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Bachelor of Arts in Business and Economics

Major in Business

The Major in Business allows students to receive a label on their diploma indicating a specialization in business-related topics. The significance of having a major in the job market is ambiguous, and students should not overestimate its importance. A major can facilitate entry into the job market but may also limit mobility.

Grundstudium (Foundation Studies)

Ideally, students begin their studies in the fall semester. In full-time studies, students take 30 credit points per semester. Depending on their personal situation, it may be sensible to take fewer or more credit points.

All courses in the foundation studies are compulsory and must be completed at the University of Basel. Students have passed the foundation studies if they have earned all 60 credit points from the specified courses.

1. Semester: Herbstsemester (Fall Semester)

• Lehrveranstaltung (Course) | KP (Credit Points)
  • 10125 Grundlagen der Betriebswirtschaftslehre (Principles of Business Administration) | 6
  • 10130 Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre (Principles of Economics) | 6
  • 10126 Einführung in Buchführung und Rechnungslegung (Introduction to Accounting) | 6
  • 23347 Einführung in die Spieltheorie und Experimental Economics (Introduction to Game Theory and Experimental Economics) | 6
  • 23346 Statistik (Statistics) | 6

2. Semester: Frühjahrsemester (Spring Semester)

• Lehrveranstaltung (Course) | KP (Credit Points)
  • 10127 Einführung in die Investitions- und Unternehmensbewertung (Introduction to Investment and Corporate Valuation) | 6
  • 23520 Einführung in Organisation und Human Resource Management (Introduction to Organization and Human Resource Management) | 3
  • 23517 Introduction to Marketing | 3
  • 23516 Einführung in die Finanzmärkte (Introduction to Financial Markets) | 6
  • 23518 Einführung die Politische Ökonomie (Introduction to Political Economy) | 3
  • 10135 Mathematik 1 (Mathematics 1) | 6
  • 23522 Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten I: Grundlagen (Scientific Working I: Basics) | 3
  • 62702 Informations-, Daten- und Medienkompetenz in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Information, Data, and Media Competence in Economics) | 3

Aufbaustudium (Advanced Studies): 3. bis 6. Semester

In full-time studies, students complete the advanced studies within two years. The start can be in either the fall or spring semester, with the fall semester being ideal. Due to the relatively flexible structure, the studies can also be completed part-time, although this will extend the study duration.

Pflichtveranstaltungen (Compulsory Courses)

• Modul Aufbau Wirtschaftswissenschaften (WiWi) (Module Advanced Economics)
  • 10134 Intermediate Microeconomics | 6
  • 10184 Intermediate Macroeconomics | 6
• Modul Aufbau Methoden (Module Advanced Methods)
  • 10136 Mathematik 2 (Mathematics 2) | 6
  • 10172 Einführung in die Ökonometrie (Introduction to Econometrics) | 6
• Transfer Skills
  • 23522 Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten I: Grundlagen (Scientific Working I: Basics) | 3
  • 65935 Seminar: Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten II: Verfassen und Präsentieren einer Seminararbeit (Seminar: Scientific Working II: Writing and Presenting a Seminar Paper) | 6

Wahlpflichtveranstaltungen (Elective Courses)

• The modules include important areas of business and economics that are not or only briefly covered in the foundation studies.
• Modul Aufbau Business (Module Advanced Business)
• Modul Aufbau Economics (Module Advanced Economics)
• Innerfakultärer Wahlbereich (Internal Elective Area)
  • Further courses offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics.
• Ausserfakultärer Wahlbereich (External Elective Area)
  • Courses from other faculties of the University of Basel and language courses from the university's language center.

Bachelorarbeit (Bachelor's Thesis)

• The bachelor's thesis is a self-contained, larger written work presented to a professionally interested audience, followed by a question-and-answer session.
• It can be written in a thematically designated seminar, preferably in the last year of the bachelor's program.
• Requirements for admission to the bachelor's seminars include completing the foundation studies, earning 18 credit points from the compulsory courses of the advanced studies, and completing the 6 credit points from the seminar in the Transfer Skills module.

Minor-Angebot (Minor Offerings)

• Students have the opportunity to earn one or more minors in a thematically clearly defined area.
• Minor offerings are usually interdisciplinary and include external courses.

Praktikum (Internship)

• Completing an internship is not obligatory but can be beneficial for entering the professional world.
• A maximum of 6 credit points can be earned through internships, which are credited to the Transfer Skills module.

Tutorielle Tätigkeit (Tutoring Activity)

• Credit points can be earned for tutoring activities within the framework of a course at the Faculty of Business and Economics.
• These credit points are also credited to the Transfer Skills module.

Stundenpläne und Lehrplan (Schedules and Curriculum)

• Detailed schedules and curriculum plans are available for the foundation and advanced studies.
• The current curriculum and schedules can be found on the faculty's website.

Nach dem Bachelorstudium (After the Bachelor's Program)

• After completing the bachelor's program, students have the opportunity to continue their studies at the master's level.
• This can be done in a consecutive master's program, in one of the specialized study programs (Business and Technology, Economics and Public Policy, Finance and Money, International and Monetary Economics), or in an interdisciplinary master's program.