Specialization Phase - Elective Modules (60 ECTS)

International Competencies (20 ECTS)

PVM1 International Competencies - Africa (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 6 ECTS

• 040282 UE [ en ] Business Communication III - English
• 040283 UE [ fr ] Business Communication III - French
• 143069 VO [ en ] Topics in African Literature: Past and Present
• 143071 VO Black Europe, Black Literature: An Intersectional Approach
• 143073 VO At the Crossroads of the Continents: The Early History of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Aksum
• 143125 VO Symbols & Symbolic Contents in Official Texts - Explanations across Cultures

Elective courses - 14 ECTS

• 143074 VO A Center of the Ancient World: History of Northeast Africa 1
• 143075 VO West African History 1: - Peopling and Settlement, Social Interactions, and Developments
• 143077 VO [ en ] Introduction to African Environmental History
• 143127 VO [ en ] What's that thing called city? - Themes, Methods, and Theories of Geographical and Historical Urban Research in Africa
• 143237 VO African Societies in the Age of Empire and under Colonial Rule

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

• 030397 KU [ en ] ( MIXED ) European Tax Law and International Tax Law
• 040239 UK International Private- and European Law
• 040273 KU European Company Law
• 070135 VO Lecture - Public History
• 070222 VO [ en ] Introduction to Digital Humanities

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

• 110002 PS [ es ] Extension module regional studies introductory seminar - Spanish - Arte en Latinoamerica y España
• 110058 VO [ de pt ] Regional Studies Lecture (MA) - Portuguese - Volkskultur im (fremdsprachen-)philologischen Kontext: cultura popular resgatada?
• 110070 SE [ es ] Regional Studies Seminar (BA) - Spanish - El álbum familiar: Ciclo vital, genealogía, birth rank, generación y memoria
• 110127 SE [ es ] Regional Studies Seminar (BA) - Spanish - Guinea Ecuatorial, ¿a dónde vas? Migraciones entre África y Europa
• 110169 PS [ de es ] Extension module literature introductory seminar - Spanish - Crónicas de Indias: ein literarischer Streifzug durch die frühe Kolonialzeit Lateinamerikas
• 110170 SE [ es ] ( ON-SITE ) Regional Studies Seminar (MA) - Spanish - Las catedrales de España y su irradiación
• 110194 KO Optional Course - América Latina: diplomacia y política exterior

PVM4 International Competencies - China (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 8 ECTS

Elective courses - 12 ECTS

• 150014 SE [ de en ] Seminar (Politics, Economy, Law) (EC)
• 150047 UE [ de en zh ] Lecture Series
• 150071 VO [ de en ] ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Chinese Cultural History
• 150180 VO ( STEOP ) STEOP: Introduction to Chinese Political History

PVM5 International Competencies - Slavonic Area (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 6 ECTS

• 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 ( STEOP ) Introduction to Slavonic Literatures

PVM6 International Competencies - South Asia (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 15 ECTS

• 142021 UE [ bo en ] Practice for Introduction to Modern Tibetan I
• 142078 VU [ bo en ] Introduction to Modern Tibetan I
• 142092 VU [ de ne ] Introduction to Nepali I
• 142259 UE [ de ne ] Introduction to Nepali I - additional practice

Elective courses - 5 ECTS

• 142012 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Indology
• 142014 VO [ de en ] ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Modern South Asian Studies
• 142020 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Buddhist and Tibetan Studies
• 142201 VO Balancing Act Ayurveda: The Traditional Medicine of South Asia in the Past and Present
• 142204 VO Mindfulness - The Buddha's Gift to the World - An Exploration across Indian and Tibetan Traditions
• 142207 PS From the Vedas to Chomsky: An Introduction to the Grammatical Literature of South Asia
• 142208 UE History and Characteristics of South Asian Islam
• 142209 UE Cultural Heritage of Nepal: On the Trail of Sanskrit Inscriptions
• 142216 SE [ en ] Adivasi and Dalit Literary Movements in India
• 142221 SE [ en ] Beef Biryani or Pure-Veg Thali: Food, Religion and Politics in South Asia
• 142222 VO [ en ] Transcultural and Transnational Cultural Developments in South Asia in the 19th and 20th Century
• 142223 UE [ en ] Exploring Visual Resources and Material Culture from South Asia in European Archives
• 142224 UE [ en ] The Transcendent Dance Partner: An Introduction to Indian Culture through Performing Arts

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 ( MIXED STEOP ) StEOP: Introduction to Regional, Cultural and Social Studies of Scandinavia
• 133131 VO ( STEOP ) StEOP: Introduction to Scandinavian Literature and Cultural Studies
• 133242 VO Ludvig Holberg. The Allrounder of the Scandinavian Enlightenment
• 133252 VO ( REMOTE ) From the Lay of Hildebrand to Þiðreks saga - Old High German, Old English, Middle High German and Old Norse-Icelandic heroic literature
• 133341 VO Introduction to Baltic Sea Region Studies
• 133351 UE Exercises in Cultural Studies: Hans Christian Andersen - Der dänische Märchendichter Hans Christian Andersen MEDIAL in Ton und Bild

Elective Modules (40 ECTS)

