following my proposal, the curricular commission just agreed to the following regluation:
as long as the courses in the essentials modules »critical theory of media and informatics« and »interactive media« are not offered, other courses from the same column can be used in exchange for the missing courses. this regulation is executed when you submit all your certificates for your final degree.
this regulation was introduced to alleviate the problems from the fact that two courses are still not offered: »foundations of ubiquitous computing and iot« and »critical theory of media and informatics«. you can now use any other course from the same column to fill the 12 ECTS the modules those courses belong to need to be complete.
update: this regulation has been suspended as the foundations of ubicomp are now offered by florian michahelles.