Course offer at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences
Microcredentials are online courses offered by a university for both students enrolled here and students enrolled at partner universities.
They allow acquiring credit points in other countries, making international contacts, and gaining insight into student life abroad without travelling physically.
The microcredentials on this website are offered free of charge for students enrolled at selected partner universities of Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences.
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Send an e-mail with the following documents/information to Felix Bitterer (felix.bitterer@fh-bielefeld.de) by March 24, 2021:
- Name of the course you want to attend
- Passport copy (incl. date and place of birth)
- Current address
- Certificate of enrollment at your home university
Find more information about the courses by clicking on the titles. The exact course dates will be published by the beginning of March.
- Business English
- Consumer Marketing
- Cross Culture
- Data Mining & Machine Learning
- Economics
- Entrepreneurship (basics)
- International Human Resource Management
- International Marketing
- International Taxation
- Managerial Finance
- Managerial Statistics
- Market Research
- Mobile Marketing
- Presentations and Meetings
- Product Development and Requirement Engineering
- Technical English
- Textile Technologies
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Course form |
Synchronous lecture with asynchronous components |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Engineering and Mathematics |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
English skills: upper B1 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) |
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Course Description |
Learning outcomes • Professional competence: The students extend their active general language skills of B1 and reach a B2.1 level. They possess a sound specialist vocabulary of Business English and master context-related grammar. They communicate spontaneously and fluently about different business functions and present these issues in an assured, clear and detailed manner in English, both in writing and orally. • Social competence: Students try out and consolidate key communicative skills in English presentations, teamwork and project work. • Methodological competence: Students use targeted strategies for a content-related appreciation and critical examination of specialist texts and the solution of contextual tasks. They can present economic issues in a manner appropriate to their target audience. • Personal competence: Students resume responsibility for their learning process; they research and structure authentic material, organize workloads and meet deadlines.
Content • Students master the specialist terminology used in various functional entrepreneurial areas (e.g., entrepreneurship; marketing; finance; sales; company formats). • Students possess the interdisciplinary skills to perform job-related tasks (Emailing; presentation techniques; negotiating; leadership; problem-solving). |
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Study Material |
Textbook and extra material |
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Timetable |
GROUP A from 14th April up to and including 8th July, 2021 Thursdays from 10:30 AM to 01:00 PM (CEST / UTC+2)
GROUP B from 14th April up to and including 8th July, 2021 Thursdays from 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM (CEST / UTC+2)
GROUP C from 16th April up to and including 9th July, 2021
Please tell us, which group you want to join! |
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Credit Points |
5 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Requirements for obtaining ECTS: Regular attendance (70%) and active participation. Passed semester project and written exam. |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
5 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Cornelia Biegler-König: cornelia.biegler-koenig@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Seminar |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Business |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
None |
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Course Description |
Course description This course provides an introduction to the behaviour of consumers in Europe and around the world. It focuses on the decision making process of consumers.
Course objective The goal is to provide a systematic presentation of the processes taking place while consumers are making purchase decisions, including perceptual processes, identification processes, motivational processes, and attitudinal processes. The course aims to link consumer behaviour theory with the real-life problems faced by practitioners. Its objective is to analyze the nature of consumers and their environment from a micro to macro perspective. Main topics are consumer culture, consumer decision making, perception, self-concept, motivation, values and lifestyle, learning and attitudes, social groups.
