Summerschool: VIA University College

The summer school consist of a portfolio of courses taught in English at a Bachelor level within the fields of Business, Construction and Technology. This year the  VIA Summer School programme includes even more courses for students interested in the social media and management of the future, entrepreneurship, website developing and device programming. VIA Summer School is happy to welcome Danish and international full degree students, exchange students and free movers.
Registration and payment deadline: 10 June 2012. 

The courses are offered within the following periods: Term 1, 2012 2 July -13 July (5 ECTS) Term 2, 2012 16 July – 27 July (5 ECTS) Term 3, 2012 30 July - 10 August (5 ECTS). You can read more about the courses on offer at the VIA website or have a quick browse through the short summary below.

In 2012 the VIA University College offer programmes within the following fields of study (click on titles to read more):

Business and Management

E-Business and Web Applications
This course deals with the processes of E-Business and Web applications with focus on how to introduce electronic commerce, services, and information through computer networks
Schedule: 2 July -13 July
Credit: 5 ECTS

Master Data Management
Companies within manufacturing, distribution, retail and related industries are struggling with poor data quality. This course is structured as a workshop in which you will be taught disciplines within Master Data Management and Supplier Management in global enterprises, Data Quality and Data Stewardship, and related topics.
Schedule: 2 July -13 July
Credit: 5 ECTS

Managerial Economics
The Managerial Economics course is relevant for those students who want to learn more about economic concepts. The course will mainly revolve around the application of economic theory and methodology to managerial decision making problems within various organizational settings such as a firm or a government agency.
Schedule: 16 July – 27 July
Credit: 5 ECTS

Management Information Systems
This course introduces information technologies that are critical to modern business organizations, discusses technology and adoption trends, and explores the evolving role of IT in business.
Schedule: 16 July – 27 July
Credit: 5 ECTS

Philosophy of Science
The main purpose of the Philosophy of Science course is to introduce students to philosophy of science in an engineering context.
Schedule: 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

Project Methodology: Green Village – make a choice and decide on your future!
Make a concept of next generation’s green village supplied solely by means of renewable energy which is commercial attractive. You will get a thorough introduction into project methodology which directly will be linked into your project “Green Village”.
Schedule: 2 July -13 July
Credit: 5 ECTS

Communication & Language

Business Communication
Do you want to improve your English communication skills in a business setting? In this course, you will get to work with topics such as workplace communication, intercultural aspects of communication, business vocabulary, presentation and negotiation techniques and job interviews.
Schedule: 2 July -13 July; 16 July – 27 July or 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

English Language Communication Skills
This class is to assist students to use the English language effectively in various situations, by focusing on active class participation through discussion, presentation and role playing, in order to ensure a high quantity of speaking activities.
Schedule: 2 July -13 July; 16 July – 27 July or 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

German: General and Business Language
The course in German: General and Business Language provides its students with the ability to read, understand and discuss texts in German on social, business and engineering issues, providing the students with relevant business terminology.
Prerequisite: Intermediate to advanced level in German
Schedule: 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

Intercultural Business Communication
In this course, students will learn about different cultures and the ways in which culture interrelates with and affects our communication processes. Taught in an intercultural environment students from various countries are never far away to put theory to practise and discuss.
Schedule: 2 July - 13 July, 16 July - 27 July, 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

Philosophy of Science
The main purpose of the Philosophy of Science course is to introduce students to philosophy of science in an engineering context. One of the issues dealt with relates to exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth. Other aspects of the course aims at explaining what the nature of scientific claims are, how they are produced, how they give authority, and the
consequences of science – to society and to scientists in general.
Schedule: 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

Project Methodology: Green Village – make a choice and decide on your future!
Make a concept of next generation's green village supplied solely by means of renewable energy which is commercial attractive. You will get a thorough introduction into project methodology at VIAUC which directly will be linked into your project "Green Village".
Schedule: 2 July - 13 July
Credit: 5 ECTS

Construction & Sustainability

Tools & Strategies for Energy Efficient Renovation of Buildings
This course will enable upcoming professionals in handling the challenge of lowering or neutralizing energy consumption in buildings through the detection of energy loss sources, simulations in energy design with modern technologies, the intelligent application of insulation systems and energy producing aggregates.
Schedule: 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

Sustainable Strategies and “Cradle to Cradle” in the Built Environment
This course will enable upcoming professionals in handling the challenge of the future global environmental crisis by implementing sustainable strategies in addition to creating added value and quality by the “Cradle to Cradle” strategies in the building design. The course will focus on means of working with an integrated design process, incorporating the integration and development of sustainable solutions from the beginning of the design proposal.
Schedule: 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

