Contents of studies Design and Creative Leadership
Inspiring: Researching Design
During your studies, you will acquire an innovative skillset that combines design-specific skills with strategic, entrepreneurial and research skills. You will hone your individual profile by working on a research question of your choice in one of the defined fields of application (biodesign, socio-spatial design, information experience and computational design, cross-platform content and media strategy).
The following areas are available for specialization:
- Systemic Design
- Experience Design
- Strategic Communication
In dialogue with experts from practice and science, you learn to apply design knowledge unerringly and scientifically to develop solutions to complex problems. You will also acquire the key competence of working in interdisciplinary teams in international settings and linking different areas of knowledge.
Curriculum
Elective subject: in the 2nd and 3rd semester
2nd semester specialisation 1 | Allocation to one of the three courses (4 ECTS each) from the subject category Master's thesis and final examination:
Interface and Experience Design
Systemic Design
International collaboration Project 1
3rd semester specialisation 2 | Allocation to two of the five courses (3 ECTS each) from the subject category Master's thesis and final examination:
Cross-platform Content and Media Strategy
Information Experience and AI-based Design
Socio-spatial Design
Biodesign
International Collaboration Project 2
Contextual Studies: Selection of 1 or 2 modules totalling 6 ETCS each in the 2nd and 3rd semesters.
General information on the contextual studies programme and how you can choose the subjects in the contextual studies programme can be found here.
ECTS: Performance points according to the "European Credit Transfer System". According to international standards, 120 ECTS points must be earned over 4 semesters.
Learning content in detail
E | Elective subjects
CS | Context Studies: Selection of 1 or 2 modules totaling 6 ETCS.
General information on contextual studies and how you can choose the subjects in contextual studies can be found here.
ECTS: Credit points based on the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Consistent with international standarts, 30 ECTS points ca be earned each semester.
Study and career: yes, it's possible!
Studying part-time is challenging and at the same time very rewarding. The mix of courses in presence, e-learning units, self-organized learning as well as group and project work allows you to combine study and work well. But of course this requires a high level of discipline, consistent time management and a corresponding agreement with your employer. A reduction of the professional activity has proven itself.
These measures enable you to combine your studies, work and private life well:
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Courses are held in blocks mainly on Thursdays and Fridays (occasionally on Saturdays). There are approximately six additional days of attendance per semester - these take place as two blocks during the week.
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Optimized schedules with little idle time. Certain weekends are free of classes (Easter, Pentecost, Christmas).
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Preview of contact hours and exam dates already several months in advance.
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Presentation and examination times are only changed in exceptional cases (e.g. illness of a lecturer).
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Team-building events throughout the study
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Small group sizes create space for individual supervision when working on practice examples, case studies and projects.
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The availability of electronic media (scripts, eBooks, essays in specialized databases) is very high and is constantly being expanded.
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Infrastructure opening hours also outside contact hours.