Specialization Phase - Elective Modules (60 ECTS)

International Competencies (20 ECTS)

PVM1 International Competencies - Africa (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 6 ECTS

• 040301 UE [ en ] Business Communication III - English
• 143059 PS [ en ] PS Ecocriticism in African Literature: From Petrofiction to Climate Fiction
• 143201 VO Literatures of Sub-Saharan Africa before the 20th Century
• 143239 VO+UE ( OV STEOP ) Introduction into African Literatures
• 143264 VO [ en ] Southern African Literatures
• 143522 VO [ en ] African Women's Writing and Feminism in the 21st Century

Elective courses - 14 ECTS

• 143042 SE Contemporary Literature of Sudan and the Sudanese Diaspora
• 143061 VO The Sudan in the 19th Century - Hegemonial Intentions, European Colonialism and the "Discovery" of Africa
• 143064 VO Religion and Spirituality in the Western Sahel: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
• 143072 KU Digital Storytelling in African Literature
• 143076 KU On Air! Radio and New Publics in Late Colonialism and Beyond
• 143080 SE Mobile Solidarities: Travel as Political Practice. Focus on South Africa and Palestine
• 143082 KU Guided Reading: "African Perspectives on Colonialism" A. Adu Boahen
• 143095 KU [ en ] Decolonising Multilingualism
• 143108 SE North Africa from the 19th to the 21st Centuries - European Colonialism, Indigenous Resistance, Independences and the "Arab Spring"
• 143176 VO East African History 2: The Past of the Present
• 143223 VO [ en ] African Poetry Workshop
• 143227 KU [ en ] Indigenous Resource Conservation Practices - in Africa, Colonialism, and Incorporation into the Modern State
• 143234 PS Introductory Seminar African History and Societies
• 143254 SE Laughter and Pain in Historically and Socially Tense Situations
• 143345 VO African History, 1500 to 1800: Turbulent Times
• 143346 VO History of North Africa 2 - Periphery and Centre: New Order(s) of the Mediterranean World

PVM2 International Competencies - Europe (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 16 ECTS

• 040226 SE [ en ] Political Processes and Governance in the EU (MA)
• 040229 SE [ en ] Policy in the EU
• 040298 UE [ it ] Business Communication III - Italian
• 040300 UE [ es ] Business Communication III - Spanish

Elective courses - 4 ECTS

• 070130 VO Basic Questions of Political History
• 070186 VO Lecture - Public History
• 240019 AG (EC - EF2) Introduction to Development Studies
• 240076 VO EC - TEFA Transdisziplinary Development Research - Problemformulierung, Problembearbeitung, Umsetzung

PVM3 International Competencies - Latin America (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 6 or 7 ECTS

• 040300 UE [ es ] Business Communication III - Spanish
• 110058 UE [ de pt ] Basic subject Portuguese
• 110128 UE [ pt ] Portuguese 1

Elective courses of the chosen language - 14 or 13 ECTS

• 110055 VO [ de es ] ( STEOP ) STEOP: Basic Module Regional Studies Lecture - Spanish
• 110068 VO [ de es ] ( STEOP ) STEOP: Basic Module Literature Lecture - Spanish
• 110123 SE [ pt ] Literature Seminar (MA) - Portuguese - Macunaíma: um herói brasileiro - Mário de Andrade und der brasilianische Modernismus
• 110139 VO [ de es ] Extension module literary lecture - Spanish - Medio milenio de letras mexicanas
• 110166 VO [ de es ] ( STEOP ) STEOP: Basic Module Linguistics Lecture - Spanish
• 110176 VO [ de pt ] Extension module linguistic lecture - Portuguese - Falares brasileiros: Regionaler Sprachgebrauch aus kultur- und sprachwissenschaftlicher Perspektive
• 110196 KO ( ON-SITE ) Optional Course - Landeswissenschaftliches Konversatorium: Chile
• 110201 VO [ pt ] Extension module literary lecture - Portuguese - A literatura brasileira através dos contos
• 110204 SE [ de es ] Linguistics Seminar (BA) - Spanish - Las migraciones y el español: historia y actualidad.
• 110205 KO [ es ] Colloquium - Konversatorium zu den Sprachübungen S 1 + S 2
• 110209 KO [ de pt ] Colloquium - Falares brasileiros: Regionaler Sprachgebrauch aus kultur- und sprachwissenschaftlicher Perspektive
• 110239 SE [ de es ] Media Studies Seminar (BA) - Spanish - Der lateinamerikanische Film und die Phantastik
• 110349 VO [ de es ] ( STEOP ) STEOP: Basic Module Media Studies Lecture - Spanish

