The module provides an introduction to research methods.

Topics:

• Introduction to research
• Literature reviews
• Qualitative research
• Quantitative research
• Design research
• Literacy skills

The module integrates theoretical knowledge and practical skills with the following components:

-Lecture with interactive elements
-Students write and present a seminar paper

The e-learning platform Moodle will be used throughout the course for the dissemination of course material and discussions.

The students will be provided with the lecture slides and supporting materials throughout the course.

Textbook:

Recker, J. (2012). Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner’s Guide. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.

Further readings:

Bryman, Allan; Bell, Emma (2011) Business research methods, Oxford University Press.

Creswell, J. W. (2003). Research Design. Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi, Sage Publications.

Miles, M. B. and A. M. Huberman (1994). Qualitative Data Analysis. An Expanded Sourcebook. Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi, Sage.

Oates, B. J. (2006). Researching Information Systems and Computing. London, Sage.

The module provides an introduction to process analysis.

Topics:

• Introduction to Process Analysis
• Process Modelling (Petri-Nets, UML, EPC, BPMN)
• Process Design and Redesign
• Process Simulation
• Process Flow Analysis

Additional information for the current semester: The first three days of the module will be an off-site event with overnight stay. You will have to pay the cost for the overnight stay in advance at the institute's administraiton office.

Further information will be sent to you by the lecturers Hagen Pöhnert and Dr. Ed Weiss

The module integrates theoretical knowledge and practical skills with the following components:

• Lecture with interactive elements and teaching cases
• Seminar based on a real-world case

The objective of the Process Analysis seminar is the practical application of methods taught in the Process Analysis lecture.

The e-learning platform Moodle will be used throughout the course for the dissemination of course material and discussions.

The students will be provided with the lecture slides and supporting materials throughout the course.

Textbook:

Dumas, M., La Rosa, M., Menlding, J., Reijers, H. (2013). Fundamentals of Business Process Management. Berlin: Springer.

Voraussetzung für die Anmeldung zur Modulprüfung ist:

• der erfolgreiche Abschluss aller Module des 1. Vollzeit-Regelstudienjahres
• der erfolgreiche Abschluss von Modulen des 2. Vollzeit-Regelstudienjahres (ohne Berufspraktika-Module) im Umfang von mindestens 35 Credits

Bei Studienbeginn 2008 zusätzlich wahlweise:

• der erfolgreiche Abschluss des Moduls "Communication in English for Business"
• die Anerkennung BEC II

Bei Studienbeginn ab 2009 zusätzlich:

• der erfolgreiche Abschluss des Moduls "Communication in English for Business"

Ausnahme für das Studienjahr 2009/2010:
Bei Studienbeginn vor WS 2008/2009 keine formale Voraussetzungen.

• According to the chosen concentration in the MSc Degree-Program at Hochschule Liechtenstein, students can direct their studies in a similar orientation, or study complementary courses that can be integrative to their concentration.
• The content is given by partner universities.

Generally studio delivered and project based, with students being tutored individually and in groups. This is supported by lectures that explain the principles that underlie architectural design and provide the intellectual and cultrual context for the study in achitecture.
Lectures, seminars.

The module Study Abroad/ Special Studies gives the opportunity to study in an architectural program proposed by one of our none german speaking partner universities in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. The module aims to establish intercultural relationships and learning experiences. Students are confronted to new building cultures and traditions.

At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:

• Cultural awareness and sensibility.
• A critical understanding of the intellectual and aesthetic content of self-selected buildings that supports architectural judgement.
• Researched and critical evaluation of the briefing and performance of buildings.
• The ability to define what type of research is relevant, what questions to ask, and which formats to record the findings to best serve as a springboard to design decisions.
• Execute complex defined and self-defined projects of research, development or investigation and identify and implement relevant outcomes.
• Ability to plan and compose buildings exhibiting complexity in terms of function, scale and context.
• Knowledge on the humanistic currents through the reading of selected literature
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for.
• The ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts comprehensibly in visual, oral and written forms.
• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the various fields discussed in this module, and the ability to integrate these aspects in their individual design thinking and work.

