Bachelor Courses Offered in Information Systems

The curriculum for the Bachelor of Arts in Information Systems consists of required courses, elective courses and independent work. The curriculum is bilingual (German and French). Many courses, particularly in the areas of business administration and economics, are offered in both German and French, and students can choose the language of instruction. Courses offered by the Department of Informatics are usually given in only one language, but the exams for these courses can be taken in both German and French, independent of the language of instruction of the course.

An overview of the curriculum is provided below. A detailed version, including information about the faculty and class schedules can be found directly on the student portal of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences website.

Further information

First Year

In the first year, students must take 11 mandatory courses, worth a total of 60 ECTS credits

  • 1st semester (Autumn)
    Mandatory
    • Introduction to Programming (6 ECTS, language : EN)
    • Informatique de Gestion I / Wirtschaftsinformatik I (6 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Introduction à la gestion d’entreprise / Einführung in die Betriebswirtschaftslehre (6 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Introduction à la comptabilité / Unternehmensrechnung (6 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Mathématiques I / Mathematik I (4.5 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Introduction à la Statistique I / Einführung in die Statistik I (4.5 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Einführung in die Statistik I : SPSS-Workshop
  • 2nd semester (Spring)
    Mandatory
    • Object-oriented Programming (6 ECTS, language : EN)
    • Informatique de Gestion II / Wirtschaftsinformatik II ; (6 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Mathématiques II / Mathematik II (4.5 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Organisation / Organisation (6 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Introduction à la Statistique II / Einführung in die Statistik II (4.5 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Einführung in die Statistik II : SPSS-Workshop

Second Year

In the second year, students must take 11 mandatory courses, worth a total of 60 ECTS credits.  

  • 3rd semester (Autumn)
    Mandatory
    • Algorithms (6 ECTS, language : EN)
    • Databases (6 ECTS, language : EN)
    • MAN01F : Investissement et financement / MAN01D : Investitions- und Finanzierungstheorie (6 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • MAN02F : Marketing / MAN02D : Marketing (4.5 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Droit I / Recht I (4.5 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Microéconomie I / Mikroökonomie I (6 ECTS, language FR & DE)
  • 4th semester (Spring)
    Mandatory
    • Software Engineering (6 ECTS, language : EN)
    • Operations Management / Operations Management (6 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Information Systems Modeling (6 ECTS, language : EN)
    • MAN04F : Comptabilité financière / MAN04D : Bilanzierung (4.5 ECTS, language : FR & DE)
    • Statistique : approfondissement / Vertiefungskurs Statistik (4.5 ECTS, language : FR & DE)

Third Year

In the third year, students must take 7 required courses worth 32.5 ECTS credits, as well as elective courses of at least 14 ECTS credits which can be choosen of a list of defined courses. Additionally, a thesis is written, in either German or French, worth 15 ECTS credits.

  • 5th semester (Autumn)
    Mandatory
    • Artificial Intelligence (5 ECTS, language EN)
    • Concurrent and Distributed computing (5 ECTS, language : EN)
    • Info II : Decision Support I (4.5 ECTS, language : EN)
    • Requirements Engineering for Information Systems (4.5 ECTS, language : EN)
  • 6th Semester (Spring)
    Mandatory
    • Computer Security (4.5 ECTS, language : EN)
    • Info V : Decision Support II (4.5 ECTS, language : EN)
    • Information Systems Developement Project (4.5 ECTS, language : EN)
  • Electives

    Elective courses at least 14 ECTS: at least three courses, including one Type A course (Computer Science) and one Type B course (Management/Economics): 

    • ECO08E : Applied Econometrics (4.5 ECTS, langue : EN)
    • Droit II (4.5 ECTS, langue : FR)
    • Recht II (4.5 ECTS, langue : DE)

    Elective courses typ A

    • Computerarchitektur (5 ECTS, langue : FR, DE)
    • Formal Methods (5 ECTS, langue : EN)
    • Introduction to Deep Learning (5 ECTS, langue : EN)
    • Functional and logical programming (5 ECTS, langue : EN)
    • Robotik (5 ECTS, langue : FR, DE)
    • Operating Systems (5 ECTS, langue : EN)

    Elective courses typ B

    • MAN05F : Gestion des ressources humaines (4.5 ECTS, langue : FR)
    • MAN05D : Human Resource Management (4.5 ECTS, langue : DE)
    • MAN06E : Introductory course in Entrepreneurship (4.5 ECTS, langue : EN)
    • MAN08F : Management stratégique (4.5 ECTS, langue : FR)
    • MAN08E : Strategic Management (4.5 ECTS, langue : EN)
    • MAN09F : Comptabilité de gestion (4.5 ECTS, langue : FR)
    • MAN09D : Controlling (d) (4.5 ECTS, langue : DE)
    • MAN10F : Finance d'Entreprise (4.5 ECTS, langue : FR)
    • MAN10D : Unternehmensfinanzierung (4.5 ECTS, langue : DE)
    • Microéconomie II (6 ECTS, langue : FR)
    • Mikroökonomie II (6 ECTS, langue : DE)
    • MAN03F : Recherche Marketing (6 ECTS, langue : FR)
    • MAN03D : Marketingforschung (6 ECTS, langue : DE)

    The selection of elective courses may vary depending on any changes that occur within the relevant departments.

  • Bachelor Thesis and Documentary Skills

    You can find more information about the Bachelor thesis and the Documentary Skills here.