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CS 690 — Master Thesis
(dt. Masterarbeit)

Level, degree of commitment Thesis module, required module
Forms of teaching and learning,
workload		 Private study under guidance (Anfertigen der Masterarbeit), Öffentlicher Vortrag (Verteidigung der Arbeit),
900 hours (900 h private study)
Credit points,
formal requirements		 30 CP
Course requirement(s):
Examination type: Master thesis (weight: 27 cp) and disputation (weight: 3 cp)
Language,
Grading		 English or German,
The grading is done with 0 to 15 points according to the examination regulations for the degree program M.Sc. Business Informatics. In the event of failure, a total of 2 attempts are available for the examination.
Duration,
frequency		 6 months,
each semester
Person in charge of the module's outline All lecturers of Computer Science

Contents

Building on knowledge from one or more modules of the Master's program, an application-oriented topic is agreed upon between the student and the supervisor. A suitable selection of the scientific methods to be used in the work is made jointly.


Qualification Goals

The students, supervised by a thesis advisor, are able to work on a comprehensive topic from the field of Business Informatics and apply suitable scientific methods. They are able to communicate the results of thesis in written and oral form.


Prerequisites

At least 66 LP must have been acquired. In addition, the following modules are required: Independent Scientific Practice Business Informatics, either Selected Advanced Topics in Computer Science ("Seminar") or Selected Advanced Topics in Business Informatics ("Seminar") or Seminar Advanced Management Accounting or Seminar Digitization and Process Management or Seminar Empirical Finance or Seminar on Empirical Marketing or Seminar Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models or Seminar on Advanced Finance and Banking or Seminar on Marketing Theory or Seminar on Organization, Human Resource Management and Knowledge Management or Seminar on Financial Accounting and Corporate Valuation or Seminar on Strategic and International Management or Seminar on Strategic and International Management (Project) or Seminar on Technology and Innovation Management. At least 12 LP must have been completed in the Compulsory Elective Modules in B.A. and a seminar as well as Introduction to Scientific Working Business Informatics must have been completed at the same department as the master thesis.


Applicability

The module can be attended at FB12 in study program(s)

  • M.Sc. Business Informatics

When studying M.Sc. Business Informatics, this module must be completed in the study area Final Module.


Recommended Reading

  • Depending on topic



Please note:

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