Bachelor

Course Topics

The Department Intelligent Information System offers a comprehensive education for bachelor students in Information Systems and Business Administration and Economics.

Already in the first semester, the students receive basic education to core topics of Information Systems. Based on the use of software, the module “Information Systems” teaches basic modelling methods for economics based on the ARIS house. The module “Introduction into Computer Science and Economics” focuses on the more technical requirements of students in Information Systems, especially in terms of databases and internet communication.

After the basic introduction into Information Systems we offer the Seminar Interdisciplinary Topics to the students in cooperation with our Information System colleagues at the University of Stuttgart. In the second semester, this seminar will provide students with an initial contact with current research questions in Information Systems. In the Software Laboratory course, students of Information Systems have a first opportunity to experience their acquired knowledge performing a complete software development project from requirements analysis and implementation to acceptance.

In the fourth Semester, the Department Intelligent Information System offers to major in Information Systems for Business Administration and Economics as well as Information Systems students to deepen their knowledge.

From the fifth semester onwards, the Department Intelligent Information System offers students of Business Administration and Economics and students of Information Systems to write their Bachelor Thesis. As a prerequisite for writing a thesis attendance of the Seminar for Scientific Work is required. This is followed by a Special Project: Information Systems and/or a bachelor thesis depending on the specific regulations.

Structure of the specialization area

The specialization area “Information Systems & Supply Chains” is based on the foundations of the first semesters and imparts extensive knowledge in the interaction of information technology and organisations, conception and modelling of IT systems as a form of implementation of IT projects. Prerequisites are an interest in the structured mapping of business processes and system architectures. Special programming skills are not required.

In the module “Organisational Communication Management” modelling basics are extended by a modelling method especially for communication processes. Furthermore, communication within as well as between companies (i.e. organisations) is analysed.

In the fifth semester there is a choice between the module “E-Business”, offered by the Department Information Systems 2 and the module “Introduction to System Design” (not selectable for bachelor students in Information Systems) from the Department Intelligent Information System.

The module “Introduction to System Design” focuses on the implementation of software development projects, the tasks involved and applicable methods. The design of system architectures and the properties of the resulting system play a major role.

The completion of the major in Information systems represents the project seminar, alternatively as Humboldt Reloaded seminar or as a regular project seminar “Information Systems”. Both seminars are based on current issues, the project seminar usually with an external partner. Mostly, a current topic is analysed to identify challenges and potential for improvement in the partner’s company using scientific methods and to present a selection of those for the customer as a mock-up (i.e. as a non-fictional prototype).

All modules can also be selected as part of a free elective.

Topics closely-related to Information Systems and Supply Chain Management can be found in the majors Internal Management, Market-Oriented Management, Accounting and Taxes. Therefore, topics in the major in Information Systems represent increasingly interdisciplinary competences.

Objective / Occupational Fields

Graduates of Intelligent Information Systems work in a broad field. A career as a consultant, in particular an IT consultant or in-house in the areas of IT project management, business process analysis, or controlling clarifies the business skills of this major. A career as a system analyst or enterprise system architect, illustrates the technical aspects of this major and the range of occupational fields. Of course, you can expand the knowledge acquired in Information Systems in the Master’s degree in Information Systems at the Universities of Hohenheim and Stuttgart, as well as in the Master’s degree of Management at the University of Hohenheim and the key areas offered in it.