Minor: Banking and Finance (20 ECTS)

  • VO Basics of Finance (4 ECTS)
  • KU Asset Pricing 1 (4 ECTS)
  • KU Banking and Financial Intermediation 1 (4 ECTS)
  • KU Corporate Finance 1 (4 ECTS)
  • Electives (4 ECTS)
    • Students can choose any available course of 4 ETCS from the financial field.
    • The elegible course options will be announced in the course directory.

Prerequisites for participation:
It is recommended to complete the „Methodological Competences" from the introductory phase before or at the start of the Minor.

Offered by the Department of Finance

Minor: Economics (Volkswirtschaftslehre) (20 ECTS)

  • UK Consumption, Production and Welfare (12 ECTS) or UK Growth and Business Cycles (12 ECTS)
  • Electives (8 ECTS):
    • Students choose courses of 8 ECTS from the Master's programme in Economics.
    • The eligible courses will be announced in the course catalogue.

Offered by the Department of Economics.

Minor: Financial Accounting I (20 ECTS)

  • KU Corporate Governance and external Accounting I (4 ECTS)
  • KU International Financial Accounting A (4 ECTS)
  • KU International Financial Accounting B (4 ECTS)
  • KU Financial Statement Analysis and Business Evaluation (4 ECTS)
  • KU Software of Accounting (4 ECTS)

Prerequisites for participation:
It is recommended to complete VO Accounting and VO Business Law from the introductory phase before or at the start of the Minor.

Mainly offered by the Department of Accounting, Innovation and Strategy

Contact: Veronika Moser

Minor: Operations Research (20 ECTS)

  • KU Linear, Nonlinear and Integer Optimization (4 ECTS)
  • KU Game Theory (4 ECTS)
  • KU Graph Algorithms and Network Flows (4 ECTS)
  • KU Optimization under Uncertainty (4 ECTS)
  • SE Applications of Operations Research (4 ECTS)

Offered by the Department of Statistics and Operations Research

Minor: Organization and Personnel I (20 ECTS)

  • KU Contracts, Coordination and Incentives (4 ECTS)
  • KU Organization Theory I (4 ECTS)
  • KU Personnel Economics I (4 ECTS)
  • SE Seminar in Organization and Personnel (4 ECTS)
  • KU Sociology of Organizations I (4 ECTS)

Prerequisites for participation:
Empfohlen wird die Absolvierung von VO Management I – Organization and Personnel, VO Management II und Entscheidungs- und Spieltheorie aus der Einführungsphase vor oder bei Start des Minors.

We recommend completing VO Management I - Organization and Personnel, VO Management II and Decision and Game Theory from the introductory phase before or at the start of the Minor.

Mainly offered by the Department of Business Decision and Analytics

Minor: Smart Production I (20 ECTS)

  • KU Operations Strategy and Tactical Planning (4 ECTS)
    in case this course was already completed: KU Simulation II (4 ECTS)
  • KU Production Analysis (8 ECTS)
  • KU Simulation I (4 ECTS)
  • KU Logistics and Material Management (4 ECTS)


Important information:

  • The Minor should be started with the course KU Operations Strategy and Tactical Planning as this course forms the basis for the following courses.
  • The course KU Simulation II is only required if the course KU Operations Strategy and Tactical Planning has already been selected for another Major or Minor.

Offered by the Department of Business Decision and Analytics

Contact: Carina Artner-Konecny

Minor: Supply Chain Management I (20 ECTS)

  • KU Operations Strategy and Tactical Planning (4 ECTS)
    in case this course has already been completed: KU LP Modeling II (4 ECTS)
  • KU Supply Chain Management (8 ECTS)
  • KU LP Modeling I (4 ECTS)
  • KU Transportation Logistics (4 ECTS)


Important information:

  • The Minor should be started with the course KU Operations Strategy and Tactical Planning as this course forms the basis for the following courses.
  • The course KU LP Modelling II is only required if the course KU Operations Strategy and Tactical Planning has already been selected for another Major or Minor.

Mainly offered by the Department of Business Decisions and Analytics

Contact:
Carina Artner-Konecny

Minor: Business Informatics (20 ECTS)

  • KU Business Process Management (8 ECTS)
  • KU Knowledge Management (8 ECTS)
  • KU Advanced Topics in Business Informatics (4 ECTS)

Offered by the Research Group Knowledge Engineering and the Institut of Business Decisions and Analytics

Minor: Economical Sociology (20 ECTS)

  • KU Economic Sociology – Basics (4 ECTS)
  • Electives (16 ECTS) from the following options:
    • KU Advanced Economic Sociology (4 ECTS)
    • KU Sociology of Labor Markets (4 ECTS)
    • KU Sociology of Organizations (4 ECTS)
    • KU Industrial Sociology (4 ECTS)
    • KU Further Topics in Economic Sociology (4 ECTS)
    • KU Research Practise (4 ECTS)

Mainly offered by the Department of Economical Sociology

Minor: Controlling I (20 ECTS)

Controlling Ia (8 ECTS):

  • KU Fundamentals in Managerial Accounting (4 ECTS)
  • KU Spreadsheet Accounting (4 ECTS)

Controlling Ib (4 ECTS):

  • Legal Basics (4 ECTS) from the following options:
    • Legal Issues of Corporate Governance (4 ECTS)
    • Personal Liability of Administrative and Supervisory Bodies (2 ECTS)
    • Public Market Authority (2 ECTS)

Controlling Ic (8 ECTS):

  • SE Readings in Management Accounting (4 ECTS)
  • KU Incentive System Design (4 ECTS) or KU Value Based Management (4 ECTS)


Prerequisites for participation:

The modules "Controlling Ia", "Controlling Ib" and "Controlling Ic" can only be completed together. 
The positive completion of the module "Controlling Ia" is a prerequisite for the module "Controlling Ic".

