Faculty of Economics and Business Studies
Accounting
Course Description
Die Veranstaltung besteht aus zwei Teilen. Im ersten Teil werden die Grundlagen der Buchführung und der externen Finanzberichterstattung vermittelt. Im zweiten Teil werden darauf aufbauend die Grundlagen der Kostenrechnung besprochen. Insbesondere werden betriebswirtschaftliche Begriffsabgrenzungen, Kostenarten-/Kostenstellen/-Kostenträgerrechnung, Voll- und Teilkostenrechnung sowie die Einführung in die Anwendung weiterer Kostenrechnungsinstrumente erläutert.
Faculty
Economics and Business Studies
Department
Department of Financial Accounting
Institute for Managerial Accounting
Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Ewelt-Knauer; Prof. Dr. Arnt Wöhrmann
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
12/10/2026 - 12/02/2027
Mode and Time
Asynchronous (Recorded)
Class Format
Lecture and Tutorials
Online Tool for Teaching
Stud.IP, ILIAS, YouTube
Language of Instruction
Deutsch (German)
Target Group
Bachelor
Open to students of the following field: Economics and Business Studies
Prerequisites
German
Examination Format
Take-Home-Exam
ECTS
6 ECTS
Competition Policy and Strategy
Course Description
The goal of the course is to develop the basic concepts of Competition Policy and Industrial Organization. The students will learn how firms can compete in markets and how to evaluate market results. Based on this understanding, the participants will learn how to analyze horizontal and vertical mergers, agreements between firms (tacit and explicit collusion as well as horizontal and vertical agreements) and how firms may abuse a dominant market position. In doing so, several key concepts will be highlighted, such as market definition, contestability, network effects and foreclosure. The students will learn how to analyze these aforementioned topics from a technical perspective and how they are evaluated in a competition policy perspective.
Faculty
Economics and Business Studies
Department
Chair for Industrial Organization, Regulation and Antitrust
Lecturer
Lukas Schöffel
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
12/10/2026 - 12/02/2027
Mode and Time
Synchronous, hybrid
Thursdays, 2-6 pm
Class Format
Lecture and exercise class (both online)
Online Tool for Teaching
BigBlueButton, ILIAS
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Bachelor
Open to students of the following field: Economics and Business Administration
Prerequisites
English B2
Knowledge in Introductory Microeconomics
Examination Format
Online Exam
ECTS
6 ECTS
Einführung in die Mikroökonomie
Course Description
Die Veranstaltung bietet eine Einführung in die mikroökonomischen Bereiche der Volkswirtschaftslehre. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Funktionsweise von Märkten und die Frage, welche Ergebnisse das Zusammenwirken von Haushalten, Unternehmen und Staat unter verschiedenen Umständen produziert.
Modulinhalte:
• Grundlagen und Praxis der Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Ökonomische Methoden und ökonomische Fragen
• Optimierung
• Nachfrage, Angebot und Gleichgewicht
• Konsumenten und Anreize (Das Käuferproblem, Nutzenfunktion, Einkommens- und Substitutionseffekt, Konsumentenrente und Elastizitäten)
• Verkäufer und Anreize (Produktionsfunktion und Kosten, Gewinnmaximierung und Angebotsfunktion, Marktein- und -austritt sowie langfristige Industrieangebotsfunktion)
• Vollkommener Wettbewerb und die unsichtbare Hand
• Internationaler Handel
• Externalitäten und öffentliche Güter
• Staatseingriffe: Besteuerung und Regulierung
• Märkte für Produktionsfaktoren
• Monopol
• Spieltheorie und strategische Interaktionen
• Oligopol und monopolistischer Wettbewerb
• The Economics of Information
• Auktionen und bilaterale Verhandlungen
• Sozialökonomie
Faculty
Economics and Business Studies
Department
Department of Industrial Organization, Regulation and Antitrust
Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Georg Götz
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
12/10/2026 - 12/02/2027
Mode and Time
Synchronous
Start date: 12/10/2025
Weekly: Mondays, 12 - 2 p.m (lecture)
Tutorial dates (from 12/10/2026 to 12/02/2027):
Tuesdays, 8:00 a.m - 10:00 a.m
Tuesdays, 12:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m
Wednesdays, 2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m
Asynchronous (recorded Youtube Videos)
Class Format
