Bachelor programme in Business Psychology (B.Sc.)
Learning objectives
The Bachelor programme in Business Psychology offers an initial professional academic degree. It will provide you with technical, methodological and social skills enabling you to successfully apply psychological competence in a variety of business environments. Your focus will be directed to staff and management of businesses and public institutions, to consumers and customers buying products and services, to citizens, taxpayers and claimers of public benefits. You will learn to understand human behaviour in its economic context and to influence it effectively. Our scientifically-based and practically oriented programme will open up prospects for you for a variety of specialist or management careers in business and administrations or as a freelanced professional.
Careers
Graduates of the Business Psychology programme perform specialist and, later in their careers, management tasks in private business or public institutions or work as free-lanced consultants.
Areas of employment include mainly
- Recruiting and staff development
- Training and coaching
- Organisational development and change management
- Analysis and design of workplaces, processes and tools
- Market research, advertising, media and product design
- Supporting and counseling economically relevant audiences e.g. job-seekers and debtors
Programme structure
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Course of studies
The programme follows a cross-disciplinary approach, providing competence in both Business Psychology and Administration.
In semester 1 and 2 the main focus is on basics of Psychology, Economics, Business Administration and Law. Semesters 3 and 4 add areas where psychology is applied to business issues and processes especially Work and Organizational Psychology, Diagnostics, Evaluation, Market and Advertising Psychology, Market Research and last but not least the Psychology of Macroeconomic Processes. In semester 4 you can opt for one of two specializations, i.e. HR and Organization or Marketing which you will follow up across several modules of your choice in semester 5. In addition, you will be working in tutored groups on a project run with corporate partners or combining current issues of our business environment. At the beginning of semester 6, you are expected to spend a 3-month internship in a company or another suitable organization, applying the skills acquired on the programme. Your last step towards graduation is a 2-month Bachelor thesis.
There is an option to spend one semester abroad at one of the partner universities of the Faculty of Business and Health. Your study-abroad term will give you a chance to study perspectives of Business Psychology in other countries and to upgrade your language skills. During study-abroad periods you may qualify for grants from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) or the European Commission.
Entry-level qualifications
German Secondary School Leaving Certificate levels 1 / 2 (Abitur/Fachhochschulreife) or validated equivalent.
Duration of studies
6 semesters (180 ECTS credit points)
Degree
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Applications and start of classes
Applications online on www.fh-bielefeld.de/studium/vergabe.
Deadline: 15th July
Classes start in the winter term of each year.
Venue of studies
FH Bielefeld
Fachbereich Wirtschaft und Gesundheit
Universitätsstraße 25
33615 Bielefeld
Contact
General academic issues
FH Bielefeld
Zentrale Studienberatung
Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 6, Gebäude D
33615 Bielefeld
phone +49.521.106-7758
Applications and admissions
FH Bielefeld
Studierendensekretariat
Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 6, Gebäude D
33615 Bielefeld
phone +49.521.106-7707 /-7712 /-7716 /-7746
Opening hours under
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