Faculty of Business and Economics

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Compulsory modules

 

Bachelor module (compulsory): Fundamentals of Business Administration

BWL-GBWL (3+1 SWS, 6 LP, winter semester)

WIW-GBWL-GBWL-V-1   Basics of business administration3+1 SWS (6 LP)

Bachelor module (compulsory): Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance

BWL-GRF (3+1 SWS, 6 LP, summer semester)

WIW-BWL-GRF-V-1   Fundamentals of accounting and finance3+1 SWS (6 LP)

 

Compulsory elective modules: 

Business Administration 

KennnummerModulnameLP
BWL-PRO-M-1Production6
BWL-MAR-M-1Marketing6
BWL-INV-M-1Investment and financing6
BWL-AOF-M-1Fundamentals of leadership6
BWL-STM-M-1Strategic management6
BWL-OPR-M-1Operations Research6
BWL-WIN-M-1Business informatics6
BWL-LOG-M-1Logistics6
BWL-SWP-M-1Taxes and auditing6
BWL-IDL-M-1Industrial services6
BWL-ORG-M-1Organizational theory6

 

Department of Economics 

Identification numberModule nameLP
VWL-MIK-M-1Introduction to Economics Microeconomics6
VWL-MAK-M-1Basics of macroeconomics6
VWL-SPT-M-1Game theory (prerequisite microeconomics)6
VWL--M-1Economic policy (prerequisite macroeconomics)6
VWL--M-1Fundamentals of sustainable management
(prerequisite micro- and macroeconomics)		6

 

Area of law

Identification numberModule nameLP
JUR-ZGR-M-1Civil and corporate law9
 Total 

Study Programs in the Department of chemistry

Economics modules (36 credit points in total)

Basic modules
Module no.Module name/partsLPImport moduleWeighting Study performance (§ 5 (6))4
WIW- BWL- GBWLBasics of business administration

 

6

 

no

 

4,5

 

-

WIW- BWL- GRFFundamentals of accounting and finance

 

6

 

no

 

4,5

 

-

Compulsory elective modules
 

 

Compulsory elective modules in economics

 

24

 

yes

 

24

The module Business Administration III: Intelligence, Logistics and Operations (WIW-BWL-GBWLIII-M-1) and the modules from section B.2. Business profile areas of the Bachelor's degree program in Industrial Engineering and Management in accordance with the examination regulations for the Bachelor's degree program in Industrial Engineering and Management dated June 15, 2021 in the latest version with a total of 24 CP can be selected as compulsory elective modules in economics. Due to content overlaps with the two compulsory basic modules or due to the business orientation of the Bachelor's degree program, only one of these may not be selected:

  • Cost and revenue accounting
  • Financial reporting and taxes
  • the modules belonging to “Economics and Sustainability

Management

  • WIW-BWL-MAR-M-1, Marketing management
  • WIW-BWL-STM-M-1, Strategy and Technology
  • WIW-BWL-GLF-M-1, Fundamentals of leadership
  • WIW-BWL-ORG-M-1, Organization and management
  • WIW-BWL-WGV-M-1, Doing business with social responsibility
  • WIW-BWL-RES-M-1,  Entrepreneurship and digital management

Accounting and Finance

  • WIW-BWL-INV-M-1, Innvestitionen und Finanzmanagement

Intelligence, Logistics and Operations

  • WIW-BWL-LM1-M-1, Logistics Management I
  • WIW-BWL-LM2-M-1, Logistics Management II
  • WIW-BWL-MS1-M-1, Management Science I
  • WIW-BWL-MS2-M-1, Management Science II
  • WIW-BWL-OM1-M-1, Operations Management I
  • WIW-BWL-OM2-M-1, Operations Management II
  • WIW-BWL-IS1-M-1, Information Systems I
  • WIW-BWL-IS2-M-1, Information Systems II

The coursework and examinations to be completed can be found in the examination regulations for the Bachelor's degree program in Industrial Engineering and Management dated 15 June 2021 and the latest version of the associated module handbook.

The module grade is calculated by forming the weighted average of the individual grades, taking into account the credit points of the respective examinations.

