Compact courses
Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences
Compact Courses
Several students already have experience in a language, mathematics or accounting. If you want to brush up these skills before the placement test, you can participate in a compact course.
The compact courses take place before the semester begins. During this period, the following compact courses are offered:
- English compact course (Level 2) - (currently inactive, due to low participation/interest)
- Mathematics compact course (german language only)
- Accounting compact course (german language only)
Business administration in healthcare:
If you are skilled in mathmatics (e.g. advanced course), you do not need to take a preliminary course. Registration for the placement test in mathematics is sufficient. If you have little knowledge of mathematics, especially if you attended school a longer time ago, you should attend the compact course in mathematics. The mathematics placement test is necessary for the “Business Mathematics” module in the first semester.
If you have good previous knowledge of accounting (e.g. commercial training), a compact course is recommended, but this is not compulsory. For students with little or no previous knowledge, the compact course or the semester-accompanying preparatory course in accounting is recommended.
As the “Business Mathematics” module is planned for the first semester, the compact course mathematics should be taken before the compact course accounting, unless you already have sufficient mathematic skills.
If you are unskilled in/new to English, consuming English-language media can prepare you for the English placement test. The purpose of this is to place you at the correct level for our English courses during the semester. The English refresher course is designed for students who have not studied the language for several years. This course is currently inactive, due to low participation numbers.
Business Administration and Management and International Business Administration and Management:
If you are skilled in mathmatics (e.g. advanced course), you do not need to take a preliminary course. Registration for the placement test in mathematics is sufficient. If you have little knowledge of mathematics, especially if you attended school a longer time ago, you should attend the compact course in mathematics.
If you are unskilled in/new to English, consuming English-language media can prepare you for the English placement test. The purpose of this is to place you at the correct level for our English courses during the semester. The English refresher course is designed for students who have not studied the language for several years. This course is currently inactive, due to low participation numbers.
If you have little skills in accounting, we recommend attending the two-day “Preliminary Accounting Course”. A placement test is not required, but participation in this course is the ideal preparation for the lecture in the first semester.
International Management:
If you are skilled in mathmatics (e.g. an advanced course) you do not have to take a preliminary course. Registration for the Placement Test Mathematics is sufficient. In case of lower knowledge in mathematics, especially if the school has been completed some time ago, the compact course in mathematics should be taken as a precaution.
There is no obligation to take the English Placement Test.
Attending the Preliminary Accounting Course makes sense before the summer semester (second semester), since participation optimally prepares for the lecture in the summer semester.
Public management:
If you are skilled in accounting (e.g. commercial training), a preliminary course is recommended, but is not compulsory. For students with little or no prior knowledge of accounting, the semester-long preparatory course in accounting is recommended.
If you are unskilled in/new to English, consuming English-language media can prepare you for the English placement test. The purpose of this is to place you at the correct level for our English courses during the semester. The English refresher course is designed for students who have not studied the language for several years. This course is currently inactive, due to low participation numbers.
Business Psychology:
If you are unskilled in/new to English, consuming English-language media can prepare you for the English placement test. The purpose of this is to place you at the correct level for our English courses during the semester. The English refresher course is designed for students who have not studied the language for several years. This course is currently inactive, due to low participation numbers.
There is no need to take other placement tests or compact courses.
Business Law:
If you are unskilled in/new to English, consuming English-language media can prepare you for the English placement test. The purpose of this is to place you at the correct level for our English courses during the semester. The English refresher course is designed for students who have not studied the language for several years. This course is currently inactive, due to low participation numbers.
If you have little or no knowledge of accounting, we recommend attending the two-day “Preliminary Accounting Course”. There is no need to take a placement test, but attending the course is the ideal preparation for the lecture in the first semester.
In the compact mathematics course, students can refresh their knowledge, for example from the Abitur, and prepare specifically for the placement test, which is required in the degree programs
- Business Administration and Management
- Business administration in healthcare
- International Business Administration and Management
in order to be admitted to the compulsory module “Business Mathematics”.
In the compact math course, the contents of the mathematics placement test, such as the basics of algebra, arithmetic, functional theory and differential calculus, including the discussion of curves, are taught. The courses takes place at the Caprivi Campus in the CN building in person.
Times Compact Course WiSe 25/26 Wolfgang Lampe
- 1st September - 5th September, 2025 and 8th September - 11th September, 2025
- Monday to Friday from 08:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Times compact course WiSe 25/26 Ludger Neumann
- 1st September - 12th September, 2025
- Monday to Friday from 08:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
To prepare, sample tests with the solutions are available to participants.
download zip (version from January, 2020)
The Accounting compact course is for students with limited proficiency and aimed especially at freshmen. Students who have no knowledge of accounting, can participate in a semester-accompanying preparation course which will end with an exam, similar to the placement test. The compact course is aimed especially at those who want to pass the placement test before the start of the semester.
As part of the compact course, the content of the placement tests, the accounting and closing techniques, as well as the basics of cost and performance accounting are handled among other things.
The compact course is mostly aimed at students from:
- Public Management B.A. (otherwise: participation in semester-accompanying course in the first semester)
- Business Management in the Health Sector B.A. (otherwise: participation in semester-accompanying course in the first semester)
Further information (only available in german)
The compact course before the winter semester 25/26 will take place: 1st of September - 12th September, 2025 (Mo-Fr)
Time: 08:30 a.m. - 01:30 p.m., rooms will be communicated via mail shortly before the course starts, after your succesful registration for the course. There will be a video podcast in addition to this course, for which you require login information, this requires a registration beforehand through our website as well.
Preparatory course
For students who are not required to pass a placement test in accounting, but don't have any pre-existing experience/knowledge with accounting, there is a preparatory course both in english and german. The course will take place during orientation week and will be integrated into your week schedule.
The german preparatory course is mainly aimed at students of the following programms:
- Business Administration and Management B.A. (german tutorial, hybrid)
- International Business and Management B.A. (german tutorial, hybrid)
Preparatory course "Intensivkurs Rechnungswesen HGB" (Heike Balzer)
- designed for students from the study programm Business Law (LL.B.)
- will take place during orientation week, on the 24th and 25th from 9 a.m. - 04:00 p.m. Further information will be send to you right before the course starts, via e-mail. You need to register via our website to participate. The course will take place at the university.
The course Basics of Accounting, hybrid (in English) Carsten Berkau
is designed for students of
- International Management B.A.
- Monday, 15.09.2025 ?Basics of Accounting“ hybrid (day 1/2):
- 13:00 pm – 14:30 pm(15 min break)
- 14:45 pm – 16:15 pm(15 min break)
- 16:30 pm – 18:00 pm
- Tuesday, 16.09.2025 ?Basics of Accounting“ hybrid (day 2/2):
- 12:30 p.m. - 02:00 p.m. (15 min break)
- 02:15 p.m. - 03:45 p.m. (30 min break)
- 04:15 p.m. - 05:45 p.m. (15 min break)
06:00 p.m. - 07:30 p.m.
Registration via the online form will be possible starting on August 11th, 2025.