SPR06640 – Master Your Projects in English

Module

Master Your Projects in English
Master Your Projects in English

Module number

SPR06640
Version: 1

Faculty

Angewandte Sprachen und Interkulturelle Kommunikation

Level

Master

Duration

1 Semester

Semester

Summer semester

Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. Ines Busch-Lauer
Ines.Busch.Lauer(at)fh-zwickau.de

Lecturer(s)

FG Sprachen

Course language(s)

English
in "Master Your Projects in English"

ECTS credits

8.00 credits

Workload

240 hours

Courses

6.00 SCH (6.00 SCH Seminar)

Self-study time

150.00 hours
60.00 hours Projektarbeit(en) - Master Your Projects in English
90.00 hours Self-study - Master Your Projects in English

Pre-examination(s)

Paper
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Examination(s)

siehe jeweilige Modulbeschreibung
Module examination | Examination time: 20 min | Weighting: 100%
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Media type

No information

Instruction content/structure

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

Qualification objectives

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.

Special admission requirements

adequate English level (at least B2+/C1)

Recommended prerequisites

No information

Continuation options

No information

Literature

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)

Notes