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    Semester Dates 2020-21
    Updated Jul 27, 2022

    Semester Dates 2020-21

    Archived semester dates


    Fall semester 2020/21

    Fall Semester (HS) 2020/21

    16.09.2020 – 17.01.2021

    Fall Semester (HS) 2020/21

    16.09.2020 – 17.01.2021

    Knabenschiessen

    14.09.

    Semester start + Welcome session (1st semester) and semester overview sessions (3rd/5th semester)

    15.09.

    Infotag

    27.11. (afternoon)

    Alumni Seminar

    13.11. (afternoon)

    Information event for exchange semester (17:15)

    09.12.

    Winter Break

    23.12. – 05.01.

    Application exchange semester (08:30, first come first served)

    15.01.

    Fall Semester End

    22.01.

    Unterrichtsfreie Zeit (no classes)

    25.01. – 31.01.

    Holidays

    01.02. – 14.02.

    Project week (Projektwoche)

    15.02. – 19.02.

    1st Semester

    Date

    Course/Module

    Room

    Date

    Course/Module

    Room

    15.09.

    Welcome Day (incl. Introduction MIZ)

    4.K22 and others

    16.09. – 16.10.

    Object Experience

     

    21.09. – 14.12.

    Theorie 1: sensing, perception & action

     

    20.10. – 10.11.

    Interaction Narratives

     

    05.11. – 10.11.

    Programming

     

    13.11.
    (afternoon)

    Alumni Seminar

    tbd

    24.11. – 04.12.

    Reactive Signs

     

    11.01.–22.01.

    Digital Fabrication

     

    3rd Semester

    Date

    Course/Module

    Room

    Date

    Course/Module

    Room

    31.08. – 04.09.

    Blockwoche Theory

     

    07.09. – 11.09.

    Z-Module (transdisciplinary)

     

    15.09.

    Semester Overview

     

    15.09. – 02.10.

    Soft architecture

     

    21.09. – 14.12.

    Theorie 3: Aesthetics of Interaction

     

    06.10. – 30.10.

    Physical Computing

     

    03.11. – 27.11.

    Interactive Visualization

     

    13.11.
    (afternoon)

    Alumni Seminar

    tbd

    01. – 18.12.

    Interdisciplinary Module

     

    11. – 22.01.

    Sonic Interaction

     

    5th Semester

    Date

    Course/Module

     

    Date

    Course/Module

     

    31.08. – 04.09.

    Blockwoche Theory

     

    07.09. – 11.09.

    Z-Module (transdisciplinary)

     

    15.09.

    Semester Overview

    4.K22-1 & 4.K15

    15.09. – 16.10.

    Mobile User Interface

     

    21.09. – 14.12.

    Theorie 5: Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

     

    08. – 09.10.

    Free Flow Seminar

    Atelierhäuser am Waldrand

    20.10. – 06.11.

    Interdisciplinary Module

     

    10.11. - 18.12.

    Embodied Interaction

     

    29.11. (afternoon)

    Alumni Seminar

    tbd

    29.11. (morning)

    Portfolio Review

    tbd

    11. – 22.01.

    BA Concept Seminar

     

     


    Spring semester 2021

    Spring Semester (FS) 2020

    22.02.2021 – 11.06.2021

    Spring Semester (FS) 2020

    22.02.2021 – 11.06.2021

    Public holidays      

     

    Good Friday / Karfreitag

    02.04.21

    Easter Monday / Ostermontag  

    05.04.21

    Sechseläuten (half-day, please check with lecturers)

    19.04.21

    Labour Day / Tag der Arbeit

    01.05.21

    Ascension / Auffahrt

    13.05.21

    Whit Monday / Pfingstmontag

    24.05.21

    2nd Semester

    Date

    Course/Module

    Date

    Course/Module

    08.02.–12.02.21

    Blockwoche Theory

    15.02.–19.02.21

    Z-Module (transdisciplinary)

    22.02.21

    Semester overview meeting

    23.02.–26.03.21

    Praxismodule interdisciplinary

    22.02.–07.06.21

    Theory 2: Design Methodology

    30.03.–07.05.21

    Interaction Design Process

    26.04.21

    Conference Textures of Sustainability (mandatory)

    11.05.–11.06.21

    Graphical User Interface

    4th Semester

    Date

    Course/Module

    Date

    Course/Module

    08.02–12.02.21

    Blockwoche Theory

    15.02–19.02.21

    Z-Module (transdisciplinary)

    22.02.21

    Semester overview meeting

    23.02.–19.03.21

    Praxismodule interdisciplinary

    01.03.–07.06.21

    Theory 4: If only: design, technology and society

    23.03.–30.04.21

    Service Design

    26.04.21

    Conference Textures of Sustainability (mandatory)

    04.05.–11.06.21

    Spatial Interaction

    tbd

    Brief BA Thesis year overview

    6th Semester

    Date

    Course/Module

    Date

    Course/Module

    08.–12.02.21

    Digital Field Trip

    15.02–19.02.21

    Z-Module (transdisciplinary)

    26.04.21

    Conference Textures of Sustainability (mandatory)

    22.02.–25.06.21

    BA-Thesis

    10.06.21

    Diploma Vernissage

     

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