PVM4 International Competencies - China (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 8 ECTS

• 150087 KU [ zh ] Business Chinese - für WiWi und ECOS Studierende
• 150110 UE [ zh ] Chinese Reading and Writing

Elective courses - 12 ECTS

• 040172 KU [ zh ] Modern Chinese 1b - für WiWi Studierende
• 040173 KU [ zh ] Speaking Lab 1b - für WiWi Studierende
• 150063 VO Politics and Law in China
• 150072 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Chinese-speaking Societies
• 150087 KU [ zh ] Business Chinese - für WiWi und ECOS Studierende
• 150103 VO [ en ] Chinese Cultural Spaces
• 150109 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Economic Development of China (M4)
• 150110 UE [ zh ] Chinese Reading and Writing

PVM5 International Competencies - Slavonic Area (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 6 ECTS

• 040357 UE [ ru ] Business Communication III - Russian

Elective courses - 14 ECTS

PVM6 International Competencies - South Asia (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 15 ECTS

Elective courses - 5 ECTS

• 142040 UE [ en ] Nehru's Vision and Leadership in Post-British India
• 142042 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) From South Asia to the Himalayas: Yoga, Mantra, and Tantra in Global Contexts
• 142044 UE [ en ] The Early Modern Deccan: Crossroads of Cultures and Empires
• 142050 VO Art and Society: The Resistance of the Oppressed - Indian and Global Perspectives
• 142077 PS Nepal's Stolen Deities on Facebook - Recent Controversies in the Restitution of Cultural Heritage from the Himalayas
• 142137 PS Bile, Wind, and Phlegm - People and Their Environment in Early Ayurveda
• 142157 SE [ en ] Mapping the Nation: Colonial and Postcolonial Geography in South Asia
• 142159 VO ( MIXED ) Basic Notions of Indian Philosophy - An Introduction Based on Translations of Early and Classical Sources
• 142206 VO [ en ] History of Architecture in South Asia

PVM7 International Competencies - Scandinavia (20 ECTS)

Mandatory course - 6 ECTS

Elective courses - 14 ECTS

• 133231 VO History of Scandinavian Literatures
• 133242 VO Hans Christian Andersen
• 133252 VO Hey, hey, Wickie - Viking culture
• 133352 UE Exercises in Scandinavian Cultural Studies: Edutainment - Kreativwerkstatt für spannende Wissensaufbereitung

Elective Modules (40 ECTS)

VM0 International Business (20 ECTS)

• 040074 KU [ en ] International Entrepreneurship (MA) - International Entrepreneurship
• 040085 SE [ en ] Qualitative Research Methods (MA)
• 040096 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)

• 040077 KU [ en ] Advanced Business Analytics (MA)

Fundamentals of Analytics in eServces and Operations (12 ECTS)

• 040077 KU [ en ] Advanced Business Analytics (MA)
• 040348 UK [ en ] Statistical Learning & Analytics (MA)

Methods and Applications (4 ECTS)

• 040186 KU [ en ] Transportation Logistics (MA)
• 040299 KU [ en ] Simulation II (MA)
• 040669 KU [ en ] Simulation I (MA)
• 040676 KU [ en ] Metaheuristics (Implementation of Optimization Techniques - Part 3)

Seminar (4 ECTS)

• 040043 SE [ de en ] Advances in eServices (MA)

VM2 Banking and Finance (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 12 ECTS

• 040094 KU [ en ] Corporate Finance 1 (MA)
• 040119 KU [ en ] Banking and Financial Intermediation 1 (MA)
• 040176 KU [ en ] Asset Pricing 1 (MA)

Elective courses - 8 ECTS

• 040095 KU [ en ] Investment Banking (MA)
• 040118 KU [ en ] Corporate Restructuring (MA)
• 040187 KU [ en ] Portfolio Management (MA)
• 040259 SE [ en ] Seminar Corporate Finance (MA)
• 040642 SE [ en ] Seminar Portfolio Management (MA)

VM3 Controlling I (20 ECTS)

