This curriculum takes effect on 1 August 2022 and applies to all students enrolled on the programme.

The programme gives the graduate the right to use the title Bachelor of Business Economics and Information Technology. The Danish title is Professionsbachelor i økonomi og informationsteknologi.

Programme objective

The purpose of this programme is to qualify the graduate to analyse, organise, develop and implement complex digital solutions, focus being on improving and streamlining the business processes in an organisation. The programme will qualify the graduate for independent task management and participation in professional and interdisciplinary cooperation on the digitisation of the private and public sectors.

Number of ECTS

The student full-year equivalent for this full-time programme is 3.5. A student full-year equivalent corresponds to one year of full-time studying. A student full-year equivalent corresponds to 60 ECTS. The programme is rated a total of 210 ECTS.

The intended learning outcomes include the knowledge, skills and competencies that a student in Business Economics and Information Technology must achieve during the bachelor’s degree programme.

Knowledge

The graduate has knowledge of and can reflect on:

• practice and key applied theory and methodology in the field of analysis, strategy development, planning, realisation and management of IT-driven business processes, as well as development, management and maintenance of IT products and services
• trends in the global economy related to strategic planning of information systems and IT products and services
• various organisational forms and financial and legal affairs related to the development of IT systems, products or services
• the importance of intercultural relationships in communicating with stakeholders and buyers of IT products and services
• practice and methodology in relation to various types of project management, including quality assurance, testing methods and user involvement
• theory, practice and methodology in designing IT systems, including cost management, requirement specifications, IT architecture and development of user interfaces, and
• theory, practice and methods for creative process management of business development, entrepreneurship and innovation.

Skills

The graduate has acquired the skills needed to:

• use and integrate economic and computer scientific theory and methods to identify a given company’s commercial, conceptual or IT-related issues and develop IT system solutions, products or services
• assess and apply methods for the analysis of international economic trends in relation to IT strategic decisions
• assess and justify the choice of development methods, project management and control of creative and innovative processes
• assess and apply methods for analysis, testing, user involvement and quality assurance of IT systems, products or services
• communicate practical financial and IT-related issues and solutions to stakeholders and users, with a particular emphasis on IT-driven business processes and
• assess and integrate intercultural relations in business development, marketing and project management of IT systems, products and services.

Competencies

The graduate has acquired the competencies needed to

• manage the development of IT-based products, services and business processes from strategy to implementation based on stakeholders and users,
• manage the acquisition and maintenance of complex IT solutions and integration with the organisation's business processes and other IT portfolio,
• manage internal and external relations in relation to sales and marketing of IT-related products or services,
• lead and communicate international interdisciplinary cooperation in working groups, including working groups with significant differences in participants’ educational and cultural background,
• manage creative and innovative processes within business development, entrepreneurship and product development the IT area and
• identify their own learning requirements and develop their own knowledge, skills and competencies in business economics and information technology.

Electives make up 30 ECTS points of the entire programme.

Learning objectives

Knowledge
The student has knowledge of and understands:

• the daily operation of the internship company

Skills

The student is able to:

• use selected methods and theories from the programme which are relevant in the performance of the practical tasks at the internship company
• apply their professionalism in practice
• reflect on their own professional practice.

Competencies
The student is able to handle complex and development-oriented issues regarding

• practical issues and problem solving
• communication of practical issues and well-argued solutions.

The student is able to reflect on their own learning requirements, their own skills and competencies in relation to the profession.
The student can use the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired during the course of programme independently and professionally to engage in professional and interdisciplinary collaboration and assume responsibility for the performance of relevant tasks.

Number of ECTS points
The internship is worth 30 ECTS points.

Number of exams
The internship is finalised by way of an internal exam.

The internship is a mandatory education element and an active participation is a premise in order to pass the internship. The rules below must be followed in order for KEA to approve the internship. 

The internship equates to 15 or 30 ECTS points, equal to 10 or 20 weeks full time internship. The working hours have to be 37 hours per week. The internship is unpaid. You must have an attendance at at least 80 % of the time in your internship.

If you cannot work the 37 hours a week you have to in the internship period because of documented health reasons, you can apply for an exemption to work fewer hours per day for an extended period, so your internship still has a weighting of 15 or 30 ECTS points.

