Business of Expert Witnessing

Faculty

Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture

Version

Version 1 of 21.08.2025.

Module identifier

44M0531

Module level

Master

Language of instruction

German

ECTS credit points and grading

5.0

Module frequency

only summer term

Duration

1 semester

 

 

Brief description

The preparation of expert reports as a private or publicly appointed expert is one of the tasks expected of managers in the construction industry. Unrestricted objectivity and freedom from bias are the essential characteristics of expert work. The aim of the module is for students to be able to commission, read, evaluate and prepare expert reports themselves.

Overall workload

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning
Workload hoursType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
35Lecture-
10Practice-
Lecturer independent learning
Workload hoursType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
105seminar paper-
Graded examination
  • Homework / Assignment and oral exam
Ungraded exam
  • Regular participation
Literature

Bayerlein, Praxishandbuch Sachverst?ndigenwesen 6. Auf. Beckvlg, München 2021

Schiften der ifS-Schriftenreihe

Gunter Hankammer Abnahme von Bauleistungen- 6. A. Band I, Rudolf Müller, K?ln

Gunter Hankammer Abnahme von Bauleistungen Band II, Tiefbau, Rudolf Müller, K?ln

Applicability in study programs

  • Building – Environment – Management
    • Building – Environment – Management M.Eng. (01.09.2025)

  • Landscape Architecture
    • Landscape Architecture M.Eng. (01.09.2025)

  • Applied Plant Sciences M.Sc. (01.09.2025)
    • Applied Plant Sciences M.Sc. (01.09.2025)

    Person responsible for the module
    • Thieme-Hack, Martin
    Teachers
    • Thieme-Hack, Martin
    • Bouillon, Jürgen