"This site requires JavaScript to work correctly"

Subject Overview: Bachelor of Applied Economics

30.4.2013 |

Overview of courses (from studies and examination regulations WS 11/12), SWS (hours per week) and ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) for a Bachelor Degree in Applied Economics.


Course subjects:


1st Semester SWS ECTS
Microeconomics 2 5
Marcoeconomics 2
Mathematics 1 2 6
Statistics 1 2
EDP 1 1
Business Administration and Accounting 4 5
Principles of Ethics 2 5
Theories of Justice 2
Public Law 2 5
Economic History 2
Principles of Economic Policy 2
Regulatory Policy 2 5
2nd Semester SWS ECTS
Principles of Public Economics 2 5
National accounts and Financial Statistics 2
Financing 2 5
Investment 2
International Economics 2 5
Economics of Developing Countries and Foreign Trade Policy 2
Behavioural Economics 2 5
Industrial Economics 2
Mathematics 2 2 6
Statistics 2 2
EDP 2 1
English / French / Spanish 4 4
3rd Semester SWS ECTS
Focus Governance (obligatory)
Game Theory 2 5
Econometrics 2
Public Revenues 2 5
Fiscal Federalism 2
Focus Financial Markets (elective subject)
Financial Industry, Risk Management and Insurance 4 5
Principles of Business Cycles and Growth Policy 2 5
Economic Forecasting 2
Focus Globalisation (elective subject)
International Economic Policy 2 5
International Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations 2
Economics of Developing Countries 4 5
Focus Environment (elective subject)
Environmental Economics and Environmental Policy 4 5
Megatrends in Economy and Society 4 5
Focus Health Care (elective subject)
Health Economics 4 5
Gerontology and Demographic Change 4 5
4th Semester SWS ECTS
Focus Governance (obligatory)
Labour Market Policies 2 5
Social Policy 2
Regional Economics 2 5
Educational Economics 2
Focus Financial Markets (elective subject)
Corporate Finance and Financial Products 4 5
International Accounting 4 5
Focus Globalisation (elective subject)
Monetary Economics and Currency Theories 4 5
International Taxation and Tax Competition 4 5
Focus Environment (elective subject)
Sustainability and Energy Efficency 4 5
Resource Economics 2 5
Energy Politics 2
Focus Health Care (elective subject)
Cross-Border-Healthcare and Medical Tourism 4 5
Healthcare Regions and Health Services Research 4 5
5th Semester SWS ECTS
International Semester - study abroad (Economic courses 15 ECTS + Other courses 15 ECTS) 30
6th Semester SWS ECTS
Practical Semester (Internship 18 weeks and support lessons) 4 30
7th Semester SWS ECTS
Subsidies 2 5
Methods of empirical project evaluation 2
Empirical Research Project 4 7
Case studies in current economic policy 4 5
Bachelor Thesis 12