Department of Media & Design

Industrial Design

My Studies

Curriculum
 

Current Curriculum

1. Semester

Business Competence 1 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647105 Copyright and Patent Law 2 SWS 2 ECTS
Insight into intellectual property law for industrial designers
Business Competence 1 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647103 Professional Business Meetings & Presentations 1 1 SWS 1 ECTS
Improving various professional communication strategies and analysing negotiation strategies based on case studies
Design Visualization 1 | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: M230647101 Virtual Modeling 1 2 SWS 3 ECTS
Working on free-form surfaces of medium complexity with surface modeling programs
Project 1 | Practical (UE) | Coursecode: M230647104 5x5 Short Project 1 1 SWS 1 ECTS
Designing five products in five consecutive days. Group work.
User-Centered Design 1 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647102 Interface Design and Usability 1 2 SWS 3 ECTS
Analysis of simpler products from the point of view of their usability. Design of device-user interfaces of low and medium complexity.
Field Eco-innovative Design:
Eco-innovative Design 1 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647113 Design Research 2 SWS 2 ECTS
Providing knowledge of design-relevant research and analysis methods that lead to a deeper understanding of current and future needs of users and other stakeholders, which in turn serve as the basis for designing relevant and meaningful products.
Eco-innovative Design 1 | Project Thesis (PA) | Coursecode: M230647110 Project Work Industrial Design 1 / Eco-innovative 6 SWS 14 ECTS
Development of solutions for design tasks of a high technical-functional complexity in the area of eco-innovative design, with special consideration of sustainability
Eco-innovative Design 1 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647112 Sustainable Material Design & Engineering 2 SWS 2 ECTS
The course deals with the topic of environmental management methods for companies and organisations and their impact on product design, materials and production processes. Within these fields, a basic knowledge of, among other things, life cycle assessments, sustainable product development, sustainability management and methods and tools for assessing environmental compatibility and sustainability will be covered.
Eco-innovative Design 1 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647111 Transfomation Design 2 SWS 2 ECTS
How can we find ways out of our resource-devouring growth society and what role does the design of products and services play in this? Transformation Design deals with ways to transform our current quantitative growth into a qualitative growth, and how we can make our relationship with the environment much more resource-efficient by reusing, repurposing, and sharing products in the future.
Field Mobility Design:
Mobility Design 1 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647107 Advanced Transportation Design 2 SWS 2 ECTS
The history of transportation design, typologies, fundamentals of package design, design process
Mobility Design 1 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647109 Color + Material 2 SWS 2 ECTS
Colors, materials, surfaces with a focus on the interior design of vehicles
Mobility Design 1 | Project Thesis (PA) | Coursecode: M230647106 Project Work Industrial Design 1 / Mobility 6 SWS 14 ECTS
Development of solutions for design tasks of a high technical-functional complexity in the area of mobility design, with special consideration of sustainability
Mobility Design 1 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647108 Transportation Engineering 2 SWS 2 ECTS
Drive systems, wheel suspensions, energy storage, vehicle body technologies, materials, manufacturing technologies in transportation design

2. Semester

Business Competence 2 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647202 Design Management 2 SWS 2 ECTS
Introduction to the operational processes of a design studio
Business Competence 2 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647201 Marketing 2 SWS 2 ECTS
Introduction to marketing, consumer behaviour, market research, designing products and services, focus on 'direct marketing'
Business Competence 2 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647204 Professional Business Meetings & Presentations 2 1 SWS 1 ECTS
Providing basic knowledge of recognizing and using linguistic and extralinguistic features in presentations.
Master Thesis 1 | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: M230647205 Seminar Master's Thesis 1 SWS 2 ECTS
Methods of creative-scientific work, systematic search for a topic for the master's thesis and deciding on the topic before starting the internships, in order to be able to begin with the research for the master's thesis.
User-Centered Design 2 | Lecture/Practical (IL) | Coursecode: M230647203 Interface Design und Usability 2 2 SWS 4 ECTS
Analysis of electronic products from the point of view of their usability. Design of device-user interfaces of medium and high complexity.
Elective Subjects:
Elective | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: M230647209 Project Management 2 SWS 4 ECTS
Knowledge of the basics of project management, such as project organisation and planning, operational project management, network planning technique and project controlling.
Elective | Seminar (SE) | Coursecode: M230647208 Virtual Modeling 2 2 SWS 4 ECTS
Processing free-form surfaces of the highest complexity with high-end surface modeling programs
Field Eco-innovative Design:
Eco-innovative Design 2 | Project Thesis (PA) | Coursecode: M230647207 6 SWS 15 ECTS
Field Mobility Design:
Mobility Design 2 | Project Thesis (PA) | Coursecode: M230647206 Project Work Industrial Design 2 / Mobility 6 SWS 15 ECTS
Development of solutions for design tasks of a high technical-functional complexity in the area of mobility design, with special consideration of sustainability

3. Semester

Internship | Practical (PR) | Coursecode: M230647301 Internship (Seminar/Supervision) 1 SWS 30 ECTS
Honing and expanding their social, methodological and professional skills in a company. Reviewing the theoretical background associated with the assignments. Basic and structural knowledge, which is anchored in theory, is transferred to methodical-analytical knowledge of the respective subject areas.

4. Semester

Master Thesis 2 | Modul/Final Examination (FA) | Coursecode: M230647402 Master's Exam 0 SWS 2 ECTS
The board examination which is a part of this class is conducted in accordance with the requirements for final examinations in master's degree programs at Universities of Applied Sciences according to the University of Applied Sciences Act (Fachhochschulgesetz) – FHG in its current version.
Master Thesis 2 | Master's Thesis (MA) | Coursecode: M230647401 Master's Thesis 0.5 SWS 28 ECTS
Independent creative-scientific development of sustainable design solutions for tasks of the highest technical-functional complexity in the field of product, service or transportation design.