Curriculum offered for BA&O Master's students
As a result of the digital transformation, intelligent business models require companies to analyze the data available to them in the best possible way and to use the data to organize their processes optimally. Think about online service platforms for passenger transport, car sharing concepts, or the combination of mail order and stationary retailing. Production is being made fit for the future under the keyword Industry 4.0. With Health 4.0, a comparable revolution in the health care system is imminent.
In the Business Analytics & Operations cluster, you will learn how to generate and statistically evaluate relevant data, optimize decisions by using quantitative methods, design sustainable processes, and thus create competitive advantages in various industries.
List of courses
The curriculum includes the courses offered by the cluster's chairs (or professorships) for the Master's programs in Business Administration (BWL, PO 2017), Economics and Public Policy (EPP, PO 2017), Global Business Management (GBM, PO 2011), German-French Management (DFM, PO 2011), Business & Information Systems Engineering (WIN, PO 2017), Industrial Engineering (WING, PO 2014) and Business Mathematics (WiMa, PO 2013).
All information subject to correction. The module group(s) in which you can include the courses can be found in the following tables.
| lecture and tutorial | chair |
winter term |
summer term |
BWL | EPP | GBM | DFM | WIN | WING | WiMa | language | exam | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Management Support | Meier | ✔ | B,C | C | B | B,E | B | C3,E | English | each term | 6 | ||
| Decision Optimization | Klein | ✔ | B,C | C | A | B | A | B,E | C3,E | German | each term | 6 | |
| Entscheidungstheorie (Master) | Brunner | ✔ | A | A | B | B,E | B,E | C3 | German | each term | 6 | ||
| Health Care Operations Management |
as of summer term 2023: Schiffels |
✔ | B,C | C | B | B,E |
B,E |
C3 | English | each term | 6 | ||
| Industrial Ecology | Tuma | ✔ | B,C | C | C | B | B,E | B,E | English | each term | 6 | ||
| Machine Learning | Okhrin | ✔ | B,C | C | B | English | in winter terms | 6 | |||||
| Ökonometrie (Master) | ✔ | A | A | A | A | German | each term | 6 | |||||
| Performance Analysis of Stochastic Systems | Brunner | ✔ | B,C | C | B | B,E | B,E | C3 | English | each term | 6 | ||
| Retail Operations & Sustainability | Ostermeier | ✔ | B,C | C | B,E | B,E | German | in summer terms | 6 | ||||
| Revenue Management | ✔ | B,C | C | B | B | B,E | B,E | German | each term | 6 | |||
| Supply Chain Management I | Tuma | ✔ | B,C | C | B | B,E | B,E | C3,E | German | each term | 6 |
Software courses are a special service of the Business Analytics & Operations cluster. In contrast to ordinary lectures, the software courses are very application-oriented and offer students the opportunity to extend and expand the theoretical knowledge they have acquired in lectures. The structure of the course can be thought of as a combination of theory and independent modeling using special computer programs. The aim is to teach students about software, which is often used in seminars and Master’s theses.
| software-course | chair |
winter term |
summer term |
BWL | EPP | GBM | DFM | WIN | WING | WiMa | language | software | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced optimization: approaches for realworld applications |
Ostermeier | ✔ | B,C | C | B | B,E | B | German | python | 6 | |||
| Produktions- und Logistikmanagement mit ILOG – Advanced | Tuma | ✔ | ✔ | B,C | C | B | B,E | B* | German | IBM CPLEX Optimization Studio | 6 | ||
| Simulation mit Plant Simulation – Advanced | Tuma | ✔ | ✔ | B,C | C | B | B,E | B* | German | technomatix Plant Simulation | 6 |
*Module Seminar in Management and Sustainability I & II
- All information subject to correction. For current information please check the chair’s websites.
- The software courses are usually held in the computer pools and therefore have a limited number of participants.
- Grading is done by means of presentations, evaluation of exercise sheets (which are often worked on in small groups), written papers, exams, or a combination of these.
- More detailed information on software courses, as well as the current dates, application procedures, and admission criteria can be found on the chair’s websites, on Digicampus and in the module catalog.
