Master's degree Business Administration and Psychology
MA (Master of Arts in Business)
120 ECTS
Autumn semester (September)
Choose from the following specialisations:
Human Resource Management | Marketing Management | Management | Business Psychology | Digital Transformation
A semester consists of three short synchronous (on-site or online) attendance phases and two supervised asynchronous distance learning phases (online).
No work placement
Digitization and artificial intelligence are rapidly transforming the world of work. New business models, strategies and forms of communication are the result. How can companies and managers meet these developments and master future challenges?
The MA in Business Administration and Psychology enables students to deepen their already acquired knowledge and skills and gain further qualifications at an academic level. The programme offers a balanced mix of psychological and business aspects. The topics involve the interfaces between people, organisations and markets. The specialisations of the degree programme, HR, marketing and management, digital transformation and sustainability, are also based here.
Admission requirements
- Completed bachelor's degree in a relevant subject or equivalent degree programme
- Professional level in core subjects in economics and psychology
Information session
Your career future
With your Master's degree in Business Administration & Psychology, you will qualify for specialist and management positions at the interfaces between people, organization and the market.
This will open up career opportunities for you in the following areas:
- HR Management
- Personnel & organizational development
- Personnel & management consulting
- Marketing Management
- Diversity Management
- Change Management
Your curriculum
In your Master's program in Business Administration and Psychology, you can expect a varied curriculum with a mix of core and compulsory electives. Depending on your professional or personal interests, in the second and third semester you have the option of an individual specialisation within Human Resource, marketing, management, digital transformation and sustainability. You can freely choose courses in the amount of 30 ECTS and follow your interests or a defined learning path that leads you to a specific expertise and a micro-credential.
| Business Administration and Economics | Foundations in Business Administration | ||||||||
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Course Number:
BUS401
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Introduction
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Business Analysis & Planning | |||||||||
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Course Number:
ACF503
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Corporate Finance | |||||||||
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Course Number:
ACF504
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Applied Economics | |||||||||
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Course Number:
ECO503
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Selected Aspects of Business Administration | Management and Organisation Studies | ||||||||
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Course Number:
MGT601
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Human Resource Strategy | |||||||||
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Course Number:
HRM501
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Strategic Marketing | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MAM501
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Corporate Law | Corporate Law | ||||||||
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Course Number:
LAW401
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Legal Issues for Executives | |||||||||
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Course Number:
LAW504
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Key Issues in Law | |||||||||
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Course Number:
LAW505
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Business Psychology | Foundations in Business Psychology | ||||||||
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Course Number:
BPS401
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Introduction
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Theories of Business Psychology | |||||||||
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Course Number:
BPS501
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Applied Research Methods of Consumer and Organisational Psychology | |||||||||
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Course Number:
ERM601
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
6
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| Practical Perspectives of Business Psychology | Psychology of Decision Making | ||||||||
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Course Number:
BPS601
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Business Psychology and Behavioral Economics | |||||||||
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Course Number:
BPS602
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Applied Business Psychology | |||||||||
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Course Number:
BPS603
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Management Competence | Consulting | ||||||||
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Course Number:
MSK501
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Leadership | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MSK502
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Training | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MSK503
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Professional Skills and Expertise | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MSK504
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
4
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Elective Subjects: Selected Aspects of Human Resource Management | International Aspects in Human Resource Management | ||||||||
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Course Number:
HRM601
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Personnel Development | |||||||||
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Course Number:
HRM602
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Current Trends in Human Resource Management | |||||||||
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Course Number:
HRM603
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Talent Management | |||||||||
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Course Number:
HRM604
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Wahlfächer: Ausgewählte Aspekte des Marketing Managements | International Aspects in Marketing | ||||||||
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Course Number:
MAM601
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Brand Management | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MAM602
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Current Trends in Marketing Management | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MAM603
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Online and Offline Sales Strategies | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MAM604
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Elective Subjects: Selected Aspects of Management | Nonprofit Management | ||||||||
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Course Number:
MGT504
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Organisational Development and Managing Change | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MGT602
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| International Business and Management | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MGT603
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Diversity Management | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MGT604
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Elective Subjects: Selected Aspects of Business Psychology | New Work & Sustainability | ||||||||
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Course Number:
BPS604
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| User Experience and Informationdesign | |||||||||
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Course Number:
BPS605
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Sustainability Studies | |||||||||
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Course Number:
BPS606
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Sustainable Consumer Behavior | |||||||||
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Course Number:
BPS607
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Elective Subjects: Selected Aspects of Digital Transformation | Collaborative Business | ||||||||
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Course Number:
ISM602
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Outsourcing, Offshoring & Alliances | |||||||||
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Course Number:
ISM603
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Digital Transformation and Business Process Digitalization | |||||||||
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Course Number:
DAT601
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Virtual Working and Learning | |||||||||
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Course Number:
CIS605
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Science and Methodology | Philosophy of Sciences, Research and Academic Writing | ||||||||
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Course Number:
ACW501
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
1
ECTS Credits:
2
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| Research and Academic Writing | |||||||||
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Course Number:
ACW502
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
3
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Multivariate Models and Analysis | |||||||||
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Course Number:
MAT503
Course Type:
Elective subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
1
Semester:
2
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Capstone Units | Master’s Seminar | ||||||||
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Course Number:
BPC601
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
4
ECTS Credits:
4
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| Master’s Thesis | |||||||||
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Course Number:
BPC602
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
4
ECTS Credits:
20
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| Master’s Colloquium | |||||||||
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Course Number:
BPC603
Course Type:
Compulsory subject
Course Level:
Advanced
Academic Year:
2
Semester:
4
ECTS Credits:
3
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| Total | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 120 | ||||
Your individual know-how
You would like to attend courses outside the boundaries of Business Informatics and additionally educate yourself in other areas?
If you study at the FERNFH, you have the possibility to complete micro-credentials in the following topics outside your own study program:
- Business Administration and Economics
- Data, Information Systems and IT Management
- Digital Business
- Healthcare
- Psychology
- Software Development
- Science General
A Micro-Credential is a qualification certificate that you receive after successfully completing a learning pathway (several courses) at FERNFH. You can complete the MCs during your study time at FERNFH and thus individually compile and continuously expand your portfolio of skills and know-how, depending on your personal or professional interests.
More about the Micro-Credentials...
Programme overview
Advantages
part-time
individual
flexible