Elective Area

Starting in the 4th semester, you can specialize and develop your own unique academic profile. Once you’ve learned the fundamentals of Education for Business and Economics, you’ll have the opportunity to tailor your studies to your own interests

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Elective Area

The elective area comprises a total of 36 ECTS credits and is divided into a corporate orientation and an educational orientation area. You choose one of the two tracks and focus your studies accordingly.

Academic Program Advising

Sarah Marterer & Thomas Keller

Do you have specific questions about your degree program? The academic program advising can help you with that.

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Elective Area Corporate Orientation

Responsible: Prof. Dr. Matthias Uhl

Module	Recommended Semester	Required
Work and Organization in Digital Transformation	4th Semester	Elective
Work Psychology	4th Semester	Elective
Labor Law	4th Semester	Elective
Management of Service Corporations	5th Semester	Elective
Organizational Psychology	5th Semester	Elective
Economy and Ethics	4th/5th Semester	Elective

Seminars	Recommended Semester	Required
Project Seminar: Humboldt Reloaded	4th/3rd Semester	Semi-Elective
Profile Seminar Human Resource Management	5th Semester	Semi-Elective

Note: At least one seminar must be selected.

Elective Area Educational Orientation

Responsible: Prof. Dr. Holger Kahle

Module	Recommended Semester	Required
Financial Accounting - HGB	4th Semester	Semi-Elective*
Concepts and Instruments of Management Accounting	4th Semester	Semi-Elective*
Business Taxation	4th Semester	Semi-Elective*
Corporate Law	4th Semester	Elective
Corporate Taxation and Legal Form	5th Semester	Elective
General Tax Law	4th Semester	Elective
Succession of Companies	4th Semester	Elective
Income Tax Law	5th Semester	Elective
Financial Reporting & Analysis - IFRS	5th Semester	Elective
Cost Management	5th Semester	Elective
Auditing	5th Semester	Elective
Corporate Restructuring	6th Semester	Elective

* At least one semi-elective module must be selected.

Seminars	Recommended Semester	Required
Project Seminar Humboldt Reloaded	4th/3rd Semester	Semi-Elective
Profile Seminare Human Resource Management	5th Semester	Semi-Elective

Note: At least one seminar must be selected.

Responsible: Prof. Dr. Mareike Schoop

Module	Recommended Semester	Required
Applied Artificial Intelligence	4th Semester	Compulsory
Programming and Program Development	5th Semester	Compulsory
Fundamentals of Supply Chain Planning	4th Semester	Elective
Introduction to AI Ethics	4th Semester	Elective
Simulation Game Digital Negotiation	4th Semester	Elective
Introduction to Databases	5th Semester	Elective
Project Management	5th Semester	Elective
Supply Chain Management	5th Semester	Elective

Seminars	Recommended Semester	Required
Project Seminar Humboldt Reloaded	4th/3rd Semester	Semi-Elective
Profile Seminar Information Systems & Supply Chains	5th Semester	Semi-Elective
Project Information Systems	5th Semester	Semi-Elective

Note: At least one seminar must be selected.

Responsible: Prof. Sibylle Lehmann-Hasemeyer, PhD

Module	Recommended Semester	Required
Introduction to Quantitative Economic History	4th Semester	Elective
History	4th Semester	Elective
Introduction to Political Science	5th Semester	Elective
The Industrial Revolution and the Roots of Modern Growth	5th Semester	Elective
Introduction to Econometrics	4th Semester	Elective

Seminars	Recommended Semester	Required
Project Seminar Humboldt Reloaded	4th Semester	Elective
Profile Seminar Germany after 1945	4th Semester	Elective
Profile Seminar History and Ethics of Financialmarkets	5th Semester	Elective
Profile Seminar Empirical Research in Economic History	5th Semester	Elective

Note: At least one seminar must be selected.

Responsible: Prof. Dr. Michael Schramm | Individual Transition in the Winter-Spring Semester 2026/27

Module	Recommended Semester	Required
Basic Module Biblical Theology 1	4th Semester	Compulsory
Religious Education 1	4th Semester	Compulsory
Religious Education 2*	5th Semester	Elective
Project Seminar Humboldt Reloaded 1*	4th Semester	Elective
Essentials of Catholic Theology	5th Semester	Compulsory
Biblical Theology 2	6th Semester	Semi-Elective
Theological Ethics 1	6th Semester	Compulsory

*Note: One of the modules marked with a “Elective” must be selected.

