Business Administration and Engineering

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General description of degree program

Name Business Administration and Engineering

Qualification awarded Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Business Administration and Engineering

Level of qualification second-cycle

Qualification requirements and

regulations

n/a

Key learning outcomes Graduates of this program will have acquired the tools to solve

complex future problems on their own and systematically. They will be

able to apply current knowledge to both established and new problems

in their field. They will thus have been prepared for in-house tasks in

particular.

Profile of the program While more academic in approach compared with the corresponding

Bachelor’s program, the consecutive two-semester master’s degree

still has an application-oriented profile.

Methodological and systematic expertise is an essential component of

the teaching. Current research findings are tested for their applicability

in practical professional situations.

Building on the vocational bachelor qualification, the master’s program

in Business Administration and Engineering provides career options in

staff functions and trainee management programs in large companies

and similar prospects in an academic career.

Occupational profiles of

graduates

The industries in which graduates of this program will typically work

include the automotive and mechanical engineering industry,

electronics, the aeronautical industry, IT, services and consulting.

Graduates will be employed for instance as product managers, project

engineers, key account managers, logisticians, market researchers,

sales representatives, or personnel managers.

Program duration: 2 semesters / 60 ECTS

Pre-study work experience: n/a

Specific admission

requirements

Bachelor’s degree or other university degree that is considered at least

equivalent in either of the fields of business administration, sales

engineering or other fields that train engineers for work in the industry,

provided that the applicant can prove knowledge in cost accounting,

financing, logistics, quality management, marketing, and computer

science at 5 ECTS each.

The study program should correspond to 240 credits according to

ECTS, with an evaluation of at least B or an overall grade of 2.3.

Graduates holding a bachelor’s degree with a workload of 180 ECTS

only are required to pass 60 ECTS worth of additional courses from the

HsKA bachelor’s program.

Bonus points are awarded for: professional activity, scientific activity,

practical experience, exceptional credits in subject areas that have

particular relevance for the master program.

English skills (TOEFL 560/220/83 or equivalent).

Students from abroad: proof of satisfactory knowledge of German.

Specific arrangements for

recognition of prior learning

Results achieved in theory or practical courses of an academic degree

program at a recognized higher education institution can be transferred

to HsKA according to ECTS recognition procedures upon express

request, if the Board of Examiners acknowledges these results to be

comparable in terms of level, subject content and extent.

Relevant job experience amounting to at least 1 year following a 6-

semester bachelor’s degree can be evaluated by the Admissions

Committee as being equivalent to a seventh semester, in accordance

with the EU Commission’s plans to introduce an European

Qualification Framework.

Prior learning must be in a similar or related subject.

Traineeship semester: n/a

Start of program: In summer semester and in winter semester

Application deadline: 15 January for application into summer semester

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15 July for application into winter semester

Language of instruction: German, some lectures are in English

Mode of study Full-time

Access to further studies Doctoral studies

Examination regulations,

assessment and grading

For information about the courses as well as the study and

examination credits required for successful completion of studies, see

annex (pages 3 to 5). The annex also shows the weight of the various

examinations towards the final grade. All parts which count towards a

subject examination must be concluded successfully with a mark no

less than 4.0 each.

Final examination Master’s thesis and colloquium

Graduation requirements The student must have attained the pre-examination credits as laid

down in the table below.

Program director Prof. Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Reinhold König

ECTS Departmental

coordinator

Prof. Dr. Angelika Altmann-Dieses

Course structure diagram with credits:

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Annex – Tables for the degree program

Columns and abbreviations:

Col. 1 EDP code

Col. 2 Course title

Col. 3 Term for which the course is offered

Col. 4 ECTS credits (CP) and contact hours per week (SWS)

Col. 5 Teaching methods (Art)

V = Lecture (Vorlesung) S = Seminar (Seminar)

Ü = Exercises (Übung) L = Laboratory (Labor)

PA = Project (Projektarbeit)

Col. 6 Prerequisites (Voraus.) for admission to course

Col. 7 Type of course (SL/Studienleistung), prerequisites for admission to

examination (PV/Prüfungsvorleistung), duration (Dur.)

Col. 8 Type of assessment (PL/Prüfungsleistung), duration (Dur.)

Add. 7 & 8 Possible course types and types of assessment:

MP = Oral exam (Mündliche Prüfung) St = Assignment (Studienarbeit)

Kl = Exam (Klausur) Re = Presentation (Referat)

Ue = Exercises (Übungen) La = Lab project (Laborarbeit)

Ha = Term paper (Hausarbeit) En = Draft (Entwurf)

MT = Master’s thesis (Master-Thesis) PA = Project (Projektarbeit)

Abbreviations for duration

S = Term/Semester M = Monat(e)/Month(s) W = Wochen/Week(s) T = Days/Tag(e)

Col. 9 Weighting for grade point average (Gewicht für Bildung der Fachnote/GFN)

Col. 10 Subject examination (FP/Fachprüfung) the credits are assigned to

Col. 11 Note

Add. 6 & 11 Abbreviations

Block = Block course (Blockveranstaltung)

FP = Subject examination (Fachprüfung)

üPL = Integrated credits (lehrveranstaltungsübergreifende Prüfungsleistung)

bPL = Credits accumulated in parallel (studienbegleitende Prüfungsleistung)

PS = Internship term (Praxissemester)

LV = Course (Lehrveranstaltung)

WPf = Elective (Wahlpflichtfach)

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Degree program: Business Administration and Engineering, Degree: Master Of Science (M. Sc.) Table 1

1 2 3 4 a 4 b 5 6 7 a 7 b 8 a 8 b 9 10 11

EDV code Course title Term CP SWS Art Voraus. SL/PV Dur. PL Dur. GFN FP Note

WM 112 Formal Methods 1 5 4 V/S Re 15 Kl 90 1 1

WM 122 Market and Competition 1 5 4 V/S Re 15 Kl 90 1 2

WM 1A2 Elective A 1 5 4 V 1 5 Cf. §41 (4)

WM 132 Master’s thesis 1 15 En 1 S

WM 212 Engineering Sciences 2 5 4 V/S Re 15 Kl 90 1 3

WM 222 Business Management 2 5 4 V/S Re 15 Kl 90 1 4

WM 2B2 Elective B 2 5 4 V 1 6 Cf. §41 (4)

WM 232 Academic working methods 2 2 2 V/S Re 15 7

WM 242 Master’s thesis 2 10 WM 132 MT 1 S 2 7

WM 252 Master colloquium 2 3 WM 232 Re +

MP

15 +

30 1 7

Total 60 26 6 8 7

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Degree program: Business Administration and Engineering, Degree: Master Of Science (M. Sc.) Table 2