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Compulsory Module 1: Introduction to Business Law I (12 ECTS-Credits, 8 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students have knowledge of the core areas of public law and private law, in particular the tiered structure of the legal system, the basics of constitutional law and administrative organisation as well as public law legal protection, furthermore the basics of the general part of civil law, the law of obligations and property law as well as company law. They know the principles of the respective procedural rights. They can handle the technique of subsumption and apply it to simple case constellations.
Compulsory Module 2: Introduction to Business Law II (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have knowledge of the European and international relations in business law. They are able to understand and reflect the historical genesis and development of business law. Students master legal methods such as subsumption and interpretation, legal research techniques and the rules of academic work.
Compulsory Module 3: Introduction to Management and Economy (6 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students have knowledge of the relevant contents of general business administration as well as the most important business management methods and instruments. They have knowledge of the essential factors of the economic success of a company and their interactions. They are able to apply business management instruments to questions of corporate management. The students have selected knowledge of economic interrelationships. They know the mechanisms and framework conditions of competitive markets and gain insight into examples of market failure and the effects of state intervention.
Compulsory Module 4: European Law (8 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students have in-depth knowledge of the structure and functioning of the EU, the legal order of the EU (Union Law) including its relationship to the national law of the Member States, using Austria as an example, as well as legal protection and the protection of fundamental rights in the EU. They master the basic features of EU internal market law as well as legal harmonisation in selected areas of EU business law and the basic features of EU competition law. The students are able to solve complex legal questions independently and to critically question the solutions.
Compulsory Module 5: Constitutional and Administrative Law (18 ECTS-Credits, 10 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students have in-depth knowledge of constitutional law (in particular basic principles of constitutional law, distribution of competences, democratic system, fundamental rights and constitutional jurisdiction), general administrative law (in particular organisational law, administrative action, relationship between the state and citizens, administrative control as well as official and state liability), administrative procedural law and administrative court procedural law. In addition, they demonstrate knowledge in selected areas of business administrative law including their references to Union law. They can critically reflect on this knowledge and solve complex legal issues.
Compulsory Module 6: Cost, Planning and Investment Accounting (6 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have in-depth knowledge of business finance and cost and planning accounting. They are proficient in the methodical use of cost accounting instruments, in particular cost type, cost centre and cost unit accounting, as well as full, partial and planned cost accounting. The students have knowledge of the methods of investment accounting and financial planning. They are able to apply instruments of internal accounting in operational decision-making situations. They have basic knowledge for the assessment of investment projects and financing decisions.
Compulsory Module 7: Private Law and Basics of Civil Procedure Law (30 ECTS-Credits, 16 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students have in-depth knowledge of the law of obligations and property law, can critically reflect on findings from doctrine and case law from these areas and independently process and solve complex issues. They are able to link facts of the law of obligations and property law with a foreign connection in terms of conflict of laws. The students also have basic knowledge of the various areas of civil procedural law (civil procedural law, non-contentious proceedings, execution law, insolvency law) and can independently process and solve simple civil procedural issues.
Compulsory Module 8: Labour and Social Law (12 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students have in-depth knowledge of individual labour law (in particular the special features of the employment relationship under the law of obligations and employee protection regulations), collective labour law (in particular the law of collective sources of law, works constitution law and industrial action law) and knowledge of social law (in particular social insurance law and social welfare law). They can critically reflect on findings from doctrine and case law from these areas and independently process and solve complex issues.
Compulsory Module 9: Public Business Law (8 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students have qualified knowledge of the national, European and international economic constitution, in particular the economic-related rules of the Federal Constitution, the economic core contents of primary Union law and the law of the World Trade Organisation. The students are also familiar with central areas of economic administrative law, in particular steering, trade and supervisory law. They are able to legally classify complex economic facts and to find solutions to legal problems based on them.
Compulsory Module 10: Business and Company Law (10 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students have in-depth knowledge of the core areas of company law (in particular company, representation in corporate law, transfer of companies and company-related transactions), as well as in-depth knowledge of intellectual property law and competition law. In addition, the students have in-depth knowledge of company law (in particular, the essential elements of a company, its differentiation from other legal institutions and the various forms of companies, the formation, internal organisation and external relationship of the company, property law issues, distribution of profits and losses as well as dissolution and termination of companies). They can apply this knowledge to complex issues and critically examine them.
Compulsory Module 11: Tax Law (10 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have in-depth knowledge of income tax law (income and corporate tax), turnover tax and transfer tax law. They have knowledge of fee and tax procedure law. Students will be able to make the best tax decisions in the context of business start-ups, ongoing taxation and business termination. They have the ability to critically reflect on relevant findings from teaching and case law. They are able to independently process and solve complex issues.
Compulsory Module 12: Accounting and Financial Reporting (6 ECTS-Credits, 3 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have in-depth knowledge of accounting, external accounting and the interaction of company and tax balance sheets. They recognise accounting correlations, know balance sheet policy options and the principles of preparing annual financial statements. They are able to carry out the reconciliation to the tax balance sheet profit determination. They have knowledge in the area of ratio analysis and are able to interpret the calculated ratios within the framework of the annual financial statement analysis.
Compulsory Module 13: Legal Language (8 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Students know the specifics of legal language and are able to formulate legal texts in an understandable and precise manner. They also have a basic knowledge of English legal language. They know theories of verbal and non-verbal communication and can apply them in legal discourse.
Compulsory Module 14: Criminal Law (10 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: The students have qualified knowledge of substantive criminal law, in particular General Part I (including the structure of the crime, the doctrine of participation, attempted punishability, intent and negligence, punishability by omission, the doctrine of error), sanctions law (in particular types of criminal sanctions, sentencing) and selected areas of the Special Part (property offences, basic offences against life and limb and particularly relevant custodial offences). The students can critically reflect on findings from these areas and independently process and solve criminal law cases.
Compulsory Module 15: Seminar with Bachelor's Thesis (10 ECTS-Credits, 1 h)
Prerequisites for registration: positive completion of the compulsory module of the special area the topic of the Bachelor¿s Thesis has been taken from as well as the Compulsory Module Introduction to Business Law I (§9 no. 1) and Introduction to Business Law II (§9 no.2)
Learning Outcome: Students are able to present the results of a written paper they have prepared, applying theoretical and methodological tools of law to a limited question.
Notes:
- There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
- The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).