Elective Area Business Administration and Economics (PO 2024, PO 2026)

The elective-required module in economics for the Bachelor’s program in Business Education and Management Training is worth 65 or 30 credit points, depending on your major . In both cases, it offers you excellent opportunities for in-depth study and specialization.

Basic Structure

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• The modules in the elective-required area of Economics are assigned to subject areas and profiles.
• These fields form the flexible foundation of the required-elective area. Different credit limits apply to them.
• The specializations within these fields allow you to further tailor your academic focus.

Modules

You can find the complete list of elective modules in the “Modules in the Elective Area” table on the Study Documents website.

There you can also see which areas and profiles each module belongs to. Some modules are included in multiple areas and/or profiles at the same time due to the applicability of their content—see the modules highlighted in green or red in the illustration of the basic structure. These modules are primarily assigned to the profile that is thematically closest to them and secondarily to one or more other profiles.

You can find out which content and learning objectives, teaching methods, and assessment requirements the modules include in the module handbook (Appendix 1 to the Study Regulations) on the “Study Documents” website.

Fields

In the required-elective area of Business within the Bachelor’s program in Business Education and Management Training, there are the fields of Business Education and Management Training, Business Administration and Economics, and Supplementary Qualifications (Track I only), which cover the learning outcomes of your degree program. Different regulations apply to the two tracks.

Track I

In this track, you must observe the following flexible minimum credit requirements when selecting modules:

• 15 credit points in the field of Business Education and Management Training, of which at least 10 credit points must be from the core modules of the field,
• 30 credit points in the field of Business Administration and Economics.

You may freely select the remaining 20 credit points from the required-elective area from these two fields or from the field of Supplementary Qualifications. This flexibility makes it easy for you to tailor your coursework to your interests.

Study Track II

The following fixed credit limits apply here:

• 10 credit points in the field of Business Education and Management Training from its core modules,
• 20 credit points in the field of Business Administration and Economics.

Visit the “Core Modules in Business Education and Management Training” webpage to find out which modules are available to you.

Profiles

Groups of modules that are thematically well-matched and complement each other form profiles. These profiles allow you to further refine and clarify the focus of your studies.

The following profiles are available in the Bachelor’s program in Business Education and Management Training:

Business Administration and Economics

• Accounting and Finance,
• Learning and Human Resources Management,
• Management and Marketing,
• Operations and Logistics Management,
• Public and International Economics,
• Sustainability Management and Energy Economics.

Additional Qualifications

• Business Information Systems,
• Transport Economics.

In addition, you can choose from a wide range of foreign languages as part of the required electives.

Profile Selection

There is absolutely no obligation to choose a profile! Instead, you simply decide which modules to take in the elective-required area, in accordance with the minimum credit requirements for each field. Once you have completed a sufficient number of modules belonging to a profile, you can have them recognized as a major or minor:

• A major requires modules from the profile totaling at least 30 credit points, of which at least 20 credit points must come from modules primarily assigned to that profile.
• For a minor, modules from the profile totaling at least 20 credit points are required, with at least 15 credit points coming from modules primarily assigned to that profile.

You can therefore earn multiple majors and/or minors—or choose not to pursue any at all.

For modules assigned to multiple profiles, you decide which profile they will ultimately count toward. The module then counts toward the field to which the selected profile belongs.

Information Session on Profile Selection

Each winter semester, an information session is held on selecting profiles within the elective-required area of the Bachelor’s and Diplom degree programs.

The session is designed to be interactive and offers students the opportunity to learn in detail about the various profiles as well as the respective course offerings in the elective-required area. In addition, there is an opportunity to speak with representatives of the individual profiles and clarify individual questions.