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English II

English II

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration
Project Description
  • Academic writing in English
  • Academic presentation in English
Module number:
4506574
Semester:
SS 18
ECTS Credits:
3
Courses:
30 L / 23 h
Self-study:
68 h
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
3

English I

English I

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration
Project Description
  • Communication skills
  • Introduction to academic writing in English
  • Business English
Module number:
4506565
Semester:
SS 18
ECTS Credits:
3
Courses:
30 L / 23 h
Self-study:
68 h
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
2

Controlling

Controlling

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration
Project Description
Basics and assignments of controlling (functions und roles of enterprises, concepts of leadership/corporate governance, enterprises as a complex system, control mechanism for enterprises), fundamentals of financial statement analysis, Du Pont ratio system of financial control, financial accounting as analysis and information instrument (flow statement, direct and indirect cash flow determination, cash flow statement, case studies), operative control by financial ratios (liquidity, stability, profitability), planning of capital requirements for a start-up planning, prospective control by financial ratios (planning instruments, assignments of operative planning, earnings plan/budgeted income and loss statement, financial budget, budgeted balance sheet), value based corporate management, cost planning und variance analysis.
Module number:
4506571
Semester:
SS 18
ECTS Credits:
3
Courses:
30 L / 23 h
Self-study:
68 h
Language:
German
Scheduled Semester:
5

Balancing of Accounts

Balancing of Accounts

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration
Project Description
Techniques of financial statements (with/without form sheet), elements of annual financial statements (balance sheet, earnings- & loss statement, notes, status report), balancing of accounts in general, standard of valuation (acquisition costs, cost of production, fair value), principles of balancing of accounts (prudence concept, realization principle, valuation at the lower of cost or market principle, maximum value principle), earnings- & loss statement income by nature format versus income by function format, profit distribution in corporations (with/without lock outs) and partnerships, options to capitalize, options to carry as a liability, fixed assets analysis, receivables analysis, foreign currencies receivables und foreign currencies liabilities, liability provisions analysis, liabilities analysis, special types of liability provisions, contingent liabilities, booking of various grants, income based taxes and adjustments of tax base rates, corporations in crisis (over-indebtedness), deferred taxes (deferred tax expenses and deferred tax revenues).
Module number:
4506560
Semester:
SS 18
ECTS Credits:
3
Courses:
30 L / 23 h
Self-study:
68 h
Language:
German
Scheduled Semester:
2

Bachelor's thesis

Bachelor's thesis

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration
Learning Objectives
  • Konkretisierung und Bearbeiten eines Forschungsproblems, ausgedrückt anhand einer Forschungsfrage.
  • Entwicklung einer Problemlösung zur definierten Forschungsfrage anhand der wissenschaftlichen Methodik des Faches.
  • Eigenständige Literaturrecherche
  • Auswertung, Diskussion und Abgrenzung der Literatur.
  • Diskussion mit dem Gutachter über methodische und inhaltliche Fragen zur Lösung der Forschungsfrage.
  • Eigenständiges Verfassen einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit
  • Präsentation des eigenen Forschungsvorhabens und der Ergebnisse.
  • Verteidigung der Thesis und Fachdiskussion mit der Prüfungskommission.
Requirements (formal)
Voraussetzung für die Anmeldung zum Modul:
  • erfolgreicher Abschluss einer der Lehrveranstaltungen
    • Exposé Greenhouse IFS
    • Exposé Greenhouse IME
    • Exposé Greenhouse IMIT
    • Exposé Greenhouse IFS, IME, IMIT
Assessment Methods
Bachelorthesis: 70% (schriftlich)
Präsentation und Verteidigung: 30% (mündlich vor Gremium)
Module number:
4506594
Semester:
SS 18
ECTS Credits:
12
Courses:
30 L / 23 h
Self-study:
338 h
Language:
German/English
Scheduled Semester:
6

Bachelorthesis

Bachelorthesis

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
Architektonisch konstruktiver Entwurf mit konkreter Aufgabenstellung aus dem Themenfeld der Modulgruppe D im Kontext der relevanten für die Umsetzung der Aufgabe wichtigen Parameter.
• Integrierende Themen der Modulgruppe D werden in der Entwurfsaufgabe bearbeitet und durch einen Fachdozenten aus dem Themengebiet der Modulgruppe D direkt begleitet.
• Prozessorientierte Vorgehensweise in der Analyse der Aufgabe und der Entwicklung von zukunftsweisenden Konzepten.
• Auseinandersetzung mit aktuellen Fragen aus dem Themenfeld der Konstruktion, Tektonik sowie Tragwerksplanung.
• Darstellung in Zeichnung und Modellen in dem für die Aufgabe nötigen Massstab.
Teaching Method
Semesterunterricht
mit Projektstudio
Mögliche Methoden:
angeleitetes Praktikum, Brainstorming, Diskurs, Experiment, Exzerpieren, Fallstudie, Film, Foto, Impulsreferat, Lesen, Modell, Peerfeedback, Plan, Projektarbeit, Recherche, Reflexion, Schreiben, Skizze, Übung, Visualisierung, Vortrag, Zeichnung.
Requirements (formal)
Entwurf mit Integration III
Assessment Methods
Modulnote = Lehrveranstaltungsnote die ermittelt wird aus:
Projektentwürfe mit Präsentation und Kritik sowie Mitarbeit im Unterricht ( 60%) ; Integrationsarbeit ( 20% ); Thesis – Portfolio (20%); Die Teilnote Projektentwürfe mit Präsentation und Kritik sowie Mitarbeit im Unterricht muss zwingend positiv sein um das Modul zu bestehen.
Module number:
4309033
Semester:
SS 17
ECTS Credits:
12
Courses:
180 L / 135 h
Self-study:
225 h
Scheduled Semester:
6

