Pursuant to Act 261 of March 18, 2015 on Universities (the University Act) with subsequent changes, the following curriculum for the Master's program in Digital Communication Leadership (DCLead) is stipulated. The program also follows the Joint Programme Regulations and the Examination Policies and Procedures.
The Master’s programme is organised in accordance with the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Order no. 1328 of November 15, 2016 on Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes at Universities (the Ministerial Order of the Study Programmes) and Ministerial Order no. 1062 of June 30, 2016 on University Examinations (the Examination Order). Further reference is made to Ministerial Order no. 111 of January 30, 2017 (the Admission Order) and Ministerial Order no. 114 of February 3, 2015 (the Grading Scale Order) with subsequent changes.
The program is offered in Copenhagen.
The Master’s programme falls under the Technical Faculty of IT and Design, Aalborg University (AAU).
The Master’s programme falls under the Board of Studies for Electronics and IT.
The Master’s programme is associated with the body of external examiners for engineering educations: electro (In Danish: censorkorps for Ingeniøruddannelsernes landssækkende censorkorps; elektro).
Applicants with a legal right of admission (retskrav):
Aalborg University offers no bachelor’s programmes with a legal right of admission to this Master's program
Applicants without legal right of admission
Bachelor’s programmes qualifying students for admission:
All students must document English language qualifications comparable to an 'English B level' in the Danish upper secondary school (minimum average grade 02).
DCLead is an Erasmus+ Master’s programme focusing primarily on students from non-EU countries.
Selection among the students who apply for admission will be made by a committee consisting of representatives from the three involved universities. Selection criteria include educational background, grades and other relevant activities, including work experience.
In Danish:
In English:
The Master’s programme is a 2-year, research-based, full-time study programme. The programme is set to 120 ECTS credits.
The Study Board can approve successfully completed (passed) programme elements from other Master’s programmes in lieu of programme elements in this programme (credit transfer). The Study Board can also approve successfully completed (passed) programme elements from another Danish programme or a programme outside of Denmark at the same level in lieu of programme elements within this curriculum. Decisions on credit transfer are made by the Study Board based on an academic assessment. See the Joint Programme Regulations for the rules on credit transfer.
In exceptional circumstances, the Study Board study can grant exemption from those parts of the curriculum that are not stipulated by law or ministerial order. Exemption regarding an examination applies to the immediate examination.
The rules for examinations are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures - published at this website: https://www.studieservice.aau.dk/Studielegalitet/
In the assessment of all written work, regardless of the language it is written in, weight is also given to the student's formulation and spelling ability, in addition to the academic content. Orthographic and grammatical correctness as well as stylistic proficiency are taken as a basis for the evaluation of language performance. Language performance must always be included as an independent dimension of the total evaluation. However, no examination can be assessed as ‘Pass’ on the basis of good language performance alone; similarly, an examination normally cannot be assessed as ‘Fail’ on the basis of poor language performance alone.
The Study Board can grant exemption from this in special cases (e.g., dyslexia or a native language other than Danish).
The Master’s Thesis must include an English summary (or another foreign language: French, Spanish or German upon approval by the Study Board). If the project is written in English, the summary must be in Danish (The Study Board can grant exemption from this). The summary must be at least 1 page and not more than 2 pages (this is not included in any fixed minimum and maximum number of pages per student). The summary is included in the evaluation of the project as a whole.
It is assumed that the student can read academic texts in modern English and use reference works, etc.
The following competence profile will appear on the diploma:
A Candidatus graduate has the following competency profile:
A Candidatus graduate has competencies that have been acquired via a course of study that has taken place in a research environment.
A Candidatus graduate is qualified for employment on the labour market based on his or her academic discipline as well as for further research (PhD programmes). A Candidatus graduate has, compared to a Bachelor, developed his or her academic knowledge and independence so as to be able to apply scientific theory and method on an independent basis within both an academic and a professional context.
