Term: winter/summer
Level: bachelor/master
Workload: 5 ECTS
Person in charge: n.n.
If you have questions please contact Nicole Haß from the International Office.

Language courses are offered from the beginning of October to mid January (winter semester) and from the beginning of April to mid July (summer semester). They are intended exclusively for Erasmus+ exchange students. IT Engineering master students are not allowed to participate in this course! The VHS Wedel school offers German courses for IT Engineering master students. Please contact the school to ask about the conditions. Your contact there is Mrs. Bolsinger.

Term: winter
Level: bachelor
Workload: 5 ECTS
CEF level: B2-C1
Person in charge:Byron Evans

This course is exclusively for all students enrolled in the Bachelor programme business administration and incomings, taking part in the Erasmus programme. The business part covers a wide variety of business-related topics – e. g. e-commerce, marketing, project planning, business trends – in the context of the English language as used in the international business world. Students are expected to actively use their language skills in regular presentations, discussions, meetings, and brainstorming sessions.
The commercial part lets students practise their language skills in concrete business situations, focusing strongly on written skills. Topics include business e-mails/letters, business documents, telephoning, negotiating, report writing, and job applications. This module is taught in seminar format and ends with a written examination.

Term: summer
Level: bachelor
Workload: 5 ECTS
Person in charge:Byron Evans
This course is exclusively for all students enrolled in the Bachelor programme industrial engineering and incomings taking part in the Erasmus programme.

It includes a number of different technical topics such as technical process descriptions, project planning, production, safety, technical design, renewable energy, waste disposal and recycling. The emphasis of the course is on active student participation in discussions, presentations and group work. Grammar and vocabulary are learned and expanded by giving students regular opportunities to practice newly acquired language structures through exercises to solve technical problems.

Term: winter/summer
Level: bachelor/master
Workload: up to 10 ECTS
Person in charge:Prof. Thorsten Giersch

Case studies deal with real enterprises and their market environment. Your task is to find relevant data and apply typical management instruments in order to analyse a given case. Topics can relate to service management, marketing and media management, accounting and auditing, production- and supply-chain-management, or any other area of interest. Findings and recommendations have to be presented in a written report (about 30 pages long). A case study can also be done as a group work. All of our business lecturers issue and supervise case studies.

Term: winter
Level: bachelor
Workload: 5 ECTS
Person in charge: Prof. Thorsten Giersch

The business simulation game gives a realistic model of a company in a competitive setting. Students of up to four participants form a group and manage a virtual company and compete against other companies on the market. Strategic and operational decisions have to be made and implemented. These decisions involve all areas of management from production to marketing. The overall aim of each group is to survive till the end of the game and to maximize shareholder value. Each group has to present their company’s strategy at the beginning of the semester, re-evaluate their strategy after playing two simulation rounds, and to give a group presentation on the performance of the company and success of the strategy followed. While most work is done as group work, there will also be a written exam on topics that are related to the simulation game. In this course there is no numerical grading, only “pass” or “fail” exist.

Term: summer
Level: master
Workload: 5 ECTS
Person in charge:Prof. Jan-Paul Lüdtke

This module is focused on product mix policy at multi-channel-retailers. Students will get acquainted with options on how to structure and optimize a product range in terms of depth and width. Furthermore, the module covers concepts such as efficient consumer response (ECR) and basics in supply chain management. The final grade will be based on a written exam and an assignment.

Term: winter
Level: master/bachelor
Workload: 5 ECTS
Person in charge:Prof. Thorsten Giersch

This lecture covers central parts of international trade theory and policy, and also basic aspects of international monetary theory and policy. Besides this, there is also a chapter on the international firm included, which treats some more management-oriented aspects of international trade. The final grade will be based on a written exam and an assignment.

Term: summer
Level: master
Workload: 2,5 ECTS
Person in charge:Prof. Thorsten Giersch

“Industrial Organization” is an area within applied microeconomics. Market structure, market conduct and market performance are the focal points of the analysis, while advanced models of imperfect markets form the starting point of the analysis. The use of game theoretical approaches to model the interaction of companies oligopolistic markets play an increasing role in strategy management. The module ensures that students become familiar with these approaches and can assess their application in practice. In the last part of the lecture we also take a closer look on the institutional framework of market competition. Here students have to give an oral presentation of a recent Competition Law case (cartel cases, abuse of market power etc.).

