In Project Seminar, students analyse a real-world case from a specific industry. Students divide into groups according to their preferences and work on one of four cases through the lens of process management, data and application security, data science, or digital innovation. The course topics change from semester to semester.

Projects will address various aspects of digital innovation, focusing on developing and implementing novel solutions. Exemplary topics include but are not limited to digital transformation strategies, AI management, innovation ecosystems, digital product design, and the impact on organizational and social transformation. Projects are expected to deliver conceptual designs or practical case studies demonstrating how digital technologies enable or embody the innovation process and its outcomes.

• The course involves interactive seminars with workshops and regular presentations.
• The faculty and a jury of representatives from regional companies evaluate the students’ solutions in terms of innovativeness and usefulness and provide them with feedback and advice.

After successful completion of the course, students will

Professional competence

• be able to analyse real-world cases
• integrate knowledge to identify areas of improvement or innovation
• use appropriate methods to develop recommendations for a case company

Methodological competence

• manage a (small) project
• identify and structure existing information
• work with domain experts (external partners)

Social competence

• self-organise within a group
• work in a group and with external partners
• handling criticism and demonstrate the ability to criticise in a constructive manner

Personal competence

• reflect on limitations of their own work
• work on tasks independently within a group
• manage time

• Students are provided with the lecture slides and supplementary material (e.g., selected journal articles).

Seminar paper (50%), presentations (50%); attendance is mandatory (80%)

In the seminar Design - Geometry, spatial design for architects is further explored. The focus is on dealing with descriptive geometry. Different visual, model as well as digital techniques for representing objects and spaces are learned and developed through exercises. The seminar is rounded off with the visualisation and image processing of digital 3D geometries.

The seminar includes interactive exercises to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical design, presentation and analytical skills. Case studies and projects are used to discuss seminar content and train students in the use of the methods and techniques covered.

After successful completion of the course, students will be able to

The students will be provided with lecture slides and supplementary materials (e.g., selected articles) as resources.

Minimum 75% compulsory attendance
The final grade is calculated according to the weighting of the following components: drawing portfolio (1/3), models (1/3) and digital documentation (1/3).
A grade of at least 4.0 in all three parts is required for successful completion.

submissions can be done in German

• Information Systems Development provides an introduction to programming including web frameworks that can be used in online environments such as e-commerce platforms or blog systems. The course covers three primary topics and is based on Python 3:Introduction to scripting / programmingSoftware / program developmentUsing IDE for software development

• The seminar involves interactive lectures with exercises to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical design and analysis skills.Homework

• After successful completion of the course, students willProfessional competencesunderstand the basic paradigms of programming and software development (variables, loops, conditional statements, files) - Methodological competenceshave the capability of writing and understanding simple pieces of softwarehave the capability of debugging self-produced pieces of software code - Social competenceshave the capability of express themselves in (and understand) “technical” terminology (e.g., loops, variables, strings)have the capability of “breaking down” a given problem in smaller tasks, and then solve each task individually - Personal competenceshave the capability of autonomously troubleshooting the problems occurring in the most common IT operationshave the capability of autonomously searching for the relevant information required to accomplish a given task - Technological competenceshave the capability of reading and writing Python 3 software code

Written interim exams; attendance is mandatory (80%)

Business Planning

• Bedeutung, Einsatzbereich und Spezifika des Business Plannings.
• Prozess und Vorgehen beim Erstellen eines Businessplan.
• Ziele des Business Plannings.
• Aufbau und Struktur eines Businessplan.
• Informationsgrundlagen des Business Plannings.
• Zentrale Anforderungen an ein Businessplan.

o Marktstrategie und Umsetzung in ein Marketingkonzept.
o Herausforderungen der Finanzierung (Finanzierungsphasen, Finanzierungsquellen, Finanzierungsprozesse und Instrumente).

• Beziehungsmanagement (Erfolgsfaktoren, Konzepte, Umsetzung).
• Implementierung und Kontrolle.

Produkt und Prototyp

• Veranschaulichung von Methoden und Instrumenten um ein Produktdesign zu erstellen.
• Entwicklung, Testung und Einholung von Kundenfeedback zum Prototyp bzw. Produkt.

Pitchdeck/Pitching & Story Telling

• Gliederung, Gestaltung und inhaltliche Ausarbeitung eines Pitchdecks.
• Vertiefung von Rhetorik- und Präsentationskompetenzen.

