Workshop “Business Programming” - Critical Factors from Zero to Portable GUI Programming in 4 Hours

At the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (WU), Bachelor students can learn programming from scratch and become able to create portable GUI programs for Windows, macOS and Linux in just one semester. This is possible within 60 hours (4 hours per week) of class attendance (“contact hours”) and a total teaching load of 200 hours, which corresponds to 8 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System). Several critical success factors make this possible, including the course objectives, the course structure, the pedagogical principles, and finally the programming language used for teaching the introductory course [1].