pb085 Soft Skills (Course overview)

pb085 Soft Skills (Course overview)

Department of Computing Science 6 KP
Module components Semester courses Summer semester 2025 Examination
Lecture
Exercises
Hinweise zum Modul
Prerequisites

None, but an affinity for computer science and programming is advantageous
Prüfungszeiten

End of the 2nd semester
Module examination

Portfolio
Skills to be acquired in this module

Professional competences

The students:

  • identify characteristic features of scientific texts - underpin their behavior (in the sub-areas covered in the lecture) with scientific theories from psychology, pedagogy or social sciences, respectively
  • reflect on aspects of the use of media
  • recognize behavioral patterns relevant to teamwork and people management and apply them
  • are familiar with the criteria of convincing speech (rhetoric)

Additionally:

  • know the most important parameters of electrical engineering
  • identify common passive and active components and know concrete areas of application
  • are familiar with hardware programming
  • can create their own 3D models and manufacture them with a 3D printer


Social competences

The students:

  • practice giving and taking constructive feedback
  • plan projects
  • create presentations and reflect on the presentations
  • try out methods of rhetoric
  • reflect methods of project management
  • apply creativity techniques and compare them with each otherto look at problem solving from multiple perspectives


Social competence 

The students:

  • try out feedback and metacommunication
  • reflect on the possibilities of group work
  • acquire basic knowledge in the field of conflict management


Self competences

The students:

  • apply time management methods
  • reflect on how they deal with criticism and peers
  • learn about the challenges of an assessment center and reflect on their possible roles in it