Master International Business Administration (914 [4] - Version 2024)

Orientation Course

• 040285 UK ( OV ) OLV - Guide into your studies for Master`s

Introductory Phase (30 ECTS)

Basic Modules of the Introductory Phase - Compulsory Modules (18 ECTS)

GM0 International Business (4 ECTS)

• 040032 VO [ en ] Introduction to International Business (MA)

GM1 Data Analytics (4 ECTS)

• 040038 VO ( MIXED ) Data Analytics (MA)

GM2 Financial Accounting and Reporting (4 ECTS)

• 040355 VO Financial Accounting and Reporting (MA)

GM3 Management I (2 ECTS)

GM3a Management I - Marketing (2 ECTS)

• 040024 VO [ en ] Management I - Marketing (MA)

GM3b Management I - Organization and Personnel (2 ECTS)

GM4 Management II (2 ECTS)

GM4a Management II - Production, Logistics and Supply Chain Management (2 ECTS)

• 040053 VO [ en ] Management II - Production, Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MA)

GM4b Management II - Finance (2 ECTS)

• 040293 VO ( ON-SITE ) Management II - Finance (MA)

GM5 Business Law (2 ECTS)

• 040336 VO Basics of Economic and Contract Law (MA)

Consolidation Modules of the Introductory Phase - Elective Modules (12 ECTS)

AM0 Research Methods in International Business (4 ECTS)

• 040352 VO [ en ] Research Methods in International Business (MA)

AM1 Principles of Accounting (4 ECTS)

• 040297 VO Principles of Accounting (MA)

AM2 Principles of Banking and Finance (4 ECTS)

AM3 Principles of Contracts (4 ECTS)

• 040330 VO [ de en ] Principles of Contracts (MA)

AM4 Principles of Data Analysis for Marketing and Management Decisions (4 ECTS)

• 040501 VO [ en ] Principles of Data Analysis for Marketing and Management Decisions (MA)

AM5 Principles of Decision Support (4 ECTS)

• 040358 VO [ en ] Principles of Decision Support (MA)

AM6 Principles of Public Management (4 ECTS)

AM7 Principles of Business Law (4 ECTS)

• 040289 VO ( ON-SITE ) Principles of Business Law (MA) - Tax Law

AM8 Principles of Economic Sociology (4 ECTS)

• 040151 VO Principle of Economic Sociology (MA)

AM9 Elective (4 ECTS)

• 040024 VO [ en ] Management I - Marketing (MA)
• 040055 KU [ en ] Digital Economics - Micro (MA)
• 040151 VO Principle of Economic Sociology (MA)
• 040196 KU [ en ] Money and Banking (MA)
• 040285 UK ( OV ) OLV - Guide into your studies for Master`s
• 040289 VO ( ON-SITE ) Principles of Business Law (MA) - Tax Law
• 040293 VO ( ON-SITE ) Management II - Finance (MA)
• 040297 VO Principles of Accounting (MA)
• 040352 VO [ en ] Research Methods in International Business (MA)
• 040358 VO [ en ] Principles of Decision Support (MA)
• 040379 KU [ en ] Contracts and Organizations (MA)
• 040407 KU [ en ] Event Management (MA)
• 040501 VO [ en ] Principles of Data Analysis for Marketing and Management Decisions (MA)
• 059912 VU [ en ] Digital Innovation Lab

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
• 110154 SE [ de es ] ( ON-SITE ) Linguistics Seminar (BA) - Spanish - El español en África
• 143007 KU "La bande dessinée en Afrique et sur l'Afrique ‘francophone’" - Media Studies Seminar (MA) - French
• 143201 VO [ en ] Race, Gender and Sexuality in African Literature
• 143522 VO Contemporary East African Literatures

