Courses 
 
The Gamification Research Group will end its work at FAU in the winter semester 2024/2025 to continue at the University of Bamberg. We would like to thank all students, colleagues, and partners for the great collaboration over the past four years.
Immersive Information Systems Summer term 
Bachelor, 5 ECTS 
Lecture + Project study 
Language: German 
Introduction to immersive information systems. Students gain theoretical and practical insight into immersive technologies, VR/AR/XR, and the industrial metaverse. 
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Designing Gamified Systems Summer term 
Master, 5 ECTS 
Lecture + Project study 
Language: English 
Introduction to designing gamified systems. Students gain extensive insight into relevant theories and practical experience in developing gamified information systems. 
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E-Business und E-Commerce Winter term 
Bachelor, 5 ECTS 
Lecture + Exercise 
Language: German 
Introduction to the foundations of digital business models and electronic commerce combined with a practical project in which students learn how to set up an online shop. 
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Exergames Winter term 
Master, 5 ECTS 
Lecture + Project study 
Language: English 
Lecture following a challenge-based learning approach in which students develop and evaluate games for prevention, therapy, and rehabilitation. 
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Research Seminar: Interactive and Gameful Information Systems Summer term 
Bachelor & Master, 5 ECTS 
Research Seminar 
Language: English/German 
Research seminar on the theoretical and methodological foundations of gamification research, in which students learn to conceptualize and conduct research studies. 
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Project Seminar: Understanding and Designing the Metaverse Winter term 
Master, 5 ECTS or 10 ECTS, depends on scope 
Project Seminar 
Language: English/German 
Seminar in which students design immersive 3D content on popular and emerging metaverse-like platforms to investigate research questions in empirical studies. 
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Bachelor thesis (incl. seminar) Continuously 
Bachelor, 15 ECTS 
Language: English/German 
Thesis 
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Master thesis Continuously 
Master, 30 ECTS 
Language: English 
Thesis 
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