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Business Law - Sustainability and Ethics (Bachelor)

Business Law - Sustainability and Ethics

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Law and business combined : Expertise for a sustainable future

Students on the Bachelor's degree programme "Business Law - Sustainability and Ethics" receive a practical education with a scientific basis, which makes them sought-after specialists and managers. This degree programme combines legal and business knowledge with essential key qualifications and a deep understanding of sustainability and ethics.

The combination of legal and business knowledge leads to a comprehensive education. Communication skills as well as leadership and social competences complement this specialist knowledge. The focus on sustainability and ethics in law and business further enriches the academic career and optimally prepares students for a responsible professional career.

Graduates are excellently equipped to confidently navigate the conflicting priorities of law and business. Through their studies, they acquire the ability to both draft contracts and analyse balance sheets. This dual perspective makes them particularly valuable to employers, as they are able to understand and apply both the legal and business facets.

In addition to in-depth specialist knowledge, the programme places great emphasis on sustainability and ethics in order to provide a holistic education. Graduates learn to make decisions that fulfil economic requirements and social values in equal measure, always with a view to responsibility towards future generations.

The degree programme is offered in cooperation between the Departments of Economics, Social Work and Social and Cultural Sciences. After successfully completing the programme, students receive a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), which equips them optimally for the global challenges of tomorrow's society.

At a glance

Degree Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Type of programme Campus-based programme

Start of study programme Winter semester

Language of instructions German

Standard duration 7 semester

Free of Admission Restriction Yes

ECTS-Punkte 210 ECTS

Qualification

You will qualify as a specialist or manager with both legal and business knowledge and skills.

Co-operation

The degree programme is offered in cooperation between the Departments of Economics, Social Work and Social and Cultural Sciences.

Conclusion

Successful completion of the degree programme leads to the Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B.).

The programme teaches legal (50%) and business administration (30%) content as well as knowledge and skills in the areas of key qualifications, sustainability and ethics (20%).

The programme is designed to last seven semesters.

In the first semesters, the basics of business law are established with a focus on sustainability and ethics. A mix of courses from the fields of law, economics, key qualifications, sustainability and ethics is offered in the individual semesters.

1st semester	2nd semester	3rd semester	4th semester
Introduction to Law / Introduction to Law	Business Private Law II	Business Law I	Business Private Law III
Legal methodology / Legal research	Labour Law	Law enforcement	Contract Drafting
Private Commercial Law I	Accounting and balance sheets	Public Law II	Corporate Law II
Public Law I	Economics for business lawyers	Cost accounting, investment and financing	Logistics and Controlling
Introduction to economics	Introduction to sustainability and ethics in law and business	Taxes and tax law	Marketing and human resources
Academic work / presentation and project management		Negotiation management and dialogue	Conflict management systems
		Intercultural communication / English for business lawyers

This basic knowledge prepares students for a qualified internship in the fifth semester.
The range of compulsory elective modules offers students the opportunity to set their own individual focus in semesters 6 and 7. The courses in the higher semesters combine the knowledge areas of law, economics and sustainability/ethics as well as key competences within the individual courses. The programme is rounded off with a Bachelor's thesis, the content of which focuses on these topics.

5th semester	6th semester	7th semester
Practical professional studies - practical module	International law, international trade and sustainability	Compulsory elective module (Pool A) Interdisciplinary (Law and Economics)
Practical professional studies - practical module	Environmental Law, Environmental Policy and Ecological Sustainability	Compulsory elective module (Pool B) Interdisciplinary (sustainability, ethics, key qualifications)
Accompanying module to the practical degree programme	Sustainable human resource management	Bachelor's thesis and accompanying colloquium
Accompanying module to the practical degree programme	Sustainable corporate reorganisation, insolvency, restructuring, corporate succession	Bachelor's thesis and accompanying colloquium
	Digitalisation in law and business (interdisciplinary)
	Corporate governance and sustainable management / commercial criminal law

Practical professional studies in the 5th semester

Students who have already earned 90 ECTS can begin a practical work placement. The duration of the work placement programme is 6 months. During this time, students must work the normal working hours of a full-time employee. Students must make up for any periods of practical work missed. During the practical semester, accompanying courses are held in the form of a project seminar on the subject of sustainability and ethics.

Students have successfully completed the practical module of the practical work placement course if the respective practical work placement issues a certificate of successful participation in the company or organisation, a presentation has been given and the practical report has been submitted on time at the end of the semester. Students must complete an examination for the practical module.

Details are regulated by the module handbook and the regulations for the work placement programme. Both can be found in the study regulations.

Would you like to find out how a lecture is organised and see for yourself? Then take a look at the following video "Lecture Light"!

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Career entry and : Further qualifications

Graduates are specialised for legal professional activities related to business, e.g. in contract management. They can take up positions in areas such as human resources, auditing, finance, tax, legal departments, compliance management, purchasing, sales, public tenders, sustainability or environmental management. Potential employers include small, medium-sized and large companies in the private sector, non-governmental organisations, non-profit organisations, chambers, associations, foundations and public administration. Graduates are qualified to take on management tasks as generalists.

The degree entitles graduates to take up a further Master's degree programme, e.g. at Fulda University of Applied Sciences:

Social Law and Social Economy - in cooperation with the University of Kassel
International Management
Accounting, Finance and Controlling
Supply Chain Management

A Master's programme in Business Law can also round off the training, e.g. at the University of Kassel. Completion of these Master's degrees entitles you to take up a doctorate.

Students and alumni share their experiences : Impressions from the study program

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The degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Business. Find out more about your new environment, the teaching and your future professors on the department's website.

Department of Economics