Elective courses - 14 ECTS

• 143001 VO [ en ] Southern African Literatures
• 143061 VO History of West Africa 2: Early Modern Developments, Colonial History and Independence Era
• 143080 SE Change of Power in the Western Sahel: Coups or Radical Revolutions?
• 143201 VO [ en ] Race, Gender and Sexuality in African Literature
• 143522 VO Contemporary East African Literatures

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

• 070086 VO [ en ] Global History
• 070170 VO Public History - unter Berücksichtigung ausgewählter Themen
• 070233 VO Political History

PVM3 International Competencies - Latin America (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 6 or 7 ECTS

• 040300 UE [ es ] Business Communication III - Spanish
• 110101 UE [ de pt ] ( ON-SITE ) Basic subject Portuguese (Brazilian Portuguese)

Elective courses of the chosen language - 14 or 13 ECTS

• 110036 SE [ es ] ( ON-SITE ) Regional Studies Seminar (BA) - Spanish - Relaciones entre Latinoamérica y Estados Unidos en los siglos XX y XXI
• 110055 VO [ de es ] ( STEOP ON-SITE ) STEOP: Basic Module Regional Studies Lecture - Spanish
• 110099 PS [ pt ] ( ON-SITE ) Extension module regional studies introductory seminar - Portuguese - Brasilien im 17. und 18. Jh aus heutiger Sicht: Perspektiven, Narrative, Geschichtsschreibung und -Dekonstruktion
• 110123 SE [ pt ] ( ON-SITE ) Literature Seminar (MA) - Portuguese - Outros Brasis: um panorama da literatura brasileira para além do regionalismo
• 110139 VO [ de es ] Extension module literary lecture - Spanish - Medio milenio de letras mexicanas
• 110155 UE ( ON-SITE ) Optional Course
• 110169 VO [ de pt ] ( ON-SITE ) Media Studies Lecture- Portuguese (BA/MA) - Imagens Conflituosas: violência e resistência no cinema Brasileiro, Luso-Africano e Português
• 110178 PS [ de es ] ( ON-SITE ) Extension module linguistics introductory seminar - Spanish - Das Spanische in Mexiko
• 110204 SE [ de es ] Linguistics Seminar (BA) - Spanish - El español latinoamericano: aspectos semánticos y sintácticos
• 110239 SE [ de es ] ( ON-SITE ) Media Studies Seminar (BA) - Spanish - Guillermo del Toro y el cine hispánico transnacional

PVM4 International Competencies - China (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 8 ECTS

• 150038 VU [ zh ] Modern Chinese II
• 150087 UE [ zh ] Business Chinese

Elective courses - 12 ECTS

• 150062 UE [ de en zh ] Lecture Series
• 150063 VO Politics and Law in China
• 150072 VO [ en ] Chinese-speaking Societies
• 150103 VO [ en ] Chinese Cultural Spaces
• 150109 VO [ en ] Economic Development of China (M4)
• 150133 UE Altervative Extensions: New Chinese Literature

PVM5 International Competencies - Slavonic Area (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 6 ECTS

• 040357 UE [ ru ] Business Communication III - Russian
• 480030 UE [ de sk ] Slovak Language Course: Advanced Level 2
• 480031 UE [ cs de ] Czech Language Course: Advanced Level 2
• 480032 UE [ de pl ] Polish Language Course: Advanced Level 2
• 480034 UE [ de sl ] Slovene Language Course: Advanced Level 2

Elective courses - 14 ECTS

• 480012 VO East Slavic Regional and Cultural Studies
• 480013 VO Slovak Regional and Cultural Studies
• 480043 VO Czech Regional and Cultural Studies
• 480044 VO Polish Regional and Cultural Studies
• 480052 VO Slovene Regional and Cultural Studies
• 480058 VO Newer Czech Literature: An Overview
• 480059 VO Newer Slovak Literature: An Overview
• 480062 VO Newer Slovene Literature: An Overview
• 480066 VO Newer Polish Literature: An Overview
• 480068 VO Newer Russian Literature: An Overview
• 480080 VO History of Slavic up to the Beginnings of Literacy