Derivatives, financial engineering and risk

Derivatives, financial engineering and risk

Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in Banking and Financial Management
Project Description
  • Instruments on the Futures Market: Forwards, Futures, Options and Swaps
  • Significance of Yield Curve
  • Evaluation of Forwards, Futures and Swaps
  • Characteristics of Option Prices
  • Evaluation of Options According to Black/Scholes and Binomial Model
  • Derivative Elements in Structured Products
  • Greeks and Volatility Smiles
  • Exotic Options
  • Selected Aspects of Risk Management (e.g. Value at Risk, Backtesting, Stress Testing)
  • Hedging Strategies
  • Financial Engineering of Various Finance Instruments
  • Operational Risks
Teaching Method
Interactive lectures with exercises
Learning Objectives
After completion of the module, the students recognise the most significant derivative instruments and the particularities of financial engineering. They have at their disposal comprehensive knowledge of the significant principles governing determination and evaluation of derivatives and are able to mirror the current stage of research on financial engineering.

Additionally, they master advanced hedging procedures, which they apply in a target-oriented manner in the areas of risk management. Because of their acquired specialised knowledge, they are able to meet complicated challenges in financial engineering. They are also able to identify and conceptualise abstract problems, such as the preparation of a special risk-profit profile and handle Operational risk.
Learning Results
  • Utilising and identifying financial instruments and their application in practice
  • Taking into consideration the yield curve in the evaluation of derivatives and relating to it
  • Differentiating valuation approaches for forwards, futures, swaps and options as well as exotic options.
  • Explaining the use of Greeks and volatility smiles
  • Illustrating the fundamentals of risk management
  • Contrasting special risk management concepts
  • Developing and examining hedging strategies as a means of risk reduction
  • Analysing financial engineering for various financial instruments
  • Coping with Operational risk
Assessment Methods
Please see content of lecture.
Examination
Web-based online evaluation upon completion of module
Grade
This module is made up by courses of the successor curriculum. The Student Regulations (SPO) apply to C15.
Module number:
4304192
Semester:
SS 17
ECTS Credits:
5
Courses:
54 L / 41 h
Self-study:
110 h
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
2

Elective Course D: Lighting Design

Elective Course D: Lighting Design

Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
- Technische Grundlagen der Lichttechnik und Lichtanwendung
- Funktion und Beschreibung der künstlichen Beleuchtung
- Einführung in die Tageslichttechnik
- Konzepte der Lichtplanung
- Uebungen mit Licht im Modell-Raum.
- Prinzipien der Energieeffizienz und der Lichtqualität
- Planung von einfachen Beleuchtungssituationen
a) in Innenräumen: Leseplatz-, Arbeitsplatz-, Maschinen-, Regal- und Vitrinenbeleuchtung
b) Stadtbeleuchtung: Fassade, Plätze, Parks
- Planung der Natur- und Kunstlichtsituation für einen selbst entworfenen Raum.
Teaching Method
Vorlesungen mit anschliessendem Uebungsteil.
Besichtigung von Ausstellungsräumen und Labors.
Learning Results
Die Studierenden
- verfügen über ein Lichtbewusstsein.
- erlangen eine Uebersicht in diesem Fachgebiet und sind befähigt, das Licht bewusst anzuwenden.
- verfügen über ein kritisches Verständnis der historischen und der zeitgenössischen Entwicklung der Lichttechnik.
- kennen grundlegende Prinzipien und Methoden der Lichtplanung und sind befähigt, diese Kenntnisse als Architekten verantwortungsbewusst in ihrem Schaffen anzuwenden.
- sind befähigt eine Vielzahl von Vorgaben und Informationen zu verarbeiten, zu bündeln, zu interpretieren sowie innerhalb des Entwurfsprozesses ausführungsrelevant einzusetzen.
- verfügen über ein grundlegendes Verständnis der Zusammenarbeit mit Kollegen, um Entwurfsideen zu entwickeln.
- sind befähigt komplexe Informationen verschiedenen Zielgruppen und mit verschiedenen Zielsetzungen mitzuteilen.
- sind befähigt kritische Analysen sowie Bewertungen und Synthesen von Ideen, Konzepten, Informationen und für die Disziplin der Architektur relevanten Belangen anzustellen.
- sind befähigt bei der Bildung eines Urteils auf verschiedene Quellen zurückzugreifen.
Assessment Methods
Anwesenheitspflicht: min. 75% verpflichtend
Module number:
4307752
Semester:
SS 17
ECTS Credits:
2
Courses:
16 L / 12 h
Self-study:
48 h
Language:
German
Scheduled Semester:
4 und 6

Master's thesis

Master's thesis

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in IT and Business Process Management
Project Description


Short description

In their Master’s thesis, students use scientific methods and work in accordance with standards of scientific writing. The Master’s thesis is typically related to the major (BPM or Data Science) chosen by the student.

