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INFB  Project Study and Study Skills Course INF
Lecturers : Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Reiner Creutzburg    eMail
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gabriele Schmidt    eMail
Prof. Dr. sc. techn. Harald Loose    eMail
Prof. Alexander Urban    eMail
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerald Kell    eMail
Prof. Stefan Kim    eMail
Dipl.-Inform. Ingo Boersch    eMail
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Preuß    eMail
Prof. Dr. Thomas Schrader    eMail
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Michael Syrjakow    eMail
Prof. Eberhard Hasche    eMail
Prof. Dr. Nadija Syrjakow    eMail
Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Katja Orlowski    eMail
Term 1
Course Classification : Informatik Bachelor CH 2
Language : Deutsch Type L 
Type of examination : SL  Credits 3 
Method of evaluation : term paper with oral examination 
Requirements :
Cross References :  
Previous knowledges :  
Aids and special features : Teaching strategy
Flexibly organised compact lectures (5 days in 2 weeks during the semester) including contact hours, self-study (working groups), web-based support as necessary, 2 hours weekly

Mode of assessment
100% participation in part 1; working on a group exercise, including a presentation and documentation of the results in part 2 
Teaching aims : Students are shown how to use facilities at the University of Applied Sciences, such as the library, laboratories, examination offices as well as basic academic research skills
Social competencies and general learning skills through groupwork on topics from obligatory courses in the 1st to 3rd semesters.
The learning outcomes of this course are as follows:
introduction to methods and techniques of independently organised project work
learning and applying presentation techniques
gaining experience in cooperative problem-solving
introduction to interdisciplinary subject areas
building identification with course of studies, especially in terms of social processes and current topics  
Contents :

Part 1:
Introduction to academic research, using the library, course organisation, IT infrastructure, tutorials on subjects such as scientific documentation (2 days at the beginning of the semester); selection of a group exercise for 2nd part
Independently organised (and coaching as necessary) groupwork between the first and second parts of the course

Part 2:
Developing presentations and guided exercises on the results of groupwork; rotating presentation of groupwork (3 days mid-semester) 

Literature : Exemplarisch:
Knauf H., Knauf M. (Hrsg. 2003): Schlüsselqualifikationen praktisch. Bielefeld.
Siemsen K. H. (2001): A cognition-oriented project-study for students of computer science during the first semester Summer 2001. Projektbericht. Emden.  

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