Preliminary version of Oct. 2016
Winter semester 2015/16
English-taught courses
at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
Contents:
1Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (FHW)...... 3
2Faculty of Economics and Management (FWW)...... 4
3Faculty of Process and Systems Engineering (FVST)...... 5
4Faculty of Computer Sciences (FIN)...... 5
5Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT)...... 6
6Faculty of Natural Sciences (FNW)...... 6
7Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FMB)...... 7
8Faculty of Mathematics (FMA)...... 7
General InformationExplanations: / Level: B = Bachelor; M = Master.
Hours: 1 SWS = 45 minutes; L = Lecture, T = Tutorial/Exercise, S = Seminar, P=Training
ECTS: / ECTS = all-European credit transfer system (not relevant for non-European students).
Some course descriptions include no credit (ECTS) information. Please consult the lecturer for this information. The lecturers’ contacts can be found in LSF, under the relevant course details:
This is a preliminary list, based on course offerings of the previous year. No responsibility is taken for the correctness of the course information. Courses are subject to changes and other courses might be added.
The courses you wish to take at OVGU should correspond to your study program at your home institution. All courses you wish to take at OVGU must be agreed upon in your Learning Agreement with your home coordinator and with the OVGU departmental coordinator.
Access to specific courses hereunder cannot be guaranteed in advance. We reserve the right to check the applicant’s academic qualification for any such course.
1Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (FHW)
Course Name / Level / Hours per Week / ECTSAccents of English / B / 2S / 6/4
Attention & Consciousness / B/M / 2S / 2/4/6
Coaching imSpitzensport (Advances in Sports Coaching) / M / 2L / 4
Developments in the English lexicon / B / 2S / 4/6
Introductioninto European Studies / B / 2L / 4
Introduction to International Relations, Foreign and Security Policy / B/M / 2L / 6
Filmkurs: The Femme Fatale / M / 3S / 4/6
General Language Practice A / B / 2ST / 4
General Language Practice B / B / 2T / 4
Imaginary Entities and Imaginary Countries (Locke, Kant, Satre, Bachelard, Morin on the importance of the imagination and the imaginary) / M / 2S / 4/6
Introductionto Cultural Studies / B / 2T / 4
Introduction into Peace and Conflict Studies / M / 2L+2T / 6
Language andGlobalization / B / 2S / 4/6
Language in action: Public apologies and denials / M / 2S / 4/6
Language in commercialcontexts / B / 2S / 4/6
Language, Literacyand Technology / B / 2S / 4/6
Literature and Culture I: 16th to 18th Century / B / 2S / 2/4
Motor Control and Movement Analysis / M / 2S
Names, paragons and frames in current-day media discourse / M / 2S / 4/6
Online-Communication and Social Media / 2S / 4/6
Orange is the New Black / B / 2S / 4/6
PoeticsofTorture / B / 2S / 4/6
Reason, Culture and Religion (Kant and Locke on the Reasonableness of Christianity; Islamic Intellectual Critics) / M / 2S / 4/6
Securing Peace after Political Violence / M / 2S / 10
Shakespeare, a European Poet? Commemorating Shakespeare (1616-2016) and the Question of national Literature vs. European Intertextuality / B / 2S / 4/6
