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Module Catalog Bachelor Business Administration for the Academic Year 2025/2026

Methodological Basics of Economics

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
CC 301	Analysis	5		DE
CC 302	Mathematics of Finance	3		DE
CC 303	Quantitative Methods	3		DE
CC 304	Basics of Statistics	8	DE

Business Administration

Accounting & Taxation

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
ACC 300	Introduction to Financial Accounting	6		EN
ACC 303	Financial Accounting: Annual and consolidated financial statements	6		DE
ACC 403	Management and Cost Accounting	6	EN
TAX 303	Taxation I: Business Taxation	6		DE

Finance

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
FIN 301	Investments and Asset Pricing	6	EN
FIN 401	Corporate Finance and Risk Management	6		EN

Information Systems

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
IS 301	Foundations of Information Systems	6	EN
IS 401	Integrated Information Systems	6	EN

Management

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
MAN 301	Strategic and International Management	6		EN
MAN 401	Organization and Human Resource Management	6	EN

Marketing

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
MKT 301	Managing Customer Value – Marketing in a Digital and Connected World	6	DE/EN
MKT 401	Strategic Marketing – Competing in Evolving Industries and Markets	6	EN

Operations

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
OPM 301	Operations Management	6		EN

Economics

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
ECO 301	Basics of Economics	8		DE
ECO 302	Microeconomics A	8	DE/EN

Civil and Business Law

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
LAW 301	Civil Law	6		DE
LAW 302	Commercial and Corporate Law	8	DE

Electives

Electives A

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
ACC 451	Financial Accounting II: IFRS	3	EN
ACC 453	Mannheim Discussion Club	3	DE
FIN 452	Corporate Governance	3	EN
FIN 453	Alternative Investments from an Institutional Investor’s Perspective	3	EN
FIN 454	Sustainable Investing	3	EN
FIN 456	A CEO Perspective on ESG	3	EN
FIN 457	Responsible Leadership for Honors Program Students	3	DE
LAW 450	Property and Collateral Security Law	3	DE
LAW 451	Consolidation in Partnership Law	3	DE
MAN 451	Introduction to Nonprofit Management	3	DE
MAN 458	Crowdfunding for Ecological Entrepreneurship	3	EN
MKT 451	Impact Business Development and authentic marketing	3	EN
OPM 450	Business Analytics for Informed Decision-Making in Operations Management	3	EN
OPM 452	Processes and Strategies of Negotiation	3	EN
TAX 450	Taxation of Multinational Firms	3	EN
	Macroeconomics A	8	DE/EN
ICS 470	Business, Culture, and Society (for IBEA students only!)	2	EN
TAX 470	Business and Corporate Taxation in Europe (for IBEA students only!)	6	EN

Electives B

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
CC 307	Managerial Skills	1	DE/EN

Ethics and Academic Research & Writing

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
CC 306	Business Ethics	3	DE
CC 308	Basic Academic Skills	1	DE

International Studies

Study Abroad Semester

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
	International Studies	29		X

Foreign Language Skills

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
	Foreign Language Skills I: Business Chinese I	2	X
	Foreign Language Skills I: Chinese I	2	X
	Foreign Language Skills I: Current Topics	2	EN	EN
	Foreign Language Skills I: Español para economistas I	2	X
	Foreign Language Skills I: Français – langue des affaires I	2	X
	Foreign Language Skills I: L’italiano per gli affair I	2	X
	Foreign Language Skills I: Modern Japanese I	2	X
	Foreign Language Skills I: Spanish for beginners without previous knowledge I	2	X
	Foreign Language Skills II: Business Chinese II	2		X
	Foreign Language Skills II: Chinese II	2		DE
	Foreign Language Skills II: Español para economistas II	2		X
	Foreign Language Skills II: Français – langue des affaires II	2		X
	Foreign Language Skills II: International Business Communication	2	EN	EN
	Foreign Language Skills II: L’italiano per gli affair II	2		X
	Foreign Language Skills II: Modern Japanese II	2		X
	Foreign Language Skills II: Spanish for beginners without previous knowledge II	2		X

International Cultural Studies

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
	International Cultural Studies	24		DE

Bachelor Thesis

Code	Module description	ECTS credits	Spring	Fall
BA 450	Bachelor Thesis	12	DE/EN