Bachelor programme in Business Law (LL.B.)
Learning objectives
With ever more aspects of our social life coming under legal constraints businesses are required to consider legal conditions and risks in their decision-making. This seven-semester programme aims to equip future staff with skills in both business and legal disciplines. Students receive a solidly grounded legal and business education focusing on corporate needs. Graduates will be able to apply appropriate scientific methodology and are employable on the interface of practical business and legal processes. The Bachelor degree also qualifies them for post-graduate education on Master’s programmes.
Careers
This programme caters for the business community’s need for graduates combining legal and business management skills. The profiles of those specializations offered correspond to typical fields of employment that graduates will enter. There is a wide variety of career opportunities, namely in Personnel departments, in contract drafting and management in Purchasing or Distribution or in Tax Consulting or Auditing.
Programme structure
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Course of studies
In semesters 1 to 3, syllabus focus is on fundamentals of legal and economic knowledge.
Compulsory modules
- Private Law 1 to 3
- Public Law on Business Activities
- Basics of Business Administration
- Mathematics/Statistics for Business Law
- Business English
- Labour Law
- Economics for Business Law
- Accounting for Business Law
- Taxation 1 and 2
- Law on Corporations
- EU Law
- Finance, Investment and Marketing
From semester 4 students will be given reasonable room for specialization.
Specialization areas
- Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Trade
- Labour Law
- Taxation
- Auditing
In semester 6, students have the opportunity to apply their skills in an internship or to gain new experience by studying abroad. Semester 7 reviews all of the syllabus in a nutshell and closes by a scientifically researched Bachelor thesis.
Entry-level qualifications
German Secondary School Leaving Certificate levels 1 / 2 (Abitur/Fachhochschulreife) or validated equivalent.
Duration of studies
7 semesters (210 ECTS credit points)
Degree
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Applications and start of classes
Applications online by 15th July (winter terms) and by 15th Jan (summer terms) on www.fh-bielefeld.de/studium/vergabe.
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
www.fh-bielefeld.de/studium/studsek