Following forms of internship are possible at KEA:

• Workplace internship in Denmark or abroad.
• Entrepreneurial Internship in your own business.

When doing a workplace internship, you must be physically avilable in the company. If the company has a policy for working at home, the intern can follow this policy up to a maximum of 2 days per week.

The intern must participate in assignments relevant to the study programme and be part of a relevant professional environment.

Before the start of the internship, you have to fill out and send in KEAs internship contract and the work content should be approved as relevant for the study programme by KEA.

The internship is a learning process with associated guidance, reflection and evaluation.

If the internship takes place at a workplace, there must be an employee in the company, who can provide you with relevant professional sparring.

If you choose entrepreneurial internship in your own business, you must find a relevant and external contact who can be your mentor.

Students who chooses entrepreneurial internship in your own business cannot have other students at KEA as interns at their business.

As a student, you are responsible for contacting potential internship companies and concluding an internship agreement before the internship period starts. KEA will however support you in the searching process.

• All students will be assigned an internship supervisor who is a teacher from your programme. The supervisor can help you with subject-specific questions about the internship.
• KEA has an internship coordinator who can help you with practical questions about the internship.
• KEA mediates internship opportunities at www.jobportal.kea.dk/en/ and at career fairs.
• You can join KEA's mentor arrangement. KEA's mentors are working KEA alumni, and they can guide you in relation to your internship search.
• You can find further information about the internship and the search for an internship place at mit.kea.dk/en/internship.

The internship completes with an exam. The exam is assessed according to the 7-point grading scale.

The rules in this section does not apply to the bachelor’s programme in Optometry. The rules for the bachelor’s programme in Optometry can be found in the section ‘Learning goals for the internship and length of internship’ in the programmes curriculum.

In the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Business Economics and Information Technology, teaching is a dynamic, interactive process with an emphasis on the active participation of students. Students take responsibility for their own learning process while receiving active input from the teachers. All teaching is a combination of classroom teaching, project work in groups and individual work—usually involving interdisciplinary assignments.

In order to ensure students’ optimum professional learning and personal development, the programme in Business Economics and Information Technology uses a variety of teaching methods, focusing on dialogues, discussions and project work. Teaching involves a multiplicity of methods, including classroom teaching, group work, interdisciplinary cases, teamwork, guest lectures, company visits and project work.
All teaching is a combination of classroom teaching, lectures, workshops, workshops, study groups, exercises and major projects. The organisation of the teaching is based on relevant professional practice and applied theory.

The programme includes teaching methods that enable the student to develop their independence and the ability to interact with others and be innovative.

To the extent appropriate, teaching will also include entrepreneurship, innovation and cultural interaction.

International teaching environment
Teaching takes place in an international environment with many different nationalities. Although you have chosen the Danish track, one or more programme elements or parts thereof may be taught in English. In the Danish track, the teaching material may be fully or partially in English.

Practical learning
Teaching is interdisciplinary and practice oriented. It is mainly conducted in open learning environments which replace normal subject-related classroom teaching. The learning environment is flexibly organised to allow students and teachers to meet formally and informally to address multidisciplinary problem solutions in projects and assignments for organisations and companies.

Academic progression
The programme is based on four core areas, each of which is subdivided into separate subjects with their own set of learning objectives. The core areas, subjects and learning objectives are divided into four mandatory semesters ensuring steady and logical progression and complexity. In the fifth semester, the student is introduced to specialisations and internationalisation. The internship in the sixth semester must ensure that the student obtains knowledge of professional affairs and learns to solve practical problems. In the seventh semester, specialisation and internship are put into perspective in that practical issues are being resolved by the application of theory and scientific methodology.

Project work
Copenhagen School of Design and Technology weights project work and business contact highly. Through project work, the student gains important experience with group work. The problem-oriented study environment gives the student experience in problem formulation and problem resolutions. Therefore, process and method are always an important part of the learning environment and part of the basis of assessment in tests and exams.

Differentiated teaching
Differentiated learning may be introduced due to specific needs, but generally, all students are taught at the same level.

