Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ADE) (en inglés)
Undergraduate Programme. Academic Year 2024/2025.
Study Programme Structure Chart
General structure of the study plan:
The study plan consists of basic, compulsory and elective (optional) training subjects.
The study plan is spread over four academic years.
Since the 2017-2018 academic year, first year students are offered the opportunity to take a "Mathematics Zero Course" aimed at students who want to reinforce their previous knowledge of mathematics. This subject is not part of the curriculum, and is currently taught only in Spanish.
Degree schedule establishment
Title implementation calendar:
For information (in Spanish) on the implementation calendar of the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and the phasing out of the previous Business Administration “Licenciate” Degree, see here.
General information with regards to the distribution of credits and the credit value of every course unit
General information about the credit structure and distribution per subject area:
Students attend the basic training ECTS credits in the first course (first and second semester). The compulsory subjects extend from the second year up to the first semester of the fourth year. Part of the seventh as well as the full eighth semester (i.e., the first and second semester of the fourth year, respectively) are dedicated to the elective subjects and the Bachelor Thesis.
To take the 36 optional ECTS credits, students can choose from 25 elective subjects of 4 ECTS credits each as well as an External Internship of 12 ECTS. If the student wishes to obtain a European Diploma Supplement (EDS) with the explicit mention of a specialization (the four specializations being Accounting, Business Management, Marketing and Finance), (s)he must take the four specific elective subjects of the corresponding specialization, as well as two of the 4 recommended electives (total 24 ECTS).
Brief description of modules/units, their sequence, and key skills taught.
Brief description of the modules and areas, their time sequence and associated competences:
MODULE | AREA | SUBJECT | YEAR | SEMESTER | General comp. | Transversal comp. | Specific comp. |
1. Basic formation | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |||||
1.1. Business | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 | ||||||
1.1.1. Financial Accounting I | 1 | 2 | 1234 | 1345 | 1345 | ||
1.1.2. Principles of Business Management | 1 | 1 | 1234 | 135 | 123467 | ||
1.1.3. Principles of Business Financial Management | 1 | 2 | 1234 | 145 | 13 | ||
1.2. Law | 1,6 | ||||||
1.2.1. Business Law | 1 | 1 | 234 | 14 | 16 | ||
1.3. Economics | 3,4,6,8 | ||||||
1.3.1.Introduction to Economics | 1 | 1 | 123 | 12 | 3468 | ||
1.3.2. Microeconomics | 1 | 2 | 123 | 12 | 4 | ||
1.4. Mathematics | 4 | ||||||
1.4.1.Business Mathematics I | 1 | 1 | 123 | 145 | 4 | ||
1.4.2. Business Mathematics II | 1 | 2 | 123 | 145 | 4 | ||
1.5. Statistics | 3,4 | ||||||
1.5.1.Business Statistics I | 1 | 2 | 1234 | 1234 | 34 | ||
1.6. History | 8 | ||||||
1.6.1. Economic History | 1 | 1 | 234 | 124 | 8 | ||
2. Bachelor Thesis | 2.1. Bachelor Thesis | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 | |||
3. Accounting | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |||||
3.1. Accounting for external users | 3,4,5,6 | ||||||
Financial Accounting II | 2 | 1 | 1234 | 1345 | 3456 | ||
Company Accounting (*) | 4 | 2 | 1234 | 12345 | 3456 | ||
Audit of Financial Statements (*) | 4 | 1 | 1234 | 145 | 456 | ||
Consolidation of Financial Statements (*) | 4 | 1 | 1234 | 145 | 456 | ||
3.2. Accounting for internal users | 3,4,5,6 | ||||||
Management Accounting | 2 | 2 | 123 | 145 | 3456 | ||
Analysis and Accounting Consolidation | 3 | 1 | 1234 | 145 | 3456 | ||
Accounting Software (*) | 4 | 2 | 134 | 145 | 3456 | ||
4. Business Organization | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |||||
4.1. Organization and Human Resources | 1,2,3,4,7 | ||||||
Organization and Design | 2 | 2 | 1234 | 1245 | 12347 | ||
Human Resource Management | 3 | 1 | 1234 | 12345 | 2347 | ||
4.2. Business Administration | 1,2,3,4,7 | ||||||
