Program Overview

Program Overview

The Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences offers a Bachelor's degree program in Economics, which focuses on analyzing and answering economic questions. Students in this program acquire a sound understanding of economic relationships and develop skills to successfully analyze and develop economic and societal processes.

Facts & Formalities

• Degree: Bachelor of Science
• Type of programme: Undergraduate
• Start of programme: Winter semester only
• Standard period of study: 6 semesters
• Language(s) of instruction: German
• Fees and contributions: 161.10 € / Semester
• Application procedure: Subjects with local admission restriction
• Application deadlines: Information about deadlines can be obtained after putting together a degree program
• Teaching degree option: Yes

Course Content

The degree program in economics conveys a sound understanding of economic relationships based on modern methods and concepts. The core areas of economics include compulsory modules in microeconomics, macroeconomics, public finance, mathematics, and statistics, as well as specialization options through elective modules. The 50%-option of the B.Sc in economics focuses on acquiring economic core competencies, and the combination with a further major subject at 50% opens up numerous academic and professional options for graduates.

Course Structure

The polyvalent Bachelor's degree offers two qualification options: academic training for the Master of Education in the Lehramt Gymnasium profile or the basis for a Master of Arts or Master of Science. The Bachelor's degree program in economics as a major subject at 50% can be studied as a pure subject option or as a teaching degree option. The pure subject option requires at least 74 ECTS in economics, including mathematics, statistics, and econometrics. The teaching degree option replaces vocational skills and interdisciplinary skills modules with credits gained in education studies, specialized didactics, and practical experience.

Additional Degrees

• Bachelor 25%
• Bachelor 100%
• Master, consecutive
• Master of Education (M.Ed.)