inf651 - Environmental Management Information Systems I (Complete module description)

Module label	Environmental Management Information Systems I
Module code	inf651
Credit points	6.0 KP
Workload	180 h
Institute directory	Department of Computing Science
Applicability of the module	Master's Programme Business Administration, Economics and Law (Master) > Schwerpunktmodule NM - interdisziplinär Master's programme Business Administration: Management and Law (Master) > Schwerpunktmodule NM - interdisziplinär Master's Programme Business Informatics (Master) > Akzentsetzungsmodule Bereich Wirtschaftsinformatik Master's Programme Business Informatics (Master) > Akzentsetzungsmodule der Informatik Master's Programme Computing Science (Master) > Angewandte Informatik Master's Programme Environmental Modelling (Master) > Mastermodule Master's Programme Sustainability Economics and Management (Master) > Supplementary Modules
Responsible persons	Marx Gómez, Jorge (module responsibility) Bremer-Rapp, Barbara (module responsibility) Solsbach, Andreas (module responsibility) Lehrenden, Die im Modul (authorised to take exams)
Prerequisites	No participant requirement
Skills to be acquired in this module	This module completes the knowledge and abilities gained in the field of Environmental Informatics and it creates a strong reference to up to date topics in the field of sustainability. The content taught in this module can directly be applied in an upcoming study and professional career. Professional competence The students: are able to classify and explain the sustainability paradigm are aware of the current status of sustainability reporting are able to define and to model material flows have obtained know-how in the field of corporate environmental management information systems (CEMIS) Methodological competence The students: implement CEMIS apply different techniques and methods to case studies develop new case studies in teams Social competence The students: are supposed to work in teams and therefore have to identify working packages and have to take on responsibility for the jobs assigned to them present and discuss their own results with the team and the other members of the course Self-competence The students: learn about their own limitations and learn to accept criticism in order to strengthen their own abilities
Module contents	This course teaches methods, approaches and techniques in the field of information processing in order to support solutions to problems that arise from companies' impact on the environment. In particular, ICT supported approaches of production-integrated environmental protection, environmental controlling and reporting are introduced and discussed. In order to enable the integration of such approaches into environmental protection, environmental management and its systems are taught as well. The content in detail: environmental management as a basis for sustainability sustainability and material flow management strategic environmental management eco-controlling life cycle characteristics and system architectures of CEMIS standard software systems environmental accounting systems
Recommended reading	Heck, P., Bemmann, U. (Hrsg.) (2002): Praxishandbuch Stoffstrommanagement. Deutscher Wirtschaftsdienst. Rüdiger, C. (2000): Betriebliches Stoffstrommanagement. Deutscher Universitätsverlag. Möller, A. (2000): Grundlagen stoffstrombasierter Betrieblicher Umweltinformationssysteme. Projekt Verlag. Rautenstrauch, C. (1999), Betriebliche Umweltinformationssysteme, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
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Language of instruction	German
Duration (semesters)	1 Semester
Module frequency	annual
Module capacity	unlimited
Teaching/Learning method	V+Ü

Type of course	SWS	Frequency	Workload of compulsory attendance
Lecture	2	SuSe	28
Exercises	2	SuSe	28
Total module attendance time			56 h

Examination	Prüfungszeiten	Type of examination
Final exam of module	At the end of the lecture period	exercises and written exam or exercises and oral exam The specific type of exam will be specified prior to the beginning of the course.