• According to partner university

The module has to be passed with a sufficient grade (minimum grade of 4.0).

• According to partner university

The module Study Abroad/ Special Studies is composed of following courses:

• according to courses proposed by partner universities
• according to related research/ special studies project in the concentration

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• Theoretic concepts in landscape, planning and design issues
• Cases studies of key projects in each of three thematic fields
• Cross-disciplinary strategies for urban and landscape change
• Highly integrated, specific support by Courses UrbanScape II
• Recent developments in urban planning and landscape policy and practice
• contents as compact projects, which complement the regular
• Projects Studios Design UrbanScape II.
• Debate on current topics from practice, theory and research within the lecture series.

Studio delivered and project based, with students being tutored individually and in groups. This is supported by lectures that explain the principles that underlie architectural design and provide the intellectual and cultrual context for the study in achitecture.
Lectures, seminars.

Today's City is everywhere and at the same time nowhere. The old antipoles of city and countryside have been dissolved and are substituted by hybrid spatial and functional nets of urban, suburban and rural fragments. This spatial reality challenges architecture and calls for a new definition of its role and its methods.
The module Master-Thesis Design UrbanScape seeks to integrate architecture, landscape and contemporary concepts in urban and spatial research into a new design concept. It explores the phenomena and processes of actual settlement und landscape by enriching architectural modes of operation and perception with social and cultural aspects. The module Design UrbanScape relocates the role and the potentials of architecture in the contemporary spatial realities.
One or several excursions are complementary to the project studio work.

The aim of the module is to provide students with the necessary architectural tools and intellectual instruments and avareness to integrate the knowledge aquired in the entire MSc Degree-Program into a responsible and sustainable professional behaviour.

The Master-Thesis student is expected to submit a complete Thesis-Project that instigates the work of the students in the lower semesters and represents the architectural and intellectual culture of the concentration Design UrbanScape.

At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:

• A broad knowledge of the tasks and current issues of urban and landscape realities.
• An understanding of the basic professional vocabulary and an awareness of evolving meanings of these terms over different historical periods.
• Confidence in analysing case studies of urban structures and the ability to infer principles and motivations.
• The ability to define what type of research is relevant, what questions to ask, and which formats to record the findings to best serve as a springboard to design decisions.
• Execute complex defined and self-defined projects of research, development or investigation and identify and implement relevant outcomes.
• knowledge on the humanistic currents through the reading of selected literature
• An understanding of the history of urban concepts reinterpreted considering political, sociological, and economical aspects.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for.
• The ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts comprehensibly in visual, oral and written forms.
• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the various fields discussed in this module, and the ability to integrate these aspects in their individual design thinking and work.

• Intermediate colloquium and final review with externals
• Thesis Book

The module has to be passed with a sufficient grade (minimum grade of 4.0).

• Project Studio Master-Thesis Design UrbanScape 100%

• The various contents of the Elective Courses are discussed in the descriptions of the single courses.

Lectures, seminars.

The module Electives Design Theory I seeks to establish complementary knowledge and integrative understanding for the concentration Design Theory. The students choose 4 courses from 6 possible courses.

The aim is to provide students with the complementary professional knowledge and intellectual instruments to approach the problems discussed in the design project studios.

At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:

• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the discipline.
• An understanding of professional vocabulary and concepts.
• Confidence in analysing case studies of urban structures and the ability to infer principles and motivations.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for assignments, readings and protocols.
• The ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts comprehensibly in visual, oral and written forms.
• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the various fields discussed, and the ability to integrate these aspects in an individual design thinking and work.

• The various assessment methods are discussed in the descriptions of the single courses.

All 4 chosen courses in the module have to be passed with a sufficient grade (minimum grade of 4.0).
The module grade will be determined from the average of the single course grades.