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| seminar | chair |
winter term |
summer term |
BWL | EPP | GBM | DFM | WIN | WING | WiMa |
language |
ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Topics in Service Operations Management (ATSOM) | Brunner | is offered at irregular intervals | B,C | C | B | B,E | B* | German/ English |
6 | |||
| Seminar Health Care Operations Management (HCOM) | Brunner | ✔ | ✔ | B,C | C | B | B,E | B* | C3,E | English | 6 | |
| Analytics & Optimization: Applications | Klein | as required each semester | B,C | C | C | B | B,E | B* | German/ English | 6 | ||
| Analytics & Optimization: Methods & Software | Klein | ✔ | ✔ | B,C | C | B | B,E | B* | German/ English | 6 | ||
| Computational Logistics mit Python | Klein | ✔ | B,C | C | B | B,E | B* | German | 6 | |||
| Decision Science und Artificial Intelligence | Krapp | ✔ | B,C | C | A | B | B,E | B* | C3,E | German/ English | 6 | |
| Selected Topics in Quantitative Methods (Masterseminar) | Krapp | ✔ | ✔ | B,C | C | A | B | B,E | C3,E | German/ English | 6 | |
| Advanced Business Intelligence | Meier | ✔ | B,C | C | B,E |
German/ English |
6 | |||||
| Unternehmensführung und IT | Meier | ✔ | B,C | C | B,E | B* | German | 6 | ||||
| Advanced Topics in Resilient and Sustainable Logistics | Ostermeier | ✔ | ✔ | B,C | C | B,E | B* | German | 6 | |||
| Fallstudienseminar Energiewirtschaft | Ostermeier | ✔ | B,C | C | B,E | B* | German | 6 | ||||
| Supply Chain Management II | Tuma | ✔ | B,C | C | B | B,E | B* | German | 6 | |||
| Nachhaltiges Ressourcenmanagement | Tuma | ✔ | B,E | German | 6 | |||||||
| Nachhaltige Ressourcenstrategien | Tuma | ✔ | B* | German | 6 | |||||||
*Module Seminar in Management and Sustainability I & II
- Please note: several of the BA&O cluster chairs require, among other things, successful completion of one of their seminars in order to be assigned a master‘s thesis topic.
- More detailed information on the dates, application procedures and admission criteria of the individual seminars can be found on the respective chair’s websites, on Digicampus and in the module catalog.
| Master's Thesis | chair |
winter term |
summer term |
BWL | EPP | GBM | DFM | WIN | WING | WiMa | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master's Thesis: Chair of Health Care Operations / Health Information Management | Brunner | ✔ | ✔ | D | D | F | H | F | F |
30 |
|
| Master's Thesis: Chair of Analytics & Optimization | Klein | ✔ | ✔ | D | D | F | H | F | F |
30 |
|
| Master's Thesis: Professorship of Quantitative Methods | Krapp | ✔ | ✔ | D | D | F | H | F | F |
30 |
|
| Master’s Thesis: Professorship of Business and Information Systems Engineering - Management Support | Meier | ✔ | ✔ | D | D | F | H | F |
30 |
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| Master's Thesis: Chair of Statistics | Okhrin | ✔ | ✔ | D | D | F | H | F | F | 30 | |
| Master’s Thesis: Professorship of Resilient Operations | Ostermeier | ✔ | ✔ | D | D | F | H | F | F | 30 | |
| Master’s Thesis: Professorship of Digital Health & Medical Decision Making | Schiffels | ✔ | ✔ | D | D | F | H | F | F | 30 | |
| Master’s Thesis: Chair of Production & Supply Chain Management | Tuma | ✔ | ✔ | D | D | F | H | F | F |
30 |
BWL & EPP:
A Advanced Methods
B Major in Operations & Information Management
C Minor in General Management & Economics and Minor in Operations & Information Management
D Master’s thesis
GBM:
A Methods
B Global Business & Economics
C Concentration: Sustainability
F Master’s thesis
DFM:
B B.1 c) Operations & Information Management Cluster and B.2 modules from other clusters
WIN:
A Advanced Quantitative Methods in Business & Information Systems Engineering
B Major in Operations, Financial & Information Management
E Minor in Operations, Financial & Information Management
H Thesis
WING:
B Major in Management & Sustainability
E Minor in Management & Sustainability
F Master’s thesis
WiMa:
C3 Economic Sciences (Operations & Information Management)
E Elective area
F Master’s thesis
Please note:
- This information is subject to change.
- We cannot guarantee that all courses will be offered in the future.
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Further information regarding the courses can be found in the module catalog.
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The course dates are listed in the course schedules and can be found on Digicampus