Coding & Digital Design

- Fundamentals of database systems and data management
- Data modeling (single entity, attributes, cardinality, conditionality, relationship types)
- Candidate keys, superkeys, and primary keys
- Normalization of data structures (at least 1, 2, 3)
- Interaction with relational databases using SQL in the areas of DDL, DML, and DQL
- Basic database management activities on advanced database concepts in the area of NoSQL

- Propositional logic and logical operators, predicate logic, arithmetic laws of propositional and predicate logic
- Set theory: basic concepts, set operators, calculation rules for sets
- Relations: basic concepts, properties of relations, equivalence and order relations
- Number concepts: sets of numbers, summation and product notation, positional numeral systems, binary and hexadecimal systems
- Sequences: concept of sequences, essential properties, convergence, O-notation
- Modular arithmetic: concept and calculation rules, applications

A generally valid module description for the semester abroad cannot and should not be defined due to the large number of partner universities and the choices offered there within the information technology-oriented sciences (computer science, business informatics, information management, and related disciplines) in order to ensure freedom for students.
The national credits are converted individually into ECTS points in accordance with the achievements demonstrated. The students are subject to the respective examination modalities at the partner university.

A generally valid module description for the semester abroad cannot and should not be defined due to the large number of partner universities and the options offered there within the design-oriented sciences in order to ensure freedom for students. The content of teaching is based on the fundamentals and specializations of the individual disciplines in the economic subject areas of the degree program. The national credits are converted individually into ECTS points in accordance with the achievements demonstrated. Students are subject to the respective examination modalities at the partner university.

A generally valid module description for the semester abroad cannot and should not be defined due to the large number of partner universities and the choices offered there within the economically oriented sciences in order to ensure freedom for the students. The content of teaching is based on the fundamentals and specializations of the individual disciplines in the economic subject areas of the degree program. The national credits are converted individually into ECTS points in accordance with the achievements demonstrated. Students are subject to the respective examination modalities at the partner university.

This introductory course addresses the technological foundations of the web and the key implementation technologies used in this context (HTML, CSS). Students are introduced to the complete development process of a web application (design, wireframing, implementation, testing, operation, and maintenance), with particular attention to the interface between web design and web programming. Emphasis is placed on widely used web technologies, including the HTTP protocol for client–server communication and HTML and CSS as the primary tools for client-side presentation. The course covers the fundamentals of Internet programming; page encoding with the markup language HTML; basic formatting, tables, and forms; and CSS fundamentals (structure of CSS files, selectors, basic formatting options, dynamic presentation effects).
Students also learn how to create appealing websites and web applications. In addition to technological standards, the course includes foundational knowledge in layout and perception, typography (readability and typefaces), and color theory (color schemes and color effects). This course provides a solid foundation for students to further develop and successfully apply their skills in web design and product development.

Editing and design fundamentals in Adobe, for example:
- General program functions and workspaces
- Drawing tools
- Layer techniques
- Selection functions
- Cropping tools
- Colors and formatting
- Objects
- Image editing
- Compositing
- Texture/patterns/artboards
- Distortion effects
- Backgrounds
- Text editing
- Template creation
- Rulers, guides, grids
- Import/export/vectorization
- Wireframing and working with wireframing technologies
- Mockup design and implementation using Photoshop, Illustrator, or XD
- Icon and pictogram design: dos and don'ts

- Basic principles of modeling, material creation, lighting, animation, and rendering of virtual scenes
- Mapping of transformations, local and global coordinate systems, as well as definition and control of the virtual camera
- Overview of essential modeling tools and modifiers (e.g., included in Maya included in Maya, 3D Studio Max, and Blender)
- Modeling of polygonal meshes and using parametric curves and surfaces (splines, NURBS)
- Common light source types and lighting models, as well as the creation of realistic shadows for real-time applications
- Material definition and physical effects such as reflection, refraction, translucency, and dispersion
- Texturing of models, UV mapping, and procedural textures
- Overview of advanced material and lighting techniques such as IES, HDRI, IBL, and skydomes
- Keyframe animation, interpolation of transformations, gimbal lock, and path animation
- Creation of animation sequences with animation curves and actions
- Animation of characters using cinematic models (rigging, skinning)

Students learn to assess the benefits of websites and web applications based on usability criteria. This section also includes methods for usability evaluation and covers the basics of technical and content-related usability.