Chapter overview:

1. Foundations
2. Monopoly
3. Game Theory and Oligopolistic Markets
4. Competition Law and Anti-competitive Strategies

The final grade will be based on a written exam and an assignment.
The lecture on “Industrial Organization” is part of the module “Applied Microeconomics”. The other part of this module covers basic topics of “Decions Theory” (2,5 ECTS). This second part is only offered in German.

Term: winter
Level: master
Workload: 5 ECTS
Person in charge:Prof. Thorsten Giersch

This module deals with economic aspects of the internationalization of services. Topics range from macroeconomic and policy questions to aspects of managing international services, both from a strategic and operative perspective. As part of the module students form small groups and work out and present a case study of a service company that acts international. The final grade will be based on a written exam and an assignment.

Term: winter/summer
Level: bachelor/master
Workload: 5 ECTS
Person in charge:Prof. Thorsten Giersch

Seminar topics vary each semester and stem from all areas of business. Students are required to do their own research on a specific topic assigned to them prior to the semester, to write a seminar paper, and to present their findings in class. International students may choose whether to write and present their paper in English or German.
Seminars with business focus are offered by all our business lecturers. While a lot of seminar topics are defined in advance and distributed among the students, many of our lecturers will also define an individual topic with you. If you are interested in taking part in a seminar, you should contact Prof. Giersch and ask for a topic before your arrival at FH Wedel.

Term: summer
Level: bachelor
Workload: 3 ECTS
Person in charge:Prof. Thorsten Giersch

“Service Markets and Strategies” deals with the following topics:

• structure-conduct-performance paradigm
• basic structure and forms of industry analysis
• services and strategies
• writing and presenting your own report on a chosen service industry (group work)

The final grade will be based on a written exam.
“Service Markets and Strategies” is part of the module “Markets, Strategies and Resources”. The other part of this module covers basic topics of “Human Resource Management” (2 ECTS). This second part is only offered in German.

Term: summer
Level: master
Workload: 5 ECTS
Prerequisites: Students should have programming experience and knowledge about discrete algebraic structures.
Person in charge:Prof. Gerd Beuster

This workshop combines lectures in cryptography with hands-on exercises. The students learn both the history and the mathematical foundations of cryptography and cryptanalysis. Based on this they learn to assess the strengths and the weaknesses of both historical and contemporary ciphers and cryptographic protocols. Classroom lectures are complemented by practical exercises, where students gain hands-on experience in cryptography and cryptanalysis.

Term: winter/summer
Level: bachelor/master
Workload: 5 ECTS (deviations for international students possible)
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge regarding design and development, use of CAD-systems, manufacturing technologies and cost calculation will be an advantage.
Person in charge:Prof. Frank Bargel

In the bachelor level engineering project students have to develop a product from scratch until assembly and test of the final product. Groups will be comprised of about ten students and the project will take place in the manufacturing engineering lab.

In the master level project students have to conduct some practical research, design, or laboratory work, usually in small groups of two or three students. The project will take place in a variety of laboritories: microsystems technology, manufacturing engineering, chemical engineering, or will be carried out in cooperation with companies.
The objectives of both project levels are teaching the students to apply engineering techniques to solve research or industrial problems, and practicing project- and teamwork. Students will take responsibility for their project and work on their own, supervised by a faculty member. The results are summarized in a final report and presented to the other project teams and supervisors.

Term: summer
Level: bachelor
Workload: 5 ECTS
Prerequisites: Students should have programming experience and general understanding of computer hardware.
Person in charge:Prof. Gerd Beuster

This module covers technical, administrative, and legal aspects of IT security. Students learn how to identify threats in an interconnected world and how to counter them. Besides an in-depth analysis of the technical side of IT products and services from a security point of view, the module also covers systematic approaches to enhance the security of IT systems, e.g. certification schemes.

