Bachelor of Computer Science - Desirable knowledge and skills

You should be interested in the following school subjects and perform well in them:

• Mathematics
• Computer science
• German & English, as computer scientists must be able to communicate well with non-computer scientists and understand English technical literature

PC skills

• Basic knowledge of common Office programs for word processing, spreadsheets and presentation creation is helpful. Further knowledge, e.g. knowledge of programming languages, is not required.

Certain standards and a certain basis of key competencies such as communication and social skills in the various areas are important and expected, particularly because later professional work must primarily be carried out in development and project teams on very complex issues.

• Social skills
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Being able to approach people
  • Conflict management
• Communication skills
  • Linguistic expression
  • Argumentation skills
  • Oral/visual presentation
• Self-competence
  • Motivation
  • Independent work
  • Determination
  • Continuous willingness to learn, diligence
  • Stamina
  • Organizational skills
  • Time management
  • Disciplined work
  • Reflect on own actions
  • Ability to think and work independently
  • Memory
• Methodological competence
  • Composition of written work
  • Technical work skills
  • Conceptual thinking
  • Ability to abstract
  • Documenting
  • Networked thinking
• Media competence
  • Researching in different media
  • Dealing with the Internet
• Professional/technical competence
  • Textual understanding
  • Being able to apply theoretical knowledge to practical problems
  • Practical skills
  • Foreign language skills
  • Technical imagination
  • General education/ broad knowledge