- Practical examples that are processed with the support of modern project management software (e.g., Gitlab)
- Project planning: issues, issues board, milestone tracking
- Project controlling: work breakdown structures and other performance, resource, and cost planning tools
- Process models: using SCRUM as an example
- Documentation: IT-supported documentation with modern project management tools (e.g. Gitlab)
- Models and methods for stress and resource analysis (work-life balance)
- Mechanisms of gender roles, bias and structural disadvantage, as well as practical approaches for gender-inclusive design of work and learning environments

Business Administration:
- Entrepreneurial Fundamentals: Discussion of business-related topics such as legal forms, purchase contracts and regulations, and commercial registers
- Financing Methods: Introduction to equity financing, restructuring financing, debt financing, and modern financing methods
- Business Plan Development: Business plan development, including financial planning
- Strategic Management: Planning and analysis in strategic management
- Investment Calculation Methods: Calculation techniques for static and dynamic investment

Economics:
- Economic fundamentals: Introduction to the basics of economics
- Market theory and price theory: Exploring market dynamics and pricing
- Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Network Economics: Foundational concepts in microeconomics, macroeconomics, network economics
- Economic Indicators: Exploration of economic indicators like GDP, HDI, inflation, deflation, and stagflation

Financing:
- Fundamentals of Accounting: Introduction to the basics of accounting
- Cash Accounting: Exploration of cash-based accounting methods
- Cost Accounting Areas: Introduction of different areas within cost accounting, including cost concepts in decision making, cost classification and allocation, COGS, overhead application, conversion cost, and total cost formula
- Cost Accounting for Pricing: Overview of procurement, differential, and sales calculations, as well as actual cost accounting

- Introduction to Web Business: basics of online business, e-commerce models, online marketplaces and platforms
- Website development and design: creating engaging and user-friendly websites, website hosting and maintenance - E-commerce strategies: e-commerce business models, payment processing, security and Data protection
- Web analytics and tracking: Using tools such as Google Analytics to measure and analyze website traffic and conversions
- Conversion optimization: technologies to increase conversion rates, A/B testing, and user experience optimization
- Data-Driven Decision Making: web analytics supported business decisions in web business
- Fundamentals of online marketing
- Content strategy: planning and creating content for websites and social media, storytelling and branding
- Trends in web business and web marketing: current news and future trends in the digital space, including AI, chatbots, and voice search

The main aim of the introductory course on scientific work is to familiarize students with the special features, rules, and basic principles of science and scientific work. The focus here is on learning and understanding deductive and inductive methods and the empirical procedures for gaining knowledge.
Students are prepared to write seminar papers independently and in accordance with the usual standards of scientific work. This preparation includes a focus on dealing with literature as well as discussions regarding the quality of academ-ic co-workers - the concepts of intellectual honesty and intersubjective comprehensibility are of particular importance here.

The students report regularly on the progress of their bachelor's thesis during the working process in consultation with the supervisor. In seminar form, they present their current work status in small groups in the form of short presenta-tions and discuss the results of their work in the group. The students receive instructions and templates for writing the bachelor's thesis and, thus, appropriate accompanying academic supervision.
In this course, students write their final bachelor's thesis. They are individually supervised by a lecturer with regard to individual questions.
Within a given period of time, students are required to scientifically address an issue relevant to their studies and training as part of a bachelor's thesis. The topic should be worked on and discussed independently using scientific methods.
The bachelor's thesis can be written with a practical reference from the internship and thus deal with a current and concrete problem scientifically and practically.

In this course, students independently write their bachelor's thesis. Students work independently on a clearly defined question using appropriate scientific methods, systematically evaluate the findings, and document the results in the form of a scientific paper in accordance with the formal and content-related standards of the degree program.

Supplementing the students' theoretical knowledge with practical activities and business law issues in practice. At least 500 hours of full-time employment at an external company (12.5 weeks, i.e., approximately three months with an assumed working week of 40 hours/week).
The work placement ensures that students find their feet when entering the world of work and gain confidence in applying the knowledge they have acquired through the experience they have already gained. Processes, workflows, and situations in the professional environment should be familiarized with and understood.
Support for students during their work placement: reflection, discussion of problems, and experience reports.

