Teaching

 The aim of the event is to provide well-founded knowledge of bookkeeping and bookkeeping technology as well as a fundamental understanding of the principles of proper bookkeeping (GoB). The lecture will be offered in the fall term.

This course aims to convey well-founded knowledge about accepted accounting principles. In addition to valuation standards in annual financial statements and diverse consolidation procedures on a corporate level, students will learn about the balance sheet classification and critical appraisal of applicable regulations.

The target audience of this course is incoming exchange students who have already attended introductory accounting courses. 

The course shall enable students to understand and apply IFRS. In the first part, modern accounting theories will be discussed with respect to IFRS. In the second part, the IFRS solution to important accounting problems will be explained and critically evaluated. Prof. Dr. Christoph Hütten, (Chief Accounting Officer SAP SE), will hold the lecture.

The Chair of Business Administration, Accounting & Auditing offers students of business administration and business education the opportunity to write a bachelor thesis. Bachelor theses are regularly offered for the following areas: auditing, German GAAP, IFRS, disclosure of inside information, disclosure theory. The registration form can be found here. Instruction sheet for the bachelor thesis. Sample topics for the bachelor thesis. Guidelines for Academic Writing (German and English).

The course constitutes the commercial law counterpart to ACC 520. Based on the required fundamental knowledge at bachelor level, this course provides an in-depth look at accepted accounting principles required by HGB.  Using pertinent and current case law, solutions for numerous and diverse accounting problems will be systematically derived. This knowledge will be applied through exercise sessions as well as group projects within case study sessions accompanying the lecture.  

This lecture will be hold in fall term 2019 from the chair of Prof. Bischof. This lecture will be hold in English. The module examines IFRS accounting and its embedding in international capital markets. With its focus on basic principles of IFRS as well as specific standards and their application the module is meant to lay foundation for the courses ACC 628 and ACC 626. This knowledge will be applied through exercise sessions as well as group projects within case study sessions accompanying the lecture.

This course, held by Mr Gero Wiechens, Partner at KPMG AG, focuses on current, practically relevant topics from the overlapping areas of financial accounting, consulting, risk management and capital markets with a focus on the financial services sector. Attendees will work in groups on case studies parallel to those in the consulting area. Solutions will be summarized in a report and presented during a realistic final presentation. More information can be found here.

This year’s seminar (spring semester 2024) focuses on questions pertaining to „Financial and Non-Financial Information on Capital Markets”.  An introduction to the seminar’s overarching theme, the comprehensive list of topics as well as detailed instructions is available for download below. For the seminar writing phase students can freely choose between two separate eight-week periods. The fast close period spans from January 2, 2024 to February 27, 2024 (application deadline: December 20, 2023). The final close period from February 16, 2024 to April 12, 2024 (application deadline: February 14, 2023). The seminar presentations (for both write-up periods) are expected to take place on April 26, 2023. Leaflet. The registration form can be found here. Guidelines for Academic Writing.

The prerequisite for the award of a Master's thesis is the passing of the seminar event of the chair of Professor Wüstemann (ACC 750). Basically, seminars with additional chairs in Area Accounting & Taxation will be recognized if justified. If you would like to have a seminar recognized by another area, please contact us personally. For general questions about the Master's Thesis, please contact Mr. Frederik Kohl,  Guidelines for Academic Writing.Application form.