Learning objectives

  • Students will formulate appropriate research questions.
  • Students will identify appropriate theories to explain empirical phenomena.
  • Students will identify suitable research methods in order to seek answers to specific research questions.
  • Students will use appropriate qualitative, quantitative, and design-oriented approaches to seek answers to their research question/questions. Mere conceptual works are also possible.

Methods

  • The thesis is supervised by a supervisor and a co-supervisor, both of whom should be members of the Institute of Information Systems.
  • The Master’s thesis is defended in an oral exam, where students may be asked questions related to their studies that may go beyond the content of their Master’s thesis.
  • The official editing time is defined on the thesis proposal and may not exceed 22 weeks. A shorter editing time is possible.

Entry requirements

  • A minimum of 60 ECTS must be achieved before registration.
  • The modules Business Statistics I and Research Methods must be passed successfully.
  • A research proposal (exposé) signed by the first supervisor and the academic director must be submitted to the study administration in parallel to module registration. The exposé is developed in the module Research Seminar

Submission deadlines

  • Exposé: February 1st (summer term) and July 1st (winter term)
  • Master's Thesis: June 30 (summer term) and November 30 (winter term)

  • If any of the dates above falls on a weekend or public holiday, the deadline is automatically extended until the next working day. Please also check the opening times of the central service desk, especially during summer months.
  • The dates and deadlines given in this module description are the last possible dates for the adhering presentation and defense. Thesis submissions made after these deadlines are presented at the following date for presentation and defense.
  • The official editing time is defined on the thesis proposal and may not exceed 22 weeks. A shorter editing time is possible.

Submission of master's thesis consists of:

  • 4 (four) hardbound, linen-covered, and signed copies of Master's thesis.
  • A CD ROM containing thesis' digital copy (to be submitted to the central service desk). Please label the CD with your name and the title of your work.
  • Direct submission of thesis' digital copy to the supervisor and co-supervisor (via moodle).

Commencement ceremony:

  • The already scheduled dates of the commencement ceremony can be found in the menu bar on the left.
  • The registration for the commencement ceremony is handled by the study administration. Dates of the commencement ceremony are given in the menu bar located on the left / topic commencement ceremony.

Compulsory reading:

  • Bryman, A. & Bell, E. (2015) Business research methods (4th ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • Creswell, J.W. (2013) Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (3rd ed.). Sage Publications
  • Saunders, M. N., Lewis, P., & Thornhill, A. (2009). Research methods for business students. Harlow, UK: Prentice Hall Financial Times.
  • Leedy P. D. & Ormrod, J.E. (2012). Practical research: Planning and design. Cambridge, MA: Pearson.
  • Further reading is provided in the course "Research Methods" and "Research Seminar"

Further information:

  • The Study and Assessment Regulations and the Guidelines for Writing Academic Paper in Economics contains further information.
Module number:
4304217
Semester:
SS 17
ECTS Credits:
30
Courses:
13 L / 10 h
Self-study:
890 h
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
3

Advanced Asset Management and Investment Consulting

Advanced Asset Management and Investment Consulting

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Diploma Programme in Trustee Services
Project Description
Specialisation in Investment Consulting
Portfolio Management
Funds
Processing of Financial Information
Case Studies on Asset Management and Investment Consulting
Learning Objectives
Erwerb vertiefender Fachkompetenz in den Bereichen Anlageberatung, Portfoliomanagement, Verarbeiten von Fi-nanzinformationen sowie Case Studies zu Vermögensverwaltung und Anlageberatung. Befähigung zum Erkennen ent-sprechender Fragestellungen und deren Umsetzung in die betriebliche Praxis. Einbezug aktueller Probleme des Be-triebs von Treuhandunternehmen vor dem Hintergrund sich ändernder sozialer Rahmenbedingungen.
Assessment Methods
  • Vertiefung Anlageberatung & Verarbeiten von Finanzinformationen: 50 %
  • Portfoliomanagement & Fonds: 50 %

Zum erfolgreichen Bestehen des Moduls ist eine Mindestnote von 4.0 erforderlich. Zusätzlich müssen 80% der zu absolvierenden Einzelprüfungen eines Moduls mindestens mit der Note 3.5 abgeschlossen werden.
Module number:
4308989
Semester:
SS 17
ECTS Credits:
5
Courses:
46 L / 35 h
Self-study:
116 h
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