TY  - THES
U1  - Bachelor Thesis
A1  - Siehler, Daniel
T1  - An investigation on the challenges of studying from home for international students at HFU Business School during the summer semester 2020 and the winter semester 2020/2021
N2  - In 2020 a pandemic caused the universities in Germany to close their doors for their
students. For the Hochschule Furtwangen University, it was the first time that online
classes were introduced on a large-scale. The objective of this thesis paper is to
investigate how international students at HFU Business School cope with having online
classes due to COVID-19 and to derive based on those findings a recommended course
of action.
The researcher conducted 32 semi-structured in-depth interviews with international
students, local students, professors, and university employees to examine the status quo.
A thorough literature review on studying and working from home formed the interview
questions' foundation. The interview covered several aspects of students' life, such as
studying, language development, or social factors.
Based on the findings, a recommended course of action was derived. Those 14
recommendations include practical suggestions covering different facets for the
university to implement to improve international students' ability to cope with the
restrictions caused by the pandemic and the resulting online classes successfully.
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - International students
KW  - Online lectures
KW  - Interview
KW  - Recommended course of action
Y2  - 2021
ER  -