 The programme includes a commencement of studies exam, cf. section 11 of the Danish Examination Order. The commencement of studies exam is a simple academic exam based on the teaching completed before the exam. The commencement of studies exam will be held within the first two months of the programme.

Students have two attempts at passing the commencement of studies exam. Students who fail the exam will be disenrolled from the programme.

As the commencement of studies exam is not covered by Part 10 of the Examination Order (examination appeals), students cannot complaint about KEA's academic assessment of the exam.

Students must pass the first-year exam in order to continue with their second year of study.

The first-year-exam must be passed before the end of the first year of study in order for the student to continue with the education.

The bachelor project must, together with the internship exam and the rest of the programme's exams, document that the programme's intended learning objectives have been achieved. The exam consists of a project and an oral part, with one total grade being given. The exam can only take place after the final internship exam and all other exams in the programme have been passed.

The bachelor project must document the student's understanding of and ability to reflect on the practice of the profession as well as their application of theories and methods in relation to a practice-oriented problem. The identified problem, which must be central to the programme and the profession, is formulated by the student, possibly in cooperation with a private or public company. The problem is subject to the institution’s approval.

Formal requirements for the project, which constitutes the written part of the exam:

• Table of Contents, bibliography and appendices are not included in the number of pages
• It must be possible to read the entire text without having to refer to appendices (appendices are not part of the assessment).
• The number of characters must be specified in the assignment
• The project must be written with 1.5 line spacing
• Make sure to use a readable font and size.

All quotes must be referenced.

The project must have a referencing system which ensures that the reader knows the source of statements, tables or model and can consult them if need be.

Quotes without a source reference are perceived as copying and may lead to rejection of the project

A detailed list of literature and documents must be drawn up. In particular, documentation of any field research carried out is extremely important.

If the project is confidential, this must appear clearly from the cover page and be registered in the system by digital submission.

The project can either be prepared individually or in groups of maximum two students.

If more students write as a group
If two students write together as a group, the problem formulation and the paper must provide a deeper and more thorough treatment of the subject.

Scope of the bachelor project

• For students writing alone, max. 40 standard pages
• For students writing as a group, max. 55 standard pages

A standard page is 2,400 characters including spaces and footnotes. Illustrations that support the material are not included.

The bachelor project exam
The bachelor exam project in the final semester concludes the programme when all other exams have been passed.

Exam form
The exam consists of an oral and a written exam with an external co-examiner. The student is awarded an individual overall grade according to the 7-point grading scale for the written project and the oral performance.

Number of ECTS points
The bachelor project is worth 20 ECTS points.

How important are writing and spelling skills in terms of the assessment?
Spelling and writing are assessed as part of the overall impression of the bachelor project. The grade reflects the overall assessment of the academic content, as well as the student's ability to write and spell correctly, however, with the emphasis on the professional content.

Students who can document a relevant condition that affects their ability to comply with this requirement may apply for exemption. This request must be sent to the study administration for the programme and be addressed to the Head of Programme, at least four weeks before the exam.

Students with physical or mental impairment may apply for special exam arrangements. The application must be submitted no later than four weeks before the exam. Exemptions from the deadline may be granted in the case of sudden health problems. The application must be accompanied by a medical certificate, an opinion from a speech, hearing or dyslexia therapist or an institute for the blind or the like or other documentation for health issues or a specific impairment.

Students whose native language is not Danish may bring dictionaries to exams where no materials and aids are permitted.

Applications for permission to bring other materials and aids must be submitted no later than four weeks before the exam.

Make-up exams

Students who have been unable to complete an exam due to documented illness will be given the opportunity to take the (make-up) exam as soon as possible. If the exam in question is scheduled for the final exam period, students will be given the opportunity to take the exam in the same exam period or immediately thereafter.

The make-up exam may be identical to the next ordinary exam. Students are responsible for finding out when the (make-up) exam is held.

Information on the time and place of make-up exams is made available on Fronter, and students are informed via KEA email.

Illness must be documented with a medical certificate. The institution must have received the medical certificate no later than five working days after the date of the exam. Students who become acutely ill during an exam must document with a medical certificate they were ill on the date in question.

