Software Development, Bachelor of Science

These are the prerequisites for the Bachelor of Software Engineering

With your bachelor's in software development, you will work as a JavaScript developer, a frontend engineer or a backend developer, for example.

According to the World Economic Forum, topics such as cloud computing, big data analysis and virtual reality will determine our future - areas on which you can focus in your English-language distance learning course in software development.

You can be admitted to the part-time distance learning programme in software development at the IU International University of Applied Sciences if you have either a Abitur (the general university entrance qualification), a subject-restricted Abitur or the subject-linked university entrance qualification.

In addition, you can also study software development without an Abitur. In order to be admitted to the IU distance learning programme without an Abitur, you must present a completed advanced training course, for example as a state-certified business economist, or a master craftsman's certificate. You can also be admitted if you have completed vocational training and worked full-time for at least 3 years following this training.

This is what you will study in the online study programme Software Development

This Bachelor's degree at IU comprises about 32 modules, which you take and complete in the course of 6 semesters of standard study time. Each module has a scope of 5-10 credit points (ECTS) and concludes with an examination such as a term paper or an exam. In total, you will earn 180 credit points from module to module and from semester to semester.

The typical study plan for full-time studies in software development is as follows:

• Semester 1: Software Engineering Principles, Introduction to Academic Work, Requirements Engineering, Specification, Object-oriented Programming with Java, Database Modeling and Database Systems
• Semester 2: Data Structures and Java Class Library, Collaborative Work, Web Application Development, Algorithms, Data Structures, and Programming Languages, Software Quality Assurance, IT Architecture Management
• Semester 3: Programming Information Systems with Java EE, Ethics and Sustainability in IT, IT Project Management, Techniques and methods for agile software development, Introduction to Mobile Software Engineering, Seminar: Software Engineering
• Semester 4: Project: Agile Software Engineering, IT Infrastructure, IT Service Management, Project: Mobile Software Engineering, Cloud Programming, Introduction to Data Protection and Cyber Security
• Semester 5: DevOps and Continuous Delivery, User Interface Design and Ergonomics, Introduction to Programming with Python, Project: Software Development, Elective A
• Semester 6: Elective B, Elective C, Bachelor Thesis

The special thing about the Bachelor's degree programme in Software Development at IU is the many opportunities to delve into topics according to one's own interests and professional fields in the compulsory elective area.

As the first and second specialisation, you can choose from these exciting modules: Applied Sales, Data Science and object oriented programming with Python, International Management and Leadership, International Marketing and Branding, Internet of Things and Embedded Systems, Mathematics Basics, Mathematics: Linear Algebra and Analysis, Robotics and Production Engineering, Statistics Basics, Supply Chain Management.

As a third specialisation, choose one of these study modules: AI Specialist, Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality, Business Consulting, Business Intelligence, Data Engineer, Digital Business, IT Security Consulting, Infrastructure and Operations, Smart Devices, Smart Factory, Smart Mobility, Smart Services, Studium Generale, User Experience.

How flexible is the standard period of study in the distance learning programme Software Development

At IU International University of Applied Sciences, you can choose one of 3 study models for your part-time distance learning programme:

• In the full-time study, the standard period of study is 6 semesters or 36 months. You can extend the standard period of study by up to 2 semesters or 12 months at no additional cost. The full-time study programme in software development is particularly suitable for those who do not work or only work a few hours a week.
• In the Part-time study I, the standard period of study is 8 semesters or 48 months. You can extend the standard period of study by up to 2 semesters or 12 months at no additional cost. Part-time study I is suitable, for example, if you work part-time while studying.
• In Part-time study II the standard period of study is 12 semesters or 72 months. You can extend the standard period of study by up to 2 semesters or 12 months at no additional cost. Part-time study II is particularly suitable if you are heavily involved in your career in addition to your distance learning.

By the way, you can also take a vacation semester during the course of your studies, at no additional cost.

How does online study at IU work?

Study that adapts to your life: In online study at IU, you learn flexibly and digitally when you want to learn and where you want to learn.

There is no compulsory attendance in the distance learning Software Development programme at IU International University of Applied Sciences - you learn continuously from home, in the library of your choice or wherever you can learn best.

You take your modules and courses when you want. This means that you can generally arrange your study plan and semester schedule flexibly yourself.

Central to the IU distance learning programme are your interactive learning scripts. You receive the scripts in printed form as well as digitally as a PDF and for your tablet. The smart app IU Learn gives you access to the scripts for your studies in software development as well as scripts from all other distance learning programmes at IU.

You can also access additional materials, such as videos, via myCampus, IU's online campus. You can exchange information with your lecturers and fellow students in virtual live formats, for example, about the interactive courses.

And exams? If you wish, you can write them as online exams. You can take an online exam around the clock as soon as you feel sufficiently prepared for the course material. Alternatively, you can take the exam at one of the IU's numerous exam centres throughout Germany.