Note:
Students who have already completed KU Spreadsheet Accounting and KU Fundamentals in Managerial Accounting in their bachelor's degree programme must complete all courses from "Controlling Ib" (Legal Basics) as well as the course KU Financial Statement Analysis and Business Evaluation as a substitute. In this case, please contact the office of the Chair of Controlling.

Mainly offered by the Department of Accounting, Innovation and Strategy

Contact: Karin Steinbrecher

Minor: Electronic Business (E-Business) 20 ECTS

  • KU Introduction to Electronic Business (4 ECTS)
  • UE Case Studies of eBusiness and eLogistics (4 ECTS)
  • SE Recent developments in eBusiness (4 ECTS)
  • Electives (8 ECTS) from the following offer:
    • UE Applications of eBusiness and eLogistics (4 ECTS)
    • UE Collaboration and eBusiness (4 ECTS)
    • KU eServices (4 ECTS)
    • KU Service Science (4 ECTS)

Contact: Judith Ladenstein and Martina Roth

Minor: Marketing and International Marketing I (20 ECTS)

  • KU Market Research 1 or International Marketing Research 1 (4 ECTS)
  • KU International Marketing Management 1 (4 ECTS)
  • KU Consumer Behavior (4 ECTS)
  • KU Marketing Communication 1 (4 ECTS)
  • One Elective (4 ECTS) of the following four offers:
    • KU International Marketing Simulation (4 ECTS)
    • KU Shopper Marketing (4 ECTS)
    • UE Staging Marketing A (4 ECTS)
    • UE Staging Marketing B (4 ECTS)

Contact: Judith Ladenstein and Martina Roth

Minor: Public and Non-Profit Management I (20 ECTS)

  • KU Principles of Public Utility Management (Theory) (4 ECTS)
  • KU Principles of Public Utility Management (Applications) (4 ECTS)
  • KU Strategical Management in Health Care (4 ECTS)
  • KU Advanced Quantitative Assessment of Public and Non-Profit Strategies I (4 ECTS)
  • KU Executive Information Systems in Public Management (4 ECTS)

Mainly offered by the Department of Business Decisions and Analytics and the Department of Finance

Contact: Sabine Grahsner

Minor: Strategic Management I (20 ECTS)

  • VO Economic Psychology (4 ECTS)
  • KU Strategic Decision Making (4 ECTS)
  • KU Business Strategy (4 ECTS)
  • UE Empirical Methods I (4 ECTS)
  • UE Experimental Methods I (4 ECTS)

Prerequisites for participation:
It is recommended to complete VO Management I, VO Management II and VO Decision and Game Theory from the introductory phase before or at the start of the Minor.

Mainly offered by the Department of Accounting, Innovation and Strategy

Contact: Sandra Perger

Minor: Economic Law I (20 ECTS)

  • Electives (20 ECTS from the following offer)
    • UK Public Commercial Law (4 ECTS)
    • UK Employment and Social Law (4 ECTS)
    • UK Law of Private Trusts (2 ECTS)
    • UK Law of Corporate Reorganisations and Restructuring (2 ECTS)
    • UK Collective and Association Law (2 ECTS)
    • UK Law of Corporate Groups (2 ECTS)
    • UK Topics in Mergers and Acquisitions I (2 ECTS)
    • UK Topics in Mergers and Acquisitions II (2 ECTS)
    • UK Intellectual Property Rights (4 ECTS)
    • UK Unfair Competition and Antitrust Law (4 ECTS)
    • UK International Private- and European Law (4 ECTS)
    • UK Private Law Enforcement (4 ECTS)
    • UK Insolvency Law (2 ECTS)
    • UK Jurisdiction of Arbitration (2 ECTS)
    • UK Sonderfragen des Insolvenzrechts (2 ECTS)
    • UK Professional Regulations for Tax Consultants and Auditors (2 ECTS)
    • UK Legal Framework of Auditing (2 ECTS)
    • UK Legal Framework of Accounting and Financial Reporting (4 ECTS)
    • UK Legal Issues of Corporate Governance (4 ECTS)
    • UK Legal Issues of Electronic Commerce (4 ECTS)
    • UK Personal Liability of Administrative and Supervisory Bodies (2 ECTS)
    • UK Public Market Authority (2 ECTS)
    • UK Insurance Law (2 ECTS)
    • UK Banking Law (2 ECTS)
    • UK Securities- and Equity Market Law (4 ECTS)
    • UK International Tax Law (4 ECTS)
    • UK International Tax Planning (4 ECTS)
    • UK Taxation of Investments (basics) (4 ECTS)
    • UK Taxation of Investments (advanced) (4 ECTS)
    • UK Introduction to Business Taxation (4 ECTS)
    • UK Business Taxation (advanced) (4 ECTS)
  • In addition, students can choose more in-depth legal courses from the current offer. The eligible courses will be announced in the course catalog.


Important information:
Courses that have already been completed in the Bachelor's programme may not be chosen.

Offered by the Department of Economic Law