Specialization Phase - Elective Modules (60 ECTS)

International Competencies (20 ECTS)

PVM1 International Competencies - Africa (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 6 ECTS

• 040283 UE [ fr ] Business Communication III - French
• 143069 VO [ en ] VO 20th Century African Women's Writing and Feminism
• 143071 VO Who is Afropolitan? - Afropolitanism and the African Identity in the 21st Century
• 143073 VO Ousmane Sembéne and African Cinematic Critique
• 143125 VO Ritual Patterns in Verbal and Nonverbal Expressions - the Self-Conception of Communication based on African Languages
• 143242 VO [ en ] The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
• 143317 VO [ en ] Language and Literature in their Social Contexts

Elective courses - 14 ECTS

• 143074 VO VO History of North Africa 1: A Center of the Ancient World
• 143075 VO History of East Africa 1
• 143077 VO Pioneers of African and Atlantic History - From Melville Herskovits to Philip D. Curtin
• 143127 VO Resistance and protest in the 20th and 21st century - Case studies from Africa and diasporic contexts
• 143237 VO African Societies to the 16th Century: Africa’s Long History

PVM2 International Competencies - Europe (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 16 ECTS

• 040283 UE [ fr ] Business Communication III - French
• 040315 SE [ en ] Political Processes and Governance in the EU - (MA)
• 040316 SE [ en ] Policy in the EU - (MA)

Elective courses - 4 ECTS

• 070078 VO Lecture Series: Education - Democracy - Inequality
• 070122 VO Lecture - Public History
• 070141 VO Political History
• 070222 VO [ en ] Introduction to Digital Humanities
• 070283 VO History of Science
• 240003 VO Inequality and Development
• 240064 VO ( BDG ) Education for social justice in a global context - A critical assessment of emancipatory and revolutionary educational concepts and their implementation in the Global South
• 240149 VO (EC - EF1) Introduction to International Development
• 240152 VO (EC - EZA) Transdisziplinary Development Research - Problemformulierung, Problembearbeitung, Umsetzung

PVM3 International Competencies - Latin America (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 6 or 7 ECTS

• 110066 UE [ de pt ] Basic subject Portuguese
• 110123 UE [ pt ] Portuguese 1

Elective courses of the chosen language - 14 or 13 ECTS

• 110058 VO [ pt ] Regional Studies Lecture (MA) - Portuguese - Vom Mythos des bon sauvage zum perspectivismo ameríndio: Kulturanthropologie in Brasilien
• 110070 SE [ es ] Regional Studies Seminar (BA) - Spanish - Nacer en casa de pobres. Fuentes para una historia del embarazo, del nacimiento y de la primera infancia
• 110120 AG Work group master‘s thesis / Exclusive tutorial
• 110127 SE [ es ] Regional Studies Seminar (BA) - Spanish - El Sáhara occidental - una descolonización fracasada
• 110137 VO Linguistics Lecture (MA) - Spanish - Die Entwicklung des politischen Wortschatzes in der Romania
• 110170 SE [ es ] Regional Studies Seminar (MA) - Spanish - Economía, geografía, historia de España
• 110252 SE [ es ] Regional Studies Seminar (BA) - Spanish - Grupos indígenas y Medio Ambiente en la sociedad Latinoamericana

PVM4 International Competencies - China (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 8 ECTS

Elective courses - 12 ECTS

• 150004 SE [ de en ] Seminar (Politics, Economy, Law) (EC)
• 150180 VO ( MIXED OV STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Chinese Political History

PVM5 International Competencies - Slavonic Area (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 6 ECTS

• 480031 UE [ de hbs ] Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Language Course: Advanced Level 1
• 480032 UE [ de pl ] Polish Language Course : Advanced Level 1
• 480033 UE [ de sk ] Slovak Language Course: Advanced Level 1
• 480037 UE [ de sl ] Slovene Language Course: Advanced Level 1
• 480038 UE [ cs de ] Czech Language Course: Advanced Level 1

Elective courses - 14 ECTS

• 480048 VO ( STEOP ) Basics of Slavonic Studies
• 480052 VO ( OV STEOP ) Introduction to Slavonic Literatures

PVM6 International Competencies - South Asia (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 15 ECTS