Knowledge:
Skills:
Competences:
The programme is structured in modules and organized as a problem-based study. A module is a programme element or a group of programme elements, which aims to give students a set of professional skills within a fixed time frame specified in ECTS credits, and concluding with one or more examinations within specific exam periods. Examinations are defined in the curriculum.
The programme is based on a combination of academic, problem-oriented and interdisciplinary approaches and organized based on the following work and evaluation methods that combine skills and reflection: a) lectures, b) classroom instruction, c) project work, d) workshops, e) exercises (individually and in groups), f) teacher feedback, g) reflection, h) portfolio work
All students admitted to the program, start at Salzburg (PLUS) and take the first semester in Salzburg. With respect to the second and third semester, the students, who follow the specialisation in ‘Digital Technology and Management’, go to AAU..
As for the last semester where the students are doing their master’s thesis and complete their education, students of the specialization in Digital Communication and Management can choose to go to Salzburg or stay at AAU. Alternatively, students can undertake their last semester at one of the associate partner universities. However, it is a requirement, that the master’s thesis is supervised and examined by supervisors from PLUS and AAU in collaboration with a supervisor from the associated partner university.
The structure of the whole education is depicted in the following figure 1:
Offered as:
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Study programme: MSc in Digital Communication Leadership | |||||
Module name | Course type | ECTS | Applied grading scale | Evaluation method | Assessment method |
1 Semester
PLUS
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2 Semester
AAU
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Design and Markets | Project | 15 | 7-point grading scale | External examination | Oral exam based on a project |
Managerial Economics | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
Green ICT - Sustainable Business Development | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
2nd Semester Elective course package
Choose 1 course
| Course | 5 | |||
3 Semester
PLUS / AAU
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Summer Symposium II | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
Governance and Strategies | Project | 15 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Oral exam based on a project |
Internet Economics and Governance | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
3rd Semester Elective courses package
Choose 1 course
| Course | 5 | |||
4 Semester
AAU
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Master's Thesis | Project | 30 | 7-point grading scale | External examination | Oral exam based on a project |
2nd Semester Elective course package Choose 1 course | |||||
Module name | Course type | ECTS | Applied grading scale | Evaluation Method | Assessment method |
Development of ICT and Media Services | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
Identity and Access Management | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
Interaction Design | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
3rd Semester Elective courses package Choose 1 course | |||||
Module name | Course type | ECTS | Applied grading scale | Evaluation Method | Assessment method |
Communication and Broadcast Networks | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
Internet Technologies and Service Architectures | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
Content and Media Management | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Models | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
Standardization | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
Cyber Security and Trust | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
Smart Sensor Data Processing | Course | 5 | 7-point grading scale | Internal examination | Written or oral exam |
The curriculum contains the following number of elective courses:
Elective courses may be chosen amongst the following courses from the Master’s program in Innovative Communication Technologies and Entrepreneurship (ICTE):
2nd semester:
3rd semester
As the DClead education is based on POPBL, the teaching on POPBL takes place within the introductory course in the first semester. The teachers from AAU participating in the introductory course will give an introduction to the POPBL learning/teaching method. Furthermore, when the students come to Aalborg in the beginning of the second semester there will be common project meetings/seminars with all DCLead students where different aspects of POPBL will be discussed in more details.
In the following we only provide details about courses and projects offered at AAU. For courses and projects offered at PLUS please refer to the PLUS’s study plan.
The current version of the curriculum is published on the Board of Studies’ website, including more detailed information about the programme, including exams
The current version of the curriculum is published on the Board of Studies’ website, including more detailed information about the program, including exams.
The curriculum is approved by the Dean of the Technical Faculty of IT and Design and enters into force as of September 2018.
Students who wish to complete their studies under the previous curriculum from 2017 must conclude their education by the summer examination period 2019 at the latest, since examinations under the previous curriculum are not offered after this time.
Minor editorial changes have made in connection with the digitisation of the study curriculum.