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WiSe 25/26: Bachelor's Programmes

Bachelor's programme in Business Administration (as of winter semester 2017/18)

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  • Grundlagen der Makroökonomie (Fundamentals of Macroeconomics)

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    learning objectives:
     Students learn to define and interpret macroeconomic issues using the relevant theoretical and empirical concepts and extrapolate the implications for economic policy. With the knowledge they gain, student can then characterize markets (goods, finances, labor) and describe the conditions for equilibrium as well as fluctuations. In addition to the theoretical aspects, students also learn to assess the economic classification of countries on the basis of national accounts. Students will also deal with how economic concepts relate more broadly to questions of gender and diversity.

    course content:
     Principles of macroeconomic theory, principles of national accounts, the function and significance of important macroeconomic agents (from households and businesses to the state and central banks) and markets (labor, goods, and money markets).

    language of instruction:
     German / English

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

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    • 10120201 Lecture
      Fundamentals of Macroeconomics (V) (Britta Gehrke)
      Schedule: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
      Location: HFB/B Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    • 10120202 Practice seminar
      Fundamentals of Macroeconomics (Ü) (Johannes Michael Ossadnik, Erik Dasenbrock)
      Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00, Do 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
      Location: HFB/B Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)

  • Mikroökonomie (Microeconomics)

    0171cB1.7

    learning objectives:
     Students learn about microeconomic market analysis and the relationship between competition and welfare. They learn in particular how to describe and characterize the interactions between markets and businesses. They learn to understand the welfare effects of a company’s price and production choices, competitive behavior in an oligopoly, market entry strategies, the role of cartel agreements, and other restraints of competition. Students understand how business decisions affect market efficiency and are therefore able to describe in which sectors legal intervention concerning competition law would benefit efficiency.

    course content:
     Welfare and competition, monopoly market behavior, oligopolistic competition, competition restraints.

    language of instruction:
     German / English

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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    • 10120901 Lecture
      Microeconomics (V) (Gabriel Ziegler)
      Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
      Location: Hs 105 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    • 10120926 Methods Tutorial
      Microeconomics (ü) (Lennart Jarmolinski)
      Schedule: Do 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
      Location: Hs 107 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)

  • Staat und Allokation (Government and Allocation)

    0171cB3.8

    learning objectives:
     Students learn the theoretical principles of allocation in finance and gain a fundamental understanding of the role of the state in the market. They also learn how to apply relevant concepts from welfare theory and other theoretical instruments and use them as interpretive tools. With the knowledge they gain, participants can assess and evaluate abstract questions of resource allocation.

    course content:
     Normative justification for state interventions in the use of economic resources; market failure theory; positive analysis of state interventions controlling the use of resources; basic outline of group decision-making theory.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Min.)

    language of instruction:
     German / English

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

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    • 10121001 Lecture
      Government and Allocation (V) (Giacomo Corneo)
      Schedule: Di 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
      Location: HFB/D Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    • 10121002 Practice seminar
      Government and Allocation (Ü) (Cara Nadler)
      Schedule: Mi 10:00-12:00, Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
      Location: Hs 104 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)

  • Applied Topics in Managerial Accounting

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  • International and National Corporate Disclosure

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    learning objectives:
     Students gain the knowledge, understanding, and skills needed to analyze and assess problems in financial accounting. They will also learn about the impact of specific institutional environments and gain a grounding in theory. Furthermore, students learn methods to solve accounting problems in national and international contexts with attention to financial reporting policies. Students learn how to solve certain moderately complex accounting problems and how to systematically deal with newly arising problems (interpretation of standards, filling gaps in regulations).

    course content:
     Financial accounting, in particular perspectives and functions, theoretical approaches, institutions and processes of standardization, problem-solving methods, financial reporting policy, basic standards, handling selected items in individual financial statements in accordance with IFRS and Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB).