Lectures and Tutorials
Online Tool for Teaching
BigBlueButton, ILIAS, Youtube recordings
Language of Instruction
German
Target Group
Bachelor
Open to students of the following field: Economics and Business Administration
Prerequisites
German
Examination Format
Exam and online assignments
ECTS
6
Empirical economic research and econometrics
Course Description
The course (lecture with exercises) introduces the basics of empirical economic research and econometric analysis. The presented approaches and methods will be explained by means of examples. The students should get to know the methods, critically evaluate them and be able to apply them themselves to suitable questions. For this purpose, basic knowledge of working with the freely available statistical and econometric software R can be acquired in the exercise part. In addition, the basis for a critical discussion of empirical work that uses econometric methods will be laid. Topics covered include: Approach to empirical economic research, data for empirical economics, input-output analysis, linear regression and residual analysis, models with qualitative variables (logistic regression), trend and seasonal adjustment, dynamic models and forecasts.
Faculty
Business Studies and Economics
Department
Statistics and Econometrics
Lecturer
Peter Winker
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
19/10/2026 - 12/02/2027
Mode and Time
Synchronous
Start date: 19/10/2026
Biweekly: to be defined (possibly Mondays, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.)
Asynchronous: lecture and ILIAS exercises
Class Format
Lecture and exercises
Online Tool for Teaching
BigBlueButton, ILIAS
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Bachelor, Master
Prerequisites
English B2
Basic concepts of Statistics (mean, variance, normal distribution) and basic concepts of Economics (demand, GDP)
Examination Format
Alternative option for VIP students to be defined
ECTS
6 ECTS
Industrial Organization
Course Description
This course extends the basic concepts of Industrial Organization and presents advanced methods and topics. The focus is on business strategies such as price discrimination and product differentiation and on strategic interaction in oligopoly. Students will learn about the importance of the research and development activities of firms and how they are influenced by public policy in general and by the patent system in particular. The course models and evaluates business behavior from both a public policy and a managerial perspective.
Course contents for example:
• Strategic interaction in oligopoly
• Price discrimination
• Horizontal and vertical product differentiation
• Research and development
• Informative vs. persuasive advertising
• Cartels and mergers
More detailed information is available from the coordinator.
Faculty
Economics and Business Studies
Department
Department of Industrial Organization, Regulation and Antitrust
Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Georg Götz
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
12/10/2026 - 12/02/2027
Mode and Time
Synchronous
Start date: 12/10/2026
Weekly: Tuesdays, 4 - 6 p.m (lecture); Mondays, 4 - 6 p.m (tutorial)
Asynchronous: YouTube recordings
Class Format
Lecture and Tutorial
Online Tool for Teaching
BigBlueButton, Youtube
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Master
Open for students of the following subject/field: Economics
Examination Format
Written exam & weekly assignments
ECTS
6
International Economics
Course Description
Basic theories to explain trade structures and the gains from trade integration. Analyses of trade policies and of the scope and problems of international policy coordination.
Faculty
Faculty of Economics and Business
Department
Department of International Economics
Lecturer
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Meckl, Kathrin Stock
Study Period (dd/mm/yy)
12/10/2026 - 12/02/2027
Mode and Time
Synchronous
Start date: 12/10/2026
Weekly: Time to be defined
Asynchronous (recorded)
Class Format
Lecture and Tutorials
Online Tool for Teaching
BigBlueButton, ILIAS
Language of Instruction
English
Target Group
Bachelor, Master
Open to students of the following fields: Economics.
Prerequisites
- English B2
- Basic methods from microeconomics and macroeconomics
- Simple atemporal optimization problems, calculus
Examination Format
Written exam
ECTS
6