Agenda • Introduction • What is the impact of consumers on marketing strategy and implementation? • What is the impact of marketing on consumers? • Do marketers manipulate consumers? • Examples
Methodology In this course the following methods, techniques, and aids will be employed: (1) lectures to provide an in-depth exposition of subjects treated, and to clarify, illustrate and supplement reading and research assignments; (2) class discussion of the subjects covered and of questions raised in lectures and readings; (3) application of consumer marketing by participation in case studies (4) question and answer sessions with professor directing questions to particular students; (5) participation in class discussions |
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Study Material |
Useful readings Main book: Solomon, M.R. (2020). Consumer Behavior - Buying, Having and Being. Boston: Pearson Schiffman, L., Wisenblit, J. (2014). Consumer Behavior, 11. ed., Pearson Education. Blackwell, R. D., Miniard, P. W., & Engel, J. F. (2006). Consumer Behaviour; 10. ed., Thomson South-Western. Recommended journals Journal of Consumer Research Journal of Applied Psychology Journal of Consumer Psychology Psychology & Marketing |
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Timetable |
from 7th April up to and including 23rd June, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
6 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
(1) Study of textbooks and of selected parts of other books and periodicals as specified in the assignments; (2), discussion of results in front of the class (3) review of articles and news items in current periodicals and journals dealing with consumer theory and practices, (4) study and solutions of cases as specified in the assignments. |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
4 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Prof. Dr. Denise Demisch: denise.demisch@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Lecture/Seminar |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Business |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
None |
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Course Description |
Students should be aware of their own culture and recognize and evaluate the fact, that there are considerable differences between their own culture and other cultural circles. The aim is to raise awareness of the cultural differences and to develop behavioral rules in order to create a good working atmosphere between the business partners. |
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Study Material |
Different models of cross culture research by
Group work: Creation of case studies based on different cultures (Asia, Europa, North Amerika, Southamerica, Africa, Arabic World, etc.) |
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Timetable |
from 7th April up to and including 23rd June, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
6 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
to be announced |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
15 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Prof. Dr. oec. Gisbert Göring-Lensing-Hebben: gisbert.goering-lensing-hebben@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Lecture (synchronous, 4h per week), |
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University and Faculty |
Faculty of Engineering and Mathematics |
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Study Type |
Master / Graduate |
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Prerequisites |
Knowledge in programming with Python and in statistics |
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Course Description |
Learning Outcomes - Students gain a profound insight into the techniques, possibilities and applicability of data mining and machine learning. After successful participation they are able to identify potential fields of application of data mining methods and machine learning methods in companies to select suitable procedures and to apply them. - Students know all steps of the data mining process to generate knowledge from data via algorithms and can apply the individual steps to larger data sets. - Students know the different types of machine learning and are able to apply supervised and unsupervised learning methods to practical problems. - Students understand the theoretical background of the learned methods and are able to configure them for a certain context and to adapt them if necessary.
Content - Overview of the data mining process - Pre-processing (data acquisition and generation, data selection, errors in data, standardization, cleansing/filtering, dimension reduction) - Observation problems (cluster analysis, outlier detection) - Prediction problems (classification, association analysis, sequence pattern analysis, regression analysis) - Introduction to Machine Learning - Supervised and unsupervised learning with artificial neural networks (feature subset selection, multi-layer perceptron, self-organizing maps, recurrent networks, convolutional neural networks & deep learning) - Application and implementation of selected methods using Python, Pandas, Numpy, Scikit-learn and TensorFlow |
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Study Material |
To be announced |
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Timetable |
from 20th April up to and including 22nd June, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
6 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Written exam or oral exam |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
3 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Schwede: christian.schwede@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Lecture/Seminar |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Business |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
M/S 01 or equivalent (working knowledge of mathematics), |
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Course Description |
This course provides an introduction to the mechanisms of market systems. It deals with decision making of consumers and firms, their interactions, market failure and government activities. Emphasis is also given to a discussion of macroeconomics factors which directly affect product demand and cost of production like exchange rates, interest rates or business cycles.
After completing the course students will be able to answer questions like: How do consumers and firms reach optimal decisions, and how do they interact to shape the resources and opportunities available? How does market structure affect market outcomes? When do markets fail and what can be done to mitigate negative effects? How does foreign trade affect the domestic economy? How should policy makers respond to the business cycle?
Course objective In this course you are going to learn how to "think like an economist". For non-economists economics is a strange way of thinking, rather based on obscure assumptions. You consider everything through the lens of trade-offs and in marginal terms, often presuming rational choice of decision-making units. At the end of the course you will have acquired profound knowledge and understanding in basic economic concepts and microeconomics.
Agenda • The Economic Perspective • Concept of Comparative Advantage • Demand and Supply • Power of Prices and Government Action • Market Structure and Market Failures • Short-Run Economic Fluctuations • Basic Concepts of the Open-Economy • The Impact of Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand |
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Study Material |
The course’s textbook is Frank, Robert H., Microeconomics and Behavior, 9th ed. (international edition) (or newer edition)
Background reading Mankiw, N.G. and M.P. Taylor, Economics, 5/e, 2020. Keat, P., P. Young and S. Erfle, Managerial Economics, 7/e, 2014.
Material and links for recitation activities are continuously updated and made available on the ILIAS-platform (internal LMS). |
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Timetable |
from 8th April up to and including 24th June, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
6 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
The course follows a literacy oriented course design that favors an active learning process. Thus, students’ active participation is essential: 1) Class discussion and familiarity with assigned readings is crucial. 2) Students are required to participate actively in recap and discussion blocks.
