Programme

Built around broad managerial competencies required by the modern workplace, the BBA supports the acquisition of (i) subject-specific knowledge of the context and necessary tools of business administration; (ii) critical perspective on the global opportunities and challenges to come; (iii) attitudes and behavioral traits that are key to a successful business career.
BBA Integration week
From 23 to 27 September 2024, get to know your cohort while learning more about Luxembourg, its history, meeting institutional partners and visiting major players on the Luxembourg and international market. You will also discover the entrepreneurship programme at the University of Luxembourg and participate in the Climate Fresk, a collaborative workshop dedicated to gaining new perspective on climate change and finding sustainable solutions.
FDEF and its partners are pleased to welcome first-year students enrolled in the Bachelor’s in Business Administration to the “BBA Integration Week”.
Academic contents
Course offer for Semestre 1 (2024-2025 Winter)
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Details
- Course title: A sustainable tomorrow
- Number of ECTS: 6
- Course code: BBA-1
- Module(s): The context and tool kit of business
- Language: EN
- Mandatory: Yes
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Course learning outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
Adopt a systemic approach:
Identify and comprehend the major components and interactions within the Earth’s complex system
Explain the interrelationships between socioeconomic, environmental, and climatic phenomena
Reflect and project:
Articulate your own representation of Nature and the multitude of risks induced by the prevailing conception of Nature
Understand the value and limitations of prospective scenarios, and the role played by Science
Analyze a problem:
Identify the stakeholders involved in a given ecological issue (e.g., waste, pollution)
Understand current and future impacts, and explore possible adaptation and mitigation strategies
Position oneself in a debate:
Analyze the actors, alliances, arguments, and underlying visions for a given collective action
Demonstrate critical thinking and discernment in the face of the information flow conveyed by the media -
Description
This introductory course is designed for first-year Bachelor students in Business Administration. It provides an accessible, interdisciplinary coverage of the context and the issues pertaining to the ecological transition and sustainable development.The course is conceived as a set of knowledge and skills promoting an attitude of inquiry, bringing together notions and frameworks from (very basic) chemistry, physics, biology, economics, and philosophy.The course will examine the Earth system, from its formation to the Anthropocene, and its likely future. It will discuss climate change in the long run, its recent evolution, the importance of energy and the relation to GHG emissions. It will examine biodiversity and the notion of ecosystemic services. Adaptation and mitigation strategies, the economic and business determinants and consequences of climate change, as well as the possible levels and modes of action, will be discussed and analysed from different perspectives. -
Assessment
Final Written Exam -
Note
Course material will be regularly posted on Moodle. Many sources have contributed to the development of the course. Among others are:
Textbook
Collectif Fortes, sous la direction de Renouard, Beau, Goupil et Koenig, 2024, « Manuel de la grande transition », Les Liens qui Libèrent (in French) ; Renouard, Beau, Goupil and Koenig (Eds), 2021, “The Great Transition Guide: Principles for a Transformative Education”, Campus de la Transition, Forges and Laudato Si’ Research Institute, Campion Hall, Oxford (in English)
Comics
Klein and Bauman, 2014, “The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change”, Island Press
Blain et Jancovici ,2021, « Le monde sans fin, miracle énergétique et dérive climatique », Dargaud
Dion et Henrion, 2024, « Horizons climatiques, rencontre avec 9 scientifiques du GIEC », Glénat
Data
https://ourworldindata.org
https://www.footprintnetwork.org
https://www.ipcc.ch
https://www.ipbes.net
Internet resources
Université Virtuelle Environnement et Développement durable (UVED) https://www.uved.fr
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Details
- Course title: Principes de l'Économie
- Number of ECTS: 6
- Course code: BBA-2
- Module(s): The context and tool kit of business
- Language: FR, EN
- Mandatory: Yes
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Objectives
By the end of the course, students will gain a solid understanding of economic concepts, equipping them with the knowledge to analyze real-world economic problems and their implications for business and policy.
