This course is provided through Coursera and is offered by the University of Toronto.

Learn to Program: The Fundamentals

Behind every mouse click and touch-screen tap, there is a computer program that makes things happen. This course introduces the fundamental building blocks of programming and teaches you how to write fun and useful programs using the Python language.

Instructors: Jennifer Campbell and Paul Gries, University of Toronto

This module consists of 7 modules.

Course 1: Python, Variables and Functions
Course 2: Strings and Designing Functions
Course 3: >b>Booleans, Import, Namespaces, and if Statements
Course 4: For Loops and Fancy String Manipulation
Course 5: While Loops, Lists, and Mutability
Course 6:For Loops over Indices, Parallel and Nested Lists and Strings, and Files
Course 7: Tuples and Dictionaries

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

Behind every mouse click and touch-screen tap, there is a computer program that makes things happen. This course introduces the fundamental building blocks of programming and teaches you how to write fun and useful programs using the Python language.

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Attenance min. 80% mandatory

Grading

The Advanced Studio - Built Heritage & Upcycling focuses on design, based on the principles of repair, reuse and circularity. Buildings are seen as material banks and repositories of knowledge for the time of their function and form. Using existing material sources and building stock as well as exemplary references, material resources and typologies are recognised and explored. The creative merging of existing buildings, inventories and new typology is a central part of the
design method. The idea of a concise architectural work as a repaired or newly assembled and inhabited warehouse of building elements, characterised by tectonic clarity and great atmospheric density, is the studio's goal.

Guided project work in the design studio. A seminar week focussing on the studio topic is an integral part of the design studio.

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

Relevant reading will be made available at the beginning of the course. A list of recommended literature will be announced in the course and updated on an ongoing basis.

BSc AR 24: Successful completion of all four foundation studios (Grundlagenstudios)
MSc AR 24: none

Minimum 75% compulsory attendance, continuous assessment, midterm and final reviews.
The final grade is calculated according to the weighting of the following components: design project (80%) and final presentation (20%).

Entrepreneurs & Entrepreneurial Teams

• Unternehmerin, Unternehmer und Unternehmensgründung (Unternehmerische Motive, Persönlichkeitseigenschaften, Motivation und Kompetenzen, Push- und Pullfaktoren bei der Entscheidung zur Unternehmensgründung).
• Unternehmer und Unternehmerteams (Einzelgründungen, teamorientierte Gründungen, Unternehmerteams und Umfeld).
• Entrepreneurial Teams: Definition und Modelle.
• Homogenität und Heterogenität von Unternehmerteams.
• Teamentwicklung und Innovation in Teams.

• Qualitative Methoden der Ideengenerierung und des Innovationsmanagements kennen und anwenden.
• Quantitative Methoden des Innovation Analytics anwenden können.
• Zentrale Theorien, Ansätze und Modelle des Gründungsmanagements kennen und anwenden.

In the Innovation Lab seminar, students work in small groups to solve practical IT problems in cooperation with multiple regional companies. Representatives of these companies regularly provide students with feedback at the university and take part in networking events. The seminar thus also supports dialogue between regional industry and the university, helping students to interact with world-renowned companies right from the start of their studies. Students learn to work independently, to work in a team, to take responsibility, and to present project results effectively. In addition to creative thinking, the use of skills related to problem-solving, organizing and planning, communication, and project management is encouraged. Course topics change from semester to semester.

• 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 their innovativeness and usefulness and provide them with feedback and advice.
• The e-learning platform Moodle is used throughout the course to disseminate course material and for information and discussion.

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

• work in a team to solve contemporary IT problems
• plan and organize IT projects under time pressure in a competitive environment
• use creativity techniques and problem-solving tools to work on the IT projects
• think creatively to create innovative business and IT solutions
• look at IT problems from multiple perspectives and develop alternative solutions
• deliver professional presentations to a demanding audience

• Compulsory reading:The students are provided with all lecture slides and supporting materials.