• 142021 UE [ bo de en ] Introduction to Modern Tibetan I - accompanying practice
• 142078 VO+UE [ bo de en ] Introduction to Modern Tibetan I
• 142092 VO+UE [ de en hi ] Introduction to Hindi I
• 142259 UE [ de en hi ] Introduction to Hindi I - additional practice

Elective courses - 5 ECTS

• 142012 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Indology
• 142014 VO ( STEOP ) Introduction to Modern South Asian Studies

PVM7 International Competencies - Scandinavia (20 ECTS)

Mandatory course - 6 ECTS

• 133271 UE [ da ] Danish 2
• 133275 UE [ no ] Norwegian 2
• 133277 UE [ sv ] Swedish 2

Elective courses - 14 ECTS

• 133112 VO ( STEOP ) StEOP: Introduction to Regional, Cultural and Social Studies of Scandinavia
• 133131 VO ( STEOP ) StEOP: Introduction to Scandinavian Literature and Cultural Studies
• 133242 VO Scandinavian Children's and Youth Literature. Past and Present
• 133252 VO On the road in Viking and mediaeval times - voyage(r)s from and to Scandinavia
• 133341 VO Introduction to Baltic Sea Region Studies
• 133351 UE Exercises in Cultural Studies: Scandinavian Artists Discover Europe

Elective Modules (40 ECTS)

VM0 International Business (20 ECTS)

• 040141 SE [ en ] Qualitative Research Methods (MA)
• 040152 KU [ en ] Family Firm Internationalisation (MA)
• 040221 KU [ en ] Global Strategy (MA)
• 040609 KU [ en ] International Negotiations (MA)

VM1 Analytics in eServices and Operations (20 ECTS)

Fundamentals of Analytics in eServces and Operations (12 ECTS)

• 040101 KU [ en ] Advanced Business Analytics (MA)
• 040247 KU [ en ] Transportation Analytics and Optimization Tools (MA)

Methods and Applications (4 ECTS)

• 040188 KU [ en ] Simulation II (MA)
• 040669 KU [ en ] Simulation I (MA)
• 040676 KU [ en ] Metaheuristics (MA)

Seminar (4 ECTS)

• 040112 SE [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Advances in eServices (MA)

VM2 Banking and Finance (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 12 ECTS

• 040054 KU [ en ] Banking and Financial Intermediation 1 (MA)
• 040094 KU [ en ] Corporate Finance 1 (MA)
• 040109 KU [ en ] Asset Pricing 1 (MA)

Elective courses - 8 ECTS

• 040099 KU [ en ] Options and Derivatives (MA)
• 040139 KU [ en ] Climate Finance and Sustainability (MA)
• 040164 UE [ en ] Python for Finance I (MA)
• 040204 KU [ en ] International Bank Regulation and Risk Management (MA)
• 040207 KU [ en ] Portfolio Management (MA)
• 040209 KU [ en ] Regulation Management (MA)
• 040212 VO [ en ] Decisions under Uncertainty (MA)
• 040275 KU [ en ] Banking and Financial Intermediation 2 (MA)
• 040448 PR [ en ] Performance Analysis (MA)
• 040569 KU [ en ] Valuation (MA)
• 040643 SE [ en ] Advanced Topics in Valuation (MA) - wird als Seminar aus Corporate Finance und Banking and Financial Intermediation anerkannt

VM3 Controlling I (20 ECTS)

VM3a Controlling Ia

• 040246 KU ( MIXED ) Spreadsheet Accounting (MA)
• 040513 KU Fundamentals in Managerial Accounting (MA)

VM3b Controlling Ib

• 040208 KU [ en ] ( MIXED ) Building Block: ESG-Reporting II (MA)
• 040306 KU Builing Block: ESG-Reporting I (MA)
• 040479 UK Legal Issues of Corporate Governance
• 040480 UK Personal Liability of Administrative and Supervisory Bodies
• 040728 UK Public Market Authority

VM3c Controlling Ic

• 040052 SE ( MIXED ) Readings in Management Accounting (MA)
• 040418 KU ( MIXED ) Value Based Management (MA)

VM4 Controlling II (20 ECTS)

• 040027 SE [ en ] Seminar in Managerial Control (MA)
• 040191 UE Practice Controlling B (MA)
• 040418 KU ( MIXED ) Value Based Management (MA)
• 040569 KU [ en ] Valuation (MA)
• 040614 UE Practice Controlling A (MA)