Teaching basic concepts of private law based on the requirements of professional IT practice, in particular by presenting practical legal cases and jointly developing the legal principles required to solve the respective problems.

The following areas are covered in detail:
- Differentiation between public law and private law
- Company law
- General contract law
- Legal capacity and capacity to act of natural and legal persons and their legal consequences
- Explanations of terms from the most important areas of law
- Relationships between areas of law and IT practice

A1 – Beginner
Understand and use familiar, everyday expressions and very simple sentences aimed at satisfying concrete needs. Introduce themselves and others, ask people questions about personal details – e.g., where they live, the people they know, or the things they have – and respond to such questions. Communicate in a simple way if the conversation partners speak slowly and clearly and are prepared to help.

A2 – Elementary Knowledge
Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g., personal and family information, shopping, work, local environment). Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Describe in simple terms their background, education, immediate environment, and matters in areas of immediate need.

B1 – Intermediate Language Use
Use clear standard language in academic and business contexts and communicate about familiar topics related to work, school, leisure, etc., applying relevant conversational skills. Express themselves simply and coherently on familiar topics and areas of personal interest. Report on experiences and events, describe dreams, hopes, and ambitions, and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

B2 – Independent Language Use
Express themselves on the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics in academic and business contexts and participate in technical discussions in their own field of specialization. Communicate with such a degree of fluency and spontaneity that normal conversation with native speakers is quite possible without strain for either party. Express themselves clearly and in detail on a wide range of subjects, explain a viewpoint on a topical issue, and outline the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

C1 – Advanced Language Proficiency
Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts and recognize implicit meanings. Use the language effectively and flexibly in academic and business contexts and express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for words. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors, and cohesive devices.

C2 – Near-Native Proficiency
Communicate effortlessly in all language situations. Summarize information from various written and spoken sources and reconstruct arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Express themselves spontaneously, very fluently, and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

A1 – Beginner
Understand and use familiar, everyday expressions and very simple sentences aimed at satisfying concrete needs. Introduce themselves and others, ask people questions about personal details – e.g., where they live, the people they know, or the things they have – and respond to such questions. Communicate in a simple way if the conversation partners speak slowly and clearly and are prepared to help.

A2 – Elementary Knowledge
Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g., personal and family information, shopping, work, local environment). Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Describe in simple terms their background, education, immediate environment, and matters in areas of immediate need.

B1 – Intermediate Language Use
Use clear standard language in academic and business contexts and communicate about familiar topics related to work, school, leisure, etc., applying relevant conversational skills. Express themselves simply and coherently on familiar topics and areas of personal interest. Report on experiences and events, describe dreams, hopes, and ambitions, and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

B2 – Independent Language Use
Express themselves on the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics in academic and business contexts and participate in technical discussions in their own field of specialization. Communicate with such a degree of fluency and spontaneity that normal conversation with native speakers is quite possible without strain for either party. Express themselves clearly and in detail on a wide range of subjects, explain a viewpoint on a topical issue, and outline the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

C1 – Advanced Language Proficiency
Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts and recognize implicit meanings. Use the language effectively and flexibly in academic and business contexts and express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for words. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors, and cohesive devices.

C2 – Near-Native Proficiency
Communicate effortlessly in all language situations. Summarize information from various written and spoken sources and reconstruct arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation. Express themselves spontaneously, very fluently, and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

Introduction to programming with a focus on the web
- Detailed consideration of a specific programming language, program structure, data types, operators, flow struc-tures, modularization, object orientation
- Basics of software development and the tools used, in particular, the integrated development environments (IDE) and the typical work steps from design, implementation, and debugging to the current program
- Algorithms and data structures used in software development

- Structure of modern computer systems (system components, peripheral devices, computer architectures, etc.)
- Representation of complex types of information (positional numeral systems, computer arithmetic)
- General concepts of operating systems
- Differences in architectural principles, memory and process management techniques, file systems
- Sustainability in IT, Green IT
- Network architecture (ISO/OSI, TCP/IP)
- Network components
- Network protocols and algorithms

- Repetition of the concept of function and some important functions
- Differential calculus and its application in one and several variables
- Elementary introduction to integral calculus
- Descriptive statistics: basics, location and scattering ratios, regression and correlation
- Probability theory: terminology, basic properties, rules, and the concept of discrete and continuous random variables
- Inductive statistics: basics, simple estimation methods, simple test methods

In this course, the development process of a client-side web application is taught, taking into account the special characteristics of this development environment. Essential programming concepts of modern web development are explained in theory and then applied (e.g., DOM API, web components, progressive web apps) with the help of suitable development environments and tools.

