What's new on studying?

Information on the change to the new examination regulations and the presentations of the events in June 2023 can be found here.

You have the opportunity to talk to us about specific topics. We are thinking less in terms of a frontal lecture and more in terms of the opportunity to ask your questions on specific topics after a short input and to get started with the planning of your studies. You are welcome to send us any further topic requests to studienfachberatungspam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de. The events are scheduled for a maximum of 1 hour, depending on the questions that you ask.

We have already talked about topics such as changing your major, applying for a bachelor's degree, and further planning for your studies. Also topics like (career) orientation also early in the studies, the choice of focus areas, the orientation exam and the end of studies have already been covered. Next up are the following topics:

• New examination regulations? - What is it about and is it worth it for me to change? For the winter semester 2023/24, we are planning to change the examination regulations for new students. Students who started their studies at the Department of Business Administration and Economics before this date can change to the new examination regulations during the winter semester 2023/24. There is more information here. However, we also want to discuss these topics with you in three info events:
  • Here, You'll find the presentations of the events.

• Bachelor thesis - What is the assignment procedure for the bachelor thesis? Do I have to write the bachelor thesis at the very end or what are the requirements? How much more can I plan on taking in the semester? Do I have to write in my areas of concentration? What if I change my plans? - Here, You'll find the presentation of the event.

"For certain research and development projects [...], professors may be released from their other duties in whole or in part (studio semester, repertoire semester, research semester or practical semester), leaving their salaries as they are. The proper representation of the subject in teaching as well as the carrying out of examinations must be guaranteed. As a rule, leave of absence can only be granted for one semester and at the earliest four years after the end of the last period of absence."

§ 49 State University Act Baden-Württemberg, Paragraph 6

The following research semesters are planned:

• summer semester 2023: Prof. Dr. Taiga Brahm, Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten, Prof. Dr. Werner Neus, Prof. Dr. Jörg-Markus Hitz
• winter semester 2023/24: Prof. Dr. Gernot Müller
• summer semester 2024: Prof. Dr. Manfred Stadler

Students should check with the relevant professors at an early stage to find out what effects the research semesters have on medium-term teaching planning. This is often announced on the pages of the research units.

Instead of French/Spanish/Italian-German translation, students can now take a course at the Foreign Language Center

The current curriculum in Romanic languages requires students of the B.Sc. International Economics to complete 15 ECTS credits per Romanic language. The exact language study plan can be found on p. 5 et seq. of the module handbook for the extracurricular courses, which can be downloaded here: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/30991#c88779.

According to this, the 15 ECTS credits are divided into two modules: a module on Language Practice I with 6 ECTS credits and a module on Literature and Cultural Studies or on Linguistics with 9 ECTS credits. The module on Language Practice I consists of a basic course, which determines the grade of the module, and an ungraded Romanic language-German translation course. This translation course can now be replaced for Spanish, French or Italian by a course at the Foreign Language Center. To do this, students take a language placement test (C-Test) at the Foreign Language Center and take a language course in their chosen Romanic language that is appropriate for them. This can be, for example, Business Spanish/Business French or, depending on what is offered, Business Italian. Please keep in mind that the grade of the module Language Practice I is determined by the basic course taken at the Romanic Institute. Information about the C-Test at the Foreign Language Center can be found here: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/55482#c1135540.

For further questions please contact the Academic Advising Service: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/129646.

In contrast to what is stated in the module handbook for external courses, it is now possible for Double Degree students to choose language course from the level A1 on and let it count towards their Free Electives. This is possible if the language course is in the language of the respective partner university and the level of the course fits that of the student.

With the change to the new examination regulations, B180 Book-keeping becomes B180 Financial Accounting. In the winter semester 2023/24, B180 Financial Accounting will be offered for the first time. The module is mutually recognized (i.e. for the examination regulations 2018 it is also possible to take Financial Accounting and for the examination regulations 2023 also Book-keeping is recognized).

With the change to the new examination regulations, B250 Financial Accounting becomes B250 Financial Accounting and Taxation and changes to the winter semester. B250 Financial Accounting will be offered for the last time in the summer semester 2024. B250 Financial Accounting and Taxation will be offered for the first time in the winter semester 2024/25. The module is mutually recognized (i.e. for the examination regulations 2018 it is also possible to take Financial Accounting and Taxation and for the examination regulations 2023 Financial Accounting is also recognized).