VM5 Economics (20 ECTS)

• 040055 KU [ en ] Applied Microeconomics (MA)
• 040084 KU [ en ] Applied Macroeconomics (MA)
• 040111 KU [ en ] Introductory Econometrics (MA)
• 040243 VO [ en ] Decision and Game Theory (MA)

VM6 Financial Accounting and Reporting I (20 ECTS)

• 040032 KU Applied Topic: BMD Software use in Tax Accounting and Auditing (MA)
• 040125 KU [ en ] Building Block: International Financial Accounting II (MA) - International Financial Reporting and Analysis
• 040420 KU [ en ] Special Topics: Corporate Governance (MA)
• 040619 KU [ en ] ( MIXED ) Applied Topic: Financial Statement Analysis and Business Evaluation (MA)
• 041006 KU [ en ] Building Block: International Financial Accounting I (MA) - Principles of International Financial Accounting

VM7 Financial Accounting and Reporting II (20 ECTS)

• 040208 KU [ en ] ( MIXED ) Building Block: ESG-Reporting II (MA)
• 040269 KU [ en ] Special Topics: State of the Art: Current Issues in Accounting, Auditing and Corporate Governance II
• 040306 KU Builing Block: ESG-Reporting I (MA)
• 040308 KU [ en ] Special Topic: State of the Art: Current Issues in Accounting, Auditing, Corporate Governance (MA)
• 040310 KU [ en ] Building Block: International Financial Accounting III (MA) - Advanced IFRS Reporting and Calculations

VM8 Marketing I (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 8 ECTS

• 040087 KU Building Blocks of Marketing 1: Consumer Behavior (MA)
• 040223 KU [ en ] Building Blocks of Marketing 1: Marketing Research (MA)

Elective courses - 12 ECTS

• 040023 KU [ en ] Advanced Topics in Marketing: Innovation and Marketing 1 (MA)
• 040026 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: B2B Marketing (MA)
• 040252 KU Special Topics in Marketing: Marketing: Marketing Communication 1 (MA)
• 040257 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: International Marketing Management 2 (MA)
• 040517 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: International Marketing Management 1 (MA)

VM9 Marketing II (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 8 ECTS

• 040037 SE Seminar Marketing (MA)
• 040268 KU [ de en ] Building Blocks of Marketing 2: Quantitative Methods (MA)

Elective courses - 12 ECTS

• 040023 KU [ en ] Advanced Topics in Marketing: Innovation and Marketing 1 (MA)
• 040026 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: B2B Marketing (MA)
• 040252 KU Special Topics in Marketing: Marketing: Marketing Communication 1 (MA)
• 040257 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: International Marketing Management 2 (MA)
• 040517 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: International Marketing Management 1 (MA)

VM10 Organization and Personnel I (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 16 ECTS

• 040070 SE [ en ] Seminar Organization and Personnel (MA)

Transdisciplinary supplementary course

• 040048 KU Sociology of Labor Markets (MA)
• 040267 KU [ en ] Decision and Game Theory II (MA)
• 040288 KU [ en ] Psychology of Work and Labour (MA)
• 040319 VO [ en ] Economic Psychology (MA)
• 040519 KU [ en ] Sociology of Organizations (MA)
• 040577 KU Industrial Sociology (MA)

VM11 Organization and Personnel II (20 ECTS)

VM12 Public and Non-Profit Management I (20 ECTS)

• 040209 KU [ en ] Regulation Management (MA)
• 040259 KU [ en ] Advanced Quantitative Assessment of Public and Non-Profit Strategies I (MA)
• 040347 KU Applications of Public Utility Management (Applications) (MA)
• 040959 KU Strategical Management in Public and Non-profit Management (MA)

VM13 Public and Non-Profit Management II (20 ECTS)

• 040008 KU Health Care Financial Management (MA)
• 040175 KU Solidary Economic (MA) - Cooperative economy and Cooperatives
• 040906 KU Selected Special Topics of Public and Non-Profit Management (MA)

VM14 Strategic Management I (20 ECTS)

• 040020 KU [ en ] Business Strategy (MA)
• 040040 UE [ en ] Experimental Methods I (MA) - Laboratory Experiments
• 040082 KU [ en ] Strategic Decision-Making (MA)
• 040088 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Empirical Methods I (MA)
• 040228 UE [ en ] Experimental Methods I: Agent Based Modelling in Organisations (MA)
• 040319 VO [ en ] Economic Psychology (MA)

