Bachelor of Arts

Business administration

With us, you won't be spooning up a soup of numbers. Your menu: Controlling, marketing, sales, finance, human resources. With business practice as a nutritious dessert.

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Faculty: Economic Sciences and Industrial Engineering
Location: Zittau
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Standard period of study: 7 semesters
ECTS points: 210
Enrollment for: Winter semester
Admission restriction: None
Accreditation status: accredited

Business administration is about much more than just dry numbers, profits and losses. Because behind all products or services that we purchase and use in everyday life there are people and their economic activities. In order to understand the decision-making processes from the point of view of a company you will get to know individual areas such as controlling, marketing, sales, finance or human resources and learn how they interact.

On our modern campus in Zittau you study in a family atmosphere with a practical focus and you can pursue your personal interests by choosing two of six possible majors after completing your basic studies. Business games enable you to make and evaluate business decisions in teams. The company internship gives you the opportunity to make initial contacts and set the course for your future career.

Your course content in the Bachelor's degree program in Business Administration

1st semester
  • Mathematics I
  • Fundamentals of Economics I
  • Introduction to business administration and constitutive decisions
  • Sustainable marketing in the digital age (introduction)
  • Corporate management/organizational management
  • Scientific work/accounting
2nd semester
  • Mathematics II
  • Fundamentals of Economics II/Business Ethics
  • Performance management
  • Accounting I (annual financial statements) 
  • Business English B2
  • Law I (basics of private commercial law)
3rd semester
  • Investment and financing
  • Sustainable personnel management I
  • Fundamentals of business taxation/environmental taxes
  • Statistics I (descriptive statistics)
  • Business informatics I (basics of information and communication systems, database systems)
  • Interdisciplinary skills (compulsory elective modules)
4th semester
  • Business Informatics II (IT application systems, selection of standard software, IT management)
  • Model and computer-aided corporate planning
  • Decision Theory
  • Accounting II (cost accounting and basics of controlling)
  • Law II (introduction to labor law)
  • Business start-up
5th semester
  • Statistics II (probability theory and inductive statistics)
  • Compulsory elective modules
    • Banking Management
    • Introduction to Global Marketing
    • International Business Law
    • Investment Planning

Specialization or field of study Regional Management and Sustainable Development

  • Regional Development and SMEs
  • Practice of Regional Development

Specialization or field of study Accounting and Taxation

  • Corporate Taxation

Specialization or field of study Finance

  • Financing

Specialization or field of study Controlling of Sustainable Companies

  • Strategic and Sustainable Controlling

Specialization or field of study Sustainable Marketing in the Digital Age

  • Market research and geomarketing
  • Product and price management

Specialization or field of study Leadership and Human Resources

  • Human Resource Management II
  • Leadership and Communication
6th semester
  • Business simulation
  • Compulsory elective modules
    • Sustainable Economic Policy
    • Sustainable Project Management
    • Market Research

Specialization or field of study Regional Management and Sustainable Development

  • Regional Marketing/Economic Development

 Specialization or field of study Accounting and Taxation

  • Group Accounting and International Financial Statements
  • Financial statement analysis and auditing

Specialization or field of study Finance

  • Financial Markets and Risk Management
  • Company valuation and securities analysis

Specialization or field of study Controlling of sustainable companies

  • Operational Controlling
  • Business Software (SAP)

Specialization or field of study Sustainable marketing in the digital age

  • Digital commerce and customer communication

Specialization or field of study Leadership and Human Resources

  • Management of corporate development
7th semester
  • Company internship
  • Bachelor thesis colloquium
  • Final module (Bachelor thesis and defense)
  • Admission requirements

    General or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification/entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences

    Applicants with a qualification as a technician, business economist, master craftsman or similar. Completion of advanced vocational training in accordance with §18(3) of the SächsHSFG must attend a counseling interview for general university admission.

  • Contents

    In the foundation course, you will acquire important basic knowledge in areas such as marketing, accounting, human resources, investment and financing, business informatics, law or corporate management, and receive language training in business English.

    Specialized knowledge is then imparted, in particular through specializations as well as compulsory elective modules. You can choose 2 of the following 6 specializations:

    • Accounting and Taxation
    • Finance
    • Controlling
    • marketing
    • Management and Human Resources
    • Regional management

    You don't need to be afraid of math. You don't need 14 points in the math course, basic knowledge is enough to keep up with the business studies.  To refresh your math skills, a one-week preliminary math course is also offered every September before the start of the courses

    The course is very practice-oriented. You take part in a series of business games and case studies in various modules. You will also learn how to apply, deepen and present your knowledge in practice during an internship at a company of your choice (7th semester).

  • Study program

    Bachelor's degree:

    1st to 4th semester: basic studies
    5th to 6th semester: in-depth studies
    7th semester: company internship, Bachelor's thesis and defense

  • Study objective

    As a graduate of the Business Administration degree program, you will acquire basic knowledge and skills in business administration and related sub-disciplines. You will be able to recognize business management problems, present them appropriately, analyze them using scientific methods and independently develop possible solutions. You will gain an understanding of the connections between economic, social and psychological sciences as well as the interpenetration of material, value and financial processes in economic life. You will be able to cope with the complex, dynamically developing tasks in the economy as a whole, in companies and institutions.

  • Career prospects

    With a Bachelor's degree, you can enter the world of work straight away and familiarize yourself with a wide range of fields, such as sales, marketing, purchasing, logistics, finance and accounting, controlling or human resources. Or continue your studies in the Master's program to further sharpen your profile.

    The HSZG offers a Master's in International Management in cooperation with the TU Dresden in Zittau, where you can continue your studies after completing your Bachelor's degree if you wish.

    Typical employers of our previous graduates are

    • Industrial, commercial and service companies
    • credit institutions
    • Management and tax consultancies
    • Auditing firms
    • Public authorities and associations
Into nature after the daily routine of studying. I had a great time at university, met lots of nice people and made great friends. It's great that at a small university you've somehow seen everyone before and greet each other on the street! If you're looking for absolute anonymity, you're definitely on the wrong track here. There are small individual seminar groups and very friendly lecturers! Student, 2018 (www.studycheck.de)
Photo: Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Cassack
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Prof. Dr. rer. pol.
Ingo Cassack
Faculty of Business Administration and Industrial Engineering
02763 Zittau
Schliebenstr. 21
Building Z II, Room 115.4
1st floor
+49 3583 612-4606
Allgemeine Studienberatung
Madeleine Pohl
Department of Studies and International Affairs
02763 Zittau
Th.-Körner-Allee 16
Building Z I, Room 0.21
First floor
+49 3583 612-3055
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