PVM6 International Competencies - South Asia (20 ECTS)

Mandatory courses - 15 ECTS

Elective courses - 5 ECTS

PVM7 International Competencies - Scandinavia (20 ECTS)

Mandatory course - 6 ECTS

Elective courses - 14 ECTS

• 133231 VO ( ON-SITE ) History of Scandinavian Literatures
• 133242 VO ( ON-SITE ) In public. Relevant case studies from Scandinavian literary and media history - Relevante Fallbeispiele aus der skandinavischen Literatur- und Mediengeschichte
• 133252 VO ( REMOTE ) Best of
• 133352 UE ( ON-SITE ) Exercises in Scandinavian Cultural Studies - Literature and the Public: Communicating Scandinavian Classics

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)
• 040191 SE [ en ] Global Corporate Citizenship and Sustainibility (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)

• 040097 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Commercial Banking (MA)

Mandatory courses - 12 ECTS

• 040094 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Corporate Finance 1 (MA)
• 040176 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Asset Pricing 1 (MA)

Elective courses - 8 ECTS

• 040065 SE [ en ] Seminar: Corporate Governance (MA)
• 040083 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Options and Derivatives (MA)
• 040090 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Corporate Finance 2 (MA)
• 040095 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Investment Banking (MA)
• 040097 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Commercial Banking (MA)
• 040118 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Corporate Restructuring (MA)
• 040162 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Climate Finance and Sustainability (MA)
• 040181 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Advanced Asset Pricing (MA) - Asset Pricing 2
• 040187 KU [ en ] Portfolio Management (MA)
• 040275 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Banking and Financial Intermediation 2 (MA)
• 040569 KU [ en ] Valuation (MA)
• 040642 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Seminar Portfolio Management (MA)
• 390027 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) PhD-VGSF: Advanced Market Microstructure

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 ( ON-SITE ) Readings in Management Accounting (MA)
• 040326 KU ( ON-SITE ) Incentive System Design (MA)
• 040418 KU ( ON-SITE ) Value Based Management (MA)

VM4 Controlling II (20 ECTS)

• 040030 SE [ de en ] ( MIXED ) Seminar in Managerial Control (MA)
• 040077 KU [ en ] Advanced Business Analytics (MA)
• 040418 KU ( ON-SITE ) Value Based Management (MA)
• 040569 KU [ en ] Valuation (MA)
• 040614 UE ( ON-SITE ) Practice Controlling A (MA)

VM5 Economics (20 ECTS)

• 040243 VO [ en ] Decision and Game Theory (MA)
• 040339 KU [ en ] Introductory Econometrics 2 (MA)
• 040363 VO [ en ] Applied Macroeconomics 1 (MA)
• 040365 KU [ en ] Applied Macroeconomics 2 (MA)
• 040368 VO [ en ] Applied Microeconomics 1 (MA)
• 040369 KU [ en ] Applied Microeconomics 2 (MA)
• 040371 VO [ 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)
• 040420 KU [ en ] Special Topics: Corporate Governance (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 [ en de ] 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 (MA)
• 040167 KU Special Topics in Marketing: Experience Marketing B (MA)
• 040177 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: Luxury Marketing (MA) - Luxury Marketing
• 040394 KU [ en ] Advanced Topics in Marketing: Qualitative Research Methods (MA)
• 040395 KU Special Topics in Marketing: Bussiness-to-Government Marketing (MA)
• 040396 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: Services Marketing (MA)
• 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 ] 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 (MA)
• 040167 KU Special Topics in Marketing: Experience Marketing B (MA)
• 040177 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: Luxury Marketing (MA) - Luxury Marketing
• 040394 KU [ en ] Advanced Topics in Marketing: Qualitative Research Methods (MA)
• 040395 KU Special Topics in Marketing: Bussiness-to-Government Marketing (MA)
• 040396 KU [ en ] Special Topics in Marketing: Services Marketing (MA)
• 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)
• 040271 KU Sociology of Organizations (MA)
• 040282 KU Sociology of Labor Markets (MA)
• 040319 VO [ en ] Economic Psychology (MA)
• 040331 KU [ en ] Empirical Methods in Decision Sciences (MA)
• 040361 KU [ en ] Game Theory for Management (MA)

