Fit for the Digital Future
Our courses help you develop your digital competences in a targeted manner: You analyse data, use digital tools effectively, learn versatile programming languages, or create your own digital content, such as podcasts, videos, or social media formats. At the same time, you learn to reflect critically on the digital transformation and shape it responsibly.
The optional Certificate of Digital Competences programme brings together appropriate offers and enables you to document your competence development in a structured manner. This makes you fit for a future in which digital competence provides orientation and opens up new scope for action.
Certificate of Digital Competences
Our certificate programme promotes digital competences in five areas and offers appropriate courses for this purpose. You must earn 12 ECTS credits to complete the certificate.
Courses on the topic
‘Fit for the Digital Future’
Our courses support you in dealing competently with challenges in the digital world and using digital tools creatively and responsibly. The following courses give you insight into various fields of application – please note that our programme varies from semester to semester:
Media
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Studies 4.0 – Researching and Evaluating Data and Information Scientifically
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Online Journalism Using the Example of uniCROSS – News and Stories from University of Freiburg Students
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Fundamentals of Video Journalism
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Content Creation with Artificial Intelligence
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Fundamentals of Audio Technology
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Introduction to Video Editing and Post-Production
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Podcasting – A Practical Introduction to Serial Narration
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Critical Media Literacy – Tackling Information Disorder in the Digital Age
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Strategies for Launching a Successful Social Media Campaign
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Development of Digital Products and Services with a Focus on the Media and Publishing Industry
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Media in Practice – Collaboration in One of the Student Editorial Teams of uniCROSS (lecture period and lecture-free period)
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Cross-Media Journalism in Practice – Collaboration with the Student Editorial Team of uniCROSS (lecture period and lecture-free period)
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Magazine Journalism in Practice – Editing and Production of Articles for chilli – das Freiburger Stadtmagazin (lecture period and lecture-free period)
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Service Learning – Engage, Learn, ReflectReflektieren
IT
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Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentation – Intensive Course in MS Office Programmes
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Basic Protection of Devices and Data
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Information and Data Management – Fundamentals of Handling Customer Databases and CRM Systems
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Fundamentals of Graphic Design – Intensive Course
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Fundamentals of Graphic Design – Intensive Course
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Introduction to the Development of Websites with HTML5 and CSS3
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Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing with Integration of AI Applications (lecture period)
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Smartphone and Web App Development for Beginning Programmers
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Fundamentals of the Programming Language Python (lecture period)
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Fundamentals of the Programming Language Python (lecture-free period)
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Scientific Programming with Python and Other Programming Languages
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Object-Oriented Programming with Java
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Introduction to the Statistics Programme R (Open Source) (lecture period)
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Introduction to the Statistics Programme R (Open Source) (lecture-free period)
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Competence Development for Websites – Sustainable and Inclusive
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Data Visualization with R and Python
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Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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How do ChatGPT and Other AI Tools Help with Mobile (Joint) Work and Digital Work Organization?