Assessment Open Book Assignment. |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
7 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. habil. Vivian Carstensen: vivian.carstensen@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Lecture |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Business |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
none |
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Course Description |
Learning outcomes The overriding goal is to foster knowledge and skills re entrepreneurship. After successful completion of the module, students
Content
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Study Material |
all content available through our learning management system |
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Timetable |
Blended learning: asynchronous approach (all content available at ILIAS) combined with live sessions to discuss the case studies and to answer any queries Even if you cannot join the live sessions, you can still take part for this course. In this case, please let the lecturer know that you take part asynchronously only. |
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Credit Points |
6 ECTS |
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Assessment |
Online exam via e-assessment or oral exam via online conference |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
3 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Bernhard Wach: bernhard.wach@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Seminar |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Business |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
Basic knowledge in human resource management and business organization is recommended. Advanced knowledge in human resource management is also recommended. |
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Course Description |
Learning outcomes By completing, the module students dispose of the following skills: They…
Content of the module
Interactive involvement and group work is a key feature of the course. Yet, due to the online course design certain interactive features will be constrained; potentially feasible in online format are guest lectures of business professionals (tbd) |
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Study Material |
Set of slides, case studies, exercises, articles, real business cases, templates for paper & pencil exercises |
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Timetable |
from 6th April up to and including 22nd June, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
6 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Written examination (1.5 hours) |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
10 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Bernhard Wach: bernhard.wach@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Lecture |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Business |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
None |
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Course Description |
Learning outcomes At the end of module the students are able to differentiate between the different aspects of the international marketing. They are capable to apply the 4 P’s in the international environment and to analyse and evaluate the different needs of the markets to achieve the marketing goals. Finally, they are able to create marketing strategies for internationally operating companies.
Content • international Marketing as a coordinative task • forms of market internationalisation (market selection and evaluation) • market entry strategies (waterfall and shower strategy) • specialties of the int. marketing mix (4 P’s) • degree of standardisation and differentiation in marketing • coordination cultural distances of the markets • the use of customer satisfaction analysis as the basic for a strategy building process • the use of CRM in international marketing in regard to the coordination process |
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Study Material |
Study the used slights of the lessons, reading the basic literature (“International Marketing” from Prof. Dr. Klaus Backhaus, University of Münster), prepare tasks in form of cases or simply about actual circumstances like the discussion of CETA and the influence to marketing. |
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Timetable |
from 7th April up to and including 23rd June, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
6 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Written examination of 90 minutes or presentation of 80 minutes plus free discussion of 10 minutes. The evaluation is according to the whole content of the 24 lessons during the semester. Points are given in the written exam for keywords, math problem and the general impression if the student has understood the topic. |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
15 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Bernhard van Lengerich: bernhard.van_lengerich@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Lecture |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Business |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
None |
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Course Description |
Learning outcomes By completing the module students dispose of the following skills: • They can explain basic terms in the context of taxation of individuals, corporations and business partnerships. • They are capable of describing the procedure of the determination of the income tax, corporation tax and trade tax. • They are able to explain several types of legal forms connected to the legal consequences. • They are able to apply their knowledge in tax cases recognizing the fiscal problems and assigning the correct legal consequences. • They can explain the problems of the double taxation and the steps in relation to their reduction. • They can assess tax regulations.
Content of the module • company profit taxes: income tax, corporate tax, trade tax • taxation of national companies regarding various forms of organisations • fiscal configuration (for example tax group, transfer of company assets,restructuring) • basics of the international corporate taxation like double taxation, less taxation, double taxation agreements and European law • taxation of foreign investors in Germany (inbound investments) • taxation of international activities of domestic investors (outbound investments) • determination of profits (transfer prices, determining of the business success) |
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Study Material |
Doernberg, R.L.: International Taxation in a nutshell. |
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Timetable |
from 7th April up to and including 23rd June, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
6 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Presentation = 50% and written examination (60 min) = 50% |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
3 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Cornelia Kraft: cornelia.kraft@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Lecture/Seminar |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Business |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
None |
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Course Description |
This course provides an overview of financial markets and focuses on the managerial aspects of finance from a multinational business perspective. After successful completion of the module, the students master the fundamentals of financial management. With the knowledge of the various types of interest calculation, they are able to make entrepreneurial credit and investment decisions independently. Furthermore, the knowledge of various ratios enables them to analyze the balance sheets and assess the economic success of a company.
Course objective The goal is to provide a systematic presentation of the theory and operational practices of finance, including instruments of money and capital markets. The course aims to impart an awareness of the continuous changes in these major fields, alongside with changes in international financial policies, investment strategies and practices. Its objective is to analyze the nature of finance from a corporate perspective, to provide the student with an understanding of the concepts and techniques related to financial operations and to discuss the major current developments in this field.
