In Germany cooperative education has a long tradition in the vocational fields of trade, commerce and business. The Berufsakademie transferred the traditional system of vocational training to the level of tertiary education and integrated activities of the state institutions of higher education and training facilities of the employment sector in a joint effort. The Berufsakademie concept was established as a new way of practice-oriented education on university level. Especially the integration of companies as active partners into the system of higher education leads to highly qualified graduates. Therefore the Berufsakademie offers an attractive alternative to traditional universities and colleges of higher education.

Course Description The course focuses on the entire life cycle of software development -- from business modeling, requirements, analysis & design to implementation and roll-out. Along the Rational Unified Process the students become familiar with important standards and techniques for all disciplines. This includes Business Modeling, UML, but also programming concepts and test concepts. eValid is used as the test engine for web browser enabled applications. During the half year course the students realize their own project in groups from 2 to 4 people. The course is being taught by Dr. J. Pitschke.