Bachelor - Introductory and Orientation Period (STEOP)

STEOP

The introductory and orientation period (STEOP) is a chance for students in their first semester to get an insight into the degree programme and its contents. This way they can better assess whether the degree programme meets their personal expectations and whether they will be able to meet its demands.

Curricula

According to the curriculum, the STEOP examinations should ideally be completed in the first semester. Only after passing all STEOP examinations, you can attend additional courses and take further examinations.
You may attend courses with non-continuous assessment already before completing the STEOP and without registration via u:find. However, you will only be able to take the corresponding examinations if you have already completed the STEOP.

The recommended timetable for completing the courses is available in the appendix to your curriculum.

Link: Curricula of the Bachelor´s

Structure

Business Administration, International Business Administration and Economics (15 ECTS credits)

  • Module “Basics of General Business Administration” (5 ECTS credits, written module examination)
    • VO Introduction to Business Administration (course with non-continuous assessment)
  • Module “Basics of Economics” (5 ECTS credits, written module examination)
    • VO Principles of Economics (course with non-continuous assessment)
  • Module “Basics of Statistics” (5 ECTS credits, written module examination)
    • Parts of the VO Basic Principles of Statistics (course with non-continuous assessment)

Statistics (26 ECTS credits)

  • Module “Basic Principles of Statistics” (6 ECTS credits, written module examination)
    • VO Basic Principles of Statistics (course with non-continuous assessment)
  • Module “Probability Calculation” (10 ECTS credits, combined module examination)
    • VO Exercises in Probability (course with non-continuous assessment)
    • UE Exercises in Probability (course with continuous assessment)
  • Module “Linear Algebra” (10 ECTS credits, combined module examination)
    • VO Linear Algebra (course with non-continuous assessment)
    • UE Linear Algebra (course with continuous assessment)

STEOP Examinations

Students are allowed to repeat examinations from the introductory and orientation period (STEOP) three times, which means that four attempts are permitted in total.   The fourth and last examination attempt has to be heard by an examination committee.

If you do not pass the examination before the examination committee, you will be temporarily withdrawn from the degree programme (further information about the StEOP is available on the Teaching Affairs and Study Service website).

There are two examinations dates per semester, which are set in a way that students can continue their studies in the next semester after having completed the introductory and orientation period.
Examinations are held in December/January and January/February for the winter semester and in May/June and June/July for the summer semester.

Examination Dates

Examination dates are available in the course information section in u:find.

Please contact the StudiesServiceCenter within the official deadline, if an unclear or unjustified error message pops up while you are registering for a course. If your e-mail reaches the StudiesServiceCenter after the deadline has expired, the SSC can not take it into consideration.

You can also find the examination dates via u:space under the “course and examination registration system” tab.

A manual for the course registration is available under the “course registration” tab.