Getting-started courses

To prepare for the program, participants are offered preparatory courses in text production, mathematics, statistics, and accounting.

The art of communication I

This course helps you understand the typical problems encountered in text production.  Using a scientific and practical approach, you learn how to perform the crucial tasks of writing professional, convincing texts in management settings.  The goal is to enable you to communicate with less effort and more impact.

The art of communication II

This course shows how to make better presentations.  It addresses aspects such as learning to be yourself, communicating with passion and confidence, and making presentations memorable.

Financial Accounting

This course covers the basics of financial accounting.  It is mainly concerned with the method and rules of double-entry accounting.  At the end of the course you should be able to book and set up a balance sheet and income statement.  Further you will have a basic understanding of the different positions therein.

Statistics

This course offers a short review of the most fundamental and elementary concepts in statistics.  It is designed for students intending to refresh their knowledge as well as for those who have not been exposed to these topics in the past.

Financial Mathematics

The objective of this introductory course is to equip you with a basic mathematical tool box that you can apply in your MBA program.  You will solve linear and quadratic equations, deal with linear and quadratic functions, and rediscover integer exponents, fractional exponents, roots, logarithms, and differential calculus.