Strategic Management | 4 | 1 | 24 | 124 | 127 | ||
International Business Management | 4 | 1 | 24 | 145 | 12347 | ||
Start-up Companies | 4 | 2 | 1234 | 145 | 12347 | ||
4.3. Operations and Technology Management | 1,2,3,4,7 | ||||||
Production Management | 3 | 2 | 1234 | 1245 | 12347 | ||
Quality Management (*) | 4 | 2 | 1234 | 1245 | 12347 | ||
Innovation and Technology Management (*) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 134 | ||
5. Finance | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |||||
5.1. Financial Management | 3,4,5,6,7 | ||||||
Financial Mathematics | 2 | 1 | 124 | 14 | 6 | ||
Asset Valuation and Investment Analysis | 3 | 1 | 1234 | 145 | 34567 | ||
Financing Decisions | 3 | 2 | 1234 | 12345 | 34567 | ||
Financial Analysis and Planning | 4 | 1 | 1234 | 1345 | 34567 | ||
5.2. Financial Markets and Risk | 3,4,5,6,7 | ||||||
Domestic and International Financial Markets | 4 | 1 | 1234 | 12345 | 34567 | ||
Banking Economy and Management (*) | 4 | 2 | 1234 | 145 | 34567 | ||
Banking Operations and Stock Market (*) | 4 | 2 | 1234 | 145 | 3456 | ||
Risk Analysis and Management | 4 | 2 | 1234 | 145 | 3456 | ||
5.3. Corporate Governance | 1,5,7 | ||||||
Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (*) | 4 | 2 | 1234 | 12345 | 157 | ||
Financial Economics of Self-employment and Participative Companies (*) | 4 | 1 | 1234 | 12345 | 157 | ||
6. Marketing | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |||||
6.1. Commercial Management and Research | 2,3,6,7 | ||||||
Principles of Marketing | 3 | 1 | 1234 | 12345 | 2367 | ||
Market Research | 3 | 2 | 1234 | 12345 | 2367 | ||
Consumer Behaviour | 4 | 1 | 1234 | 34 | 367 | ||
Marketing Plan (*) | 4 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 6 | ||
International Marketing | 4 | 2 | 1234 | 145 | 6 | ||
6.2. Communication and Distribution | 2,3,6,7 | ||||||
Integrated Marketing Communication | 4 | 1 | 1234 | 12345 | 2367 | ||
Commercial Distribution (*) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 6 | ||
7. Economic Environment | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |||||
7.1. Economics | 3,4,6,8 | ||||||
Macroeconomics | 2 | 1 | 124 | 145 | 348 | ||
Economic Policy | 2 | 2 | 124 | 124 | 3468 | ||
International Economics for Business | 2 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 3468 | ||
Spanish Economy | 2 | 2 | 24 | 145 | 3468 | ||
Applied Industrial Economics (*) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 145 | 3468 | ||
Spanish Financial System (*) | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 348 | ||
7.2. Taxation | 3,4,5,6 | ||||||
Tax System I | 2 | 2 | 1234 | 12345 | 3456 | ||
Tax System II | 3 | 2 | 1234 | 12345 | 3456 | ||
Tax Planning (*) | 4 | 1 | 1234 | 123 | 3456 | ||
8. Cross-sectional Formation | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |||||
8.1. Legal Framework and Sociology | 2,3,6 | ||||||
Commercial Law I | 2 | 1 | 124 | 14 | 236 | ||
Commercial Contracts (*) | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 36 | ||
Industrial and Business Sociology | 2 | 1 | 124 | 14 | 236 | ||
Sociology of Organizations (*) | 4 | 2 | 24 | 145 | 236 | ||
Gender and Diversity in Organizations (*) | 4 | 2 | 124 | 1234 | 236 | ||
Labour Hiring (*) | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 2 | ||
8.2. Quantitative Methods | 3,4,5,6 | ||||||
Business Statistics II | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1245 | 3456 | ||
Decision Analysis | 3 | 1 | 123 | 1245 | 3456 | ||
Data Analysis (*) | 4 | 1 | 1234 | 134 | 456 | ||
Econometrics | 3 | 2 | 12 | 123 | 3456 | ||
Business Analysis with Big Data (*) | 4 | 2 | 1234 | 145 | 3456 | ||
8.3. Management skills | 24 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Business English | 4 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 3 | ||
8.4. External Internship | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 | ||||||
Marked with (*) are Elective subjects currently offered in Spanish only. |
Programme Choices (Major, Specialization, Honours)
Specializations:
Since June 2017, students have the option of following a specialization which will appear in the Supplement to the Academic Degree.
