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International Business

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

Through elective courses, company internships and a study abroad programme, you have plenty of opportunities to tailor the programme to your preferences and interests. Have a look below for an overview of the courses you’ll take. 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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International Business

  1. Year 1

    courses

    Compulsory Courses

    • Management of Organisations and Marketing
    • Quantitative Methods I
    • Economics and Business
    • Accounting and Financial Reporting
    • Strategy
    • Quantitative Methods II
    • Finance
    • Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management

    Compulsory Skills Courses

    • Management Game
    • Reflections on Academic Discourse 

  2. Year 2

    courses

    Compulsory Courses

    • Managerial Finance and Accounting
    • Management of Organisations
    • Marketing Management
    • Global Business
    • Management Information Systems
    • Corporate Governance
    •  Management of Operations and Product Development
    • Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

    Skills Courses

  3. Year 3

    courses
    • Study Abroad
    • Bachelor Thesis

    In your third year you can choose from the following majors:

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

    To learn more about the courses included in these majors, we advise you to visit the Outline Study Programme website. 

International Business | Specialisation Emerging Markets

  1. Year 1

    Courses

    Compulsory Courses

    • Management of Organisations and Marketing
    • Quantitative Methods I
    • Economics and Business
    • Accounting and Financial Reporting
    • Strategy
    • Quantitative Methods II
    • Finance
    • Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management

    Compulsory Skills Courses

    • Management Game
    • Reflections on Academic Discourse 

  2. Year 2 | Spec. Emerging Markets

    Courses

    Compulsory Courses

    • Institutions, Politics and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
    • Growth and International Economic Relations in Emerging Economies
    • QM Emerging Markets
    • Innovation in Emerging Economies
    • Financing Emerging Economies
    • 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).

  3. Year 3 | Spec. Emerging Markets

    Courses

    Compulsory Courses

    • Emerging Markets in the Globalisation Debate
    • 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
    • Elective (2x)

    • 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.