International Economic and Business Studies - Modules and Courses
The Diploma Program in International Economic and Business Studies comprises 240 ECTS credits and is divided into two parts (each four semesters). The program consists of uniform modules, each representing a thematic unit and comprising 7.5 ECTS credits (i.e. 4 semester hours).
First part of the Diploma Program
The first part of the program takes four semesters with a total of 120 ECTS credits (16 modules). The following modules have to be taken (positive grades in the exams of the introductory study and orientation phase qualifiy students to participate in all other courses offered subsequently to the introductory study and orientation phase):
Introductory Study and Orientation Phase (STEOP) (15 ECTS) ↓
Mandatory
Introduction to Management
7,5 ECTS
Mandatroy
Introduction to Economics
7,5 ECTS
Core Area in Management (45 ECTS) ↓
Mandatroy
Accounting 1: Financial Accounting
7,5 ECTS
Mandatroy
Accounting 2: Managerial Accounting
7,5 ECTS
Elective
Fundamentals of Management: Operations Management
7,5 ECTS
Elective
Fundamentals of Management: Organization and Human Resource Management
7,5 ECTS
Elective
Fundamentals of Management: Strategy and Marketing
7,5 ECTS
Elective
Fundamentals of Management: Financial Management
7,5 ECTS
Elective
Information Systems
7,5 ECTS
Core Area in Economics (15 ECTS) ↓
Elective
(Microeconomics) Theory of Economic Decisions: Decisions and Strategies
7,5 ECTS
Elective
Fundamentals of Macroeconomics: Business Cycles & Economic Growth
7,5 ECTS
Elective
Economics and the Public Sector
7,5 ECTS
Foreign Business Languages (15 ECTS) ↓
Elective
First Foreign Business Language (English is compulsory)
7,5 ECTS
Elective
Second Foreign Business Language (French, Italian, Spanish or Russian)
7,5 ECTS
Mandatroy
Mathematics
7,5 ECTS
Mandatroy
Civil Law
7,5 ECTS
Mandatroy
Statistical Data Analysis *
7,5 ECTS
*Participation in the module "Statistical Data Analysis" requires the successful completion of the module "Mathematics".
Second part of the Diploma Program
The second part of the program takes four semesters with a total of 97.5 ECTS credits out of modules (13 modules), and 22.5 ECTS credits for the diploma thesis.
At the beginning of the second part of the study program, students spend a compulsory year abroad at a university in a non-German speaking country where they have to complete a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 8 modules (out of 13 modules).
In the second part of the program, the following modules have to be accomplished:
Internationales Management (15 ECTS) ↓
Mandatory
International Management 1
7,5 ECTS
Mandatory
International Management 2
7,5 ECTS
Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (15 ECTS) ↓
Mandatory
International Econimics: International Trade Theory and Policy
7,5 ECTS
Mandatory
International Economics: International Monetary Economics and Int. Institutions
7,5 ECTS
Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehren (SBWL) (22,5 ECTS) ↓
Two of the following SBWL Basic Modules (and one SBWL Intermediate Module from the SBWL Basic Module 1 or 2):
Elective
SBWL Bank Management
7,5 ECTS
Elective
SBWL Business Taxation
7,5 ECTS
Elective
SBWL Controlling
7,5 ECTS
Elective
SBWL Financial Management
7,5 ECTS
Elective
SBWL International Public Management
7,5 ECTS
Elective
SBWL Managerial Accounting
7,5 ECTS
Elective
SBWL Marketing
7,5 ECTS
Elective
SBWL Human Resource Management
7,5 ECTS
Elective
SBWL Produktionswirtschaft und Logistik
7,5 ECTS
Elective
SBWL Tourism and the Service Sector
7,5 ECTS
Elective
SBWL Strategic Management
7,5 ECTS
Elective
SBWL Information Systems
7,5 ECTS
Elective
SBWL Auditing
7,5 ECTS
Spezielle Volkswirtschaftslehren (SVWL) (7,5 ECTS) ↓
One of the following SVWL Basic Modules:
Wahlmodul
SVWL Economic Policy
7,5 ECTS
Wahlmodul
SVWL Public Finance
7,5 ECTS
Wahlmodul
SVWL Economic and Social History
7,5 ECTS
Wahlmodul
SVWL The Macroeconomics of Open Economies and European Integration
7,5 ECTS
Wahlmodul
SVWL Competition Theory and Policy
7,5 ECTS
Wahlmodul
SVWL Economics of the Leisure and Sports Industry
7,5 ECTS
Wahlmodul
SVWL Economics of the Welfare State
7,5 ECTS
Wahlmodul
SVWL Environmental Economics
7,5 ECTS
Wahlmodul
SVWL Regional Economics
7,5 ECTS
Wahlmodul
SVWL Managerial Economics
7,5 ECTS
Wahlmodul
SVWL Econometrics
7,5 ECTS
Wahlmodul
SVWL Behaviorial Economics
7,5 ECTS
Internationale Rechtswissenschaften (7,5 ECTS) ↓
Mandatory
International Law
7,5 ECTS
Kern-Module BWL bzw. VWL (15 ECTS) ↓
Mandatory
5th module from Electives Core Area in Management (see first part of program)
7,5 ECTS
Mandatory
3rd module from Electives Core Area in Economics (see first part of program)
7,5 ECTS
Free Electives (22.5 ECTS)
Diploma Thesis + Research Colloquium (22.5 ECTS)