VM0 International Business (20 ECTS)

• 040035 KU [ en ] International Entrepreneurship (MA) - International Entrepreneurship
• 040141 SE [ en ] Qualitative Research Methods (MA)
• 040152 KU [ en ] Family Firm Internationalisation (MA)
• 040180 SE [ en ] Global Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability (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)

Methods and Applications (4 ECTS)

• 040669 KU [ en ] Simulation I (MA)
• 040676 KU [ en ] Metaheuristics (MA) - Implementation of Optimization Techniques - Teil 3

Seminar (4 ECTS)

• 040112 SE [ de en ] 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

• 040139 KU [ en ] Climate Finance and Sustainability (MA)
• 040204 KU [ en ] KU Banking and Insurance: Regulation and Risk Management (MA)
• 040209 KU [ en ] Regulation Management (MA)
• 040212 VO [ en ] Decisions under Uncertainty (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 ( MIXED ) Fundamentals in Managerial Accounting (MA)

VM3b Controlling Ib

• 040208 KU [ en ] 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 Value Based Management (MA)

VM4 Controlling II (20 ECTS)

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

VM5 Economics (20 ECTS)

• 040154 VO [ en ] VO Applied Macroeconomics 1 (MA)
• 040165 VO [ en ] Applied Microeconomics 1
• 040243 VO [ en ] Decision and Game Theory (MA)
• 040286 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Applied Macroeconomics 2 (MA)
• 040293 VO [ en ] Introductory Econometrics (MA)
• 040294 KU [ en ] Introductory Econometrics 2 (MA)
• 040369 KU [ en ] Applied Microeconomics 2

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

Elective courses - 12 ECTS

• 040252 KU Special Topics in Marketing: Marketing: Marketing Communication 1 (MA)
• 040257 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: International Marketing Management 2 (MA)
• 040299 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: Responsible Marketing (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 [ en ] Building Blocks of Marketing 2: Quantitative Methods (MA)

Elective courses - 12 ECTS

• 040252 KU Special Topics in Marketing: Marketing: Marketing Communication 1 (MA)
• 040257 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: International Marketing Management 2 (MA)
• 040299 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: Responsible Marketing (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)
• 040263 KU [ en ] Personnel Economics II (MA)

Transdisciplinary supplementary course

• 040048 KU Sociology of Labor Markets (MA)
• 040146 KU [ en ] Organization Theory II (MA)
• 040267 KU [ en ] Decision and Game Theory II (MA)
• 040319 VO [ en ] Economic Psychology (MA)
• 040519 KU Sociology of Organizations (MA)
• 040577 KU [ en ] 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 SE [ en ] Business Strategy (MA)
• 040040 UE [ en ] Experimental Methods I (MA) - Laboratory Experiments
• 040082 SE [ 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 SE [ en ] Advanced Topics in Strategic Management I (MA) - Novel Forms of Organising
• 040041 UE [ en ] Experimental Methods II (MA) - Laboratory Experiments
• 040081 UE [ en ] Empirical Methods II (MA)
• 040085 SE [ en ] Special Topics in Strategic Decision-Making (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)

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

VM17 Supply Chain Management I (20 ECTS)

Foundations (8 ECTS)

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

Methods and Special Topics (8 ECTS)

• 040894 KU [ en ] LP Modeling I (MA)

Seminar (4 ECTS)

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

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

Advanced Methods (12 ECTS)

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

Advanced Topics (8 ECTS)

• 040143 KU [ en ] Enterprise Resource Planning - SAP (MA)
• 040676 KU [ en ] Metaheuristics (MA) - Implementation of Optimization Techniques - Teil 3
• 040897 KU [ en ] LP Modeling II (MA)

VM19 Tax Law (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 8 ECTS

• 040010 UK Business Taxation (advanced)
• 040262 KU Group tax law and practical issues of corporate tax law (MA) - Tax Law

Electives in specialization courses in tax law - 12 ECTS

• 030397 KU [ en ] ( MIXED ) European Tax Law and International Tax Law
• 040046 UK Transfer Pricing
• 040105 UK Law of Corporate Reorganisations and Restructuring
• 040466 UK International Tax Law

VM20 Technology and Innovation Management (20 ECTS)

• 040214 UE [ en ] Tech-based Entrepreneurship (MA)
• 040217 UE Empirical Research Methods (MA)
• 040356 SE [ en ] Contemporary Topics in Innovation (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
• 040271 KU Company 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
• 040273 KU European Company 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) - Markets, Morals and Norms: Social and Economic Exchange in the Digital Society
• 040280 KU [ en ] Research Practicum Economic Sociology (MA) - The Social Dynamics of Deviance in Organizations and Markets
• 040519 KU Sociology of Organizations (MA)
• 040577 KU [ en ] Industrial Sociology (MA)
• 230114 UE M3 Theories of the welfare state - Theory - Workshop
• 230132 VO [ en ] M5 Urban Sociology: Debates and Developments - Sociological Specialisation (Lecture)
• 230136 UE M5 From dream vacations to nightmare jobs: Tourism as a scene of social inequality - Sociological Specialisation (Exercise)
• 230137 UE M5 Sustainable Consumption