If illness is not documented in accordance with the above rules, the student will have used one exam attempt.

Students must pay for the required medical certificates themselves.

Re-exams

Students who do not pass an exam or fail to appear at an exam will automatically be registered for the re-exam, provided that they have any exam attempts left. The re-exam may be identical to the next ordinary exam.

Students are responsible for finding out when the re-exam is held.

Information on the time and place of re-exams is made available on Fronter, and students are informed via KEA email.

In special circumstances, for example in connection with documented disabilities, the institution may grant an exemption from the automatic registration for exams.

Cheating at exams will be handled in accordance with the rules set out in the Ministerial Order on Examinations on Professionally Oriented Higher Education Programmes (the Examination Order). 

Students who cheat at an exam will be expelled from the exam.

In case of aggravating circumstances, students may be suspended from the institution for a long or short period of time. In such event, students must be issued with a written warning stating that repeated cheating may result in permanent expulsion.

Cheating includes:

– Obtaining unlawful help during an exam

– Providing unlawful help to other students during an exam

– Presenting other people’s work as one’s own (plagiarism – see www.stopplagiat.nu), see also section 5.15

– Using own previously assessed work without stating the source, see also section 5.15

– Using materials and aids not permitted for the exam in question

Expulsion from an exam due to cheating means that the awarded grade will be withdrawn, and the student will have used one exam attempt.

Students who exhibit disruptive behaviour during an exam may be ordered to leave the exam. In less serious cases, the institution will first warn the students.

There is no compulsory attendance on the programme. Instead the rules and criteria for student activity apply.

Successfully completed programme elements are equivalent to the corresponding programme elements at other educational institutions offering the programme.

Students are obliged to provide information on completed programme elements from other Danish or foreign higher education programmes and on any employment for which credit transfer may be granted.

On a case-by-case basis, the educational institution approves credit transfers based on completed programme elements and job experience comparable to subjects, programme elements and internships.

The decision is based on an academic evaluation.

In case of pre-approval of a period of study in Denmark or abroad, the student is obliged, after completing the period of study, to document the programme elements completed during the approved period of study.

Upon obtaining the pre-approval, the student must consent to the institution requesting the necessary information after the student has completed the period of study.

If a credit transfer is granted as described above, programme elements are deemed to have been completed if they have been passed in accordance with the rules applicable to the programme in question.

Students are expected to actively participate in their study. This means active participation in the teaching and project work as well as submission of assignments on time. Students are expected to keep updated via their personal KEA mail and KEA’s IT platforms. All study-relevant communication is via these platforms.

To take the exams, students must submit all assignments announced at the start of the semester, or at the start of the programme element in question and which are identified as mandatory activities.

Disenrolment due to insufficient study activity
Enrolment on the programme can be terminated for students who have not passed at least one exam within a consecutive period of at least one year.

Exemption rules
KEA may, due to exceptional circumstances, grant exemptions from the rules in this curriculum laid down solely by KEA or together with the educational institution offering the programme.

Students may be disenrolled if they have not passed at least one exam within a consecutive period of one year.

In exceptional circumstances, the institution may grant exemptions from the rules in this curriculum that are laid down exclusively by the educational institution.

The procedure for filing a complaint about the assessment, the exam process or the exam basis, such as questions, assignments or the like, is outlined below.

The student must submit a written and reasoned complaint no later than two weeks after the exam. The complaint must be sent to kvalitet@kea.dk.

The complaint is shown to the examiner and the co-examiner, who issue an opinion. The deadline for issuing this opinion is usually two weeks. The student (the complainant) is then invited to comment on the opinion within a deadline of one week.

The institution will make its decision based on the complaint, the opinion and any comments. The outcome may be a new exam, a new assessment (in the case of written exams) or dismissal of the complaint. The student will then have two weeks to accept a possible new exam or assessment or to appeal the decision, if he or she has not been successful.

What can you get out of a complaint ? If KEA rules in favour of your complaint, you will be awarded a re-exam (oral exams) or a reassessment (written exams only). KEA cannot administratively change a grade. If the re-exam or reassessment gives another grade, this grade will be your grade regardless whether it is a higher or a lower grade.