Upon completion of the Automation Technology module, students will be able to reproduce, explain and apply extensive basic and methodological knowledge about automation systems and their components. This includes first of all that the students are able to explain the modeling, classification, control and coupling of technical processes by way of example. In addition, they are able to analyze information in technical processes and in signals. Likewise, they are able to fundamentally determine organizational, distribution and communication structures of automation systems on the basis of simple case studies. In addition, students will be able to describe basic aspects of modularization, standardization and automation. The students understand the digitalization topics Industrial Internet, Cloud and cyber-physical systems. In addition, students can reproduce the approaches of Knowledge Management, Industrial Big Data and Decision Support.