Overview of the courses for the double degree Business Economics Göttingen

1. Foundations (24 ECTS UGent /6 ECTS Göttingen)

UGent (year 1) – 24 ECTS main subject Corporate Finance main subject Accountancy
F000442	Strategic Management [EN], 6 ECTS
F000693	Advanced Corporate Finance [EN], 6 ECTS (equivalent of BWL.0001 Finanzwirtschaft, 6 [DE], not to be taken together)
F000688	Management Control [EN], 6 ECTS
F000689	International Financial Reporting Standards [EN], 6 ECTS (equivalent of BWL.0002 Rechnungslegung nach IFRS [DE], not to be taken together)
Göttingen (year 2) 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0105	International Company Taxation, [EN], 6 ECTS

2. Specialization (18 ECTS UGent /12 ECTS Göttingen)

UGent (year 1) – 18 ECTS main subject Corporate Finance		UGent (year 1) – 18 ECTS main subject Accountancy
12 credits mandatory:		6 credits mandatory:
F000738	Valuation and Financial Risk Management [EN], 6 ECTS	F000640	Audit [EN], 6 ECTS
F000694	Advanced Financial Statement Analysis [EN], 6 ECTS
	6 credits to choose from:	12 credits to choose from:
		F000738	Valuation and Financial Risk Management [EN], 6 ECTS
F710403	Investment Analysis and Portfolio management [EN], 5 ECTS	F000694	Advanced Financial Statement Analysis [EN], 6 ECTS
F000905	Cases in Corporate Finance [EN], 3 ECTS	F710403	Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management [EN], 5 ECTS
F000906	Corporate Finance in Practice [EN, NL], 6 ECTS	F000905	Cases in Corporate Finance [EN], 3 ECTS
F000946	Advanced Investment Analysis [EN], 4 ECTS	F000906	Corporate Finance in Practice [EN, NL], 6 ECTS
F000890	Financial Modelling [EN], 6 ECTS	F000946	Advanced Investment Analysis [EN], 4 ECTS
F000870	Consolidation [EN], 3 ECTS	F000890	Financial Modelling [EN], 6 ECTS
F000871	International Standards on Auditing [EN], 3 ECTS	F000870	Consolidation [EN], 3 ECTS
F000872	Accounting in Practice [EN], 3 ECTS	F000871	International Standards on Auditing [EN], 3 ECTS
		F000872	Accounting in Practice [EN], 3 ECTS
Göttingen (year 2) – 12 ECTS		Göttingen (year 2) – 12 ECTS
12 credits to choose from:		12 credits to choose from:

M.WIWI-BWL.0004	Financial Risk Management [EN], 6 ECTS	M.WIWI-BWL.0003	Unternehmensbesteuerung [D], 6 ECTS
		M.WIWI-BWL.0004	Financial Risk Management [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0009	Verhaltensorientiertes Controlling [D], 6 ECTS	M.WIWI-BWL.0009	Verhaltensorientiertes Controlling [D], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0010	Unternehmensbewertung [D], 6 ECTS	M.WIWI-BWL.0010	Unternehmensbewertung [D], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0018	Analysis of IFRS Financial Statements [EN], 6 ECTS	M.WIWI-BWL.0015	Besteuerung von Unternehmen unter dem Einfluss des Europarechts [D], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0020	Risk Management and Solvency [EN], 6 ECTS	M.WIWI-BWL.0018	Analysis of IFRS Financial Statements [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0133	Banking Supervision [EN], 6 ECTS	M.WIWI-BWL.0020	Risk Management and Solvency [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0085	Finanz- und Nachhaltigkeitscontrolling, [D], 6 ECTS	M.WIWI-BWL.0041	Rechnungslegung und Kapitalmarkt [D], 6 ECTS
		M.WIWI-BWL.0133	Banking Supervision [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0041	Rechnungslegung und Kapitalmarkt [D], 6 ECTS	M.WIWI-BWL.0085	Finanz- und Nachhaltigkeitscontrolling, [D], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0123	Tax Transfer Pricing, [EN], 6 ECTS	M.WIWI-BWL.0123	Tax Transfer Pricing, [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0016	M&A, Finanzierung und Besteuerung [D], 6 ECTS	M.WIWI-BWL.0016	M&A, Finanzierung und Besteuerung [D], 6 ECTS

In addition, if courses listed under section 3. (Seminar) have not been selected for the seminar segment, students may opt for these courses as part of their specialization instead.

