StudiesServiceCenter of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics

Recommended Study Path for Master's Programmes

Applied Economics

MODUL	ECTS
Pflichtmodul: Introductory Phase A	12
Pflichtmodule B, C, D	18

MODULE	ECTS
Specialisation: module group E.1 or E.2	20
Free elective subjects: module group F	12

MODULE	ECTS
Specialisation: module group E.1 or E.2	20
Free elective subjects: module group F	12

MODULE	ECTS
Compulsory module: Master's Thesis Seminar	4
Master's thesis	20
Master's exam	2

Banking and Finance

MODULE BZW. LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN	ECTS	SST.
Introductory Module	8	4
KU Introductory Econometrics	8	4
1 von 3: KU Asset Pricing 1 / KU Corporate Finance 1 / KU Financial Intermediation 1	4	2
VO Decision and Game Theory	4	2
KU Decision and Game Theory II	4	2
KU Incentive Contracts	4	2

MODULES OR COURSES	ECTS	HOURS/WEEK
UK Money and Banking	4	2
2 of 3: KU Asset Pricing 1 / KU Corporate Finance 1 / KU Financial Intermediation 1	8	4
Compulsory subjects of compulsory elective module B.1.b (without seminar)	12	6
Elective subjects	4	2

MODULES OR COURSES	ECTS	HOURS/WEEK
Seminar	4	2
Elective subjects	28	14

MODULES OR COURSES	ECTS	HOURS/WEEK
Elective subjects	4	2
Master's thesis module + master's thesis + defensio	24	1

Business Administration

MODUL	LEHRVERANSTALTUNG	ECTS
Grundlagenmodule	Pflichtmodule	14
Aufbaumodule	Wahlmodule	16

MODULE	COURSE	ECTS
Specialisation module	from the chosen specialisation modules	30

MODULE	COURSE	ECTS
Specialisation module	from the chosen specialisation modules	30

MODULE	COURSE	ECTS
Master's thesis seminar	Master's thesis seminar	6
Master's thesis	Master's thesis	20
Master's exam	Defensio	4

Business Analytics

MODULE BZW. LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN	ECTS	SST.
Programming for Business Analytics / Foundations of Business Decision Making	8	4
Business Administration Minor	8	4
Advanced Business Analytics	6	3
Doing Data Science	6	4

MODULE BZW. LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN	ECTS	SST.
Advanced Operations Research	8	4
Modelling and Handling of Large Databases	6	4
Business Administration Minor	12	6
Data Ethics and Legal Issues	6	4

MODULE BZW. LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN	ECTS	SST.
Data Science Electives	12	–
Research Seminar	4	3
Business Analytics Elective	4	–
Data Science Project	12	8

MODULE BZW. LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN	ECTS	SST.
Master's Thesis Seminar	2	1
Master's Thesis	24	–
Public Defence	2	–

International Business Administration

MODUL	LEHRVERANSTALTUNG	ECTS
Grundlagenmodule	Pflichtmodule	18
Aufbaumodule	Wahlmodule	12

MODULE	COURSE	ECTS
Specialisation module	from the chosen specialisation modules	30

MODULE	COURSE	ECTS
Specialisation module	from the chosen specialisation modules	30

MODULE	COURSE	ECTS
Master's thesis seminar	Master's thesis seminar	6
Master's thesis	Master's thesis	20
Master's exam	Defensio	4

Research in Economics and Finance

MODUL	ECTS
Individual Decisions and Markets	12
Growth, Business Cycles and Unemployment	8
Introductory Econometrics	10

MODULE	ECTS
Game Theory and Strategic Uncertainty	8
Econometrics II	10
B.1.1 (8 ECTS) and 4 ECTS from B.1.3, or B.2.1	12

MODULE	ECTS
Master's thesis colloquium	4
16 ECTS from B.1.2 and 8 ECTS from B.1.3, or 24 ECTS from B.2.2	24

MODULE	ECTS
4 ECTS from B.1.2, or 4 ECTS from B.2.2	4
B.1.4 or B.2.3	4
Master's thesis	22
Master's exam	2

Statistics and Data Analytics

MODULE	COURSE	ECTS
F1	KU Probability Theory 1	7
F2	KU Mathematical Statistics and Information Theory	6
F3	KU Stochastic Processes 1	5
W1–W16	Courses from the elective modules	15

MODULE	COURSE	ECTS
F1	KU Probability Theory 2	7
F2	KU Asymptotic Statistics	6
F2	KU High-Dimensional Statistics	5
F3	KU Stochastic Processes 2	4
F3	KU Stochastic Models	4
W1–W16	Course(s) from the elective modules	5

MODULE	COURSE	ECTS
W1–W16	Courses from the elective modules	30

MODULE	COURSE	ECTS
F4	SE Master's seminar	3
F4	Master's thesis	20
F4	Master's exam	3