SPR06640 – Master Your Projects in English

Modul

Master Your Projects in English
Master Your Projects in English

Modulnummer

SPR06640
Version: 1

Fakultät

Angewandte Sprachen und Interkulturelle Kommunikation

Niveau

Master

Dauer

1 Semester

Turnus

Sommersemester

Modulverantwortliche/-r

Prof. Dr. Ines Busch-Lauer
ines.busch.lauer(at)whz.de

Dozent/-in(nen)

FG Sprachen

Lehrsprache(n)

Englisch - 100.00%

ECTS-Credits

8.00 Credits

Workload

240 Stunden

Lehrveranstaltungen

6.00 SWS (6.00 SWS Seminar)

Selbststudienzeit

150.00 Stunden
60.00 Stunden Projektarbeit(en)
90.00 Stunden Selbststudium

Prüfungsvorleistung(en)

Beleg

Prüfungsleistung(en)

siehe jeweilige Modulbeschreibung
Modulprüfung | Prüfungsdauer: 20 min | Wichtung: 100%

Lehrinhalte/Gliederung

Principles of International Project Management

Intercultural aspects of transportation management
Intercultural aspects of project management
International project team collaboration (meetings, negotiations, presentations, status reporting)
Interdisciplinary project development on a current project

Working in a Global Business Environment

Business-related road traffic engineering and management issues
State-of-the-art in mobility, transportation and logistics
Transport, energy and environment issues
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of all stakeholders

Preparing for the Master thesis project

Introduction to academic and scientific writing in English and exercises
Preparing the extensive summary for the Master thesis project
Writing and revising English manuscripts

Qualifikationsziele

Having successfully completed this module, the students will be able to:

successfully work in international project teams and effectively communicate in English in all professional and business-related scenarios, both in speaking and writing;
employ their domain-specific skills, knowledge and understanding in practice through a group research project and presentation on its results and conclusions;
apply the acquired intercultural skills in practice;
prepare and write sample sections for their Master thesis in proper English style.

Besondere Zulassungsvoraussetzung

adequate English level (at least B2+/C1)

Empfohlene Voraussetzungen

Fortsetzungsmöglichkeiten

Literatur

Current professional websites of road traffic engineering and corporate websites

Current project management material in English

OWL Writing Lab– Purdue University Online Writing Lab, https://owl.english.purdue.edu

Style guides for academic and scientific writing related to the domain (cf. journals)

Hinweise

Zuordnung zum Curriculum

100 Road Traffic Engineering - Master 2017 Vollzeit