Responsible: University of Tübingen

Module	Recommended Semester	Required
Introduction to Academic Research in Theology	4th/5th Semester
Introduction to Biblical Theology	4th/5th Semester
Introduction to Church History	4th/5th Semester
Introduction to Systematic Theology	4th/5th Semester
Interreligious Theology (course offered jointly with Jewish Theology and/or ZITh)	4th/5th Semester
Economics & Ethics	5th Semester
Practical Theology	4th/5th Semester

Responsible: University of Tübingen

Module	Recommended Semester	Required
Old and New Testament	4th/5th Semester	Semi-Elective*
New and Old Testaments	4th/5th Semester	Semi-Elective*
Economy & Ethics	5th Semester	Compulsory
Religious Education / Teaching Methods in Protestant Theology	4th Semester	Compulsory

*Note: You must select one of the modules marked with “semi-elecitve”.

Responsible: Dr. Yvonne Zimmermann (University of Stuttgart)

Module	Recommended Semester	Required
Introduction to Modern German Literature Studies	3rd/4th Semester	Compulsary
Theories and Methods of Modern German Literature Studies	4th Semester	Compulsary
Literature in a Cultural-Historical Context	4th/5th Semester	Compulsary
Introduction to Linguistics	5th Semester	Compulsary
Grammatical Analysis	6th Semester	Compulsary
Variation and Acquisition Language in Social Context	6th Semester	Compulsary

Responsible: Dr. Heidi Altmann (University of Stuttgart)

Module	Recommended Semester	Required
Fundamentals of Literary Studies and Linguistics	3 Semesters	Compulsory
Language Practice 1 (Teacher Education)	3rd/5th Semester	Compulsory
Textual Studies	4th Semester	Compulsory
Linguistic Levels 1: Morphology or Semantics	4th/6th Semester	Semi-Elective*
Text and Context 1	5th Semester	Compulsory
Linguistic Levels 2: Phonology or Syntax	5th Semester	Semi-Elective*

* Note: For this module, you must select one of the courses marked with “semi-elective”.

Responsible: Associate Professor Jens Wirth (University of Stuttgart)

Module	Recommended Semester	Required
Analysis 1	5th/3rd Semester	Compulsory
Linear Algebra 1	5th/3rd Semester	Compulsory
Calculus 2	6th/4th Semester	Compulsory
Linear Algebra 2	6th/4th Semester	Compulsory

Note: Calculus 2 can only be taken after Calculus 1. Linear Algebra 2 can only be taken after Linear Algebra 1.

Responsible: Dr. Uwe Gomolinsky (University of Stuttgart)

Module	Recommended Semester	Required
Sports 2 – Power and Health	3rd–6th Semesters	Compulsory
Sports 5 + Sports 4 - Theory and Practice of Sport - (Swimming, Track and Field, Didactics in Individual Sports, Field Trip)	3rd–6th Semesters	Compulsory
Sports 6 – Theory and Practice of Sport (Dancing, Gymnastics)	3rd–6th Semesters	Compulsory
Sports 7 – Theory and Practice of Sport (Games)	3rd–6th Semesters	Compulsory
Sports 8 – Humanities-related and Psychological Basics	3rd–6th Semesters	Compulsory

Elective Area

Elective Area

Academic Program Advising

Elective Area Corporate Orientation

Human Resource Management

Responsible: Prof. Dr. Matthias Uhl

Elective Area Educational Orientation

Accounting

Responsible: Prof. Dr. Holger Kahle

Information Systems

Responsible: Prof. Dr. Mareike Schoop

History and Political Science

Responsible: Prof. Sibylle Lehmann-Hasemeyer, PhD

Catholic Theology through the Winter Semester 2026/27

Responsible: Prof. Dr. Michael Schramm | Individual Transition in the Winter-Spring Semester 2026/27

Catholic Theology, beginning in the summer semester of 2027

Responsible: University of Tübingen

Protestant Theology

Responsible: University of Tübingen

German

Responsible: Dr. Yvonne Zimmermann (University of Stuttgart)

English

Responsible: Dr. Heidi Altmann (University of Stuttgart)

Mathematics

Responsible: Associate Professor Jens Wirth (University of Stuttgart)

Sports

Responsible: Dr. Uwe Gomolinsky (University of Stuttgart)