 

The specialization modules in Business Administration and Economics listed in Annex 1 of the examination regulations for the Master's degree course in Industrial Engineering and Management dated 30.05.2022 in the latest version under B must be completed for a total of at least 22 CP. In deviation from the regulation in the Master's degree program in Industrial Engineering and Management, the modules must be selected from two different focus areas and a total of at least 9 CP per focus area. The specializations can come from different profile areas. The compulsory Master's seminar of 4 CP
must be completed in one of the two chosen specializations. The coursework and examinations to be completed in the Business and Economics profile area can be found in the Master's examination regulations for Industrial Engineering and Management and the associated module handbook in the latest version.
as amended from time to time. The grade for this section is made up of 30% of the grade for the Master's seminar and 70% of the arithmetic mean of the grades for the individual modules from the two specializations.

Study programs in the Department of Computer Science

Mandatory

  • WIW-BWL-GBWL-V-1 "Basics of business administration" (3V+1Ü; 6LP; de) (Mandatory)
  • WIW-BWL-GRF-V-1 "Fundamentals of accounting and finance" (3V+1Ü; 6LP; de) (Mandatory)

Choice

Any modules can be selected from a maximum of 3 Master's specializations in economics with a total of 16 ECTS credits. Bachelor's modules required as a prerequisite for this, which have not already been completed as part of the Bachelor's degree program, can be completed in the Master's degree with a maximum of 6 ECTS credits. A maximum of one seminar may be chosen.

Study programs in mechanical engineering

Compulsory modules

  1. WIW-IWR-PAT-M-7  Patent law 3 ECTS
  2. WIW-VWL-MIK-M-1 Introduction to economics and microeconomics 6 ECTS

 

Compulsory elective modules: 3 modules from 4:

  1. Fundamentals of Economic Policy (replaced by: WIW-VWL-WPO-M-1 Introduction to Economics and Economic Policy, is a classic introductory course, useful to listen to before Microeconomics) 6 ECTS
  2. WIW-BWL-MAR-M-1 Marketing 6 ECTS
  3. WIW-BWL-INV-M-1 Investment and financing 6 ECTS
  4. WIW-BWL-GLF-M-1 Fundamentals of leadership 6 ECTS

Compulsory elective modules amounting to 14 ECTS

 

Compulsory elective list Master Mechanical Engineering with Business Administration (as of: 11.10.2018)
NrnameCPSem
WIW-EPS-BGV-V-7Business Developing3SS
WIW-EPS-BPM-M-7Business Planning6WS
WIW-EPS-EM-M-7Entrepreneurial Marketing6WS
WIW-EPS-PESE-M-7Entrepreneurship Exercise3SS
WIW-VWL-NHW-M-1Fundamentals of sustainable management6WS
WIW-VWL-MAK-M-1Basics of macroeconomics6WS
WIW-BWL-IDL-M-1Industrial services6WS
WIW-BWL-LOG1-M-1Logistic I3SS
WIW-BWL-LOG2-M-1Logistic II3SS
MV-FBK-M202-M-7Methods of modern production planning3WS
WIW-BWL-OPR1-M-1Operations Research I3SS
WIW-BWL-OPR1-M-2Operations Research II3SS
WIW-BWL-ORG-M-1Organizational theory6WS
WIW-EPS-PES-V-7Principles of Entrepreneurship - Lecture3WS/SS
WIW-BWL-PRO-M-1Production6SS
WIW-VWL-SPT-M-1Game theory6WS
WIW-BWL-SWP-M-1Taxes and auditing6SS
WIW-BWL-STM-M-1Strategic Management6WS
WIW-BWL-WIN1-M-1Business informatics I3WS
WIW-BWL-WIN1-M-2Business informatics II3WS
WIW-JUR-ZGR-M-1Civil and corporate law9WS+SS

Subject area: Logistics (Prof. Dr. Timo Gschwind)

CodeTitleECTSLanguage
WIW-LOG-TL-M-7Transportation logistics4,5German
WIW-LOG-OT-M-7Optimization tools in logistics planning4,5German
WIW-LOG-SP-M-7Site planning and network design4,5German
tbaLogistics 44,5German

Subject area: Macroeconomics (Prof. Dr. Jan Wenzelburger)

CodeTitleECTSLanguage
WIW-LOG-TL-M-7Transportation logistics4,5German
WIW-LOG-OT-M-7Optimization tools in logistics planning4,5German
WIW-LOG-SP-M-7Site planning and network design4,5German
tbaLogistics 44,5German
CodeTitleECTSLanguage
WIW-FE-CUC-V-7Choice Under Uncertainty4,5English
WIW-MAK-CUC-V-7Insurance Economics4,5English
WIW-MAK-ECB-V-7Economics of Banking4,5English
WIW-MAK-DFM-V-7Dynamics of Financial Markets4,5English
WIW-FE-AME-V-7Advanced Marcroeconomics4,5English

