Online Bachelor Degree Course in Media Informatics

Catchwords such as multimedia, information highway and digital television are accompanying our journey into the information society. Many enterprises, public administrative bodies and not least cultural institutions will increasingly use the opportunities presented by digital media. A wide variety of professions are thus being opened up for those university graduates at home with these media.

The media sector has been fundamentally transformed through the use of the computer and is undergoing ever faster technological change. Thus, on the one hand, working methods in the various areas of media are changing and, on the other hand, those media which were traditionally separate, such as text, sound, still and motion pictures, are growing ever closer together. The “multimedia” which thus evolve are producing a new quality of information processing and transmission as well as new aesthetics in information. Media and communication are amongst the growth markets of today and tomorrow. Completely new professions have already emerged as a result of “multimedia”, others are currently attempting to assert themselves in the market.

• Professional prospects 
• Tasks 
• Course content 
• Course plan 
• Qualification 
• Course duration 
• Admission conditions 
• Fees 
• Virtual University 
• Student advice 
• Course lecturers 

 MIN_Bachelor_2008.pdf
 

 MIN_Flyer_Internet.pdf
 

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Professional prospects

The range of professional opportunities for Information Technology graduates specialising in Media Informatics is highly diversified. Work is to be found in those areas where the computer is used to produce media products. Apart from traditional media fields such as press, film and television, new fields of activity have emerged as a result of the Internet. Many software companies today offer not just software but also services for the production of multimedia products.

Tasks

Graduates in Media Informatics are concerned with the following tasks in their later careers:

• Development and / or realisation of corporate design for Internet presentations
• Design and realisation of interactive Internet sites
• Setting up and expansion of multimedia databases, e.g. for Internet shopping
• Programming of surfaces (GUI) with authoring systems such as Director and Dreamweaver or programming languages such as Java, C++ or Visual Basic
• Implementation of computer graphics and computer animations with standard software such as Photoshop, Flash, but also with special and expensive hardware and software for the film industry
• Tasks in audio and video studios such as working on complex CBT productions in publishing as well as learning software in schoolbook publishing
• Development of Internet software
• Developments in the area of data transmission technology in industry and research, e.g. computer operations in medicine, image transmission via satellite or fibreglass cable

The course is characterised by an interdisciplinary education with elements of information technology, communications engineering, media design, media engineering and business administration. What is indispensable is the acquirement of solid technical and business administration skills in order to remain flexible in rapidly changing professions. Considerable weight is equally placed on the ability to work in a team, since enterprises today expect their employees to work well in a team.

Course content

Students acquire solid and broad knowledge in basic topics. In addition, special subjects are covered in-depth in accordance with the recommendations of the Society of Information Technology for Information Technology Courses at Universities. A broad spectrum of information technology and mathematics/natural science principles forms the basis for the professional flexibility and sustainability later required.

Course plan

The course is structured in modules. The individual modules are generally concluded with an examination (personal attendance). Credit Points (cps) in accordance with the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) are awarded for successful completion of the modules. 180 cps are required for the Bachelor degree course.

Qualification

Bachelor of Science

Course duration

For full-time students: 3 years for the Bachelor degree course. The course duration is correspondingly longer in the case of students studying only part-time.

Admission conditions

Students wishing to be admitted to the course must generally hold either a general or a subject-specific school-leaving certificate which permits admission to a university degree course. Information about the possibility of special admission conditions can be obtained from the Admissions Office of Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences.
European and US American school-leaving certificates are generally recognised.

Fees

The media subscription fee is 65,00 Euro per 5 cps module / course half year.

 Entgeldordnung_MIN_2008.pdf
 Fee Regulations for the Bachelor Degree Course in Media Informatics

Virtual University

At Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences offers the Virtual University since the winter term of 2001/2002 the Bachelor Degree Course in Media Informatics.

The Virtual University is a trans-regional grouping of universities. It will in future allow students to put together their own course tailored to their own personal and professional interests in the shape of a modular course plan taken from the various course offers available in the global networks. This results in an internationally recognised university qualification.

Periods of personal attendance and virtual studying are combined in the Virtual University. Mentoring of students in the periods of attendance is first and foremost the task of the University at which the student is enrolled. The University lecturers are responsible.

More Informations about onCampus on www.oncampus.de

Student advice

The Central Student Advice Office can provide general information about the course. The contact person is:

The Admissions and Examinations Office is responsible for questions related to admission conditions and admission to the course.

Name: Miss Rebecca Schröder
Organisation: Dezernat 1 - Admissions and Examinations Office
Functionen: Administration employee
Phon: 0471 4823 - 128
Fax: 0471 4823 - 127
E-Mail: rschroeder@hs-bremerhaven.de

Course lecturers