Space, Place, Race and Gender: The World of J. R. R. Tolkien / M / 2S / 6/4
The Language of Advertising / B / 2S / 4/6
The Language ofFundamentalism / M / 2S / 4/6
Theoriesof European Integration / M / 2S / 6
The Vietnam War: At Home & Abroad / B / 2S / 4/6
Understanding Conflict - conflict theories and tools for conflict analysis / M / 2S / 6
Writing / M / 2S / 4
2Faculty of Economics and Management (FWW)
Course Name / Level / Hours per Week / ECTSAcademic Skills / B / 2S / 4
Accounting Theory / M / 2L+2T / 6
AdvancedBusiness Economics / M / 2S / 6
Advanced Labor Economics / M / 4S / 6
Advanced Marketing Research Methods / M / 4S / 6
Bachelor Thesis Seminar / B / 2S / 12
Behavioral Finance / M / 3S / 6
Business Decision Making / M / 2L+2T / 6
Business Game: Open Innovation / M / 2S / 6
Business Statistics / M / 4S / 6
Collective Decision-Making in Organizations / M / 3S / 6
Current Issues in International Management / B / 4S / 6
Current Topics in Labor and Social Economics / M / 3S / 6
Econometrics / M / 3S / 6
Economics of Growth / M / 3L / 6
Economics of Incentives / M / 2S / 6
Empirical Finance / M / 2S / 6
Financial Accounting / B / 2L+2T / 5
Financial Management / B/M / 2L+2T
Financial Markets and Bank Management / B / 3S / 6
Financial Management / M / 2S / 6
Frontiers in Behavioral and Experimental Economics / M / 3S / 6
Game Theory / B/M / 3S / 5/8
Global Sourcing – A Brazilian Perspective / B / 2L / 6
International Corporate Strategy / M / 3S / 6
International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics / M / 3S / 6
International Logistics / B / 2S / 6
International MBA / L / 120
Introduction to International Economics / B/M / 3L+1T / 6
Labor Economics / B / 3S / 6
Macroeconomic Analysis / M / 2S / 6
Macroeconomics / B / 4L+2T / 10
Marketing Performance Management / B/M / 2L+2T / 5/6
Master Thesis with Research Seminar / M / 2S / 30
Microeconomic Tools for Labor Market Research and Policy Evaluation / M / 2S / 6
Micoreconomic Analysis / M / 4S / 6
Monetary Economics / M / 3S / 6
Money, Banking and Financial Markets / B / 2L / 6
Multinational Finance / B / 3S / 6
Online Consumer Research / M / 3S / 6
Option Pricing / M / 3S / 6
Principles of Management / B / 3S / 5
Raising Economies after World War II / B / 3S / 6
Recent Issues in Marketing Research / M / 4S / 6
Risk Controlling / M / 3S / 6
Seminar in International Economics / M / 3S / 6
Summer School “International Investments” / B / 2S / 6
The Great Depression, the Great Recession and the Future / B / 2BS / 6
The Importance of National Culture in International Management / B / 4S / 6
3 Faculty of Process and Systems Engineering (FVST)
Course Name / Level / Hours per week / ECTSBrennstoffzellen/Fuel Cell Technology / M / 2
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) / B/M / 1
Consequences of accidents in industries / M / 2L + 1,5T
Dispersion ofHazardous Materials / M / 2L + 1T / 4
Enviromental Science Research Project / M / 2 / 2
Environmental Biotechnology / M / 2
Hazardous Materials and Safety Characteristics / M / 2 / 3
Industrial Explosion Protection / M / 2 / 3
Modelling and simulation in industrial safety / M / 2
Molecular Modelling/Computational Biology and Chemistry / M / 2
Plant Design (and Process Safety) / M / 1L + 2T
PSEE Introduction / M / ?