Agenda • Analysis Financial Statements • Time Value of Money • Interest rates and yield curve analysis • Capital budgeting • Spot markets: Bonds and stocks • Forward markets: Forwards, Futurs and Options • Interest rate swaps • Portfolio theory
Methodology In this course the following methods, techniques and aids will be employed: (1) lectures to provide an in-depth exposition of subjects treated, and to clarify, illustrate and supplement reading and research assignments; (2) class discussion of the subjects covered and of questions raised in lectures and readings; (3) question and answer sessions with professor directing questions to particular students; (4) writing and presenting of a research paper on a topic related to the course content |
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Study Material |
Literature/slides/videos… |
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Timetable |
from 6th April up to and including 22nd June, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
6 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Final exam |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
1 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Felix Zeidler: felix.zeidler@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Lecture/Seminar |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Business |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
None |
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Course Description |
After completing this course the students will know basic methods of statistics in economics. They are able to understand and perform statistical analysis. They are able to apply their knowledges in the context of real problems like setting up a simple survey, analysing metric and non-metric data with the R program.
Content of the module • Basic statistical terms • Principals of a survey • Frequencies, mean, quantile • Graphical presentation of distributions • Variance, standard deviation , coefficient of variation • Growth rates • Index numbers • Scatterplot and qq-plot • Correlation and regression analysis • Analysis of Variance • Introduction to probability • Random variables • Estimation of Parameters • Normal Distribution • Distributions derived from the Normal Distribution • Confidence interval • Testing Hypotheses |
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Study Material |
Handouts with case study, data sample, statistic program R
Literature Anderson: Statistics for Business and Economics Kohn/Öztürk: Statistik für Ökonomen McClave: Statistics for Business and Economics |
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Timetable |
from 7th April up to and including 23rd June, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
6 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Working through handouts and case study, using R program; Written examination (2 hours) = 100% |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
6 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Prof. Dr. sc. pol. Wolfgang Kohn: wolfgang.kohn@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Seminar |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Business |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
English skills level B2 |
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Course Description |
Learning outcomes By the end of the course students are able to apply • language and communication skills in a real-life marketing environment. • basic market research techniques to corporate marketing problems. They will have upgraded and can apply • cross-cultural communication skills. • teamwork and project management skills in an international environment. • presentation and academic writing skills in a real-life environment. Acquisition of level C1 according CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference)
Content • Conducting exploratory and descriptive market studies • Data mining techniques: interviews, questionnaires, focus groups • Processing, interpreting and presenting findings • Report writing
The course contents serve a clear project focus, i.e. to determine the marketability of a virtual product or service idea abroad. |
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Study Material |
to be announced |
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Timetable |
from 8th April up to and including 24th June, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
6 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Presentation: 50% oral presentation, 50% written draft |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
4 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Kerstin Jerominek: kerstin.jerominek@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Seminar |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Business |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
None |
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Course Description |
Course description This course provides an introduction to digital marketing and gives an overview of mobile business. It then focuses on special areas like mobile marketing and mobile payment.
Course objective The goal is to provide a systematic presentation of the operational practices of (international) mobile business, including instruments of the mobile business system, technologies, applications and the (international) market. The course aims to impart an awareness of the continuous changes in these major fields, alongside with changes in international mobile business approaches, market strategies and practices. Its objective is to analyze the nature of mobile business at the international, regional, national, institutional and corporate levels, to provide the student with an understanding of the concepts and techniques related to international mobile business operations and to discuss the major current events in this field. Main topics are Technical Basics, Economic Fundamentals, Mobile application scenarios, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Payment, Security
Agenda Introduction and examples • What is the definition of mobile marketing/ business? • Who are the players in the area of mobile business? • What is now exactly to be mobile? • Which implications can be made for “to be mobile”? • What are the applications/services? • Where are challenges and risks? |
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Study Material |
In this course the following methods, techniques and aids will be employed: (1) lectures to provide an in-depth exposition of subjects treated, and to clarify, illustrate and supplement reading and research assignments; (2) class discussion of the subjects covered and of questions raised in lectures and readings; (3) application of mobile business by participation in case studies (4) question and answer sessions with professor directing questions to particular students; (5) presentation of a research paper on a topic related to the course content; (6) oral class presentations by students with particularly relevant experiences
Literature Useful readings Krum, Ciny, Mobile Marketing, Pearson education (MAIN BOOK) Giaglis George M., Mobile business: technologies, applications and markets Bhuvan Unhelkar, Handbook of Research in Mobile Business: Technical, Methodological, and Social Perspectives, Idem Group Jouni Paavilainen; Mobile Business Strategies: Understanding the Technologies and Opportunities, Wireless Press … Recommended journals International Journal of Information Management Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research |
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Timetable |
from 9th April up to and including 25th June, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
3 or 6 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Assignments and student responsibilities (1) Study of textbooks and of selected parts of other books and periodicals as specified in the assignments; (2) research on and writing of a 15 pages paper (space 1, font 12), complete with footnotes and bibliography, Presentation and discussion of results in front of the class (3) review of articles and news items in current periodicals and journals dealing with mobile business theory and practices. (4) study and solutions of cases as specified in the assignments.
