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Contemporary Issues in Business Information Systems (Seminar)

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Contemporary Issues in Business Information Systems (Seminar)
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Industrial Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2021
Module code: WIB21-WPM-I-706
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P450-0019
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
1V+1S (2 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
3
Semester: 6
Mandatory course: no
Language of instruction:
English
Assessment:
Written composition (80% of the total grade) and a presentation (20% of the total grade)

[updated 05.06.2025]
Exam recurrence:
The information regarding exam recurrence is found within the exam policy of the study programme (ASPO).
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

WIBASc-525-625-FÜ34 Industrial Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2013 , semester 6, optional course, general subject
WIB21-WPM-I-706 (P450-0019) Industrial Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2021 , semester 6, optional course, general subject

Suitable for exchange students (learning agreement)
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
30 class hours (= 22.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 90 hours (equivalent to 3 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 67.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Daniel F. Abawi
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Daniel F. Abawi

[updated 09.02.2022]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will:
•       be able to use a procedure for editing a written academic paper
•       be able to structure and organize an academic paper appropriately
•       be able to independently organize writing a paper
•       be able to conduct a literature search on a scientific topic
•       be able to articulate themselves logically, objectively, and rationally in spoken form and present their findings to an audience of experts
•       be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge in selected areas of computer science/business informatics

[updated 05.06.2025]
Module content:
Current topics and questions from the field of business informatics and informatics with reference to companies, economy and society.
 
Students will receive assistance on how to prepare a scientific paper and formulate it in writing. The use of IT-based tools will also be discussed. Sources for literature research will be presented.
 
 


[updated 16.06.2025]
Additional information:
The written elaboration can take place alternatively in German or English language.


[updated 19.01.2022]
Recommended or required reading:
Individual literature on selected topics will be named and made available to the participants (in English and German as an introduction to the topic and for research purposes).

[updated 05.06.2025]
 
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