SoSe 26: Bachelor's Programmes

• Makroökonomie (Macroeconomics)

  0171cB1.8
  learning objectives: Students build on the knowledge they gained in the introduction to macroeconomics and take their qualifications in ... read more

  learning objectives:
  Students build on the knowledge they gained in the introduction to macroeconomics and take their qualifications in the area of macroeconomics to a deeper level. They learn to apply their understanding of theoretical and empirical methods to concrete economic policy issues. A significant additional skill that the students gain is the ability to create theoretical models that take into account important international relationships. Students improve their analytical skills and learn to produce descriptive models that are more realistic as well as explain new interaction effects.
  
  

  course content:
  Study of the necessity and effectiveness of state intervention in fiscal and monetary policy for example in order to combat unemployment and inflation; discussion of different assumptions about how private economic subjects form expectations; study of macroeconomic relationships in the open economy; foreign exchange market; determinants of exchange rates.
  
  

  language of instruction:
  German/English
  
  workload
  180 hours (6 ECTS)
  
  duration / frequency
  one semester / irregular

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  • 10103001 Lecture
    Macroeconomics (V) (Britta Gehrke)
    Schedule: Mi 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2026-04-15)
    Location: Hs 105 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    
  • 10103026 Methods Tutorial
    Macroeconomics (Ü) (Paul Brems, Jelle Matschinski)
    Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2026-04-13)
    Location: Hs 105 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    

• Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht (Commercial Law and Corporate Law)

  0171cB3.4
  learning objectives: Students gain an overview of the special rules for merchants stipulated by the German Commercial Code (HGB) and the ... read more

  learning objectives:
  Students gain an overview of the special rules for merchants stipulated by the German Commercial Code (HGB) and the typical issues involved. Participants learn how to identify and interpret the structures of corporate law. Based on examples, they learn how to prepare solutions for cases involving commercial and corporate law issues and can formulate arguments to defend the solutions.
  
  

  course content:
  Fundamentals of commercial and company law, description of the term "merchant", the company, publicity of the commercial register, merchant representation in legal transactions, contract types in the HGB (commercial purchases, commission), partnership law (BGB-Gesellschaft, OHG, KG), norms of the German civil code (BGB) and the HGB, overview of laws governing stock corporations (AG, GmbH).
  
  

  language of instruction:
  German
  
  workload
  180 hours (6 ECTS)
  
  duration / frequency
  one semester / irregular

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  • 10121801 Lecture
    Commercial Law and Corporate Law (V) (Dominik Klimke)
    Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2026-04-15)
    Location: Hs 101 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    
  • 10121802 Practice seminar
    Commercial Law and Corporate Law (Ü) (Undine Christian)
    Schedule: Fr 14:00-16:00, Fr 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2026-06-05)
    Location: Hs 101 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    

• Sampling Methods

  0171cB2.5
  learning objectives: Students gain an introduction into the field of survey statistics and learn the basic methods of sampling theory. ... read more

  learning objectives:
  Students gain an introduction into the field of survey statistics and learn the basic methods of sampling theory. They also learn about the most important sampling techniques and how to use them. In addition, they use example cases to learn how to deal with nonreponse and how to use calibration methods. In the tutorial section, students learn how statistics software can be used to draw samples, for example, from the Campus-Files from the Federal Statistical Office. They also learn the relevant methods and are thus able to assess critically the practical implementations of sampling procedures. Moreover, they learn to explain and evaluate survey data generated through polling. The module takes into consideration gender and diversity to establish conditions that make it possible for all students to participate.
  
  

  course content:
  Population and sampling probabilities, Simple random sampling, Stratified sampling, Cluster sampling, Two-stage (multi-stage) sampling, Selection schemes with unequal probabilities, Regression estimation
  
  

  language of instruction:
  German / English
  
  workload
  180 hours (6 ECTS)
  
  duration / frequency
  one semester / irregular

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  • 10122001 Lecture
    Machine Learning (Philipp Bach)
    Schedule: Mi 14:00-17:00 (Class starts on: 2026-04-22)
    Location: Hs 103 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    
  • 10122026 Methods Tutorial
    Machine Learning (Philipp Bach)
    Schedule: Mi 17:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2026-04-22)
    Location: Hs 103 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    

• Modules w/o courses in this semester

  29 Modules
  • Spieltheorie (Game Theory) 0171cB1.1
  • Volkswirtschaftstheorie (Theoretical Economics) 0171cB1.10
  • Special Topics in Theoretical Economics 0171cB1.11
  • Principles and Controversies of Marxist Economic Theory 0171cB1.12
  • Monetäre Außenwirtschaft (International Monetary Economics) 0171cB1.2
  • International Trade: Theory and Policy 0171cB1.3
  • Wirtschaftswachstum (Economic Growth) 0171cB1.4
  • The System of National Accounts 0171cB1.5
  • History of Economic Thought 0171cB1.6
  • Mikroökonomie (Microeconomics) 0171cB1.7
  • Entscheidungstheorie (Decision Theory) 0171cB1.9
  • Wohlfahrtsstaat und Globalisierung (The Welfare State and Globalization) 0171cB3.1
  • Wirtschaftspolitik (Economic Policy) 0171cB3.10
  • Finanz- und Wirtschaftspolitik (Fiscal and Economic Policy) 0171cB3.11
  • Fiscal and Economic Policy: Selected Topics 0171cB3.12
  • European Union Policy 0171cB3.2
  • Arbeitsrecht (Labor Law) 0171cB3.3
  • Einführung in die Arbeitsmarkttheorie (Introduction to Labor Market Theory) 0171cB3.5
  • Umweltökonomik (Environmental Economics) 0171cB3.6
  • Wirtschaftsgeschichte (Economic History) 0171cB3.7
  • Staat und Allokation (Government and Allocation) 0171cB3.8
  • Finanzwissenschaftliche Steuerlehre (Economics of Taxation) 0171cB3.9
  • Einführung in die Ökonometrie (Introduction to Econometrics) 0171cB2.1
  • Statistische Modellierung (Statistical Modeling) 0171cB2.2
  • Introduction to Time-Series Analysis 0171cB2.3
  • Einführung in die Mikroökonometrie (Introduction to Microeconometrics) 0171cB2.4
  • Quantitative Methoden (Quantitative Methods) 0171cB2.6
  • Applied Time-Series Econometrics 0171cB2.7
  • Quantitative Methods: Selected Topics 0171cB2.8