Media Economy

Elective Courses

Master students have more freedom in choosing their courses than Bachelor students. The distinction between advanced topics and elective courses is depricated. Lectures, seminars and practical courses can all be taken as elective courses. The following rules are applied (new courses are added to the list, but old courses are not deleted from the list). You can see an overview over offered courses for Master students by searching for "Lehrveranstaltungen im Masterstudium". The individual course pages also say whether a course is for Master students.

Master students have to obtain at least 12 ECTS through practical courses. Additional practical courses can be used as elective courses. In total, students can receive credits for up to 4 practical courses. We recommend visiting one practical course per semester.
Master students have to visit one major seminar (6 ECTS) and can receive credits for up to 2 additional seminars (in total max. 3 seminars).

Examples for possible courses

Titel	Veranstaltungsart	SWS	ECTS
Online Multimedia	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
Human-Computer-Interaction II	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
Information Visualization	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
Engineering for Human Factors	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
Physiological Computing and Neuroergonomics	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
Intelligent User Interfaces	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
Practical Machine Learning	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
Methoden des Software Engineering	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
IT-Sicherheit	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
Advanced Topics in Software Engineering	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
Grid and Cloud Computing	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
Big Data Management and Analytics	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
Introduction to Quantum Computing	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6
Artificial Intelligence for Games	Lecture + Tutorial	3 + 2	6

As opposed to other applied subjects, Master students who have the applied subject Media Economy can optionally take 2 courses of the applied subject as elective courses.

Advanced topics in Media Informatics / Computer Science

See elective courses

Practical course and Seminar on Scientific Working and Teaching (SPWAL):

The regulation that Master students can receive credit for working as a tutor in place of the practical portion on the course (PWAL - 3 ECTS) is no longer valid as of the winter semester 2014/15. Since the winter semester 2021/22 the course SWAL is offered in place of SPWAL. It focuses more on scientific working than on teaching.

Personal and Social Competences (PSK):

Tutor jobs and other external qualifications e.g. language courses can not be used as a replacement for PSK in the Master.
Students may receive credit for:

• Course "Persönliche und soziale Kompetenz"
• Accomplishments outside of the study context, where students have the direct responsibility for the guidance of a group, including team moderation. The extend must correspond to 6 ECTS, i.e. at least one month full-time work.
  Examples: Coach (sports), group leader in an Alpine Club (it is expected that the student can show a coaching license); occupation in self-administration of student accomodations; active student representative of a faculty.
• Occupation as working student or intern, if it is plausible that the job comes with substaintial leadership and moderator roles. If the focus is on technical activities, these can not be used as credit for personal and social competences.