Non-technical Modules
Students of the Bachelor's program Electrical and Informtion Engineering are obliged to take non-technical elective modules in the course of their studies in order to successfully complete their degree program. There is no such obligation for students of the Bachelor's degree program Electrical Engineering and Business Administration.
The Examination Regulations for the Bachelor's degree program Electrical and Informtion Engineering specify the total number of credit points that must be earned in non-technical compulsory elective modules. In the study plans, these credit points are usually divided among several non-technical modules, which are distributed over different semesters. It is not required that you adhere to this distribution and the suggested semester locations. To successfully complete your studies, it is only important that you have earned the required total number of credit points in non-technical compulsory elective modules at the end of your studies.
As a rule, non-technical modules are those of other faculties. There are exceptions to this rule. If a module of another faculty has a strong proximity in content to the modules of your degree program, it will not be recognized as a non-technical module. This may be the case, for example, with mathematics or physics modules. If in doubt, ask the responsible examination board chairperson in good time before attending a module whether it will be recognized as a non-technical module.
The Key Skills Center (Zentrum für Schlüsselqualifikationen, ZfS) offers a wide range of non-technical modules. There you will find modules that are explicitly opened by the various subjects for students of other subjects. With the consent of the responsible lecturer, you can also attend modules that are not generally open to students of other subjects via the Center for Key Qualifications. In such cases, please contact the lecturer in good time before the start of lectures and obtain her or his agreement. It makes sense to have a confirmation of your admission in text form - e.g. by e-mail. If you attend a module without the necessary registration or without the necessary consent of the lecturer, you will not be admitted to the corresponding examination.
Timely registration is required for many modules that can be taken as non-technical electives. The Key Skills Center also lists the applicable registration deadlines on its website regarding the registration procedure for the ZfS offerings. If you want to attend a module that is not generally open to students of other subjects via the ZfS, please inform yourself individually about the applicable registration procedure and the corresponding deadline.
Credit points are earned exclusively through the successful completion of modules, not through the completion of individual courses assigned to a module. If a module is composed of several courses, e.g. a lecture and a proseminar, you must therefore have successfully completed all partial achievements in order to acquire the credit points. Therefore, only complete modules can be recognized as non-technical elective modules. Please find out in good time which courses belong to the non-technical module you want to choose and whether it will be possible for you to complete the module. In some cases, a module spans more than one semester. In this case, it is often difficult to estimate whether all courses belonging to the module can actually be attended. The definition of modules is the responsibility of the respective offering institution.
