Business Administration
Introduction
Nuertingen-Geislingen University offers at its campus in Nuertingen the innovative and internationally recognised bachelor degree program Business Administration. It leads to the degree Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).
Business Administration graduates are well-prepared for everyday challenges and a successful career in companies of all sizes and industries world-wide through a broad academic education within their first four semesters.
Individual career goals and personal preferences are easily met by selecting a constellation of in-depth elective courses in the fields of
- Marketing
- Integrated Management
- Financial Controlling / Corporate Finance
- Financial Services
- Production / Trade / Logistics
- Tax Advice / Auditing
- International Business and Management
- Autonomous modules
Further Characteristics
- international orientation
- several subjects are taught in English
- integrated stay abroad with double degree possibility
- possibility to gain a HfWU degree in "International Business Administration"
Fast Facts
At a Glance
Degree:
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Time to Degree:
7 semester
Application Deadline FULL-TIME STUDENTS:
Winter Semester: 15th July
Summer Semester: 15th January
Application
EXCHANGE STUDENTS:
Deadline for spring/summer term:
Nomination deadline: November 15th
Application deadline: December 1st
Deadline for fall/winter term:
Nomination deadline: June 15th
Application deadline: July 1st
Campus:
Nuertingen
Language Requirements:
German, English
Accreditation:
AQAS
German Website:
www.hfwu.de/bw
The degree program Business Administration has a modular structure. Each module is assessed in ECTS according to the European Credit Transfer System. After successful completion of the bachelor degree programme Business Administration incl. thesis, students have achieved 210 ECTS.
Study Cycle
1. - 4. Semester:
Basic Course of Studies
(Management, Business Administration, Law, Economics)
5. Semester:
Internship
6. & 7. Semester:
Electives
Bachelor-Thesis
Curriculum
Semester 1 & 2
Semester 1
- Business Administration Introduction
- Introduction to BA
- Business Game
- Press-Review
- Management I: Sustainability
- Sustainability
- Corporate Responsibility
- Basic Methods I
- Methods of Scientific Working
- Presentation Techniques
- Financial Accounting Lecture + Excercises
- Information Technology
- Basics Information (Technology, Database)
- Databases (Lecture + Excercises)
- Economics I
- Mathematics in Economics
- Microeconomics
- Case Studies in Microeconomics
- Commercial Law I
- Commercial Law: Legal Transaction
- Exercises in Commercial Law I
Semester 2
- Basic Methods II
- Basic Methods II Paper
- Empirical Methods I
- Descriptive Statistics and Basic Principles of Stochastics
- Procurement and Production
- Production
- Procurement
- Economics II
- Economic Theory and Politics
- Monetary Economics
- Case Studies in Macroeconomics
- Management Accounting
- Full Cost Accounting
- Direct Costing (Lecture + Excercises)
- Commercial Law II
- Law in Procurement and Production
- Business IT-Systems
- Modelling of IT-Systems
- IT-Systems Applications
Semester 3 & 4
Semester 3
- Management II: Finance and Controlling
- Financial Mathematics
- Investments
- Finance
- Controlling
- Lecture in Finance
- Management III: Organisation
- Organisation
- Project Management and Organisational Behaviour
- Basics HR-Management
- HR-Management Lecture
- HR-Management Excercise
- Labour Law
- Empirical Methods II
- Stochastic and Statistical Sampling
- Basic Methods III
- Basic Methods III Paper
Semester 4
- Management IV: Strategy and Leadership
- Lecture Strategy and Leadership
- Management Simulation – Game
- Commercial Law III
- Company Law
- Sales Law
- Business Taxation
- Company Taxation
- Tax Planning
- Marketing
- Introduction to Marketing
- Online Marketing
- Cases in Marketing
- Operations Research
Electives
Semester 6 & 7
Elective Majors and Additional elective courses
Majors:
- Major Marketing:
- Branding
- Online-Marketing
- Sales Management
- International Marketing Research
- International Marketing Project
- Marketing Management
- Management of Co-Operations
- Major Integrated Management:
- Systemic Human Resource Management I
- Systemic Human Resource Management II
- Sustainable Leadership
- Innovation and Ecology
- Corporate Compliance
- International Aspects of Sustainability
- Conflict Management
- Major Financial Controlling / Corporate Finance:
- Management Accounting
- Risk Management, Planning and Reporting
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Business Finance
- International Financial Markets
- International Trade and Finance
- Major Financial Services:
- Investment Analysis and Management
- Quantitative Finance
- Securities Management I
- Securities Management II
- Asset Class Real Estate
- Financial Services
- Applied Analysis of International Financial Markets
- Major Production / Trade / Logistics:
- Production Management
- Materials Management and Logistics
- Flow of Materials
- Logistics Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Trade Management
- Management of Co-Operations
- Major Tax Advice / Auditing:
- Financial Reporting I
- Financial Reporting II
- Tax Accountancy I
- Tax Accountancy II
- Financial Auditing I
- Financial Auditing II
- Major International Business and Management:
- Intercultural Management
- International Trade and Finance
- Strategic Management in an international Context
- International Marketing Research
- International Marketing Project
- International Human Resources Management
- International Aspects of Sustainability
Autonomous Modules
- Business Informatics
- Social Project Management
- Practice Project Management
Autonomous Projects from other Study Programmes
- Economics I
- Economics II
- Automotive Business I
- Automotive Business II
International Degrees
The possibility to gain a degree in "International Business Administration" or to achieve a Double Degree at one of our partner universities completes the program.
Degree "International Business Administration"
- Study abroad in semester 3 + 4 at one of our partner universities
- Internship abroad or in an internationally operating company
- Elective "International Business and Management" at HfWU (taught in English)
- Bachelor thesis in English with international topic
Double Degree
Students of this program have the possibility to achieve a double degree at selected partner universities through an integrated academic year abroad.
Classes in this degree program are primarily instructed in German, some classes are offered in English. For more information, please refer to the German site.
However, NGU offers a wide range of English taught classes to exchange students. For more information, please refer to our English Course List for exchange students.
Sustainability as Key Aspect
The B.Sc. Business Administration offers "sustainability" as a new key aspect as it is very important for us to contribute to the sustainable development of organizations and society.
Since the winter semester 2012/2013, the degree program Business Administration has offered the topic Sustainability to its students from the very beginning of their studies. The topics ethos, moral and ethics are part of the curriculum. A couple of "additional ethic courses" aren't offered, but all the hard core business subjects are taught in the context of the sustainable economic management.
The students of the degree program Business Administration are supposed to deal with the questions of the economical, ecological and the central sustainability in every semester and are qualified practically for their future tasks in the business world.
You want to learn more?
You will find more information in the Module Handbook (Curriculum) or feel free to contact us.
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