The following specializations are offered in the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration:
ACCOUNTING SPECIALIZATION (24 ECTS) |
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION (24 ECTS) |
Mandatorily includes the following specific elective subjects: o Consolidation of Financial Statements o Audit of Financial Statements o Accounting Software o Company Accounting |
Mandatorily includes the following specific elective subjects: o International Business Management o Innovation and Technology Management o Quality Management o Start- up companies |
And two of the following recommended elective subjects: o Tax Planning o Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability o Risk Analysis and Management o Commercial Contracts |
And two of the following recommended elective subjects: o Applied Industrial Economics o Tax Planning o Government and Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability o Gender and Diversity in Organizations |
FINANCE SPECIALIZATION (24 ECTS) |
MARKETING SPECIALIZATION (24 ECTS) |
Mandatorily includes the following specific elective subjects: o Financial Economics of Self-employment and Participative Companies o International and National Financial Markets o Banking o Banking operations and Stock Market |
Mandatorily includes the following specific elective subjects: o Integrated Marketing Communications o Commercial Distribution o Marketing Plan o International Marketing
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And two of the following recommended elective subjects: o Applied Industrial Economics o Tax Planning o Government and Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability o Risk Analysis and Management
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And two of the following recommended elective subjects: o Data Analysis o Business Analysis with Big Data o Commercial Contracts o Government and Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability o Sociology of Organizations
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Of the above list, the following elective subjects can currently be taken in English:
o Risk Analysis and Management
o International Business Management
o Start-up Companies
o Integrated Marketing Communication
o International Marketing
o Domestic and International Markets
The other elective subjects are currently taught in Spanish only.
Study guides
Study guides:
The study guides for all subjects taught in English are available here.
For a comprehensive overview of all courses offered in Spanish and/or English, see here.
Collaboration Agreements and Students Exchange Programmes
Collaboration Agreements and Support Programs for Exchange Students:
For information about international mobility programs, as well as support for international exchange students, see here. For information (in Spanish) about national exchange programs, see here.
Internships (agreements with public or private institutions, tutoring programmes, application procedures, selection criteria ...)
External Internships (agreements with public or private entities, mentoring system, application systems, award criteria ...):
The Faculty of Economics & Business offers the opportunity to take an External Internship during the second semester of the fourth year. This counts for 12 elective ECTS credits.
The Internship can be done in Spanish or English, either in Spanish territory or abroad.
For complete information about External Internships (in Spanish), see here, or visit the Faculty’s Internship Office (Central Pavilion, 1st floor, Office 33)
Admission of students including those from mentoring and/or refugee programmes
Student welcoming and mentoring program:
Final year undergraduate project
Bachelor Thesis:
During the final semester of their Degree, students will have to perform a Bachelor Thesis. This counts for 6 ECTS credits and can be written in Spanish or English.
For complete information about this Bachelor Thesis, see here (currently in Spanish only).