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

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  • Entscheidungstheorie (Decision Theory)

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    learning objectives:
     Students learn about normative decision theory, how it relates to expected utility theory and mu-sigma theory, and how to apply that knowledge. Students gain knowledge about how to compose expected utility functions, what properties they must have, and how to tell them apart based on levels of risk aversion. They also learn how to apply the mu-sigma calculation and situate it theoretically.

    course content:
     Revealed preference, expected utility theory, stochastic dominance, mu-sigma theory, Tobin theorem

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

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    • 10112608 Advanced Lecture Course
      Decision Theory (V) (András Löffler, Viviane Throl)
      Schedule: Mi 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
      Location: Hs 106 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    • 10112626 Methods Tutorial
      Decision Theory (Ü) (Viviane Throl)
      Schedule: Mi 14:00-16:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
      Location: Hs 106 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)

  • Schließende Statistik (Inferential Statistics)

    0171cA1.6

    learning objectives:
     Students learn to make decisions based on statistical data and assess the quality of these decisions. They learn how to solve three central types of statistical problems: Estimating unknown parameters of a distribution (point estimation), determining the confidence interval for an unknown parameter (confidence interval), making statements about the equality or inequality of distributions (tests). Students learn to apply these techniques themselves using empirical data and with the help of computer technology. The diversity of perspectives, experiences, and skills that the students bring with them to the group is treated as a positive contribution to the quality of research they produce and entails great benefits.

    course content:
     Continuous distribution models, sampling functions, parameter estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, regression analysis.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 1 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Studentisches Tutorium / - SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 min.)

    language of instruction:
     German / English

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every winter semester

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    • 10120501 Lecture
      Inferential Statistics (V) (Jan Marcus)
      Schedule: Mo 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
      Location: HFB/A Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    • 10120502 Practice seminar
      Inferential Statistics (Ü) (Ulrich Schneider)
      Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
      Location: HFB/A Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    • 10120505 Tutorial
      Inferential Statistics (T) (N.N.)
      Schedule: -
      Location: keine Angabe

  • Academic Approaches and Methods in Management

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    learning objectives:
     Students become familiar with current research topics in business administration related to the areas of specialization “strategy and cooperation” as well as “organization and personnel” and can appraise them critically. This prepares them to complete a Bachelor’s thesis in this area of specialization, especially in terms of content and method.

    course content:
     The critical appraisal of research results requires that seminar participants have already been made familiar with the most significant basics of scientific/academic work. The following are some prominent aspects of the module’s content: Theory and rationale for selecting a specific theory; the relationship between theory and empirics; ways of collecting and analyzing data (qualitative and quantitative); scientific argumentation and documentation; planning a research project.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Seminar / 3 SWS / Teilnahmepflicht

    test
     Seminararbeit (ca. 10 bis 15 Seiten) mit Präsentation und Aussprache (insgesamt ca. 30 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German/English

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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  • Fundamentals of Innovation Management

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    learning objectives:
     Upon successful completion of the module, students know about the challenges and specific characteristics of innovation management, are familiar with the main concepts, and are able to understand the most important instruments based on theoretical knowledge, put them to use in practical situations, and assess them critically.

    course content:
     After an introduction to basic terminology, the subject areas covered include both process-related and result-related characteristics of organizational and supra-organizational innovation management. The following topics are covered in detail: Principles and concepts of innovation management, diffusion and adoption of innovation, planning instruments for strategic innovation management, innovation strategy, innovation skills and innovation culture, Innovation processes and organization, protection strategies for innovation, sustainable innovation management, business model innovation.

    teaching methods / hours of attendance (contact hours per week) / forms of active participation
     Vertiefungsvorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Methodenübung (2-wöchig) / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    module assessment:
     Klausur (ca. 120 Min.)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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    • 10113708 Advanced Lecture Course
      Fundamentals in Innovation Management (V) (Djerdj Horvat)
      Schedule: Fr 14:00-17:30 (Class starts on: 2025-10-24)
      Location: Fr Hs 102 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21), Fr Online - zeitABhängig
    • 10113726 Methods Tutorial
      Fundamentals in Innovation Management (Ü) (Annette Biedermann, Fabio Voss)
      Schedule: Mi 10:00-14:00, Do 10:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-11-05)
      Location: Hs 103 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)

  • Net Economy - International Business Case Study

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    learning objectives:
     Students gain advanced knowledge in business information systems and learn how to apply that knowledge to problem-solving. This includes in particular preparing business models with attention to changing technology in the so-called “net economy.” Students can develop and present their own problem-solving strategies and concrete measures to deal with economic issues with practical relevance using current media.

    course content:
     Teams of students work together with other students from national and international partner universities on concrete tasks and case studies that deal with selected topics from the field of information management. Using current information and communication technology, they develop concrete proposals for solutions to practice-oriented problems and present them to a local, national or, as the case may be, international assembly.

    language of instruction:
     German / English

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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  • Business Information Systems: Selected Topics

