Abstract
Since its inception in the 1950s, the Business Informatics field and its education have continually adapted to the growing need for information systems expertise. The continuous evolution of the field, as well as the need to align with emerging topics, challenge master’s programs to meet market demands for highly trained scholars, managers, and entrepreneurs. Despite various adaptations, most business informatics master’s programs have kept the name “Wirtschaftsinformatik,” masking the diversity of their structure and content. We address this by investigating the structure and content of German Business Informatics master’s programs to identify their similarities and differences. We gathered data from 4,158 courses from 47 German universities and performed topic modeling using BERTopic. Our results provide first insights into programs’ structures and contents, highlighting similarities and differences. We discuss these results, introducing a three-dimensional typology that categorizes three program types, and concluding with future research directions.
Recommended Citation
Becker, Luc; Kranz, Johann; Neuburger, Rahild; and Hess, Thomas, "On the Landscape of Business Informatics Master’s Programs in Germany: First Insights on Structure and Content" (2024). Wirtschaftsinformatik 2024 Proceedings. 21.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/wi2024/21