International Business (B.A.) | Sustainability Management

Bachelor’s degree program

A sustainable future is important to you and you want to take on responsibility – but also pursue a career in line with your personal values. But what role do companies play in times of ecological crisis and how can they contribute to transformative change? How can we develop business models that are both profitable and sustainable? How can we change the flow of money, but also consumer behavior in our global world? To answer these questions, you want to apply business management as well as economic, psychological and financial approaches in companies and organizations.

The course combines modules on management with focus modules on aspects of sustainability, starting with theoretical and political aspects of global responsibility, the discussion of corporate and financial aspects of sustainability and options for fairer and more sustainable value chains and consumer behavior. In the interdisciplinary course you will find the basics of management, finance, consumer behavior and various approaches from the sustainability sciences. The focus is on applying your skills to real-world problems. During your semester abroad, you can deepen your skills at one of our partner universities.

Career Opportunities

• Consultant for Corporate Social Responsibility
• Change Manager
• Expert for Green Finance
• Sustainability manager
• Project manager for CSR reports
• Specialist for ESG
• Supply Chain Manager
• Environmental Policy Analyst
• Investment manager with a focus on social impact

Contact person

Prof. Dr. Dr. Björn Bohnenkamp

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Program structure: International Business | Sustainability Management

Every module on the bachelor’s degree program in Sustainability Management & Social Responsibility at Karlshochschule opens up a new and exciting world for me. When I look at the module overview, I also discover how the content of my degree program is meaningfully interlinked and how Sustainability Management & Social Responsibility is thus revealed to me as a whole.

International Business | Sustainability Management – Structure first year – 60 ECTS

• 6 ECTS – Designing Sustainable & Profitable Business Models
• 5 ECTS – Organizational Environment
• 6 ECTS – Introduction to Management
• 5 ECTS – Responsible Practices
• 8 ECTS – Introduction to Scientific Research Methods
• 4 ECTS – English / German as a Foreign Language 1.1
• 6 ECTS – Sustainable Development
• 6 ECTS – Transforming Global Value Chains
• 5 ECTS – Strategy as Theory and Practice
• 5 ECTS – Community Project
• 4 ECTS – English / German as a Foreign Language 1.2

International Business | Sustainability Management – second year – 60 ECTS

• 6 ECTS – Sustainable Finance: Decolonizing Money Flows
• 6 ECTS – Area Studies
• 6 ECTS – Resources: Financial Resources, Human Resources, Organization
• 6 ECTS – Introductory Company and Consulting Project
• 6 ECTS – Foreign Language 2.1
• 6 ECTS – Transformative Consumer Research
• 6 ECTS – Change & Learning
• 6 ECTS – Controlling, Accounting & Reporting
• 6 ECTS – Enhanced Company and Consulting Project
• 6 ECTS – Foreign Language 2.2 or Host Language

International Business | Sustainability Management – third year – 60 ECTS

• 6 ECTS – Current Issues in Sustainability Management
• 6 ECTS – Sustainability Studies Elective
• 6 ECTS – Management Elective
• 6 ECTS – International Project
• 6 ECTS – Elective: Culture & Language Foreign Lg. / Host Language
• 18 ECTS – Internship Project
• 12 ECTS – Bachelor Thesis incl. its Defense

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