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  • Academic Approaches and Methods in Business Information Systems

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    learning objectives:
     Students learn about current research in business administration in the field of “business information systems.” They also learn how to interpret and assess the research critically. This prepares them to complete a Bachelor’s thesis in this area of specialization, especially in terms of content and method.

    course content:
     Reviewing the research literature, formal components of a scientific paper, project planning including topic search, work methods for scientific papers based on a logical-deductive, analytical, or empirical approach, justifying choices for a specific research design, the relationship between theory and empirics, presentation and critical appraisal of selected research results.

    language of instruction:
     German / English

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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  • Special Topics in Accounting and Auditing

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    learning objectives:
     Students learn about the research methods of the subject preferably from a theoretical and/or methodical perspective with regard to selected topics from the subdisciplines of accounting and/or auditing. They learn how to rigorously work out problems of medium complexity and provide rationale for their decisions. They learn to formulate the reasoning behind their results and critically appraise them.

    course content:
     The module covers special topics from the field of managerial accounting and auditing. In addition, current issues discussed in relevant scientific publications will be discussed along with typical problems that arise.

    language of instruction:
     German / English

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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  • Applied Topics in Accounting and Auditing

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  • Statistische Modellierung (Statistical Modeling)

    0171cB2.2

    learning objectives:
     Students are advised to take “Introduction to Econometrics” before starting this module. Students learn how to analyze data for which the regression model is not appropriate. Students deal with the most important models used in the analysis of nominal, ordinal, and integer characteristics so that they can describe the models and also apply them empirically. Students will continue to discuss the analysis of general dependency patterns. They also learn the relevant methods and how to interpret the results obtained through use of these methods. In the tutorial section, students learn how to use the appropriate software and interpret the results based on examples. Everyone is given an equal opportunity to contribute their ideas and concepts.

    course content:
     Logit and probit models, threshold models, cumulative probit models, count data models, generalized linear model, log-linear model, models for longitudinal data.

    language of instruction:
     German / English

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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    • 10121301 Lecture
      Statistical Modeling (V) (Ulrich Schneider)
      Schedule: Mo 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
      Location: Hs 107 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)
    • 10121326 Methods Tutorial
      Statistical Modeling (Ü) (Ulrich Schneider)
      Schedule: Mi 16:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
      Location: Hs 107 Hörsaal (Garystr. 21)

  • Introduction to Time-Series Analysis

    0171cB2.3

  • Business- und Dienstleistungsmarketing (Business and Service Marketing)

    0170dB5.1

    learning objectives:
     Students gain an understanding of stages and structures in the respective markets and learn about the specific characteristics of buying behavior among business customers and service customers as well as the effects of customer integration and business relationships in such markets. They learn about the unique qualities, instruments, and strategies associated with marketing in business-to-business markets and services markets. They also learn to determine marketing activities tailored to specific types of businesses.

    course content:
     Value creation structures and stages in business and services markets; organizational buyer behavior; customer integration, business relationship management, types of companies in business and services markets, marketing for specific types of businesses.

    teaching methods / hours of attendance (contact hours per week) / forms of active participation
     Vertiefungsvorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Methodenübung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    module assessment:
     Klausur (120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every other semester

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    • 10111208 Advanced Lecture Course
      Business and Service Marketing (V) (Andreas Eggert)
      Schedule: Di 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
      Location: HFB/D Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    • 10111226 Methods Tutorial
      Business and Service Marketing (Ü) (Florian Völkl)
      Schedule: Do 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
      Location: HFB/B Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)

  • Academic Approaches and Methods in Marketing

    0170dB5.4

    learning objectives:
     Students learn about current research in business administration in the field of “marketing.” They also learn how to interpret and assess the research critically. This prepares them to complete a Bachelor’s thesis in this area of specialization, especially in terms of content and method.

    course content:
     The critical appraisal of research results requires that seminar participants have already been made familiar with the most significant basics of scientific/academic work. The following are some prominent aspects of the module’s content: Theory and rationale for selecting a specific theory; the relationship between theory and empiricism; ways of collecting and analyzing data (qualitative and quantitative); scientific argumentation and documentation; planning a research project.

    teaching methods / hours of attendance (contact hours per week) / forms of active participation
     Seminar / 3 SWS / Teilnahme erforderlich

    module assessment:
     Seminararbeit (ca. 10 bis 15 Seiten) mit Präsentation und Aussprache (insgesamt ca. 30 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German / English

