Structure and Curriculum

The bachelor’s programme in “International Information Systems Management” is comprised of eigth module groups. The module group distribution follows from the module scheme seen at right (click to enlarge).

The content of individual module groups is presented below. Detailed information concerning courses and modules pertaining to each module group can be found in the programme’s module handbook (see Regulations and Documents). In that section we also provide an exemplary model for course timetables.

A1: Foundations of Information Systems

In this module group’s obligatory courses, students acquire fundamental knowledge and skills pertaining to business informatics and information systems, become acquainted with databases, computing and operating systems, and deal with topics of information and knowledge management.

[30 ECTS-Points]

A2: International Information Systems Management

Module group A2 provides students with an introduction to international information systems management. Topics range from introductory courses in global project management, sourcing and service management to organizing a foreign market entry. Students are allowed a high degree of freedom in choosing courses for this module group, which means that, depending on interests or career plans, students can choose their own areas of initial focus. In addition, the courses in this module group establish a unique reference to the practices of corporate management. Instructors who are leading IT managers in international corporations present students with their knowledge of specific, practical topics such as the creation of outsourcing agreements, service management and software procurement, and so provide inspiration for future occupational fields (compare with the section on career and educational perspectives).

[30 ECTS-Points]

A3: Foundations of Economics and Business Administration

This module group comprises fundamentals of economics and business administration, cost accounting, accounting and finance, economics and law.

[30 ECTS-Points]

A4: Quantitative Methods

The module group A4 comprises lectures in mathematics and statistics.

[20 ECTS-Points]

A5: Contextual Studies

One significant focus area in contextual studies is the acquisition of subject-specific foreign language skills essential for graduates’ future professional activities. Furthermore, modules in the fields ethics, general key skills (e.g. presentation or rhetorical training), and the fundamentals of academic methods may also be selected.

[19 ECTS Points]

A6: Seminar and Project

The degree programme stipulates attendance of one bachelor’s seminar. In these courses, specific topics and problems pertaining to various segments of International Information Systems Management are expanded on and discussed. In addition, students have to take an information systems project. In this project, theoretical concepts are applied on real world problems. 

[9 ECTS-Points]

A7: Bachelor’s Thesis

Within the scope of the bachelor’s thesis, students employ academic methods to work independently on a specified topic as it relates to Information Systems Management. The topic can be derived from the information systems, computer science, applied computer science and business administration and management subject areas. 

[12 ECTS Points]

B: Specialization Studies

One of two variations is to be selected in the area of specialization studies. In the frst variation, students earn course credit at a foreign university within the scope of a semester abroad, and these credits are, as a rule, recognized by the University of Bamberg and credited to studies here. In the second variation, a compulsory internship in an IT department of a company or another institution operating internationally must be completed. Practical activities and performance are outlined in an internship report. Additional elective courses from the bachelors’s programme with a focus on information systems, applied informatics, and economics round out the practical experience gained from the internship.

[30 ECTS Points]