Master in Management: Curriculum
Your personalized path to success
Chart your career trajectory with our comprehensive curriculum, offering structured guidance and flexible options for a tailored study experience. Immerse yourself in essential business skills through six core electives, followed by specialized studies in six electives matched to your interests. Opt for concentrations such as Business Analytics, Leadership, and Innovation from a selection of eight.
Beyond academic rigor, engage in a range of student clubs, conferences, and industry events — enriching your life at WHU. Acquire practical expertise and cultivate meaningful connections with peers, alumni, and valuable WHU partners.
Curriculum
September - October
Core Electives: Accounting & Finance (pick one)
- Accounting and Financial Analysis
- Advanced Corporate Finance
Core Electives: Economics (pick one)
- Monetary Economics and Central Banking
- Industrial Organization
Electives (pick one)*
- Accounting and Financial Analysis
- Advanced Corporate Finance
- B2B Pricing: Negotiation, Calculation, Strategy
- B2C Price Management
- Entrepreneurial Selling
- Exchange Rates and International Finance
- Game Theory
- Industrial Organization
- International Tax Strategy
- Monetary Economics and Central Banking
- The Analytics’ Edge
- Transportation Management
- Value Creation in Family Firms
*The electives listed represent only a small selection of our course offerings.
November - December
Core Elective: Data Analytics (pick one)
- Actionable Customer Analytics
- Decision Support Systems
- Modern Tools and Applications of Data Science
Core Elective: Strategy & Management (pick one)
- Performance Management and Controlling
- Corporate Governance
Electives (pick one)*
- Actionable Customer Analytics
- Advanced Management Accounting and Control
- Advanced Organizational Behavior
- Corporate Governance
- Decision Support Systems
- Heinz-Nixdorf-Lecture: Strategic Intellectual Property Management
- International Marketing Management
- International Strategy
- Modern Tools and Applications of Data Science
- Venture Capital Finance
- Visual Data Analysis
*The electives listed represent only a small selection of our course offerings.
January - February
Core Electives: Marketing & Sales (pick one)
- Leading the High-Performance Sales Force
- Sustainability and Marketing
Electives (pick two)*
- Accounting for M&A Transactions
- Advanced Methods of Market and Management Research
- Behavioral and Cultural Finance
- E-commerce Operations Management
- Economics of Financial Markets
- Financial Reporting and Capital Markets: Current Challenges
- Financial Technologies
- Leading the High-Performance Sales Force
- Managing Data Science
- Managing The Family Business
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Product and Shopper Marketing
- Psychology and Economics
- Psychology of Leadership
- Service Excellence
- Strategic Technology and Innovation Management
- Sustainability and Marketing
*The electives listed represent only a small selection of our course offerings.
March - April
Core Electives: Supply Chain Management (pick one)
- Sustainable Operations Management
- Industrial Excellence
Electives (pick two)*
- Advanced Supply Management
- Building and Scaling Successful Companies
- Current Topics in Accounting
- Data Driven Entrepreneurship
- Elements of Computational Intelligence
- Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation
- Health Economics, Policy and Management
- Household Finance
- Leadership in Practice
- Luxury Brand Management
- Operations Analysis and Control
- Strategy Execution
- Sustainable Operations Management
*The electives listed represent only a small selection of our course offerings.
May - July
You will gain valuable work experience and the opportunity to apply theory learned in class through an internship in Germany or abroad. The Career Center supports you in finding an internship position via a broad range of activities such as individual career counseling, workshops, and company presentations.
January - May
The Master thesis concludes your studies, providing you the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge you have gained throughout the course of the Master Program. While writing your thesis, you will be supervised by a WHU faculty member. You may also write your thesis in collaboration with a company.
A helpful guide to our courses
For more information about all of the courses included in our Master in Management, please click please click below to see our Online Course Guide.
Go further: Double Degree
After two semesters at WHU, students have the opportunity to earn a second degree by completing two semesters abroad at one of our Double Degree partner universities. In addition to a Master of Science degree from WHU, the second degree will either be a Master of Science or an MBA.
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