Lehrinhalte
The everyday professional working life of engineering degree graduates is increasingly influenced by internationality, insecurity, complexity, heterogeneity, and difference, regardless of which branch they are working in. In this regard, job postings regularly demand intercultural skills, but what exactly are these skills? This practice-oriented project seminar will acquaint students with the issues behind this question within the framework of a semester-long case study of a company supplying automotive parts. Students will also learn about potential chances and opportunities for developing business negotiation strategies in such contexts.
Learning Goals: On the basis of the case study, students will be introduced to the theme of Intercultural Competence. The case study is designed to give students the ability to meet the demands, challenges and opportunities of their future professional working lives on a practical and theoretical basis. At the same time they will be engaging in team work in the form of mixed groups. At the end of the seminar, these groups will present their results and joint work from the case study in a poster presentation. This process will reflect the international teams that students will encounter in their future careers and allow them to cope constructively with cultural differences. The seminar will be enhanced with the Moodle Platform, virtual classrooms and other media support.
Course Requirements: Regular, active participation, a portfolio, and poster presentation in the last section of the seminar
Voraussetzungen
In order to participate in this project seminar, attendance is mandatory at the Kick-Off session. The remainder of the sessions will take the form of a compact course every two weeks on Saturdays during the semester.
International students must provide evidence of proficiency in German at the C1 level in order to take part in this seminar. The language used in the seminar will be predominantly German, although English may be used in certain sections of the course, such as English as a Lingua France, for example. Because the seminar involves intercultural team work, students from both German and non-German backgrounds are warmly welcome to take part in this case studies seminar.
The seminar is specifically aimed at students who are working on projects with classmates from other countries and who are interested in careers that involve working in international teams and learning how to work constructively with differences. The seminar content will build a bridge between relevant theoretical input and practise.
Target group: German and international students enrolled in Masters degree engineering programs, as well as undergraduates nearing the end of their Bachelors degree.
Further Grading Information
For the introduction to working with a virtual classroom, students are asked to bring along their own laptop and headphones. In the introductory session we will become familiar with the technology required to be able to work virtually and across locations this semester.
The everyday professional working life of engineering degree graduates is increasingly influenced by internationality, insecurity, complexity, heterogeneity, and difference, regardless of which branch they are working in. In this regard, job postings regularly demand intercultural skills, but what exactly are these skills? This practice-oriented project seminar will acquaint students with the issues behind this question within the framework of a semester-long case study of a company supplying automotive parts. Students will also learn about potential chances and opportunities for developing business negotiation strategies in such contexts.
Learning Goals: On the basis of the case study, students will be introduced to the theme of Intercultural Competence. The case study is designed to give students the ability to meet the demands, challenges and opportunities of their future professional working lives on a practical and theoretical basis. At the same time they will be engaging in team work in the form of mixed groups. At the end of the seminar, these groups will present their results and joint work from the case study in a poster presentation. This process will reflect the international teams that students will encounter in their future careers and allow them to cope constructively with cultural differences. The seminar will be enhanced with the Moodle Platform, virtual classrooms and other media support.
Course Requirements: Regular, active participation, a portfolio, and poster presentation in the last section of the seminar
Voraussetzungen
In order to participate in this project seminar, attendance is mandatory at the Kick-Off session. The remainder of the sessions will take the form of a compact course every two weeks on Saturdays during the semester.
International students must provide evidence of proficiency in German at the C1 level in order to take part in this seminar. The language used in the seminar will be predominantly German, although English may be used in certain sections of the course, such as English as a Lingua France, for example. Because the seminar involves intercultural team work, students from both German and non-German backgrounds are warmly welcome to take part in this case studies seminar.
The seminar is specifically aimed at students who are working on projects with classmates from other countries and who are interested in careers that involve working in international teams and learning how to work constructively with differences. The seminar content will build a bridge between relevant theoretical input and practise.
Target group: German and international students enrolled in Masters degree engineering programs, as well as undergraduates nearing the end of their Bachelors degree.
Further Grading Information
For the introduction to working with a virtual classroom, students are asked to bring along their own laptop and headphones. In the introductory session we will become familiar with the technology required to be able to work virtually and across locations this semester.
Semester: WT 2019/20