This minor is meant for students from universities of Applied Sciences who would like to continue their education with the academic Master programme Interaction Technology (I-tech). If you have finished the minor successfully, you will be admitted to the Master’s programme after graduation from your Bachelor programme.

The main learning objective of the programme is to lay a sound academic foundation under the practical knowledge that you already obtained during your Bachelor programme.

The subjects covered[1] are:

• Programming Skills: Experience with programming languages, such as Python, JavaScript, CC+, etc.)
• Human Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence
• Academic Skills: Academic Writing, Research Methodology
• Statistics, Probability, Mathematics

[1] Depending on the student's prior knowledge and course offerings per semester.

This minor aims to attract students from universities of applied sciences (HBO) who have the adequate motivation and capacities to complete an English-taught degree programme on university level in the domain of Interaction Technology.

The minor is open to students from programmes related to (the domain within) Interaction Technology. In order to determine whether your current studies is sufficiently related, please check: www.doorstroommatrix.nl.

For those students whose current Bachelor studies involves a non-related programme, admission is determined on individual basis by the programme's Admission Committee.

In addition, the University of Twente assumes that students who start this transfer minor possess sufficient prior knowledge in mathematics (preferably Wiskunde B on so-called VWO-level) and that they are sufficiently proficient in English (benchmark score in this regard: IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL 80). Students are supposed to assess themselves whether their competencies in this respect match with the recommended levels. Additional knowledge can be obtained by e.g. Babel en Boswell Bèta or Open Universiteit.

Considering the programme of the minor you may realize that these requirements are related firmly to its contents: if you don’t meet the requirements, your chances of finishing the minor programme successfully are low.

You need to have completed 120 EC from the first two years of your current related bachelor’s studies before starting this transfer minor.

It is recommended (optional not obligatory) that you prepare for the transfer minor in advance by refreshing and/or updating your knowledge in the following fields (if applicable):

Mathematics: Thomas' Calculus, early transcendentals, G.B. Thomas, M.D. Weir and J.R.Hass New International Edition, ISBN 9781783991587 Tip: also use your previous mathematics books.

• Basic Mathematics - Arithmetic
• Advanced Mathematics - Pure Mathematics
• Algebra
• Calculus
• Linear Algebra
• Special topics
  - Set Theory
  - Number Theory
  - Geometry

The following subjects can be studied when you have already acquired some knowledge about this:

• Advanced Mathematics - Applied Mathematics                                                                            - Differential Equations
• Formal Languages & Automata

 

Probability & Statistics: Basic statistics consists of four parts: descriptive statistics, estimation, confidence intervals and testing of hypotheses. Find resources online, for instance through 

Advanced preparation:

Programming [Example]: Python is a general-purpose programming language, created in 1991 by Guido van Rossum. Think Python - How to Think Like a Computer Scientist. 2nd Edition, Version 2.4.0 Allen Downey Green Tea Press Needham, Massachusett: https://greenteapress.com/wp/think-python-2e/. Some other useful sites are the following:

• pythonforbeginners.com
• tutorialspoint.com/python
• python.org/3/
• w3schools.com/python/

On www.jetbrains.com/education/ you can find a version of PyCharm that includes access to many beginners courses of Python.

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach: Global Edition Stuart Russell; Peter Norvig. ISBN 13: 9781292153964

The transfer minor is a full time study programme of 30 EC. Courses are spread over the five working days of the week, although occasionally a day may be “free”. Note that in this case students are assumed to spend their time on self-study activities.

In general the courses of the transfer minor are assessed with an individual exam and/or (group)assignment(s). Important: You must complete your programme within 1 year, with a maximum of two opportunities per course. When students apply for the Kies op Maat programme, they submit documents that proof the prior knowledge (education). The programme admission committee will determine which courses become part of the transfer minor, based on the entrance level of the student. This means that (one or more of) the following topics will be included in the programme:

• Mathematics, Statistics and Probability
• Programming
• Academic Skills (academic writing, research skills, etc.)
• Human Computer Interaction (HCI): Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Students with a Computer Science background will be offered additional topics such as
- Literature Research and
- Programming & Physical Computing

For students with an Electrical Engineering background
- 'Python Programming' can be added.

The language of instruction and assessment is English. The course codes may change before the academic year. The programme will assist you in registration for the correct courses, therefore please contact the educational affairs office through boz-itech@utwente.nl. An admission letter, containing the specific individual course package of the student, should be attached to the KOM-learning agreement.

Both documents need to be signed by the student and the Examination Board of the bachelor programme of the student. The signed versions must have reached the UT-contact person before the enrolment period ends.

BEFORE printing your KOM Learning Agreement, you are asked to send a recent grades list (transcript of records) and a description or syllabus of the relevant courses [Programming, Mathematics, Human Computer Interaction: Artificial Intelligence and Academic Skills] to the UT-contact person, Master coordinator of I-Tech: Josca van Houwelingen-Snippe. More specifically, we like to retrieve information about the learning goals and learning materials, related to the domains as described under ‘Learning Goals’. The admission committee of I-Tech will then be consulted for the exact courses and study load of your KOM-package. This specific course package will be sent to you and has to be added to your KOM Learning Agreement. This first step is important since both documents need to be signed and stamped by the Examination Board of your programme and must have reached the UT-contact person before the enrolment ends.

To conclude: It is more efficient to first get the letter with information about your course package from the University of Twente, before you print the KOM Learning Agreement. You can contact Josca van Houwelingen-Snippe for this first step. With both these documents attached, you can contact the Examination Board of your HBO-programme for a signature and stamp. Also, do not forget to sign the documents yourself and make sure that all is submitted before the starting date of this transfer minor.