Business and Economics can only be studied in combination with another subject in the Bachelor’s degree program. This means it can be studied in this degree program either as the first subject with 70 ECTS credits plus the Bachelor thesis with 10 ECTS credits or as the second subject with 70 ECTS credits and the Bachelor thesis in the other subject.

The degree program focuses on the following subjects:

• Economics
• Business Administration
• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics
• Management Accounting
• Statistics
• Public Law and Civil Law
• Private Business Law
• Specialization modules from business administration and economics

In the one-year orientation phase you will acquire fundamental knowledge about the contents and methods of economics. This is concluded by a preliminary examination (“Grundlagen- und Orientierungsprüfung”), for which achievements (modules) amounting to 20 ECTS points must be completed. The ECTS credits acquired in Economics together with the corresponding ECTS credits from the other subject must add up to at least 40 ECTS credits after the second semester.

FAU’s degree program in Business and Economics is suitable for students who

• An interest in current business and economic issues
• Enjoyment in dealing with complex, controversial and current economic issues
• Have the ability to work independently with (specialist) literature, also in English, on various topics
• Are willing to learn and understand analytical economic models

Particular emphasis is placed on teaching skills that can be used in a variety of ways as well as communication skills and the ability to reflect. However, the program also prepares graduates for various careers in fields such as

• Industrial and service companies
• Administration and in associations and political parties

Combining this with a second subject from the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology opens up special career prospects for graduates. On the one hand, you learn the foundations of economics, and on the other, you also gain knowledge in you other subject, such as methods in sociology or a foreign language. This allows you to gain broad fundamental knowledge.

Possible combinations without overlaps

• Archaeological Sciences
• Art History
• Book Studies
• Chinese Studies
• Cultural History of Christianity
• Education
• English and American Studies
• French Studies
• German studies
• Greek Philology
• Indo-European and Indo-Iranian Studies
• Islamic Religious Studies
• Islamic Religious Studies
• Latin Philology
• Medieval Latin and Neo-Latin
• Oriental Studies
• Political Science
• Scandinavian Studies (BA)
• Sociology
• Theater and Media Studies

With these subject combinations, there are generally no overlaps in the timetable.

Possible overlaps in the timetable

• Computational Linguistics
• Digital Humanities and Social Sciences
• Geography: Cultural Geography as a two subject Bachelor's degree program
• History
• Indo-European and Indo-Iranian Studies
• Japanese Studies
• Philosophy

If you combine these subjects, individual courses may overlap in your timetable. For this reason, you can only combine the following subjects with your chosen subject after a consultation. Students are responsible for ensuring that the combination can be studied and that the deadlines set out in Section 11 of the ABMStPOPhil are met. When enrolling, proof of a corresponding consultation with the Central Student Advisory Service or the Student Service Center (Faculty of Humanities, Social Studies, and Theology) must be submitted.