Sustainable Urban Planning
This course provides the students with basic knowledge of urban planning, and gives an introduction to sustainable actions that can be implemented when planning a new urban area. Throughout the course the students will be introduced to ways of analyzing and planning an area from the beginning.
Schedule: 2 July -13 July
Credit: 5 ECTS

Entrepreneurship

Business Pilot – Planning the Business
This course will help you learn how to build a business around a great business
idea. During the course, we will cover topics such as presentation technique, developing business plans and models and how to build a strong and committed team around your Prerequisites: A short (2-5 pages) description of a business idea
Schedule: 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

Idea Pilot
This course is for students who are constantly spotting new business ideas and developing ideas and concepts to utilize them. From this course, you will learn how to search for business opportunities, develop and evaluate ideas on how to utilize these opportunities and how to present and develop your business idea.
Schedule: 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

Surfing New Business Waves with Innovative Business Models
In this course you will learn how to catch the new waves in business and society through an innovative approach to business models. You will learn how to change the rules in sleeping industries in the business- as well as in the socio-economic field. This is a creative course for anyone who wants to become a revolutionary business developer in a company, in socio-economic organization or in your own startup…
Schedule: 2 July - 13 July, 16 July - 27 July, 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

Information Technology & Digital Media

Digital Media Tools
This course is for the student who has an interest in digital media tools used in web applications.  During the course topics such as “human computer action” and ”the user-centered development life cycle” will be covered. Mainly, the course is focused on introducing and exploring some of the major software tools used for creating digital graphics, multimedia and Web pages.
Schedule: 2 July - 13 July
Credit: 5 ECTS

Digital Multimedia
The purpose of this course is to introduce the students to basic principles of each media type – text, graphics, audio, animation and video – describing their digitization and progressing onto issues that arises when media are combined; interaction provided by scripting and multimedia distributed over networks.
Schedule: 16 July - 27 July
Credit: 5 ECTS

Management Information Systems
This course introduces information technologies that are critical to modern business organizations, discusses technology and adoption trends, and explores the evolving role of IT in business. The course covers information technologies which are relevant to business operations, decision making, and E-Business.
Schedule: 16 July - 27 July
Credit: 5 ECTS

Social Media Marketing
In the Social Media Marketing course, students will get an insight as to how Social Media is used in a professional setting: from professional social networking to developing a company’s Social Media Marketing strategy. Through the course, the student will get competences in analysing, monitoring and managing social media efforts amongst many others.
Schedule: 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

Programming & Web Engineering

FPGA Programming with VHDL and Simulation
This course is a practical workshop where you will learn how to program embedded applications using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). During this process, you will also learn how to use the tools to simulate system behaviour in order to verify design alternatives prior to programming the FPGA.
Schedule: 30 July - 10 August (NB: 6 August - 17 August)
Credit: 5 ECTS

LEGO Robot Lab
In the Lego Robot Lab course, you will learn how to program an embedded system: the LEGO Mindstorms NXT robot in the high level language JAVA. Furthermore, issues relating to programming embedded systems and digital control systems will be delt with during this course.
Schedule: 2 July - 13 July
Credit: 5 ECTS

Micro Controller Spinning Display
As part of a practical workshop students will get hands-on experience with programming and learn how to build a spinning display from scratch
Schedule: 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

Web Engineering Processes
Web Engineering is seen as one of the key elements in integrating a systematic, disciplined and quantifiable approach to making prosperous solutions. This course aims at introducing the students to basic principles of the Web Engineering Process covering web development concepts, methods, tools and techniques.
Schedule: 16 July - 27 July, 30 July - 10 August
Credit: 5 ECTS

Web & Mobile Applications

E-Business and Web Applications
This course deals with the processes of E-Business and Web applications with focus on how to introduce electronic commerce, services, and information through computer networks. The major opportunities, limitation, issues, and risks of E-business will be examined.
Schedule: 2 July - 13 July
Credit: 5 ECTS

Mobile Applications
Ever wanted to make your own app? This main objective of the Mobile Application course is to provide you with knowledge of the architecture of the Android platform, as well as designing, implementing and testing Android Applications. Technical details of the Android platform, the tool chain and Android Virtual Device Manager and designing and implementing user interfaces will be dealt with.
Schedule: 2 July - 13 July, 16 July - 27 July
Credit: 5 ECTS