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Economics and Business Economics

Courses & curriculum 2024 - 2025

Each academic year is structured around two semesters, which are divided into three periods each. Periods 1, 2, 4 and 5 are eight weeks long, and periods 3 and 6 (skills periods) are four weeks long, including an exam week. Next to your courses, you will participate in skills trainings and projects. These will enhance your employability by helping you to acquire skills and gain professional experience during the projects. You will also have the opportunity to develop more specialised knowledge and skills through various elective courses and your thesis period.

The course details below are provided for the general information of current students and are subject to change. No rights can be derived from this information with regard to graduation requirements, scheduling, content, examinations or other assessment procedures for the degree courses described here. Complete details of study programmes for each academic year are published on the SBE Student Intranet and in the Education and Examination Regulations (EER).

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Your Study Programme Outline

The compulsory courses for the first year of Economics and Business Economics build the same theoretical foundation for all students. During the second year, you will choose a specialisation which helps you to prepare for a specific master's programme or a specific type of job in the labour market. Through elective courses, company internships and a study abroad programme in your third year, you have plenty of opportunities to tailor the programme to your preferences and interests. If you would like to learn more about the content of the courses or know exactly which courses are offered in which period please visit the Outline Study Programme website.

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Specialisation Economics

  1. Year 1

    courses

    Compulsory courses

    • Management of Organisations and Marketing
    • Quantitative Methods I
    • Microeconomics
    • Accounting and Financial Reporting
    • Macroeconomics
    • Quantitative Methods II
    • Finance
    • International Economic Relations

    Compulsory Skills Courses

    • Reflections on Academic Discourse 
    • Economy Game

  2. Year 2 | Spec. Economics

    courses

    Compulsory Courses

    • Microeconomics: Choices, Markets and Welfare
    • Quantative Methods III
    • Macroeconomics and Economic Policy
    • Public Economics
    • Economic Growth and Institutions
    • International Trade
    • Labour Economics
    • Institutional Economics

    Skills Courses

  3. Year 3 | Spec. Economics

    courses

Specialisation International Business Economics

  1. Year 1

    Courses

    Compulsory courses

    • Management of Organisations and Marketing
    • Quantitative Methods I
    • Microeconomics
    • Accounting and Financial Reporting
    • Macroeconomics
    • Quantitative Methods II
    • Finance
    • International Economic Relations

    Compulsory Skills Courses

    • Reflections on Academic Discourse 
    • Economy Game

  2. Year 2 | Spec. International Business Economics

    courses

    Compulsory Courses

    • Accounting for Managerial Decision Making
    • Banking
    • Industrial Organisation
    • Financial Markets
    • Managerial Economics
    • Marketing Research and Supply Chain Management
    • International Business
    • Quantitative Business

    Skills Courses

  3. Year 3 | Spec. International Business Economics

    courses
    • Study abroad
    • Bachelor Thesis

    You will be able to focus on any of the following fields in your third year:

    1. Accounting
    2. Finance
    3. Information Management
    4. Macroeconomics
    5. Marketing
    6. Microeconomics
    7. Organisation
    8. Strategy
    9. Supply Chain Management

Specialisation Economics and Management of Information

  1. Year 1

    Courses

    Compulsory courses

    • Management of Organisations and Marketing
    • Quantitative Methods I
    • Microeconomics
    • Accounting and Financial Reporting
    • Macroeconomics
    • Quantitative Methods II
    • Finance
    • International Economic Relations

    Compulsory Skills Courses

    • Reflections on Academic Discourse 
    • Economy Game

  2. Year 2 | Spec. Economics and Management of Information

    courses

    Compulsory Courses

    • Introduction into the Information Society
    • Digitalization and Organizations
    • ICT, Labour and Inequality
    • Knowledge Management
    • Economic Growth and Institutions
    • Systems Analysis and Design
    • Network Economics
    • Elective or Quantitative Economics Elective 

    Skills Courses

  3. Year 3 | Spec. Economics and Management of Information

    courses
    • Study Abroad or Internship
    • Bachelor Thesis
    • Information, Justice and the Political Process
    • ERP and Business Intelligence Systems
    • Elective or Quantitative Economics Elective

Specialisation Emerging Markets

  1. Year 1

    Courses

    Compulsory courses

    • Management of Organisations and Marketing
    • Quantitative Methods I
    • Microeconomics
    • Accounting and Financial Reporting
    • Macroeconomics
    • Quantitative Methods II
    • Finance
    • International Economic Relations

    Compulsory Skills Courses

    • Reflections on Academic Discourse 
    • Economy Game

  2. Year 2 | Spec. Emerging Markets

    Courses

    Compulsory Courses

    • Institutions, Politics and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
    • Sustainable Development for Emerging Markets
    • Innovation in Emerging Markets
    • Financing Emerging Markets
    • Market Research in Emerging Markets

    In addition to the compulsory Emerging Markets course, you must choose one core Emerging Markets course in each period (of year 2).

    Skills courses

    • QM Emerging Markets

  3. Year 3

    Courses | Spec. Emerging Markets

    Compulsory Courses

    • Emerging Markets in the Global Economy
    • Economics and Society in Contemporary Asia or Economics and Society in Contemporary Latin America or Doing Business in Emerging Markets (Capita Selecta)
    • Creative Problem-Solving and Communication Skills for Emerging Markets or Global Citizenship

     

    • Internship in Emerging Economy
    • Bachelor Thesis

Binding Study Advice

This programme has a Binding Study Advice. This means that in your first year of the programme, you must obtain a minimum of 47 out of 60 ECTS credits. In addition, you need to successfully pass at least one QM course (QM1 or QM2) if you study International Business, or Economics and Business Economics. Students who fail to meet these criteria will receive a negative Binding Study Advice that leads to exclusion from the programme for a period of six years.