Specializations and Options
Specializations in the Bachelor’s degree in Business Law
A large proportion of graduates of our Business Law (LL.B.) degree program work successfully in the fields of employment law and human resource management, compliance, tax law, and accounting. Our specializations provide you with the opportunity to acquire a specialized profile with these skills, which are in high demand on the job market.
Options in the Bachelor’s degree in Business Law
If you would like a broad foundation, you can choose your favorites from all the options offered at the School of Business.
Program structure of the degree program Business Law LL.B.
Accounting is divided into internal (company management) and external accounting (investors, creditors, the state, employees, the public) by recipients.
The modules in this area build on one another: The first semester focuses on teaching basic knowledge such as bookkeeping with the Principles of Accounting course. In the second semester, you will learn about internal accounting in the Module Management Accounting and how to calculate an operating profit or loss.
In the course Investment & Finance (2nd semester), you will receive a systematic, usage-oriented overview of the most important methods and instruments of corporate finance. You will know and understand the relationships between investment and financing, as well as their planning.
With the knowledge from the module Annual Financial Statements (3rd semester), you will be able to recognize, solve, and assess the main approach and valuation problems in the commercial balance sheet.
As you progress through your studies, you will have the opportunity to specialize in this area by taking the following options:
- Banking and Financial Management
- Marketing Controlling
- Operational Controlling
- Strategic Controlling
- Social Economy and Healthcare Sector
- Corporate Finance
- The Securities Business
Corporate management, strategic and international management, business planning and general business administration – these are the topics you will deal with in the field of management.
During your studies, you will take the modules Fundamentals of Business Administration (1st semester), Strategic Management (4th semester), and Business Planning (6th semester).
If you would like to deepen your knowledge of management, you can choose from the following subjects:
- Business Model Playground (English)
- Corporate Governance and Agile Management (English)
- Design Thinking – Sustainable Innovations in SMEs
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation Management
- Visual Business Analytics
Innovation, digitality, internationality, and brand and customer behavior are key areas of focus in teaching marketing at the School of Business. In addition to the concepts, strategie,s and measures of market-oriented corporate management, the focus is on fundamental aspects of market research, buyer behavior, and marketing monitoring.
The following options also offer you the opportunity to specialize in the field of marketing:
- Business Creativity (English)
- Creating Shared Value (English)
- Digital Marketing (English)
- Retail Marketing
- International Social Responsibility (English)
- Consumer Psychology and Consumer Behavior
- Marketing 2: Innovation and Future Leadership (German/English)
- Market Research I: Qualitative Methods - Generating Insights
- Market Research II: Quantitative Methods - Informing Decisions
- Selling Instead of Negotiating - Achieving Sales Excellence
You can deepen your knowledge of Materials Management, Logistics & Production by completing the following options:
- Procurement & Production Planning
- Logistics Management
- Risk and Sustainability Management (English)
Economics deals with the investigation and explanation of macroeconomic relationships. In addition to the empirical description of the status quo students also learn the (model) theory approaches and develop possible solutions to problems on this basis.
You can take the following economics options:
- Principles of Behavioral Economics (English)
- Fundamentals of Environmental and Climate Protection Policy
If you are interested in the professional use of IT solutions at companies, the following options in the field of business informatics offer attractive opportunities for continuing your education:
- Selected Aspects of IT Security
- Applied Robotics
- Business Process Intelligence
- Data Science for Business (English)
- Data Journalism and Visualization
- Augmented and Virtual Reality - New Opportunities in Customer Communication
- Innovative Business Models and Technologies in Digital Media
- Machine Learning and Deep Learning (English)
- Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing - Selected Aspects
- Wine as an Economic Factor