Assignments and gradings Presentation (mandatory): 3 ECTS Additionally paper (optional): additional 3 ECTS |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
3 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Riza Öztürk: riza.oeztuerk@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Seminar |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Business |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
English skills level B2 |
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Course Description |
Learning outcomes After completing the module, students will have acquired: • Presentations: Students know and are able to apply various presentation techniques get acquainted with different presentation tools, acquire basic rhetorical skills and knowledge, become aware of cultural aspects of body language and are able to implement and actively use their knowledge in presentations for international audiences. • Meetings: Students will become familiar with different aspects of teamwork with special focus on international teams, gain cultural awareness, learn about negotiation concepts and experience negotiation situations in various economic settings and can describe and apply these skills. They can chair and run international teams and meetings effectively. • Acquisition of level B2/C1 according to CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference)
Content presentations: • basic communication models • cultural awareness • body language • rhetoric • dos and don’ts • practice and feedback
meetings: • theoretical concepts of international terms • Harvard Negotiating Concept • negotiations • practice and feedback |
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Study Material |
Grussendorf, Marion: English for Presentations. Cornelsen Canney Davison, Sue and Ward, Karen: Leading International Teams. McGraw-Hill |
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Timetable |
from 9th April up to and including 25th June, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
6 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Combination of project work, presentation and oral examination |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
3 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Kerstin Jerominek: kerstin.jerominek@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Synchronous lecture |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Engineering and Mathematics |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
None |
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Course Description |
Learning outcomes Content
2.3 Quality management |
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Study Material |
Will be available in online learning management system during course |
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Timetable |
from 21st April up to and including 23rd June, 2021 Weekly on Wednesdays from 08:30 AM to 11:45 AM (CEST / UTC+2) |
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Credit Points |
5 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Project development |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
1 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Prof. Dr. Mariam Dopslaf: mariam.dopslaf@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Synchronous lecture with asynchronous components |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Engineering and Mathematics |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
English skills: lower B2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) |
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Course Description |
Learning outcomes • Professional competence: Students acquire an extended active upper B2 language competence. They increase their specialist vocabulary of Technical English and can combine it with expressions from Business English. • Social competence: Students are aware of differences in intercultural communication, especially in English-speaking business environments. • Methodological competence: Students are able to skim specialist texts for essential information, present this shortly and concisely both in speaking and writing, establish broader contexts and give a critical assessment. • Personal competence: Students show English fluency and a pro-active approach to managing authentic English sources.
Content • Students can actively participate in international conferences. • They master the core terminology for dealing with problem-oriented case studies (e.g., Industry 4.0; automated systems; discussing readings and trends). • Students possess interdisciplinary skills (e.g. project management; business plan and marketing; economic sectors; manufacturing processes; pitching technical products; designing conference posters; academic writing; persuasion strategies). |
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Study Material |
Textbook and extra material |
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Timetable |
GROUP A from 12th April up to and including 5th July, 2021
GROUP B from 12th April up to and including 7th July, 2021
Please tell us, which group you want to join! |
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Credit Points |
5 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Requirements for obtaining ECTS: Regular attendance (70%) and active participation. Passed semester project and written exam. |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
3 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Cornelia Biegler-König: cornelia.biegler-koenig@fh-bielefeld.de |
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Course form |
Synchronous lecture |
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Faculty |
Faculty of Engineering and Mathematics |
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Study Type |
Undergraduate (Bachelor level) |
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Prerequisites |
None |
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Course Description |
Learning outcomes Content |
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Study Material |
to be announced |
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Timetable |
from 13th April up to and including 6th July, 2021 |
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Credit Points |
5 ECTS |
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Assessment type |
Project work incl. oral presentation and written report |
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Places available to microcredentials students |
10 |
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Enquiries about course content |
Prof. Dr. Dr. Andrea Ehrmann: andrea.ehrmann@fh-bielefeld.de |
