Elective Area Business Administration and Economics

The elective area Business and Economics comprises 65 or 30 credit points, depending on the study track. Anyway, it offers ample opportunities for in-depth study and specialization.

Basic Structure

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• The modules of the elective area are assigned to fields and profiles.
• The fields form the skeleton of the elective area. Various soft credit point thresholds apply here.
• The profiles are optional, allowing for further accentuation of your study.

Modules

The full list of elective modules is available in the table

• Modules of the Elective Area [link follows]. 

That table also shows which fields and profiles the modules belong to. Due to their fitting content, some modules appear in several fields and/or profiles simultaneously - see the ones marked green or red in the basic structure diagram. These modules are assigned primarily to the thematically closest profile and secondarily to one or more other profile(s).

The content and qualification objectives and the modules' teaching and examination forms are described in detail in the

• Module Handbook (Annex 1 to the study regulations) [link follows].

Fields

The elective area Business Administration and Economics comprises the fields of Business Education and Management Training, Business Administration and Economics, and Supplementary Qualifications (study track I only), which cover the qualification objectives of the program. Regulations differ between the two study tracks.

Study Track I

Here, you have to observe the following minimum point thresholds when selecting modules:

• 15 credit points in Business Education and Management Training, of which at least 10 credit points must be from the field's Core Modules,
• 30 credit points in Business Administration and Economics,

You acquire the remaining 20 credit points freely across these fields or in the field Supplementary Qualifications.  This flexibility makes it easy to tailor your studies to your interests.

Study Track II

Here, the credit points to be earned in the fields are fixed as follows:

• 10 credit points in Business Education and Management Training from it's Core Modules,
• 20 credit points in Business Administration and Economics.

See the website Core Modules Business Education and Management Training for a list of the modules available there. 

Profiles

Groups of modules fitting well together thematically and complementing each other form profiles. You can use these profiles to further shape and highlight your study focus.

The Bachelor's in Business Education and Management Training offers the following profiles:

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.

Supplementary Qualifications

• Business Information Systems,
• Transportation Economics.

In addition, you may choose from a wide range of offers in Foreign Languages.

Profile Choice

There is no obligation to decide for any profile! Instead, you select your elective modules in fulfillment of the fields' minimum point thresholds. Once you have completed sufficient modules belonging to a profile, you can have it certified as a Major or a Minor:

• A Major requires modules of the profile amounting to at least 30 credit points, of which at least 20 credit points are from primary modules.
• For a Minor, modules of the profile amounting to at least 20 credit points are sufficient, with at least 15 credit points from primary modules. 

You can, therefore, acquire several majors and/or minors or do without them altogether.

For modules listed in several profiles, you decide which profile it should be assigned. The module then counts to the field to which the selected profile belongs.