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

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

• Einführung und theoretische Ansatze von Entrepreneurship.
• Ursprung und Bedeutung von Entrepreneurship.
• Schlüsselelemente des unternehmerischen Denkens und Handelns.
• Entrepreneurship als Prozess.
• Unternehmerische Gelegenheit und Umsetzung.
• Die Rolle des Unternehmers.
• Startup vs. Corporate Entrepreneurship.

Digital Entrepreneurship

• Digitale Produkte & Services.
• Digitale Plattformen & Ökosysteme.
• Disruptive digitale Technologien.
• Strategien in einer digitalen Welt.

This optional module allows for various kinds of research studies. It is closely connected to the five units of the Liechtenstein School of Architecture and is usually part of ongoing research projects. The supervision consists of directing the students towards clear results within a given field of research. The individual study is reviewed within the respective unit.

Craft & Structure Unit:
The university campus has blind spots that require special attention. The former cotton mill is today the largest public building in Liechtenstein and should be made more accessible to the public. A public walkway is to lead through the main building, leading visitors through the conglomerate of the various rooms and uses. The end points of this 'inner path' must be upgraded and redefined as attractive places with charisma. The completely underutilised outdoor space below the cafeteria should serve as the prelude and showcase for the campus with a spacious platform where people can meet, eat, study or relax. On the upper level, the Red Cube will be replaced by new pavilions that will serve as a bar for events and performances. In this way, we will balance the relationships between the individual buildings in the ensemble and set new priorities with the interventions on the campus. The focus on the specific parts and their qualities will be supplemented by a view of the surroundings, the ensemble. We work with a model of the surroundings in which we deal precisely with the built environment.
In the sense of re-use, the two sites can benefit from the building material of the Base Camp, which will be dismantled into its individual parts and made available as material storage.

Self-defined design or research studies, developed individually or in groups agreed upon with research units and under the guidance of mentors. The size of the module is determined by the respective unit.

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

Relevant reading will be made available at the beginning of the course. A list of recommended literature will be announced in the course and updated on an ongoing basis.

Minimum 75% compulsory attendance, regular meetings with instructors, continuous assessment, portfolio and final review.
The final grade is calculated according to the weighting of the following components: final submission (80%) and oral presentation (20%).

Individual appointments will be set with the tutor.

Städte sind immer ein Abbild der Gesellschaft und ihrer Geschichte, sie sind der räumliche Ausdruck der politischen, kulturellen und wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung. Diese Entwicklung ist in permanentem Wandel. Daran sind Architekten und Architektinnen, Planerinnen und Planer massgeblich beteiligt. Im Modul Städtebau 1 wird den Studierenden vermittelt, wie unsere Städte entstanden sind und erläutert, wie heute urbane Räume um- und weitergebaut werden.

siehe nachfolgende Lehrveranstaltungen

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

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.

Während in der westlichen Welt Informations- und Freiheitsrechte als selbstverständlich betrachtet werden, sind Journalistinnen und Journalisten an bestimmten Orten Bedrohungen, Gefährdungen und Gefahren ausgesetzt. Sie werden ausgewiesen, bei der Arbeit behindert, eingeschüchtert, für bestimmte Meinungen bezahlt - oder gelobt. Die Einschränkungen der Pressefreiheit sind international sehr vielfältig. Lange Zeit konnten klassische Medien reguliert und gelenkt werden, doch das Aufkommen von sozialen Medien hat für disruptive Veränderungen gesorgt. Mit genau diesem Spannungsfeld befasst sich das fakultätsübergreifende Wahlfach "Social Media und Pressefreiheit". Wir schauen uns den Zustand der Pressefreiheit von Ländern in Europa (und darüber hinaus) an und analysieren Social-Media-Aktivitäten. Welche Möglichkeiten gibt es, Öffentlichkeit dort herzustellen, wo sie behindert wird?

