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Application Subject "Process Automation" for the Master's Degree in Applied Computer Science

Modules to be taken for the application subject and further regulations

Language of courses and examinations

(1) The courses and examinations are usually held in English.

Total scope of the modules

(2) The application subject Process Automation comprises modules with a total of 30 credit points (LP) in the Master's program.

Compulsory modules

(3) The student acquires the credit points for each of the following modules with a total scope of 18 credit points.

Module

Module Examination

LP

Fundamentals of Robotics

graded

7 LP

Control Theory and Applications

graded

7 LP

Process Control Lab (Element c of the module Process Automation

ungraded

4 LP

Elective modules

(4) The student acquires at least 12 credit points through elective modules from the following catalog.

Module

Module Examination

LP

Process Automation without Process Control Lab (only elements a and b)

graded

6 LP

Data-Based Dynamic Modeling

graded

3 LP

Process Optimization

graded

4 LP

Logic Control

graded

6 LP

Dynamic Models

graded

3 LP

Logistics of Chemical Production Processes

graded

3 LP

Advanced Process Control

graded

3 LP

Batch Process Control

graded

4 LP

Process Performance Optimization

graded

5 LP

Multivariable Control

graded

3 LP

Oral supplementary examinations

(5) The possibility of an oral supplementary examination according to §10 Abs.1 MPO AngInf does not apply to examinations for which the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology is responsible.

Study achievements

(6) In deviation from §9 Para.4 MPO AngInf, academic achievements for which the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology is responsible and which are a prerequisite for participation in module examinations must have been completed in the current or previous semester.

Scope of Application, Transitional Regulations

(7) This regulation applies to all students of the Master's program in Applied Computer Science at the Technical University of Dortmund with the application subject Process Automation.

(8) The offer of courses and examinations for which the Faculty of Bio- and Chemical Engineering is responsible is limited until 31.03.2017.

(9) Students who have chosen the application subject Electrical Engineering before the winter semester 2015/16 do not acquire at least 12 credit points through elective modules according to paragraph 4, but at least 12 credit points through partial performance examinations on elements of the following suspended module "Process Automation".

Module

Module examination

LP

Dynamic Models

graded

3 LP

Advanced Process Control

graded

3 LP

Batch Process Operation

graded

4 LP

Multivariable Control

graded

3 LP

Upon application to the examination board, credit points can be acquired through elective modules according to para. 4 instead of through the suspended module "Process Automation"; credit points acquired before the winter semester 2015/16 through partial performances of the module "Robotics" will be credited as elective modules according to para. 4.

 

Contact persons

Student advisory service computer science

studienberatungcs.tu-dortmundde

Tel.: 0231-755-7517