VM11 Organization and Personnel II (20 ECTS)

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

• 040084 KU ( ON-SITE ) 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 ] ( ON-SITE ) Special Topics in Public and Non-Profit Management (MA)

VM14 Strategic Management I (20 ECTS)

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

VM15 Strategic Management II (20 ECTS)

• 040047 UE [ en ] Experimental Methods II (MA) - Laboratory Experiments
• 040081 UE [ en ] Empirical Methods II (MA)
• 040116 SE [ en ] Special Topics in Strategic Decision-Making (MA) - Strategic Negotiations
• 040230 UE [ en ] Experimental Methods II: Agent Based Modelling in Organisations (MA)
• 040279 SE [ en ] Seminar Strategic Management (MA)
• 040390 SE [ en ] Advanced Topics in Strategic Management II (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)
• 040407 KU [ en ] Event 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)
• 040407 KU [ en ] Event Management (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 ] Implementation of Optimization Techniques - Part 2 (MA)
• 040182 KU [ en ] 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

• 040290 KU ( ON-SITE ) Group tax law (MA) - Tax Law
• 040604 UK Business Taxation (advanced)

Electives in specialization courses in tax law - 12 ECTS

• 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)

• 040204 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Tech-based Entrepreneurship (MA)
• 040234 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Empirical Research Methods (MA)
• 040247 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Contemporary Topics in Innovation (MA)
• 040335 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Embracing Technological Change (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 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

• 040002 VO ( ON-SITE ) Basic Finance I
• 040117 KU [ en ] Topics in Economic Sociology (MA)
• 040271 KU Sociology of Organizations (MA)
• 040282 KU Sociology of Labor Markets (MA)
• 230112 UE M3 Theories of Capitalism in the 21st Century: Crises and Transformation - Theory - Workshop
• 230128 VO M5 Workplace participation and the current state of democracy - Sociological Specialisation (Lecture)
• 230131 UE [ en ] M5 IEconomic Inequality and Policies - Sociological Specialisation (Exercise)
• 230132 UE M5 The neighbourhood ("Grätzel") as a social area: What and who gets space? - Sociological Specialisation (Exercise)
• 230134 UE [ en ] M5 The Challenges of Sustainability - Sociological Specialisation (Exercise)
• 230136 SE M5 "Live to work or work to live?" - Generation-specific demands in the workplace - Research Seminar Sociological Specialisation

Master's Thesis Phase (6 ECTS)

MA-SE Master's Thesis Seminar (6 ECTS)

• 040304 SE [ de en ] ( REMOTE ) Seminar for Master Candidates
• 040311 SE [ de en ] Seminar for Master Candidates
• 040313 SE [ en ] Seminar for Master Candidates
• 040315 SE Seminar for Master Candidates
• 040318 SE [ de en ] Seminar for Master Candidates - Marketing
• 040320 SE [ en ] Seminar for Master Candidates
• 040321 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Master's Thesis Seminar
• 040322 SE Seminar for Master Candidates
• 040324 SE [ en ] Seminar for Master Candidates
• 040374 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Seminar for Master Candidates
• 040398 SE Seminar for Master Candidates - VM19, VM21, VM22 - Steuerrecht und Wirtschaftsrecht
• 040405 SE Seminar for Master Candidates

Servicemodul

• 040232 UE [ de en ] Scientific Writing
• 040383 UE [ fr ] Einführung in die französische Wirtschaftskommunikation
• 040384 UE [ es ] Einführung in die spanische Wirtschaftskommunikation
• 040385 UE [ it ] Einführung in die italienische Wirtschaftskommunikation