Learning Outcome (1)
Analyse der Entfaltungspotenziale (Chancen und Fallgruben) von Social-Media-Instrumenten (international)

Learning Outcome (2)
Untersuchung der Lage der Pressefreiheit anhand beispielhafter Mediensysteme. Die Rolle der Journalistinnen und Journalisten global: Lautsprecher versus Widersprecher

Learning Outcome (3)
Erklärungsmodelle für journalistische Kulturen mit besonderem Fokus auf die sozialen Medien im globalen Kontext: demokratisch-korporatisches Modell versus polarisiert-pluralistisches Modell versus liberales, atlantisches Modell

Reporter ohne Grenzen: https://www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de/themen/pressefreiheit-warum
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung: Pressefreiheit - warum? https://www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de/themen/pressefreiheit-warum
Blum, Roger: Lautsprecher & Widersprecher. Köln [Herbert von Halem Verlag] 2014
Brinkmann, Janis: Journalismus. Eine praktische Einführung. [Nomos] 2021
Welker, Martin; Elter, Andreas; Weichert, Stephan: Pressefreiheit ohne Grenzen? Grenzen der Pressefreiheit. Köln [Herbert von Halem Verlag] 2016
Hahn, Oliver; Julia Lönnendonker; Karen K. Rosenwerth; Roland Schröder: Comparability and Comparativity in Researching Journalism Cultures in Europe. The Eye-Opener Effect. In: Bohrmann, Hans; Elisabeth Klaus; Marcel Machill (Hrsg.): Media Industry, Journalism Culture and Communication Policies in Europe. Köln [Herbert von Halem Verlag] 2007
Hahn, Oliver; Roland Schröder (Hrsg.): Journalistische Kulturen. Internationale und interdisziplinäre Theoriebausteine. Köln [Herbert von Halem Verlag] 2008
Hallin, Daniel C.; Paolo Mancini: Comparing Media Systems. Three Models of Media and Politics. Cambridge [Cambridge University Press] 2004
Hallin, Daniel C; Paolo Mancini (Hrsg.): Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World. Cambridge [Cambridge University Press] 2012
Hanitzsch, Thomas: Journalismus in Indonesien. Akteure, Strukturen, Orientierungshorizonte, Journalismuskulturen. Wiesbaden [Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag] 2004
Hoofacker, Gabriele: Online-Journalismus, 5. Aufl. Wiesbaden [Springer VS] 2020
Pfetsch, Barbara; Petra Maurer: Mediensysteme und politische Kommunikationsmilieus im internationalen Vergleich. Theoretische Überlegungen zur Untersuchung ihres Zusammenhangs. In: Melischek, Gabriele; Josef Seethaler; Jürgen Wilke (Hrsg.): Medien & Kommunikationsforschung im Vergleich. Grundlagen, Gegenstandsbereiche, Verfahrensweisen. Wiesbaden [VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften] 2008

... werden digital zur Verfügung gestellt.

Teilleistung A: Schreibportfolio I
Teilleistung B: Schreibportfolio II

Abgabe einer Arbeitsmappe (Schreibportfolio I, II) bis zum 01.06.2025 an folgende E-Mail-Adresse: andreas.straeter@udo.edu.

Anwesenheitspflicht: mind. 80%

Benotung

Abgabe einer Arbeitsmappe (Schreibportfolio I, II) bis zum 01.06.2025 an folgende E-Mail-Adresse: andreas.straeter@udo.edu.

• Smart Contracts
• Token Valuation
• Crypto Exchanges
• Tokenization of services and other goods
• Trade Finance with Blockchain
• InsurTech, PropTech and Social Trading

Interactive seminar with guest lecturers.

After successful completion of the course, students…

• Know what smart contracts are and have a basic knowledge of how to code a simple ERC20 Token
• Understand the methods of token valuation and can apply it to simple examples
• Understand how crypto exchanges work and can evaluate them in terms of business model and risk
• Can describe what alternative types of assets can be tokenized and how this is done
• Have basic knowledge of the changes happening in trade finance with respect to Blockchain application
• Know the status quo of developments in the fields of InsurTech, PropTech and Social Trading

Selected chapters from books and current research articles will be provided.