In the course of the changeover to the new examination regulations, container modules will be offered in the Banking & Finance  area of advanced undergraduate studies in the future. Students can fill each of these container modules with a course. In the winter semester 2023/24, there will be the following offering:

• B310 Financial Markets and Institutions (new with 6 ECTS credits).
• B360 Bank and Risk Management (6 ECTS credits)
• B300 Capital Market Products (6 ECTS credits)

In the course of the changeover to the new examination regulations, container modules will be offered in the Banking & Finance  area of advanced undergraduate studies in the future. Students can fill each of the above mentioned container modules with a course. In the winter semester 2023/24, there will be the following offering:

• B314 Accounting for Financial Instruments I

B313 Topics in Microfinance is no longer offered.

Please note that you can only complete the three modules B321-B323 Aspects of Marketing Management, so you can only choose a maximum of three courses from this offer.

In the winter semester 2023/24 you can choose International Marketing.

In the summer semester 2023 you can choose between the following courses:

• B321B Brand Management, Prof. Schnittka
• B321D Recent Developments in Pricing, Dr. Künnen
• B321E Applied Marketing Modells, Prof. Keller
• B321J Consumer Behavior, Prof. Mayer

Contrary to the information in the module handbook, module B353 International Taxation will not be offered in summer semester 2021.

Unlike stated in the module manual, the module B354 Empirical Research in International Business Taxation will not be offered in the winter semester 2023/24.

Unfortunately, B360 Organizational Behavior will not be offered in the 2023 summer semester.

In addition to the information in the module handbook, Prof. Dr. Monika Gehde-Trapp will offer B364 Institutional Investors in the summer semester 2023. The module with 9 ECTS credits is recommended from the fifth semester of the B.Sc. degree programs (areas of advanced undergraduate studies Banking & Finance or Elective Studies). It is also an option in the elective area of the minor in Business Administration and in the Economics Elective Module I (L401) of the M.Ed. Economics.The module can still be taken if B310 Financial Markets and Institutions has already been taken.

In the summer semester of 2023, B381 Corporate Accounting will be offered instead of B380 International Accounting. Possibly, a teaching assignment on Advanced accounting will be added. This has not yet been decided. B383 Case Studies in International Accounting will no longer be offered.

Information about the offer in the winter semester 2022/23, can be found here: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/19757. B381 Advanced Accounting and B383 Case Studies on International Accounting will not be offered in the winter semester 2022/23.

The teaching offer in the summer semester 2022 will again be set up with a chair substitution or teaching assignments.

• B380 International Accounting (6 ECTS, lecturer Prof. Christoph Sextroh)

In the winter semester 2021/22 there will be various exciting offers in the field of International Accounting and Auditing. Lectureships have been being awarded for the following Bachelor courses:

• Accounting Regulation and Standard Setting (6 ECTS, lecturer Sebastian Hoffmann - University of Edinburgh)
• Behavioural Accounting (6 ECTS, lecturer Andreas Hellmann - University of Sydney)

B381 Advanced Accounting (Prof. Hecker/winter semester) and B383 Case Studies on International Accounting (Prof. Hecker/winter semester) will no longer be offered in this form.

In summer semester 2024, Prof. Hitz will offer the following modules:

• Corporate Reporting (6 ECTS-Credits)
• Group Accounting (6 ECTS credits)

In the container module B383 Current Topics in Financial Accounting and Financial Analysis, the following offering will be available for selection in the winter semester 2023/24:

• B314 Accounting for Financial Instruments I

As part of the module B391 Intercultural Management and Ethics, students can choose from the following offerings of the Global Ethics Institute (WEIT) in the winter semester:

• Financial Market and Ethics
• All lies? Ways to a value-oriented brand communication (practical seminar)
• Case Study Seminar "Practical Cases of Ethical Corporate Governance": Opportunities, Risks, Challenges and Dilemmas
• Transformational Governance: Project Course in Sustainable Organizational and Democratic Development

Please note that you can only fill the module once with one event. I.e., in the focus area Elective Studies only one event of the WEIT (1x 6 ECTS credits) can be added. In the focus area Elective Studies and in the module Professional Skills you can add as many courses of the WEIT as you like.