VM3a Controlling Ia

• 040429 KU ( MIXED ) Spreadsheet Accounting (MA)
• 040513 KU ( MIXED ) Fundamentals in Managerial Accounting (MA)

VM3b Controlling Ib

• 040338 KU Builing Block: ESG-Reporting I (MA)
• 040341 KU [ en ] Building Block: ESG-Reporting II (MA)

VM3c Controlling Ic

• 040049 SE ( MIXED ) Readings in Management Accounting (MA)
• 040326 KU Incentive System Design (MA)

VM4 Controlling II (20 ECTS)

• 040030 SE [ de en ] ( MIXED ) Seminar in Managerial Control (MA)
• 040569 KU [ en ] Valuation (MA)
• 040614 UE Practice Controlling A (MA)

VM5 Economics (20 ECTS)

• 040068 KU [ en ] Applied Microeconomics (MA)
• 040212 KU [ en ] Applied Macroeconomics (MA)
• 040243 VO [ en ] Decision and Game Theory (MA)
• 040327 KU [ en ] Introductory Econometrics (MA)

VM6 Financial Accounting and Reporting I (20 ECTS)

• 040082 KU [ en ] Applied Topic: Financial Statement Analysis and Business Evaluation (MA)
• 040125 KU [ en ] Building Block: International Financial Accounting II (MA) - International Financial Reporting and Analysis
• 040159 KU Applied Topic: BMD Software use in Tax Accounting and Auditing (MA)
• 040657 KU [ en ] Building Block: International Financial Accounting I (MA) - Principles of International Financial Accounting

VM7 Financial Accounting and Reporting II (20 ECTS)

• 040051 KU [ en ] Building Block: International Financial Accounting III (MA) - Advanced IFRS Reporting and Calculations
• 040193 KU [ en ] Special Topic: State of the Art: Current Issues in Accounting, Auditing, Corporate Governance I(MA)
• 040269 KU Special Topics: State of the Art: Current Issues in Accounting, Auditing and Corporate Governance II
• 040338 KU Builing Block: ESG-Reporting I (MA)
• 040341 KU [ en ] Building Block: ESG-Reporting II (MA)

VM8 Marketing I (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 8 ECTS

• 040087 KU Building Blocks of Marketing 1: Consumer Behavior (MA)
• 040386 KU [ de en ] Building Blocks of Marketing 1: Marketing Research (MA)

Elective courses - 12 ECTS

• 040104 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: International Marketing Management 2 (MA)
• 040143 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: Responsible Marketing 1 (MA)
• 040167 KU Applied Topics in Marketing: Staging Marketing B (MA)
• 040177 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: Luxury Marketing (MA) - Luxury Marketing
• 040410 KU Special Topics in Marketing: Marketing Communication 2 (MA)
• 040517 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: International Marketing Management 1 (MA)

VM9 Marketing II (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 8 ECTS

• 040270 KU [ en ] Building Blocks of Marketing 2: Quantitative Methods (MA)
• 040578 SE [ en de ] Seminar Marketing (MA)

Elective courses - 12 ECTS

• 040104 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: International Marketing Management 2 (MA)
• 040143 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: Responsible Marketing 1 (MA)
• 040167 KU Applied Topics in Marketing: Staging Marketing B (MA)
• 040177 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: Luxury Marketing (MA) - Luxury Marketing
• 040410 KU Special Topics in Marketing: Marketing Communication 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

Transdisciplinary supplementary course

• 040202 KU [ en ] Market Design: Theory and Applications (MA)
• 040267 KU [ en ] Decision and Game Theory II (MA)
• 040282 KU Sociology of Labor Markets (MA)
• 040319 VO [ en ] Economic Psychology (MA)
• 040361 KU [ en ] Game Theory for Management (MA)
• 040408 KU Industrial Sociology (MA)
• 040519 KU Sociology of Organizations (MA)

VM11 Organization and Personnel II (20 ECTS)

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

• 040084 KU Steuerungsmechanismen im Public Management (MA)

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

• 040166 KU Solidary Economic (MA) - Cooperative economy and Cooperatives
• 040349 SE [ en ] Special Topics in Public and Non-Profit Management (MA)

VM14 Strategic Management I (20 ECTS)