Term: winter
Level: master
Workload: 5 ECTS
Prerequisites: Students should have experience in programming and should know the basics of computer technology.
Person in charge:Prof. Dennis Säring

In this modul the students will learn the importance of the fields of engineering and computer science for medicine. They will learn to understand medical imaging devices e.g. MRI, CT and Ultrasound as well as their different physical working principles and main algorithms. Afterwards the students will learn some basics in medical image processing.

Term: winter
Level: master
Workload: 5 ECTS
Prerequisites: Students are expected to be able to program. They also should have knowledge about formal systems like finite-state automata and discrete algebraic structures.
Person in charge:Prof. Gerd Beuster

In this module, students learn about the main methods and techniques of symbolic artificial intelligence. Main topics of this class are search algorithms and formal logics with an focus on creating autonomous agents. Students will gain in-depth knowledge on automated reasoning in propositional and first-order logic.

Term: summer
Level: bachelor/master
Workload: 5 ECTS
Prerequisites: Basic chemistry and materials science as well as electromagnetism and atomics physics.
Person in charge:Prof. Andreas Haase

This module is divided into two parts.
Part 1: Fiber reinforced plastics and hybrids
In this part of the module, the students learn about modern production processes for processing plastics and elastomers. They should be able to recognise and name the applied production processes on a concrete product. Manufacturing processes are assessed from both a technological and an economic point of view.
Students will gain

• knowledge of FRPs and lightweight materials' properties  
• knowledge of manufacturing and assembly technologies for FRP and hybrid parts
• knowledge of manufacturing engineering and design principles of FRP parts
• basic skills in assessing manufacturing processes from a technical and economical position

Part 2: Laser Engineering
This part of the module investigates the inner physical workings of a laser medium. Students will study the components of a typical laser system and their function, as well as different types of laser operation (cw, pulsed). After completing the basics of laser physics students will study different laser types along with their properties and typical applications.
After completing this part students are able to

• name and explain the physical principles of the laser
• expose the advantages of lasers as production tools and show differences to other methods
• assign different production demands to different laser systems.

Term: summer
Level: bachelor
Workload: 3,5 ECTS
Prerequisites: Basic courses in programming and computer architecture, knowledge of basic data structures, C programming skills
Person in charge:Prof. Sergei Sawitzki

This module presents basic concepts and techniques of concurrent programming on a single CPU machine under real-time constraints. IPC mechanisms and programming models as well as corresponding data structures and scheduling techniques are discussed in detail. 1,5 ECTS are awarded for passing the final exam, and another 2 ECTS are awarded for completing a lab exercise.

Term: summer
Level: master
Workload: 5 ECTS
Prerequisites: Students should have programming experience and good knowledge about the internal workings of a computer.
Person in charge:Prof. Gerd Beuster

In this module students learn how to design and implement secure IT systems, and they learn to evaluate the security of existing systems. After completing the module the students know the state-of-the-art in secure software, network security, and physical security. This module puts a strong focus on the technical aspects of IT security.

Term: summer
Level: master
Workload: 5 ECTS
Person in charge: Prof. Gerd Beuster

In this module students learn that IT security is not only about developing technical solutions. IT security is a continuous process that requires management. After completing this module the students will know the relevant standards and certification schemes for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) and they will be able to develop and evaluate security policies for all kinds of companies and institutions.

Term: summer
Level: bachelor
Workload: 5 ECTS
Prerequisites: Students should have experience in programming and basic mathematical skills in the area of analysis, e.g. differentiation and integration.
Person in charge:Prof. Carsten Burmeister

In this module students learn about the mathematical representation of signals and systems in the time and frequency domain. Most concepts will be taught with an application of audio signal processing in mind, showing the details behind spectral analysis and various filter techniques. After having learned about continuous time signals and systems the last lectures will be dedicated to discrete time systems with applications from digital audio and image processing.

Term: summer
Level: bachelor/master
Workload: 5 ECTS
Prerequisites: Basic mathematics (analysis) and optics
Person in charge:Prof. Andreas Haase

In this module students will learn about physical concepts underlying optical engineering, such as ray and wave optics, diffraction, and polarization. They will design simple lens systems and develop strategies to prevent or correct the primary (Seidel) optical aberrations. Furthermore students will investigate the physical principles and limitations underlying the function of optical fibers and review the most important applications.