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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  • Application-oriented Topics in Finance

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    learning objectives:
    The students master approaches to the subject from an application-oriented perspective Perspective. You have professional skills. You can acquire knowledge on a case-by-case basis apply and interpret appropriately. Problems of medium complexity can be particularly difficult Taking into account the problems encountered in professional practice are recognized and analyzed by the students. You are able to find solutions that are both theoretical and justified from a practical point of view. The students are able to develop strategies for action and to convey or communicate results in an appropriate and scientifically justified manner.

    course content:
    Selected practical topics of financing and investment are discussed. This should also be the case Current questions that arise in professional practice and problems that typically arise be addressed.

    language of instruction:
    German / English

    workload
    180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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  • Arbeitsrecht (Labor Law)

    0171cB3.3

    learning objectives:
     Students gain structured basic knowledge of labor law. They learn about the basic concepts, regulations on concluding contracts, regulations on the exchange of services under employment contracts, and regulations on terminating employment relationships. Students will also become familiar with the principles of free collective bargaining and labor relations as essential elements in the world of work.

    course content:
     Employment contracts and labor law as basic concepts, protection against discrimination and fraud claims when concluding contracts, checking content of employment contracts, reciprocal rights to work performance and remuneration, protection against dismissal and fixed-term employment regulations, collective bargaining and industrial action law, employee representation and codetermination in companies, employee representation on supervisory boards.

    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Übung / 1 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 Minuten)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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    • 10121701 Lecture
      Labor Law (V) (Joost Beerwerth)
      Schedule: Fr 14:00-18:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-17)
      Location: HFB/C Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    • 10121702 Practice seminar
      Labor Law (Ü) (Judith Elisabeth Hantel)
      Schedule: Di 10:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-12-09)
      Location: HFB/A Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)

  • Advanced Business Tax Planning

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    learning objectives:
     Students gain in-depth knowledge on tax effects and tax planning. They learn to solve moderately complex tax planning problems on their own.

    course content:

    • Tools of tax planning
    • The concept of tax effects
    • Tax effects on business administration decisions (especially in the area of investment and finance


    types of course units / workload per unit / obligatory or optional participation
     Vertiefungsvorlesung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen
    Methodenübung / 2 SWS / Teilnahme wird empfohlen

    test
     Klausur (ca. 120 min.)

    language of instruction:
     German

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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  • Modules w/o courses in this semester

    29 Modules
    • Special Topics in Business and Economics 0170dB11.6
    • Makroökonomie (Macroeconomics) 0171cB1.8
    • Wirtschaftspolitik (Economic Policy) 0171cB3.10
    • Controlling (Managerial Accounting) 0170dB7.1
    • Academic Approaches and Methods in Managerial Accounting 0170dB7.10
    • Special Topics in Managerial Accounting 0170dB7.2
    • Unternehmensbewertung und Steuern (Business Valuation and Taxation) 0170dB7.6
    • Group Accounting and Business Evaluation 0170dB7.7
    • Unternehmenskooperation (Business Cooperation) 0170dB1.1
    • Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility 0170dB1.2
    • International Management (International Management) 0170dB1.3
    • Organisation: Structures and processes (Organisation: Structures and Processes) 0170dB1.4
    • Project Management 0170dB1.5
    • BusinessplanLab 0170dB4.3
    • Decision Support Systems 0170dB6.1
    • Informationsmanagement (Information Management) 0170dB6.2
    • Systementwicklung (Development of Information Systems) 0170dB6.3
    • Academic Approaches and Methods in Finance, Accounting, and Taxation 0170dB7.9
    • Academic Approaches and Methods in Financial Accounting and Auditing 0170dB9.11
    • Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht (Commercial Law and Corporate Law) 0171cB3.4
    • Einführung in die Ökonometrie (Introduction to Econometrics) 0171cB2.1
    • Sampling Methods 0171cB2.5
    • Marketingplanung (Marketing Planning) 0170dB5.2
    • Advanced Research in Finance 0170dB8.3
    • Öffentliches Recht (Public Law) 0171cA1.11
    • National and International Business Taxation 0170dB10.1
    • Determination of Taxable Income and Taxation of Different Legal Structures 0170dB10.2
    • VAT and Other Transaction Taxes 0170dB10.4
    • Academic Approaches and Methods in Business-Related Taxation 0170dB10.6
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