3. Seminar (0 ECTS UGent / 6 ECTS Göttingen)

Göttingen (year 2) – 6 ECTS

6 credits to choose from:

M.WIWI-BWL.0006	Seminar in Finanzwirtschaft: Sustainable Finance [D], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0011	Seminar in Finanz- und Nachhaltigkeitscontrolling [D], 6 ECTS

M.WIWI-BWL.0032	Seminar in Rechnungslegung und Wirtschaftsprüfung [D], 6 ECTS


M.WIWI-BWL.0156	Seminar zur Besteuerung von Unternehmen [D], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0101	Seminar zu Stand und Methoden der empirischen Steuerforschung [D], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0164	Seminar International Financial Governance [EN], 6 ECTS

Seminars (6 C) are in German, Double Degree student are allowed to submit an English seminar paper and to present their findings in English where feasible.

4. Methods (6 ECTS UGent / 6 ECTS Göttingen)

UGent (year 1) – 6 ECTS main subject Corporate Finance		UGent (year 1) – 6 ECTS main subject Accountancy
F000691	Research Methods in Corporate Finance [EN], 6 ECTS	F000690	Research Methods in Accounting [EN], 6 ECTS
Göttingen (year 2) 6 C main subject Corporate Finance main subject Accountancy 6 credits to choose from:
M.WIWI-QMW.0001:	Generalized Regression [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-QMW.0002:	Advanced Statistical Inference (Likelihood & Beyes) [EN], 6 ECTS

M.WIWI-QMW.0004	Econometrics I [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-QMW.0005	Econometrics II [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-QMW.0009.	Introduction to Time Series Analysis [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-QMW.0010	Multivariate Statistics [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-QMW.0012	Multivariate Time Series Analysis [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-QMW.0013	Applied Econometrics [EN, D], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-VWL.0054	Behavioral Game Theory [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0101	Stand und Methoden der empirischen Steuerforschung [D], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0163	Methoden der empirischen Rechnungslegungs- und Kapitalmarktforschung [D], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-BWL.0172	Empirische Forschung zur Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung
M.WIWI-VWL.0001	Advanced Microeconomics [EN], 6 ECTS
M.WIWI-VWL.0007	Institutionenökonomik II: Experimentelle Wirtschaftsforschung [D, EN], 6 ECTS
S.RW.1131a	Grundzüge des Gesellschaftsrechts (Personengesellschaftsrecht) [D], 6 ECTS
S.RW.1131b	Grundzüge des Kapitalgesellschaftsrechts [D], 6 ECTS

5. Electives (12 ECTS UGent / 0 ECTS Göttingen)

UGent (year 1) – 12 ECTS

main subject Corporate Finance

main subject Accountancy

It is possible to choose from the following range of electives:

A/ Courses of the master programmes of the faculty of Economics and Business Administration

taking into account the required initial competences
without any content overlap with courses for which the student has earned credits in the bachelor programme or with courses included in the individual curriculum of the student in this double degree programme.

Courses in English:

https://studiegids.ugent.be/current/EN/FACULTY/F/NVT/FEBMEB/FEBMEB.html-1.2 Master

B/ Courses of another Faculty of the Ghent University.

taking into account the required initial competences
without any content overlap with courses for which the student has earned credits in the bachelor programme or with courses included in the individual curriculum of the student in this double degree programme.
relevant for the double degree programme

C/ Language courses (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration)

not allowed if the student has already earned credits for similar courses in the bachelor programme.
not allowed if French or Dutch is the student’s native language.

F000540	Economic Dutch for Non-Native Speakers I, 3ECTS
F000228	Economic Dutch for Non Native Speakers II, 3 ECTS
F000044	Economic French I [fr], 3 ECTS
F000346	Economic French II [fr], 3 ECTS
F000049	Economic English III
F000546	Economic German (for UGent-students only)

6. Master’s dissertation (30 ECTS Göttingen, co-supervision by UGent)

The responsibility for grading the master’s thesis rests with two supervisors of the University in Göttingen. Academic staff from UGent are invited to attend the related Master thesis colloquia as external examiner.