• 040020 KU [ en ] Business Strategy (MA)
• 040046 UE [ en ] Experimental Methods I (MA) - Laboratory Experiments
• 040088 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Empirical Methods I (MA)
• 040115 KU [ en ] Strategic Decision-Making (MA)
• 040319 VO [ en ] Economic Psychology (MA)

VM15 Strategic Management II (20 ECTS)

• 040047 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Experimental Methods II (MA) - Laboratory Experiments
• 040081 UE [ en ] Empirical Methods II (MA)
• 040116 KU [ en ] Strategic Negotiations (MA)
• 040228 UE [ en ] Experimental Methods I: Agent Based Modelling in Organisations (MA)
• 040230 UE [ en ] Experimental Methods II: Agent Based Modelling in Organisations (MA)
• 040279 SE [ en ] Seminar Strategic Management (MA)
• 040281 KU [ en ] International Strategy (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)

• 040351 SE [ en ] Seminar on Smart Production (MA)

VM17 Supply Chain Management I (20 ECTS)

Foundations (8 ECTS)

• 040893 KU [ en ] Supply Chain Management (MA)

Methods and Special Topics (8 ECTS)

• 040186 KU [ en ] Transportation Logistics (MA)
• 040894 KU [ en ] LP Modeling I (MA)

Seminar (4 ECTS)

• 040023 SE [ en ] Seminar on Supply Chain Management (MA)

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

Advanced Methods (12 ECTS)

• 040161 KU [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Implementation of Optimization Techniques - Part 2 (MA)
• 040182 KU [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Implementation of Optimization Techniques - Part 1 (MA)
• 040676 KU [ en ] Metaheuristics (Implementation of Optimization Techniques - Part 3)

Advanced Topics (8 ECTS)

• 040011 KU [ en ] Enterprise Resource Planning - SAP (MA)
• 040183 KU [ en ] Operations Strategy and Tactical Planning (MA)
• 040299 KU [ en ] Simulation II (MA)

VM19 Tax Law (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 8 ECTS

• 040604 UK Business Taxation (advanced)

Electives in specialization courses in tax law - 12 ECTS

• 030397 KU [ en ] European Tax Law
• 040244 SE Seminar Economic Law (MA) - Tax Law
• 040588 UK International Tax Planning
• 040589 UK Taxation of Investments (advanced)

VM20 Technology and Innovation Management (20 ECTS)

• 040335 KU ( MIXED ) Embracing Technological Change (MA)
• 040356 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Contemporary Topics in Innovation (MA)

VM21 Business Law and Company Law (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses in Business Law and Company Law - 8 ECTS

• 040098 UK Securities- and Equity Market Law (MA)
• 040107 UK Law of Corporate Groups
• 040316 UK [ de en ] Legal Issues of Corporate Governance (MA)
• 040337 KU Company Law (MA)
• 040343 KU European Company Law (MA)

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

• 040111 UK Law of Corporate Reorganisations and Restructuring
• 040244 SE Seminar Economic Law (MA) - Tax Law
• 040469 KU Insolvency Law (MA)
• 040726 KU Mergers and Acquisitions (MA)

VM22 Commercial Law (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses in Commerical Law - 8 ECTS

• 040093 UK Unfair Competition and Antitrust Law
• 040110 UK Intellectual Property Rights (MA)
• 040722 UK Banking Law (MA)

Elective specialization courses in Commercial Law - 12 ECTS

• 040060 UK Legal issues of cryptocurrencies and virtual forms of financing (MA)
• 040089 UK Jurisdiction of Arbitration (MA)
• 040242 KU [ en ] International Trade Law (MA)

VM23 Economic Sociology (20 ECTS)

Mandatory course - 4 ECTS

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

Elective courses - 16 ECTS

• 040117 KU [ en ] Topics in Economic Sociology (MA) - Social Studies of Finance
• 040282 KU Sociology of Labor Markets (MA)
• 040408 KU Industrial Sociology (MA)
• 040519 KU Sociology of Organizations (MA)
• 230110 UE M3 Social Theory and Critique - Theory - Workshop
• 230111 UE M3 Sustainable Practices - Theory - Workshop
• 230130 VO M5 Intergenerational relationships and ageing - Lecture
• 230133 VO [ en ] M5 Social Reproduction in Crisis - Lecture
• 230134 UE M5 Critical sociology of work - Sociological Specialisation (Exercise)