As part of the new module B395 Innovative Topics in International Business, Prof. Dr. Jörg Büechl will offer the course Leadership and Business Negotiation Across Cultures online in the summer semester 2023. The module B395 is creditable in the area of advanced undergraduate studies International Business as well as in Elective Studies.

Unfortunately, there will be no offer here in the winter semester 2023/24.

The module B396 Management Simulation Going Global will not be offered with 6 ECTS points in the near future. However, the simulation will be offered in the summer semester 2023 titled "Unternehmenssimulation Mastering Global Expansions" for 3 ECTS points. It can then be credited together with a 3 ECTS points course of the Global Ethic Institute in Module B391 Intercultural Management and Ethics. Please note that Module B391 can only be taken once.

In the winter semester 2023/24 and in the summer semester 2024 the school will again offer numerous bachelor thesis seminars. Further information on the allocation procedure and the offers can be found here.

As part of the new focus area Data Science, the module DS321 Data Science in Practice is offered. Here, various offerings can be recognized to the extent of 6 ECTS credits. Gradually, a "white list" is to be created. Courses could include offerings from the ZDV, the Dr. Eberle Center for Digital Literacy, and the Department of Computer Science (subject to availability). Please contact us via studienfachberatungspam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de if you have identified an offer, we will then clarify if it can be credited here and give you feedback. The module will not be graded.

Due to the change to the new examination regulations, E130 Macroeconomics I will in future always be offered in the summer semester. Therefore, the module will not take place in the winter semester 2023/24!

In the course of the changeover to the new examination regulations, E170 Microeconomics I will be offered for the last time with 9 ECTS credits in the summer semester 2023. From summer semester 2024 onwards, the module will comprise 6 ECTS credits. Those who remain in the examination regulations 2018 and have not yet taken the module after the summer semester 2023 will take the new module with 6 ECTS credits and make 3 ECTS credits more in the areas of advanced undergraduate studies (Schwerpunktbereiche).

E210 Public Economics will be changed to English in the course of the new examination regulations and will be called Microeconomics II from winter semester 2023/24. Those who remain in the examination regulations 2018 and have not yet taken the module can do the new version without any problems. It will be recognized.

As part of the changeover to the new examination regulations, E311 Corporate Tax Policy in an International Setting will be offered in the winter semester 2023/24. The module is creditable in the focus areas Economic Policy, International Economics, Financial Accounting & Business Taxation and Elective Studies (Examination Regulations 2023). For the examination regulations 2018 the module is creditable in the focus area Applied Economics, International Economics, as well as Elective Studies.

Contrary to what is indicated in the Module Handbook, E311 Social Policy will no longer be offered until further notice.

In the course of the changeover to the new examination regulations, container modules will be offered in the focus area Economic Policy in the future. Students can fill each of the container modules E313-E315 Topics in Economic Policy I-III with one course. In the winter semester 2023/24, there will be the following offerings:

• E31x Economics of Business Taxation (6 ECTS credits).
• E380B History of Economic Thought (6 ECTS credits)

In the course of the changeover to the new examination regulations, E323 Firms in the Global Economy (6 ECTS credits) will be offered in the winter semester 2023/24. The module is creditable in the new focus areas Firms & Markets, International Economics, International Business as well as in Elective Studies (Examination Regulations 2023). In the examination regulations 2018 the module is creditable in the focus area International Economics, International Business as well as in Elective Studies.

Contrary to what is stated in the Module Handbook, E323 Globalization and Wages will not be offered in the summer semester of 2023. Instead, E340 Development Economics and Migration will be offered.

In the course of the changeover to the new examination regulations, container modules will be offered in the new focus area Firms & Markets in the future. Students can fill each of these container modules with a course. In the winter semester 2023/24, the module E325 Topics in Firms and Markets I offers the following:

• E350 Innovation and Technological Change (6 ECTS credits).

Contrary to what is stated in the module handbook, E330 International Money and Finance is offered with 9 ECTS credits instead of 6.

In addition to the announcements in the module handbook, the module E331 Imperfect Labor Markets (6 ECTS credits) by Prof. Dr. Christian Manger will be offered in the summer semester 2023. The module will be creditable as follows: from the fourth semester of the B.Sc. degree programs (area of advanced undergraduate studies Applied Economics or Elective Studies); elective option in the elective area of the minor subject economics; Option in the Economics Elective Module II (L402) of the M.Ed. Economics.

