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: 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: 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: 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: Strategic Management I - Option 2: Consulting and Strategy for International Businesses (20 ECTS)

  • KU Business Research Methods – Research Methods (4 ECTS)
  • KU Business Research Methods – Empirical Data Analysis (4 ECTS)
  • KU "9 Levers of Value" - Strategy to Implementation (4 ECTS)
  • KU Strategy development in the area of digital transformation (4 ECTS)
  • KU Data Scienca as strategic success factor (4 ECTS)


Important information:

  • Students have to choose between the two options of "Strategic Management I" and cannot mix courses from the two study tracks.
  • Option II does not cover the guidelines and tasks for writing a Master's thesis with Prof. Reitzig (Strategic Management I).
  • If you are interested in writing a Master's thesis in the area of Option II, please contact the head of the study programme.
  • Option II is exclusively open to students of the Master in International Business Administration.

Mainly offered by the Department of Accounting, Innovation and Strategy

Contact: Carmen Gruber

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: 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: 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