General description of degree program Name Qualification awarded Level of qualification Qualification requirements and regulations Key learning outcomes Profile of the program Occupational profiles of graduates Program duration: Pre-study work experience: Specific admission requirements Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning Traineeship semester: Start of program: Application deadline: Business Administration and Engineering Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Business Administration and Engineering second-cycle Graduates of this program will have acquired the tools to solve complex future problems on their own and systematically. They will be able to apply current knowledge to both established and new problems in their field. They will thus have been prepared for in-house tasks in particular. While more academic in approach compared with the corresponding Bachelor s program, the consecutive two-semester master s degree still has an application-oriented profile. Methodological and systematic expertise is an essential component of the teaching. Current research findings are tested for their applicability in practical professional situations. Building on the vocational bachelor qualification, the master s program in Business Administration and Engineering provides career options in staff functions and trainee management programs in large companies and similar prospects in an academic career. The industries in which graduates of this program will typically work include the automotive and mechanical engineering industry, electronics, the aeronautical industry, IT, services and consulting. Graduates will be employed for instance as product managers, project engineers, key account managers, logisticians, market researchers, sales representatives, or personnel managers. 2 semesters / 60 ECTS Bachelor s degree or other university degree that is considered at least equivalent in either of the fields of business administration, sales engineering or other fields that train engineers for work in the industry, provided that the applicant can prove knowledge in cost accounting, financing, logistics, quality management, marketing, and computer science at 5 ECTS each. The study program should correspond to 240 credits according to ECTS, with an evaluation of at least B or an overall grade of 2.3. Graduates holding a bachelor s degree with a workload of 180 ECTS only are required to pass 60 ECTS worth of additional courses from the HsKA bachelor s program. Bonus points are awarded for: professional activity, scientific activity, practical experience, exceptional credits in subject areas that have particular relevance for the master program. English skills (TOEFL 560/220/83 or equivalent). Students from abroad: proof of satisfactory knowledge of German. Results achieved in theory or practical courses of an academic degree program at a recognized higher education institution can be transferred to HsKA according to ECTS recognition procedures upon express request, if the Board of Examiners acknowledges these results to be comparable in terms of level, subject content and extent. Relevant job experience amounting to at least 1 year following a 6- semester bachelor s degree can be evaluated by the Admissions Committee as being equivalent to a seventh semester, in accordance with the EU Commission s plans to introduce an European Qualification Framework. Prior learning must be in a similar or related subject. In summer semester and in winter semester 15 January for application into summer semester
Language of instruction: Mode of study Access to further studies Examination regulations, assessment and grading Final examination Graduation requirements Program director ECTS Departmental coordinator 15 July for application into winter semester German, some lectures are in English Full-time Doctoral studies For information about the courses as well as the study and examination credits required for successful completion of studies, see annex (pages 3 to 5). The annex also shows the weight of the various examinations towards the final grade. All parts which count towards a subject examination must be concluded successfully with a mark no less than 4.0 each. Master s thesis and colloquium The student must have attained the pre-examination credits as laid down in the table below. Prof. Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Reinhold König Prof. Dr. Angelika Altmann-Dieses Course structure diagram with credits:
Annex Tables for the degree program Columns and abbreviations: Col. 1 EDP code Col. 2 Course title Col. 3 Term for which the course is offered Col. 4 ECTS credits (CP) and contact hours per week (SWS) Col. 5 Teaching methods (Art) V = Lecture (Vorlesung) Ü = Exercises (Übung) PA = Project (Projektarbeit) S = Seminar (Seminar) L = Laboratory (Labor) Col. 6 Prerequisites (Voraus.) for admission to course Col. 7 Type of course (SL/Studienleistung), prerequisites for admission to examination (PV/Prüfungsvorleistung), duration (Dur.) Col. 8 Type of assessment (PL/Prüfungsleistung), duration (Dur.) Add. 7 & 8 Possible course types and types of assessment: MP = Oral exam (Mündliche Prüfung) St = Assignment (Studienarbeit) Kl = Exam (Klausur) Re = Presentation (Referat) Ue = Exercises (Übungen) La = Lab project (Laborarbeit) Ha = Term paper (Hausarbeit) En = Draft (Entwurf) MT = Master s thesis (Master-Thesis) PA = Project (Projektarbeit) Abbreviations for duration S = Term/Semester M = Monat(e)/Month(s) W = Wochen/Week(s) T = Days/Tag(e) Col. 9 Weighting for grade point average (Gewicht für Bildung der Fachnote/GFN) Col. 10 Subject examination (FP/Fachprüfung) the credits are assigned to Col. 11 Note Add. 6 & 11 Abbreviations Block = Block course (Blockveranstaltung) FP = Subject examination (Fachprüfung) üpl = Integrated credits (lehrveranstaltungsübergreifende Prüfungsleistung) bpl = Credits accumulated in parallel (studienbegleitende Prüfungsleistung) PS = Internship term (Praxissemester) LV = Course (Lehrveranstaltung) WPf = Elective (Wahlpflichtfach)
Degree program: Business Administration and Engineering, Degree: Master Of Science (M. Sc.) Table 1 1 2 3 4 a 4 b 5 6 7 a 7 b 8 a 8 b 9 10 11 EDV code Course title Term CP SWS Art Voraus. SL/PV Dur. PL Dur. GFN FP Note WM 112 Formal Methods 1 5 4 V/S Re 15 Kl 90 1 1 WM 122 Market and Competition 1 5 4 V/S Re 15 Kl 90 1 2 WM 1A2 Elective A 1 5 4 V 1 5 Cf. 41 (4) WM 132 Master s thesis 1 15 En 1 S WM 212 Engineering Sciences 2 5 4 V/S Re 15 Kl 90 1 3 WM 222 Business Management 2 5 4 V/S Re 15 Kl 90 1 4 WM 2B2 Elective B 2 5 4 V 1 6 Cf. 41 (4) WM 232 Academic working methods 2 2 2 V/S Re 15 7 WM 242 Master s thesis 2 10 WM 132 MT 1 S 2 7 WM 252 Master colloquium 2 3 WM 232 Re + MP 15 + 30 1 7 Total 60 26 6 8 7
Degree program: Business Administration and Engineering, Degree: Master Of Science (M. Sc.) Table 2 EDV code Exam title Exam code Assigned courses Weighting for overall grade Note WM F01 Formal Methods FP1 Formal Methods 1 WM F02 Market and Competition FP2 Market and Competition 1 WM F03 Engineering Sciences FP3 Engineering Sciences 1 WM F04 Business Management FP4 Business Management 1 WM F05 Elective A FP5 Elective A 1 WM F06 Elective B FP6 Elective B 1 WM F07 Master s thesis with colloquium FP7 Master s thesis Academic working methods Master colloquium 4