The module can be taken additionally to E31y Labour Economics offered in the winter semester 2021/22, which on the other hand is not a prerequisite for E331.

In addition to the announcements in the module handbook, Prof. Dr. Christian Manger will offer the module E333 Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies - A Hands-On Lecture (6 ECTS credits) in the summer semester 2023. The module will be creditable in the  areas of advanced undergraduate studies Applied Economics and Elective Studies.

In addition to the information in the module handbook, Prof. Dr. Christian Manger will offer the seminar E334 Topics in Crypto (6 ECTS credits) in the summer semester 2023. The module will be creditable in the areas of advanced undergraduate studies Applied Economics and Elective Studies.

Additional to the information in the module handbook, E343 Environmental Economics (6 ECTS credits) will be offered in the summer semester 2023 by Sean Fahle, PhD. It is suitable for students from the forth semester onwards in the Areas of Advanced undergraduate studies Applied Economics and Elective Studies.

Contrary to what is stated in the module manual, the module E350 Innovation and Technological Change will not be offered in the summer semester 2023. IInstead, the module is now generally offered in the winter semester.

In the course of the changeover to the new examination regulations, a container module will be offered in the new focus area Economic History & Development Economics in the future. Students can fill the container module with one course. In the winter semester 2023/24, there is the following offering in the module E366 Aspects of Economic History and Development Economics:

• E380B History of Economic Thought (6 ECTS credits).

In the course of the changeover to the new examination regulations, container modules will be offered in the newly tailored focus area of International Economics in the future. Students can fill the container modules with one course each. In the winter semester 2023/24, there are the following offerings in the modules E370, E374-E375 Topics in International Economics I-III:

• E320 Firms in the Global Economy (6 ECTS credits).

In the module handbook, 6 ECTS credits are allocated for E371 Theory and Policy of International Trade. From the summer semester 2021, the module will be extended and students can therefore obtain 9 ECTS credits. The module is now called E371 Theory, Policy, and Empirics of International Trade.

Contrary to the information in the module handbook, the module E373 Geographical Economics will not be offered in the winter semester 2022/23 nor in the winter semester 2023/24.

Within the module E380 Selected Aspects of Economics and Business Administration the following courses will be offered in the winter semester 2023/24:

• E380B History of Economic Thought, Prof. Goldschmidt

In the summer semester of 2023, students can choose the following courses:

•  Social Market Economy, Prof. Goldschmidt
•  Be ready for your thesis in Public Economics, Dr. Tulli
• Topics in Crypto, Dr. Manger

Please note that you can only fill module E380 once.

In the examination regulations 2023 there is a new module E381 Practical Aspects of Economics and Business Administration.

§4 (6) Examination Regulations EcoBA/ §4 (5) IBA/ § 4(5) IEco normal/ § 5 (6) IEco DD/ § 6(6) IEco TD: "As part of the degree program, students shall complete a practical activity (internship) in the area of Elective Studies that serves the qualification objectives of the degree program, amounting to 6 CP outside university teaching formats; the CP are acquired in the module E381 Practical Aspects of Economics and Business Administration. Instead of the module E381, other modules can be from the Elective Studies area may be chosen."

The internship must comprise at least six weeks, be done in an area relevant to economics/Business administration. The module is ungraded; course credit is an internship report.

Content: [...] The goal of the internship is to get to know the changing requirements of the profession by working in a company or an organization/institution and to gain a deeper
and to gain a deeper insight into the professional world and internal company processes. [..]

Qualification goals: transfer economic and social science knowledge to business practice, explain and apply basic economic methods and ways of thinking, assess specialized scientific knowledge against the background of practical experience, develop solutions to practically relevant problems and critically examine the experience.

To have an internship recognized, please contact the academic advisory service. Please send your transcript, van internship report (max. 2 pages about the contents of your internship as well as the role of the company in the economy) as well as a copy of the mail with which you have requested the change to the new examination regulations.

The module L101 Methodological Introductory Course (Module 2 in B.Ed. Economics) will be covered in the future by the module S100 Mathematical Methods in Economics and Business Administration. For more information, please contact the academic advisory service.

L102 Economics Education will be offered entirely in the summer term in the future.

Contrary to the announcement in the module handbook, the dialogue seminar (Q716 Topics in Economics) will be offered in the summer semester 2022.

