Courses & curriculum
Courses & curriculum 2024 - 2025
Programme structure
Each academic year is structured around two semesters, which are divided into three periods each. Periods 1, 2, 4 and 5 are eight weeks long, and periods 3 and 6 (skills periods) are four weeks long, including an exam week. Next to your courses, you will participate in skills trainings and projects. These will enhance your employability by helping you to acquire skills and gain professional experience during the projects. You will also have the opportunity to develop more specialised knowledge and skills through various elective courses and your thesis period.
The course details below are provided for the general information of current students and are subject to change. No rights can be derived from this information with regard to graduation requirements, scheduling, content, examinations or other assessment procedures for the degree courses described here. Complete details of study programmes for each academic year are published on the SBE Student Intranet and in the Education and Examination Regulations (EER).
Year 1
Year 1 courses
Compulsory courses
- Introduction to Business Analytics
- Mathematics and Statistics I
- Mathematics and Statistics II
- Knowledge Discovery and Data Visualization
- Data-Driven Decision Theory
- Marketing and Business Analytics
- Financial Analysis and Risk Management
- eLab Business Case I
Skills courses
- R Functions and Libraries
- Industrial Analytic Reporting
Year 2 courses
Compulsory courses
- Accounting Technology
- Machine Learning
- Responsible Data Use
- Fundamentals of Programming
- Database Management
- Modelling and Computing
- Operations Management for Business Analytics
- eLab Business Case II
Skills courses
- Academic Reporting
- Python and Web Design
Year 3 courses
- Study abroad (Exchange)
- Electives
- Research project or Internship
- Bachelor Thesis
For more information on the electives please visit the Outline Study Programme website.
Binding Study Advice
This programme has a Binding Study Advice. This means that in your first year of the programme, you must obtain a minimum of 47 out of 60 ECTS credits. In addition, you need to successfully pass at least one QM course (QM1 or QM2) if you study International Business, or Economics and Business Economics. Students who fail to meet these criteria will receive a negative Binding Study Advice that leads to exclusion from the programme for a period of six years.