It should be explicitly stated that the following plans are merely suggestions. Every student is free to assemble their own timetable in accordance with the study and examination regulations. The official module overview and list of currently offered courses can help with this.
SWS (Semesterwochenstunden): SWS describes the estimated amount of hours during which students visit a course per week e.g. the length of a lecture.
ECTS: The ECTS-points awarded upon successful completion of a course. The ECTS-points further serve as a rough approximation of the overall amount of work necessary for completing the course. General information on ECTS (European Credit Transfer System can be found in the study and examination regulations.
More questions? Up-to-date information on changes in the study regulations and other teaching-offers can be found on the page of the study coordinator.
Advanced topics: Media informatics students can receive advanced topics credits for elective courses - lectures, practical courses or seminars. Since 2015 students need to complete three advanced topics. Up-to-date information on which courses count as advanced topics can be found on this sub-page of the study coordinator.
Interdisciplinary competences: The module "Interdisciplinary competences" encompasses 4 partial modules of 3 ECTS each. Of these, 3 have to be successfully completed.
- Ethics and Law in Computer Science (de: "Ethik und Recht in der Informatik"; lecture offered in the summer semester)
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Project competences multimedia
among other things students can receive credits for doing an internship in the industry -
Seminar on personal and social competences
Bachelor students can receive 3 ECTS for an arbitrary tutor occupation. It suffices to hand in an informal certificate with the study coordinator. Further information on acknowledgement of achievements can be found on this sub-page of the study coordinator. -
e-Xplore Technical English Online-Course (signing up required)
In the menu follow this path: --> Sprachen --> Englisch --> e-Xplore Technical English --> Technisches Englisch in Informatik und IT
To receive credits for completing the e-Xplore course students need to upload a pdf-Certificate (if possible graded) in Uni2work-Workflows
Participation in User Studies:
In order to obtain the 3 ECTS-Points of the modules WP 4/I and WP 4/II - User Studies 1 and 2 (In case the studies were started before the winter semester 2019/2020, the module is called WP 18.2 - Participation in 3 User Studies), the students must provide proof of participation in user studies to the extend of 12 study participant hours. These have to be part of at least 3 different studies. The amount of studies is thus higher than 3 if the minimal amount of hours has not been reached yet.
General tips:
- A study participant hour (also called MMI-point) corresponds to the expenditure of time of 1 hour when participating in a user study
- In the area for templates and user studies you can subscribe to the E-Mail newsletter for user studies at the institute. It is a great way to immediately know about the newest user studies.
- The participation of user studies at the faculty for psychology and pedagogy also counts. You can subscribe to their newsletter on user studies to receive information on studies of that faculty. To receive credits for these studies, the researcher needs to verify your participation in written form (form as PDF) and you need to hand in this confirmation with the secretary Franziska Schwamb or the study advisor.
- You can receive a certificate of all studies that you received credit for up to that point in time by asking Ms Schwamb.
The Master study programme can be started in the summer and in the winter semester. Many courses are offered in both summer and winter semester, so students are very flexible in the timetable configuration. The timetable suggestions here act as an overview over courses that need to be visited during the Master studies.
It should be explicitly stated that the following plans are merely suggestions. Every student is free to assemble their own timetable in accordance with the study and examination regulations. The official module overview can help with this.
SWS (Semesterwochenstunden): SWS describes the estimated amount of hours during which students visit a course per week e.g. the length of a lecture.
ECTS: The ECTS-points awarded upon successful completion of a course. The ECTS-points further serve as a rough approximation of the overall amount of work necessary for completing the course. General information on ECTS (European Credit Transfer System can be found in the study and examination regulations.
The Minor Media Informatics cover 60 ECTS. It is a combination with the Bachelor major Art and Multimedia (Attention: students must prove artistic aptitude!) and Pedagogy (Attention: NC).
SWS (Semesterwochenstunden): SWS describes the estimated amount of hours during which students visit a course per week e.g. the length of a lecture.
ECTS: The ECTS-points awarded upon successful completion of a course. The ECTS-points further serve as a rough approximation of the overall amount of work necessary for completing the course. General information on ECTS (European Credit Transfer System can be found in the study and examination regulations.
The study and examination regulations of Media Informatics as a minor for Bachelor and Master study programmes can be viewed here. The module guide book for the minor Media Informatics is also accessible online.
The courses can be found on the web pages of the responsible department:- Media Informatics: Digital Media (P1), Media Technology (P2), Multimedia Programming (P4), Block practical course on Multimedia Programming (P4), Multimedia in Networks (P5), Human-Machine-Interaction I (P6)
- Programming and Software technology: Einführung in die Informatik: Programmierung und Softwareentwicklung (P1)
- Datenbanksysteme: Einführung in die Informatik: Systeme und Anwendungen (P2), Softwareentwicklungspraktikum (P3)
The Master study program Human-Computer-Interaction can be understood as Media Informatics with an application in Human-Computer-Interaction. There are the following distinctions to the other Master study programs: The lectures Human-Computer-Interaction II and Information Visualization become mandatory. HCI II deals with advanced forms of Human-Computer-Interaction like interative surfaces, instrumentalized surroundings and augmented reality. Further, students need to take part in two design-workshops, that are the continuation of the Bachelor courses "Interaction Design", "Concept Development" and "Projektkompetence Multimedia". The Design Workshops are two independent courses. However, when applying for Design Workshop II, students who have already participated in Design Workshop I may still be given preference for admission. Furthermore, the two design workshops do not count as part of the maximum 30 etcs of practical courses that are allowed to be taken in the Master's program.
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 list is 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
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 list is 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 |
| 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 |
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"
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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.