S220 Quantitative Methods in Economics and Business Administration will be offered in German for the last time in winter semester 2023/24. In the course of the changeover to the new examination regulations, the module will be changed to English as of winter semester 2024/25.

Contrary to the announcements in the module handbook, S310 Financial Market Microstructure will not be offered anymore.

Contrary to the announcement in the module handbook, S311 Econometrics Lab will not be offered anymore.

S313 Computational Econometrics with Excel and R will not be offered anymore.

In the course of the changeover to the new examination regulations, a container module will be offered in the new focus area Data Science in the future. Students can fill the container module with a course. In the winter semester 2023/24, the module S317 Topics in Data Science includes the following offering:

• Machine Learning for Economists (6 ECTS credits).

Contrary to the information in the module manual, the module S326 Empirical Analysis and Panel Data will not be offered in the summer semester 2023.

The module handbook for the academic year 2023/24 has been published and can be downloaded here. It lists the crediting options for the new examination regulations 2023. For students who remain in the old examination regulations, the crediting options generally follow the module handbook version 2021/22. This version is also still available for download. If new crediting options have been added in the 2023/24 version compared to 2021/22, students in the old examination regulations can also use these new options.

As opposed to the list on p. 32 of the Module handbook, there are new - much broader - module options for students of the Track Economics in the double degree M.Sc. European Economics with Aix-Marseille University, depending on the course of studies you intend to pursue at AMU. Please contact the Academic Advisory Service for more information.

In addition to the options stated on P.29 of the Module Handbook for external courses, the courses "Chinesisch Elementar I, II and III" from the program "Chinese language courses for non-Chinese-Studies-students" at the Department of Chinese Studies may also be credited in the Free Elective Studies in our Master programs.

Since Professor Yang will not be teaching at the University of Tübingen in the winter semester at short notice, B460 Leadership, Strategic HRM & Organisation and B461 Empirical Studies in Leadership, Strategic HRM & Organisation unfortunately have to be cancelled without substitution. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have problems arranging your schedule for the upcoming semester, please contact masterspam prevention@wiwi.uni-tuebingen.de, we will be happy to advise you.

Within the moduls CM5_0X Advanced Topics in... you will find the following seminars scheduled for the winter semester 2023/24:

• B510 Bankwirtschaftliches Hauptseminar, Prof. Dr. Werner Neus
• B530 Master Seminar in Managerial Accounting - Recent Topics in Empirical Accounting Research, Prof. Dr. Patrick Kampkötter
• B550 Master Seminar in International Business Taxation, Prof. Dr. Martin Ruf
• B560 Topics in Asset Management, Prof. Dr. Monika Gehde-Trapp
• B580 Master-Seminar in Financial Accounting, Prof. Dr. Jörg-Markus Hitz
• B590 Masterseminar in International Business, Prof. Dr. Markus Pudelko
• E510 Master Seminar on Organization and Behavior of Firms, Prof. Dr. Georg Wamser
• E540 Master Seminar on Globalization and International Mobility, Prof. Dr. Frank Stähler
• E550 Topics in Applied Economic Theory, Prof. Dr. Manfred Stadler
• E561 Topics in Development Economics, Prof. Dr. Valeria Merlo
• E580 Topics in International Economic History I: Historical Financial Research, Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten
• E581 Topics in International Economic History II: Quantitative Economic History , Prof. Dr. Jörg Baten
• E582 Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics - Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Prof. Dr. Ralph Lütticke, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Willi Mutschler
• S510/S520 Master Seminar on Econometrics, Prof. Dr. Martin Biewen, Prof. Dr. Joachim Grammig

Within the modules DS402-DS406 Data Science Techniques 2-6, the following offerings will be available in the winter semester 2023/24:

•     Machine Learning Applications in Business and Economics, Prof. Dr. Stefan Mayer, Aseem Behl, PhD.
•     Practical Deep Learning for Language Processing, Aseem Behl, PhD
•     Causal Machine Learning, Prof. Dr. Michael Knaus

The courses are creditable in modules DS402-DS406 Data Science Techniques 2-6 in the specialization studies focus Data Science Techniques as well as in the elective areas of the other M.Sc. programs. Please note that you can only fill modules DS402-DS406 once each, i.e. you can choose a maximum of five courses.

Sean Fahle, PhD will again be offering his course on Health Economics in the winter semester 2023/24 worth 6 ECTS credits.