Furthermore, the concepts and practical application of client-side web frameworks, which are widely used in corporate settings, are taught. In addition, typical tasks that are implemented with the support of such frameworks, for example, asynchronous communication with server-side back-ends, are presented and discussed. In addition to these practice-oriented areas, various frequently encountered architecture patterns (e.g., MVC, Inversion of Control) are presented, and their use in the frameworks under consideration is demonstrated.

Practical tutorials and case studies are used to put the theory taught into practice. The knowledge gained will be discussed in the group in order to generate a deep understanding of the practical implementation.

The course imparts knowledge in the following areas of software engineering:

- Procedure models
- Differences and similarities between software engineering and web engineering
- Modelling with structural diagrams
- Modelling with behavioural diagrams
- Modelling with architecture diagrams
- Modelling with interaction diagrams
- Modelling of web applications
- Analysis and analysis patterns
- Architectural description
- Design description and design samples
- quality assurance

In order to optimally prepare students for problems in working life, practical tasks are worked on in groups, preferably on the basis of assignments from partners from industry or public departments, or field experience is gained under the guidance of the course instructor. Students apply the knowledge they have acquired so far and compare it with observations and experiences gained during the practical project. While the students can deepen and improve their subject-specific skills, complementary skills such as social, risk management, budgeting, and economically responsible decision-making skills are also consolidated.

Based on a client briefing (by the course instructor or external partners such as associations and companies), the students work independently on the projects presented, only guided by the course instructor if necessary: planning, coordination, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, and final reporting are in the hands of the students. The role of the course director focuses on project coaching.

Usage and implementation options for internet-based services and interfaces (APIs)
- Implementation techniques for server-side applications using suitable design patterns (MVC, IoC, ORM)
- Aspects of security, performance, and maintainability of server-side applications
- Functionality and configuration of web servers
- Server-side administration of database systems
- Advanced tools in relational databases (indexes, triggers, etc.)
- Database connection to applications (ORM, web service, ODBC, etc.)
- Consolidation through practical tutorials and case studies
- Group discussions of practical results

n order to optimally prepare students for problems in working life, practical tasks are worked on in groups, preferably on the basis of assignments from partners from industry or public departments, or field experience is gained under the guidance of the course instructor. Students apply the knowledge they have acquired so far and compare it with observations and experiences gained during the practical project. While the students can deepen and improve their subject-specific skills, complementary skills such as social, risk management, budgeting, and economically responsible decision-making skills are also consolidated.

Based on a client briefing (by the course instructor or external partners such as associations and companies), the students work independently on the projects presented, only guided by the course instructor if necessary: planning, coordination, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, and final reporting are in the hands of the students. The role of the course director focuses on project coaching.

- Getting to know the architecture models of app-centric application platforms
- Device-specific requirements and characteristics of mobile and other IoT devices (input and output options, limited processing and storage capacities)
- Development, testing, and distribution of apps (development environments, simulators, app markets)
- Use of additional functionalities of mobile devices (GPS, camera, Bluetooth, multi-touch)

Contents of this course are:

- Threat environment: Goals of IT security, types of attackers and attacks, planning and managing IT security
- Cryptography and cryptographic system standards: symmetric and public/private key encryption, digital signatures, Hashing, authentication, digital certificates, TSL/SSL, IPSec, wireless security
- Access control: passwords, biometric methods, role-based access control, identity management
- Firewalls: principles, static packet filtering, stateful packet inspection, NAT, intrusion detection and
- Prevention systems, firewall architectures and management
- Host and Data Security: host hardening, vulnerability and exploits, vulnerability testing, data protection and backups
- Application Security: Threats in Web applications, hardening applications, web server attacks, email security