VM15 Strategic Management II (20 ECTS)

• 040034 KU [ en ] Strategic Innovation (MA) - Novel Forms of Organising
• 040041 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Experimental Methods II (MA) - Laboratory Experiments
• 040081 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Empirical Methods II (MA)
• 040085 KU [ en ] Strategic Negotiations (MA)
• 040163 UE [ en ] Experimental Methods II: Agent Based Modelling in Organisations (MA)
• 040166 SE [ en ] Seminar Strategic Management (MA)

VM16 Smart Production I (20 ECTS)

Foundations (8 ECTS)

• 040899 KU [ en ] Smart Production (MA)

Methods and Special Topics (8 ECTS)

• 040185 KU [ en ] Logistics and Material Management (MA)
• 040669 KU [ en ] Simulation I (MA)

Seminar (4 ECTS)

VM17 Supply Chain Management I (20 ECTS)

Foundations (8 ECTS)

• 040215 KU [ en ] Supply Chain Management (MA)

Methods (4 ECTS)

• 040894 KU [ en ] LP Modeling I (MA)

Seminar (4 ECTS)

• 040661 SE [ en ] Seminar on Supply Chain Management (MA)

Special Topics (4 ECTS)

• 040067 KU [ en ] Transportation Analytics (MA)
• 040127 KU [ en ] Transportation Logistics (MA)

VM18 Smart Production and Supply Chain Management II (20 ECTS)

Advanced Methods (12 ECTS)

• 040064 KU [ en ] ( MIXED ) Implementation of Optimization Techniques - Part 2 (MA)
• 040491 KU [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Implementation of Optimization Techniques - Part 1 (MA)

Advanced Topics (8 ECTS)

• 040143 KU [ en ] ( MIXED ) Enterprise Resource Planning - SAP (MA)
• 040188 KU [ en ] Simulation II (MA)
• 040676 KU [ en ] Metaheuristics (MA)
• 040897 KU [ en ] LP Modeling II (MA)

VM19 Tax Law (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 8 ECTS

• 040010 UK ( MIXED ) Business Taxation (advanced)

Electives in specialization courses in tax law - 12 ECTS

• 040046 UK Transfer Pricing
• 040105 UK Law of Corporate Reorganisations and Restructuring
• 040466 UK International Tax Law

VM20 Technology and Innovation Management (20 ECTS)

• 040274 KU ( MIXED ) Embracing Technological Change (MA)

VM21 Business Law and Company Law (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses in Business Law and Company Law - 8 ECTS

• 040104 UK Law of Corporate Groups
• 040150 UK Securities- and Equity Market Law
• 040479 UK Legal Issues of Corporate Governance

Elective specialization courses in Business Law and Company Law - 12 ECTS

• 040104 UK Law of Corporate Groups
• 040105 UK Law of Corporate Reorganisations and Restructuring
• 040150 UK Securities- and Equity Market Law
• 040462 UK Legal Framework of Auditing
• 040469 KU Insolvency Law (MA)
• 040477 UK Legal Framework of Accounting and Financial Reporting
• 040479 UK Legal Issues of Corporate Governance
• 040480 UK Personal Liability of Administrative and Supervisory Bodies

VM22 Commercial Law (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses in Commerical Law - 8 ECTS

• 040149 UK Intellectual Property Rights
• 040461 UK RdW: Insurance Law

Elective specialization courses in Commercial Law - 12 ECTS

• 040013 UK Legal issues of cryptocurrencies and virtual forms of financing
• 040057 KU [ en ] International Trade Law (MA)
• 040149 UK Intellectual Property Rights
• 040461 UK RdW: Insurance Law
• 040728 UK Public Market Authority

VM23 Economic Sociology (20 ECTS)

Mandatory course - 4 ECTS

• 040201 KU [ en ] Advanced Economic Sociology (MA)

Elective courses - 16 ECTS

• 040048 KU Sociology of Labor Markets (MA)
• 040236 KU [ en ] Topics in Economic Sociology (MA) - Future of Work
• 040519 KU [ en ] Sociology of Organizations (MA)
• 040577 KU Industrial Sociology (MA)