, Hörverstehen, Schreiben und Sprechen. Grammatik, Vokabeln und Aussprache stehen ebenfalls im Zentrum des Kurses. Das angestrebte Niveau ist C1 (Stufe 7.0). Während des Semesters werden die Leistungen der Studierenden regelmässig beurteilt und vor der definitiven Anmeldung zur Prüfung werden sie eine Probeprüfung ablegen. (3 ECTS)

Academic English TOEFL Preparation
Dieser Kurs bereitet die Studierenden auf den TOEFL iBT Test vor und beinhaltet Lesen, Hörverstehen, Schreiben und Sprechen. Grammatik, Vokabeln und Aussprache stehen ebenfalls im Zentrum des Kurses. Das angestrebte Niveau ist C1 (96 Punkte und höher). Während des Semesters werden die Leistungen der Studierenden regelmässig beurteilt. (3 ECTS)

Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Culture Politics & History
Dieser Kurs vermittelt Wissen über die Kultur, Geschichte, politischen Systeme und Religion von vier angelsächsischen Ländern. Die Studierenden lernen England, die Vereinigten Staaten und zwei weitere Länder kennen. Die Lektionen beinhalten Gruppenarbeiten, Präsentationen, interaktive Medien und Diskussionen. (3 ECTS)

Introduction to Asia Culture Politics & History
Dieser Kurs vermittelt Wissen über die Kultur, Geschichte, politischen Systeme und Religion von vier asiatischen Ländern. Die Studierenden lernen China, Indien und zwei weitere Länder kennen. Die Lektionen beinhalten Gruppenarbeiten, Präsentationen, interaktive Medien und Diskussionen. (3 ECTS)

Cambridge Proficiency
Dieses Modul dient als Vorbereitung für das Cambridge Proficiency English Exam (C2), jedoch mit einem besonderen Fokus auf produktive Kompetenzen (Schreiben und mündliche Kompetenzen) und einem vertieften Studium der Teilkompetenzen Grammatik und Wortschatz. Die Lektionen folgen den CEFR Vorgaben zum Bestehen der Stufe C2. Die Dozierenden sind qualifizierte und erfahrene Cambridge English Prüfungsexpertinnen und -experten. (3 ECTS)

English for Digital Business
Dieser Kurs verbessert die Englischkenntnisse der Teilnehmenden durch die Zusammenfassungen und Neuformulieren von Ideen aus der digitalen Geschichte von e-Commerce über Business, Finanzwesen, Management bis hin zur digitalen Umwälzung. Der Kurs ist interaktiv und hilft den Teilnehmenden, ihre mündlichen und Schreibkompetenzen zu verbessern. Das Ziel ist, das Sprachniveau der Studierenden auf CEFR Stufe B2+ oder höher anzuheben. (3 ECTS)

English for Future Technology Development
Dieser Kurs beschäftigt sich mit Themen wie Big Data, Data Analytics, KI und Robotik, dem modernen Arbeitsplatz und Datensicherheit. Die Studierenden entwickeln Kompetenzen in Korrespondenz und Präsentationen. Die Lektionen bestehen aus Diskussionen, Präsentationen und Schreibübungen. Die Studierenden werden auf vorbereitet für Tests auf CEFR-Stufe B2+/C1. (3 ECTS)

English for Strategic and Digital Communication
In diesem Kurs entwickeln Studierende ihre englischsprachigen Kommunikationskompetenzen. Argumentieren und Überzeugungstechniken werden durch das Fenster der digitalen Kommunikation vermittelt (Blogs und Webinare). Themen sind unter Anderem Präsentationen, globale Kommunikation, Soziale Medien und Team Building. (3 ECTS)

English for Technical & Computer Science
Studierende machen sich vertraut mit Themen im Zusammenhang mit Informatik, Cybersicherheit und Kommunikation. Der Kurs konzentriert sich auf die Verbesserung des Wortschatzes, der Schreibkompetenz durch das Verfassen von Zusammenfassungen sowie der mündlichen Kompetenzen durch das Erkunden verschiedener Themen aus den Gebieten der Informatik, Cybersicherheit und diverser verwandter Themen. (3 ECTS)

Professional and Technical Communication
Dieser Kurs beschäftigt sich mit professioneller Kommunikation und technischem Schreiben, inklusive grundlegende Schreibtechniken, Textsorten, Verfassen von Lebensläufen sowie das Führen von Interviews und Verhandlungen. Der Unterricht beinhaltet Vorlesungen, Gruppenarbeiten und Übungen. Drei weitere Dozierende bewerten akademische Texte, Verhandlungsführung und Vorstellungsgespräche. Die Teilnehmenden verfügen idealerweise über Englischkenntnisse auf mindestens Niveau B2. (3 ECTS)

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