Safety Lab / M / 2
Simulation Lab / M / 2 / 2
TechnischeThermodynamik I / B / 1
Wastewaterandsludgetreatment / M / 3
3Faculty of Computer Sciences (FIN)
Course Name / Level / Hours per Week / ECTSAdvanced Interactive Information Organization / M / 2S / 3
Advanced Topics in Knowledge Management and Discovery KMD
/ M / 2S / 6
Applied DiscreteModelling / M / 2L+2T / 6
Ausgewählte Algorithmen in der Computergraphik / M / 4S / 6
Bayessche Netze / M / 2L+2T / 6
Biometricsand Security / M / 2L+2T / 6
Clean Code Development / M / 2L+2T / 6
Computer-AssistedSurgery / B/M / 4S / 5/6
Data Management for Engineering Applications / B/M / 3L+2T / 6
Distributed Data Management / M / 2S+2T / 6
Fuzzy-Systems / M / 2S+2T / 6
Industrial 3D Scanning – Theory and Best Practices / M / 4S / 6
Information Retrieval / B/M / 2S+2T / 5
Introduction to Computer Science for Engineers / M / 2S+3T / 5
Introduction to Simulation / B/M / 2L / 5
Machine Learning / B/M / 2S+2T / 5
Machine Learning for Medical Systems / M / 2S
Organic Computing / M / 2S+2T / 6
Principles and Practices of Scientific Work / M / 2S+2T / 0
Recommender Systems: Methods and Applications / M / 2S+2T / 6
Software Development for Industrial Robotics / M / 2S / 6
SoftwareTesting / M / 2S+2T / 6
Startup Engineering II / M / 2S / 6
Survey of Research on the Frontiers of Computer Science / M / 4S / 6
SwarmIntelligence / M / 2S+2T / 6
Three-dimensional & Advanced Interaction / M / 4S / 6
Transaction Processing / M / 2S+2T / 6
4Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT)
Course Name / Level / Hours per Week / ECTSAnwendung stochastischer Modelle in der EMV / M / 1L+1T
CMOS siliconprocess / M / 2L
Digital Information Processing / M / 1T
Electromagnetic Field Theory / M / 2L+1T
Electronic Circuits / M / 2L+1T
Fit for your final paper / M / BS
Image Coding / B/M / 2L+1T
Modern Concepts of EMC and EMC Measurement / M / 1T
Non-Technical Project Seminar (for GRIAT students) / M / 2S
Optimal Control / M / 3S
Power Electronic Components and Systems / M / 2L+1T
Power Electronics / M / 2L+1T
Power Network Planning and Operation / M / 2L+1T
Power System Economics and Special Topics / M / 2L+1T
Scientific Working / M / S
Sensors and Microsystems / M / 2L+1T
Systems and Control / M / 2L+1T
Ultraschallsensoren für die Bildgebung / M / 2L
5Faculty of Natural Sciences (FNW)
Course Name / Level / Hours per Week / ECTSCellularNeurophysiology
/ M / 2L+1S / 4Basic MolecularCellBiology / M / 3L+1S / 4
Integrative & ComparativeNeuroanatomy / M / 3L+1S / 4
Neuroethology / B/M / 2L / 3
TheoreticalNeuroscience I / M / 3L+2S / 5
Introduction to Matlab / B/M / 2T / 2
Journal Club / M / 2S / 2
Genetic Models / M / 1L+2P / 4
Neuroendrocrinology / -inflammation and CNS Infections / M / 1L+2P / 4
Neural Signalling / M / 1L+2P / 4
Quantitative Signal Transduction / M / 1L / 2
CognitiveNeurobiology / M / 2L+1P / 4
BehaviouralPharmacology / M / 2L+1P / 4
Macroimaging / M / 2L+2,5P / 4
Microimaging / M / 1L+2P / 4
Spiking Networks / M / 3L / 3
Clinical Neuroscience / M / 3L / 4
Doktorandenseminar: Neuroprothetik / M / 2S
Doktorandenseminar: Systembiologie / M / 3S
Forschungsseminar: Systembiologie / M / 3S
IntroductiontoNervous Systems / B / 2L / 4
Labrotation I / M / 4P / 6
Labrotation III / M / 3P / 4
Wahrnehmungspsychologie / B / 1S / 2
6Faculty of Engineering (FMB)
Course Name / Level / Hours per Week / ECTSCollaborative Management in Supply Networks / MA / 2L+2T / 5
Supply Networks and Logistics Service Provider / MA / 4S
Supply Chain Practice / Enterprise Ressource Planning Systems / MA / 3L+1T
7Faculty of Mathematics (FMA)
Course Name / Level / Hours per Week / ECTSMathematicalFoundations / M / 2L+2T / 5
MathematicalMethods / B / 2L+3T
Mathematicsfor Business / M / 4S
MethodsforEconomists / M / 2L+2T
Statistical Methods / B/M / 2L+2T / 6
StochasticProcesses / M / 2L+2T
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