Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Study business part-time

The part-time Bachelor's in Business Studies will provide you with the tools you need for a future management role – regardless of whether you work for a company, in public administration or are planning to take the plunge into self-employment.

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What is the (part-time) Business Studies degree programme about?

Whether finance, logistics, marketing, project management, HR management, accounting and controlling or taxes and auditing: You will learn all the up-to-date business basics. The courses will build on your experience from professional practice.

Particularities

Strengths of the degree programme

Above-average student-to-staff ratio

Your voice counts: Our small group concept means that students benefit from active discussions with their lecturers.

Support from the ZWW

The Centre for Continuing Education and Knowledge Management (ZWW) understands the challenges of part-time study and is available to you as a competent partner for the entire duration of your studies.

Compatibility of studying with professional and private life

By combining online and face-to-face teaching, you can take advantage of all the advantages of both worlds: learn from the comfort of your own home and still be in personal exchange and contact.

Group learning

You are not alone: at our regular in-person lectures you will come together as a study group to become a team that helps, motivates and supports one another.

Career opportunities

Climb the career ladder

Do you have many years of professional experience, but attractive positions always require a degree? Study alongside your job and open the door to new professional opportunities.

  • With the management know-how and network developed during your part-time studies, a Bachelor of Arts and your extensive practical experience, you will have everything you need to take on a position of responsibility.


  • With a postgraduate Master's programme, you can continue to develop your competences while working, or opt for a full-time course. The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) qualifies you for many degree programmes.


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Structure and modules

How is the degree programme structured?

A semester usually consists of four modules. From the sixth semester onwards, you take modules in your chosen specialisation. If you have the appropriate prior qualifications, you can receive credit for the first semester as well as individual modules can be credited during the course of your studies.

    • Introduction to Business Studies
    • Marketing
    • General Studies Optional Compulsory Module (social and methodological competence)
    • Bookkeeping and Accounting
    • Corporate Taxes
    • Labour Law
    • Fundamentals of Economics
    • Foundation IT
    • Business Language English 1
    • Business Mathematics and Statistics 1
    • Cost Accounting and Results Accounts
    • Organisation
    • Business Language English 2
    • Business Mathematics and Statistics 2
    • Logistics
    • Human Resource Management
    • Business Language English 3
    • Business Mathematics and Statistics 3
    • Finance and Investments
    • Project Management and Project Work

    • Process Management and Business Software
    • Specialised Elective Module 1, e.g. Introduction to E-commerce
    • Economic Theory and Policy
    • Business Management
    • Specialisation Module 1, e.g. Strategic and Operational Controlling
    • Specialisation Module 2, e.g. National and International Accounting
    • Business Simulation
    • Specialisation Module 3, e.g. Innovative Methods of Corporate Communication
    • Specialisation Module 4, e.g. Classical Communication Policy
    • Specialised Elective Module 2, e.g. Introduction to Risk Management
    • Specialised Elective Module 3, e.g. Introduction to Online Marketing and International Marketing
    • Bachelor Thesis

  • All modules can also be taken individually as part of the modular study programme.

    If you are interested, we will be happy to advise you on the selection of suitable modules. Just get in touch.


Specialisation

Which specialisations can I choose?

From the sixth semester onwards, you have the opportunity to specialise. Do you want to focus on finance and controlling or specialise in marketing and communication? You decide! You must choose your area of specialisation in the application phase.

    • Strategic and Operative Controlling
    • National and International Accounting
    • Financial and Investment Management
    • Controlling Information Systems

    • Marketing Instruments (Product, Price and Distribution Policy)
    • Innovative Methods of Corporate Communication
    • Classical Communication Policy
    • Distribution Management

Student sitzt mit Tablet auf einer Treppe. Im Hintergrund sind weitere Studierende zu sehen.

Studies and organisational matters

So that everything runs smoothly

What do I need to qualify for the course? When do lectures take place? Is any funding available? Studying while working - how does it work? You can find all the answers here - so that everything runs smoothly.

  • The courses take place during the week on a maximum of three days (Tuesday - Thursday) in the evening in virtual form from 18.00 pm to 21.00 pm, regardless of location. On about ten Saturdays during the semester, students come to OTH Regensburg in presence from 08.15 am to 15.30 pm. In addition, from the second semester onwards, there is a block week (Monday - Saturday) from 08.30 am to 16.15 pm, but the Saturday dates are reduced.

    By combining online and face-to-face teaching, you can take advantage of all the advantages of both worlds: Learn from the comfort of your own home and still be in personal exchange and contact. The dates of the block week are fixed well in advance. This allows you to coordinate time expenditures with your family and your workplace at an early stage.


  • The degree programme is accredited and bears the seal of the Accreditation Council.


  • The prerequisite for enrollment in the part-time Bachelor of Business Administration is completed (commercial) vocational training and then three years of (commercial) professional experience. If you have additional further training (e.g. certified "Fachwirt" or "Wirtschaftswirt"), it is possible to shorten the duration of your studies (see "structure and modules"). With entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences (Fachabitur) or general university entrance qualification (Abitur), you can start studying straight after your training.


Benefit from our combined expertise

Lecturers

All our lecturers are either professors at the OTH Regensburg or experienced lecturers from professional practice. Lecturers must have at least three years of professional experience in business, professors at least five years.

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The first step towards the future

Tuition fees

13,710 € or 15,995 € in total (6 or 7 semesters à 2,285 €, each payment to be made in two instalments), plus student union fee/RVV semester ticket; from the 8th semester onwards, the following costs apply per semester: 250 €, plusstudent union fee/RVV semester ticket

your contact persons

Contact

Prof. Dr. Ingo Striepling
Programme director

Prof. Dr. Ingo Striepling
Phone: 0941 943-1173
E-mail: ingo.striepling(at)oth-regensburg.de
Office hours: Wednesday, 14.30 pm - 15.30 pm or by appointment

Peter Michl
Academic advisor

Peter Michl
Phone: 0941 943-1461
E-mail: peter.michl(at)oth-regensburg.de
Office hours: Thursday, 12.00 pm - 13.00 pm or by appointment

Sonja Lindner
Programme coordinator

Sonja Lindner
Phone: 0941 943-1192
E-mail: bb-betriebswirtschaft(at)oth-regensburg.de