Financial Management, Accounting & Taxation
Bachelor of Arts
Do you want to help steer and shape a company? In our degree course in Financial Management, Accounting & Taxation you will learn the key to a company’s success!
Key Information
Course Content
The degree programme in Financial Management, Accounting & Taxation is essentially based on the knowledge of classical business administration and also imparts in-depth knowledge in the fields of accounting, auditing, controlling, finance and taxation.
Students on this degree programme will:
- Become acquainted with the mechanisms, actors and instruments of the financial markets
- Learn how to create, present and analyse annual and consolidate financial statements
- Learn how to record and optimise the tax situation of a company
- and to analyse and assess the efficiency, profitability and liquidity of a company.
The degree programme is rounded off by a practical semester comprising first-class guest lectures, networking events and a potential semester abroad.
Career Perspectives
Experts in financial management are indispensable for corporate governance. Their analytical skills enable them to prepare and present facts for decision-making and to find new approaches in competition with other firms. In this way, they act as navigators of entrepreneurial success. The degree in Financial Management, Accounting & Taxation enables you to undertake skilled jobs in the following areas:
- Accounting
- Finance departments
- Internal auditing
- Controlling
- Management consultancy
- Auditing
- Tax consultancy.
After successfully completing the Bachelor’s programme, there is the opportunity to take the Master’s degree in Business Analytics, Controlling & Consulting (MSc) which builds on the previous course content. This is also offered at the Schwäbisch Hall Campus.
Programme Structure
- 1st and 2nd Semester
- 3rd to 7th Semester
- 5th Semester: Internship
- Semester Abroad
- FinFluencer
- Documents
The study programme is modular. A module can comprise one or more teaching events that are grouped thematically.
In the first two academic semesters you will be taught sound basic business skills which are divided into the following modules:
Foundation studies (1st and 2nd semesters)
- Economic principles of management
- Management decisions in operational performance processes
- Quantitative methods and business information systems
- Business English
- Principles of corporate accounting
- Legal and tax framework of management
- Academic work
In the main course, the ‘FAT’ degree programme will teach you in-depth skills in the areas of finance, external and internal accounting and business taxation. This will also include international technical aspects as well as building-up and extending language skills in business English. The degree programme is rounded off by a practical semester, outside visits, guest lectures, networking events and the potential of a semester abroad. The following comprise the higher-level modules of the main study programme:
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Management
- Managerial Accounting
- Tax Management
- Digital Management
- Future Skills und Ethik
- Business Law
A compulsory practical semester is integrated into the degree programme in the 5th semester. This is an opportunity to apply in practice the knowledge you have acquired so far. You will be supervised by a professor and be supported by our Internship Office.
Are you interested in spending a semester abroad? Then you have the opportunity to study for a semester at one of our partner universities or to complete an internship abroad. In doing so, you will have the support of our International Office.
Starting in the third semester, you have the opportunity to earn an additional certificate by completing additional courses and passing the corresponding exams.
The following courses are available for this purpose:
- Digital Marketing
- Digital Marketing Case Study
- Sales Management
- Market Research
Requirements and Application
The Financial Management, Accounting & Taxation program has open admission. You can enroll directly if you meet the entry requirements.
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Studying at the Campus Schwäbisch Hall
At the Schwäbisch Hall Campus, around 1,000 students are enrolled in the Faculty of Management and Sales at Heilbronn University. Its compact size creates a close-knit, family-like atmosphere and allows for excellent support from professors and lecturers.
The campus offers optimal study conditions in an attractive location. Studying in Schwäbisch Hall is characterized by a strong focus on practical and professional orientation through close cooperation with local companies, many of which are global leaders in their industries.
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