Erfolgreicher Abschluss des Moduls "Startup Lab 1"

AI techniques play an increasingly important role for modern security mechanisms. They are crucial for timely detection of attacks, discovery and analysis of security vulnerabilities, analysis of malicious software. On the other hand, AI methods themselves can be victims of data manipulation and poisoning, or be used by attackers for malicious purposes. AI and Security provides on overview of selected applications of AI techniques in security and reveals the fundamental mechanisms required for assessment of security of AI. Specific topics covered by the course include but are not limited to the following:

• AI methods for intrusion detection
• Malware analysis by means of AI methods
• AI methods for network security
• Data manipulation attacks against AI methods
• Security of AI in practical context
• Offensive AI

Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of the course, students will

Professional competence

• understand main use cases for deploying AI in security context
• understand security threats to AI systems
• understand main use cases for AI abuse in security context

Methodological competence

• use state-of-the-art intrusion detection technologies
• understand the main design principles of AI driven security tools

Social competence

• be able to organise learning materials and can solve problems independently
• understand how certain security mechanisms can be broken
• develop a “security mindset”

Personal competence

• address new challenges and independent finding of viable solutions
• think “out of the box” and can apply knowledge in unusual contexts

Technological competence

• be familiar with intermediate-level security monitoring tools

• Students will be provided with relevant material (presentations, additional reading

Written exam

Das Handwerk der Architektur setzt die Beherrschung von Beobachtung, Analyse, zeichnerischer Reproduktion als auch interdisziplinärer Kommunikation von bereits Vorhandenem oder erst Erdachtem voraus. Im Modul Werkzeuge und Methoden 1 werden den Studierenden die grundlegenden Kommunikationswerkzeuge der Zeichnung sowie der plastischen Reproduktion vermittelt, welche den Bogen von der Handskizze über die computerbasierte Plandarstellung bis hin zum physischen Modellbau spannen.

siehe nachfolgende Lehrveranstaltungen

Die Lernergebnisse und zu erwerbenden Kompetenzen dieses Moduls ergeben sich aus den nachfolgend beschriebenen
Lehrveranstaltungen.

Nach erfolgreichem Abschluss des Seminars sind die Studierenden in der Lage

Die Abschlussnote wird errechnet aus den Noten der beiden Lehrveranstaltungen mit einer Gewichtung von jeweils 50%. Ein erfolgreicher Abschluss setzt zudem voraus, dass in beiden Lehrveranstaltungen jeweils mindestens die Note 4.0 erreicht wurde. Modalität siehe Lehrveranstaltung.

This course is provided through Coursera and is offered by the University of California, Irvine.

This series of courses will help you build, develop and hone the essential skills needed to improve your employability and advancement in today’s dynamic workforce. The courses in this Specialization may be taken in any order. Each course can also be taken independently. The Specialization concludes with a Capstone project that will give you the opportunity to integrate and apply the skills you have gained throughout the courses to your individual and organizational needs.

Career Success

Applied Learning Project

The purpose of the Capstone Project in the Career Success Specialization is for you to apply the methods and techniques you learned in the series of courses to a personal experience, giving you a way to communicate your value to potential employers. You’ll focus your communication, management, negotiation, problem solving, business writing, time management, finance, entrepreneurship, and project management skills into a single project that demonstrates your career readiness.

Instructor: David Standen, MBA (University of California, Irvine) and others.

This FU consists of 3 courses (select any 3 of the 4 contained in this specialization, if you do all 4 courses, the best 3 count):

Course 1: Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity
Course 2: Effective Problem-Solving and Decision-Making
Course 3: Communication in the 21st Century Workplace
Course 4: High-Impact Business Writing

The course starts on 10th of February 2025.
The course must be completed by 23rd of May 2025.

All parts of this course are free of charge.

Online courses

• Write effective presentations, emails, writing for visual communication
• Edit and proofread business documents
• Create business reports and press releases
• Spot, correct and avoid the most common writing pitfalls

see the course descriptions

Attenance min. 80% mandatory

Grading

To support the holistic educational aim of artistic and technically skilled graduates, this report unites technical disciplines embedded in the curriculum into a compulsory document/ report.
It is coordinated with the lecturers of the technical subjects that are supporting it by iterative consultations. Intensive research, experiments on material or processing level, simulations, cooperation with industries, innovative interpretation of taught content and tools, are just some examples how students prove their technical skills applied to the design process of their individual project.

exercises, research, writing, case study

Literature lists are issued and updated each semester

Aus der Praxis hat sich gezeigt, dass Architektinnen und Architekten in ihrem Schaffen selten alleine agieren. Gestützt auf diese Tatsache orientieren sich die Inhalte des Modules an Aufgaben wie dem Agieren im Team aber auch am adäquaten Umgang mit den Behörden oder externen Büros. Die Studierenden erhalten ein Gefühl dafür was es bedeutet eine erste Vision mit Fachplanerinnen und Fachplanern abzustimmen und wann welche Expertise benötigt wird.

In Form von Vortrag, Projektarbeiten, Übungen,
Recherche, Visualisierung, Peerfeedback, Diagrammen,
Grafiken, Skizzen, Zeichnungen und Plänen.

Das Lehrmaterial wird den Studierenden semesterweise zur Verfügung gestellt.