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Details
- Course title: Comptabilité
- Number of ECTS: 6
- Course code: BBA-3
- Module(s): The context and tool kit of business
- Language: FR
- Mandatory: Yes
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Course learning outcomes
Le cours permet de
Déterminer la structure d’un bilan et son organisation
Se sensibiliser sur le principe de l’équilibre entre emplois et ressources
D’établir un compte de résultat juste
De comptabiliser les principales écritures comptables
De comprendre en grande partie le plan de comptes (Plan Comptable Normalisé Luxembourgeois)
De comprendre le principe de la partie double et son application (écritures)
D’appréhender l’utilisation des documents comptables :
Le journal en comptabilité
Le grand-livre comptable
La balance comptable
De comprendre le procédé de construction des documents de synthèse : le bilan, le compte de résultat. -
Description
Programme Présentation des états financiers d’une entreprise en format LUX GAAP : définition des documents comptables Ecritures JOURNAL enseignées Les opérations d’exploitationChiffres d’affaires – rabais remise ristourne – transports – emballages consignés – factures d’avoir – retour de marchandises – escomptes de créances commerciales – factoring – achats de marchandises ou autres – acompte – charges de personnels – comptabilisation des stocks optionsLa TVATVA amont – TVA aval TVA en LIC – Exportation TVA en AIC – importation Les opérations financièresTableau d’amortissement des emprunts bancaires (annuités constantes – amortissements constants – in fine)Comptabilisation des prêts (intérêts – intérêt courus non échus)Tableau d’amortissement des emprunts obligataires (annuités constantes – amortissements constants – in fine) L’affectation des résultats et opérations en capital Bénéfice – réserves – report à nouveau – calcul du bénéfice distribuable – comptabilisation des dividendesCapital (émission – processus capital souscrit appelé ….)Subvention d’investissement amortissable Comptabilisation des stocksStocks (marchandises – matières premières – produits finis) Cession d’immobilisation Les amortissements et provisionsAmortissements linéaires et dégressifs des immobilisationsProvisions pour dépréciations d’actifProvisions pour risques et chargesExercices avec journal – grand livre – balance en vue de préparer l’examen -
Assessment
Final written Exam -
Note
Literature: Initiation à la comptabilité généralePierrot KAILSEditeur PIMOVADEMECUM DE LA COMPTABILITE GENERALE
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Details
- Course title: Maths for Business
- Number of ECTS: 6
- Course code: BBA-4
- Module(s): The context and tool kit of business
- Language: FR, EN
- Mandatory: Yes
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Objectives
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Understand the key concepts and principles of calculus.
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Represent and analyze standard business issues in mathematical terms.
Interpret business and economic data and visualizations. -
Description
This introductory course is designed for first-year Bachelor students in Business Administration. It provides a comprehensive overview and applied treatment of core topics of elementary mathematics.Specifically, the course examines and offers business applications of linear functions, simultaneous equations, non-linear functions, financial mathematics, differentiation and optimization, integration, and functions of several variables.The elements covered provide sufficient mathematical background to understand many of the issues arising in the business and economic world. -
Assessment
Final Written Exam -
Note
Literature: Bradley T. (2013) “Essential Mathematics for Economics and Business”, Wiley, 4th Edition
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Details
- Course title: Statistiques
- Number of ECTS: 6
- Course code: BBA-5
- Module(s): The context and tool kit of business
- Language: FR
- Mandatory: Yes
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Objectives
Ce cours a pour objectif la compréhension, le traitement et l’analyse des phénomènes économiques en utilisant l’information sous la forme de données statistiques. Plus spécifiquement, il s’agira de :
Distributions Unidimensionnelles
Représentations graphiques, caractéristiques de tendance centrale, caractéristiques de dispersion, caractéristiques de forme, caractéristiques de concentration
Généraliser la notion de moyenne, des effets de structure
Distributions à deux caractères et dépendance statistique
Ajustement linéaire (méthodes des moindres carrés) -
Description
À l’issue de ce cours, les étudiants devraient être capables de : Présenter les données collectées sous forme de tableaux statistiques. Identifier la nature des variables afin de traiter l’information de façon pertinente. Analyser de façon quantitative l’information contenue dans les distributions. Choisir les indicateurs statistiques pertinents pour interpréter et synthétiser les résultats obtenus. Déterminer l’existence d’une relation linéaire entre deux variables statistiques par le biais de la méthode de régression. -
Assessment
Final written Exam
Module 2: Business fundamentals
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
Marketing
Language: EN
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Business English
Language: EN
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Organizations and human relations
Language: EN
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Droit civil
Language: FR
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Business analytics
Language: EN
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6
Module 3: Advanced business management I
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
Management and cost accounting
Language: EN
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Fundamentals of finance
Language: EN
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Business taxation
Languages: EN + FR
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
European governance and international relations
Languages: EN + FR
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Creativity and enterprising
Language: EN
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6
Module 4: Advanced business management II
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
Financial accounting
Languages: EN + FR
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Logistics and operations management
Language: EN
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Droit des affaires
Language: FR
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Business ethics and culture
Languages: EN + FR
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Système d’information en entreprise
Language: FR
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6
Module 5: Business in the modern world economy
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
Critical thinking
Languages: EN + FR
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Innovation and digitalization
Language: EN
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Management stratégique et international
Language: FR
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6
Module 6: Topics in risk and insurance
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
Themes in insurance and risk
Language: FR
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6
Module 7: Topics in banking and investment
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
Themes in banking and investment
Language: FR
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6
Module 8: Experiential path
Number of ECTS credits for these modules:-
Professional and Personal Development
Languages: EN + FR
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 6 -
Internship
Number of ECTS credits for this module: 24