Spatial Information Management

School of 
Engineering & IT

Degree Program
Spatial Information Management

SCHEDULE:
Full time (120 ECTS), Monday-Saturday,
around 23-25 lecture hours per week

DURATION: 4 semesters

STUDY-PLACES: 16

MODE OF STUDY: Full time
(courses mostly are held in the afternoon)

DEGREE: Master of Science in Engineering (MSc)

TUITION FEE: € 363,36 per semester

LOCATION: Villach

Degree program: Spatial Information Management

Course Type sppw ECTS-Credits
Semester 1 of degree program (WS 2011)
Advanced Concepts and Applications of GIS&T ILV 3 3
Discrete Combinatorial Optimization ILV 2 2
French M1 Se 2 2
Geodata Integration ILV 1 2
Introduction to GIS&T Se 2 4
Introduction to Spatial Decision Support Systems ILV 5 5
Introduction to Spatial Information Management Se 1 1
Legal & Social Aspects ILV 2 2
Principles of Computer Science Se 2 3
Principles of Mathematics Se 2 2
Standards & Interoperability ILV 2 3
Statistical Spatial Analysis ILV 2 3
Semester 2 of degree program (SS 2012)
Data Mining ILV 4 5
Project Management and GIS Se 2 3
Proposal Writing Se 2 2
Selected Aspects of Operations Research ILV 4 5
Spanish 4 Se 4 4
Spatio- Temporal Databases ILV 4 5
Teambuilding and Leadership Se 2 2
Technical and Business Communications ILV 2 3
Courses in specialization area: Environmental Monitoring & Security Management
Introduction to Environmental Monitoring Se 1 1
Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing Se 2 2
Sensor Technologies Se 2 2
Courses in specialization area: Geoinformatics
Applied Internet Technologies ILV 3 3
GIS Services ILV 2 2
Semester 3 of degree program (WS 2011)
Computational Optimization Methods ILV 3 4
Digital Image Processing ILV 2 2
German M3 Se 2 2
International Collaboration and Project Funding Se 1 2
Project PJ 5 7
Project Monitoring Se 2 2
Sales and Marketing Se 2 2
Selected Topics in GIS&T ILV 2 3
Spanish M3 Se 2 2
Courses in specialization area: Geoinformation and Decision Support
Applied Internet Technologies ILV 2 2
Geosimulation ILV 2 2
Systems Modeling ILV 2 2
Visualization ILV 2 2
Courses in specialization area: Spatial Information Management and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship ILV 3 3
Intercultural Communication Se 1 1
Location Analysis and GIS ILV 2 2
Public Participation Processes Se 2 2
Semester 4 of degree program (SS 2012)
German 4 Se 4 4
Master Thesis Seminar Se 4 5


Type of course unit:
BOPRInternship
BOPR/BLInternship / Blended Learning
iLIntegrated Course
ILVIntegrated Course
ILV/BLIntegrated Course / Blended Learning
IPA/BLInterdisciplinary Projekt Work / Blended Learning
KoColloquium
LBLaboratory
PJProject
PLProblem-based Learning
PrInternship
PTProject Work
PT+SeProject and Seminar
SeSeminar
Se/BLSeminar / Blended Learning
Se+PTSeminar and Project
Se+UeSeminar and Practice Course
SGLSelf-Study
TUTutorial
UePractical Session
VoLecture
Vo/BLLecture / Blended Learning
VO/ILVLecture / Integrated Course
Vo+SeLecture and Seminar
WSWorkshop