 

Subject area: Marketing (Prof. Dr. Stefan Roth)

CodeTitleECTSLanguage
WIW-MKT-IGM-V-7Industrial goods marketing (V+Ü)6German
WIW-MKT-VHM-V-7Negotiation management (V+Ü)6German

 

Subject area: Microeconomics (Prof. Dr. Philipp Weinschenk)

CodeTitleECTSLanguage
WIW-MIK-IOE-V-7Industrial Organization4,5English
WIW-IOE-VT-M-7Contract Theory4,5English

 

Subject area: Production Management (Prof. Dr. Florian Sahling)

CodeTitleECTSLanguage
WIW-POM-LP-V-7Performance analysis of production systems (V)3German
WIW-POM-SIP-U-7Simulation in production (Ü)3German

 

Department: Strategy, Innovation and Cooperation (Prof. Dr. Gordon Müller-Seitz)

CodeTitleECTSLanguage
WIW-SIC-STR-M-7Strategy (V+Ü)9German/English
WIW-SIC-INN-M-7Innovation (V+Ü)9German/English

 

Subject area: Information Systems & Operations Research (Prof. Dr. Oliver Wendt)

CodeTitleECTSLanguage
WIW-WIN-BPM-K-7Introduction to Business Process Management3English
WIW-WIN-CIN-K-7Introduction to Computational Intelligence3English
WIW-WIN-OLS-K-7Optimization of Logistics Systems (by N.N.)3English
WIW-WIN-MAS-K-7Introduction to Multiagent Systems (V)3English
WIW-WIN-MAS-1-K-7Exercises to Multiagent Systems3English

 

 

Study programs in the Department of Mathematics

Compulsory modules

  • Business management basics (5 ECTS)
     
  • Basics of economics and microeconomics (6 ECTS)
     
  • Cost and revenue accounting (4 ECTS)

 

Compulsory elective modules

  • Advanced module Business Administration (6 LP): Choice of one of the modules “Investment and Financing”, “Marketing” or “Production”;
  • Compulsory elective module Economics (6 – 8 LP): Choice of a further module from “Fundamentals of Macroeconomics”, “Investment and Financing”, “Logistics”), “Marketing”, “Production” or “Strategic Management”.

With the approval of the Examination Board, other modules from the field of economics (totaling 6 - 8 CP) are also permitted for the compulsory elective module in economics.

 

Further information

 18-21 CP from up to two specialization areas of the Master's degree program in Business Administration, whereby at least 6 CP from lectures and exercises (no seminar) must be completed in each of the selected areas.

Schwerpunktbereiche (Focus areas)

Focus on Financial Economics(13,5 LP) consists of the Compulsory module Insurance Economics (4,5 LP)

and compulsory elective modules amounting to 9 CP.

The latter can be selected in particular from:

  • Bankmanagement II: Bankanalyse und -steuerung (4,5 LP),
  • Entscheidungsfindung unter Unsicherheit (4,5 LP),
  • Vertragstheorie (4,5 LP),
  • Dynamik der Finanzmärkte (4,5 LP),
  • Volkswirtschaftslehre des Bankwesens (4,5 LP),
  • Investitionsrechnung (4,5 LP),
  • Kapitalanlagemanagement (4,5 LP)
  • Risikomanagement (4,5 LP).

 

zum Schwerpunkt Financial Economics (on the focus area Financial Economics) 

Study programs in the Department of Social Sciences

Basic module “Political Economy with a focus on Economics”, 15 CPs, compulsory

Name of the event 
Introduction to political economy 
Department of Economics: Introduction to Economics and Microeconomics (6 ECTS)
 		 
Department of Economics: Macroeconomics (6 ECTS)
 		 

 

Basic module “Political Economy with a focus on Business Administration”, 15 CPs, compulsory

Name of the event  
Introduction to political economy 
Department of Economics: Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance (6 ECTS)
 		 
Department of Economics: Fundamentals of Business Administration (6 ECTS)
 		 

Focus on Economy and Society (12 ECTS)
 

Name of the event 
Department of Economics: Game Theory (6 ECTS)
 		 
Department of Economics: Fundamentals of Sustainable Management (6 ECTS)
 		 
Department of Economics: Economic Policy (6 ECTS)
 		 

 

Focus on politics, economics and ethics

Political Economy module (9 ECTS)

Name of the event 
Department of Economics: Economic Policy (6 ECTS)
 		 
Seminar on political economy