1. Bachelor of Arts in
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Programme description
Academic Year 2011–2012

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Table of Contents
1. General Course Information �3
1.1 Programme aims �3
1.2 Major learning outcomes �3
1.3 Programme description �3
1.4 Structure of studies �3
1.5 Programme management �4
2. Module descriptions �5
2.1 Foundation module �5
2.2 Business foundation module �5
2.3 International business module �5
2.4 Placement �6
3. Courses and Semesters �7

3. 3
1. General Course Information
1.1 Programme aims
The major aim of the programme is to provide students with an understanding of and develop their
skills in business issues in an international context. The Bachelor of Arts programme in International
Business at Corvinus University will equip students with an adequate knowledge in economics, social
sciences, business, communication skills, foreign languages and specific business skills for them to be
able to organise and manage enterprises and business in an international environment.
1.2 Major learning outcomes
Graduates will have the skills to:
–– Analyse the international movement of goods, services and financial assets
–– Market products and services on national and international markets
–– Maintain business operations on the Single European Market
–– Apply management functions in an international environment
–– Conduct international business negotiations in two foreign languages
–– Identify problems, set and priorities tasks, solve business problems in an international environment
–– Work individually and in teams.
1.3 Programme description
The programme consists of four major building blocks: a foundation module, a business module, an
international business module and a business placement. The teaching methodology is highly skills
development based and focuses on the practical use of the acquired knowledge. This includes
interactive discussions, small group work, student projects and presentations, case studies and other
business problem related issues. Due to the international orientation of the programme, students will
have the opportunity to take two foreign business languages (proficiency in two languages is also a
must to acquire the degree). Besides the six academic semesters students will develop their skills and
obtain business experience during a 12-week (or two 6-week) business placement (internship) at a
company or institution. The curriculum is taught entirely in English.
1.4 Structure of studies
6 academic semesters and a mandatory 12-week placement (internship)
–– Academic credits altogether: 180
–– Placement credits: 30
–– Credits altogether: 210

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1.5 Programme management
Programme Director:
Assoc. Prof. László KACSIREK
Office: H – 1093 Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Room 321/A (Main Building)
E-mail: laszlo.kacsirek@uni-corvinus.hu
Phone: (+36 1) 482 5590
Fax: (+36 1) 482 5591
Programme Coordinator:
Ms Emese BOROS
Office: H – 1093 Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Room 136 (Main Building)
E-mail: boros.emese@uni-corvinus.hu
Phone: (+36 1) 482 5446
Fax: (+36 1) 482 5449
Administrative Assistant:
Ms Viktoria Paulus
Office: H – 1093 Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Room 321/A (Main Building)
E-mail: viktoria.varga @uni-corvinus.hu
Phone: (+36 1) 482 5589
Fax: (+36 1) 482 5591

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2. Module descriptions
2.1 Foundation module
Module aims
The Foundation Module aims to build competencies in various functional areas to prepare students for
their business studies. Students will acquire the necessary knowledge and skills in e.g. Mathematics,
Computing and Statistics to form a strong pillar for their business calculations and planning. The
economic subjects (e.g. Micro and Macroeconomics, Finances) help students understand what
economy is about. The module lays an emphasis on helping students to improve their communication
skills and develop their study and research skills which form an important building stone of their
further studies. The Foundation Module is rigorous, academically demanding and designed specially to
ensure that international students and Hungarian nationals gain the skills and knowledge to succeed
in obtaining their high-quality degree.
2.2 Business foundation module
Module aims
The role of the Business Module is to build competencies in various business areas. This module is the
module that gives students the basic economic and business skills; students will acquire knowledge
and skills in the field of a number of areas (e.g. Business Economics, Marketing, Accounting) that
‘make an economist an economist’. By completing the module students will understand the way a
firm operates and they will possess the knowledge and skills to maintain functional operations in an
enterprise. The module provides them with practical business knowledge and a range of skills that will
better equip them for professional business life.
2.3 International business module
Module aims
The International Business Module teaches students management issues and business disciplines
from an international perspective. The module provides students with the knowledge and skills that
make them international business specialists. Through a variety of subjects (e.g. Global Economy and
International Trade, International Business Law, International Marketing, International Forwarding
and Logistics) students will understand the international economic and business environment of
international business operations. Students will acquire special skills that will enable them to conduct
and administer business operations in an international environment.

6. 2.4 Placement
In the course of their studies students will deepen their business knowledge and develop their skills
on a supervised work placement in industry, commerce or public administration. This part of the
programme places students in employment in an appropriate international business environment for
the overall duration of 12 weeks. Typically students would work at an internationally active company,
a multinational enterprise or a public administration office that deals with European or international
business affairs. It is also possible to spend the placement outside of Hungary. The major aims of the
placement module is to provide students with an understanding of the world of work, to develop their
skills in a real business environment, to assist in students’ decision of what type of career they might
want in the future, and to improve their employability.
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7. International Business (BA) Curriculum (Starting September 2011 )
Neptun Code
Type
Assessment
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 4
Sum of credits
Course Leader Department Professor
1
Credit
2
Credit
3
Credit
4
Credit
5
Credit
6
Credit
7
L S L S L S L S L S L S
Placement
Core 22 24 27 20 23 16 132
Foundation core 19 24 14 5 4 0 66
4MA12NAK22B Foundation of Mathematics 1. C ex 2 2 5 5 Péter Tallos Department of Mathematics Csaba Puskás , Imre Szabó
4MI25NAK17B Microeconomics C ex 2 2 5 5 László Trautmann Department of Microeconomics András Kálecz-Simon
Advanced Microeconomics C ex 2 2 ( 5 ) ( 5 ) László Trautmann Department of Microeconomics ?
2BE34NAK18B Basics of IT C ex 1 1 4 4 András Nemeslaki E-Business Research Center András Nemeslaki
2VL60NBK08B Business Economics* C ex 2 2 5 5 István Bartók Department of Business Studies István Bartók Miklós Kozma
2DS91NBK01B Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre C ex 2 2 ( 5 ) ( 5 ) Mátyás Gritsch Logistics and Supply Chain Management/DSG Mátyás Gritsch
4MA12NAK22B Foundation of Mathematics 2. C ex 2 2 5 5 Péter Tallos Department of Mathematics Zoltán Palágyi
4MA23NAK11B Macroeconomics C ex 2 2 5 5 Eszter Szabó-Bakos Department of Macroeconomics András Kálecz-Simon
293NMARK370B Marketing* C tm 2 2 5 5 András Bauer Department of Marketing Zita Kelemen
2DS91NBK03B Grundlagen des Marketing C tm 2 2 ( 5 ) ( 5 ) Károly Ötvös Department of Marketing Research and Consumer Behaviour/DSG Károly Ötvös
2VE81NBK01B Management C ex 2 2 5 5 Miklós Dobák Department of Mangement and Organisation Emma Incze, Zsolt Róland Szabó
4PU51NAK04B Finance C ex 2 1 4 4 Tamás Bánfi Department of Finance Zsuzsa Novák, Judit Sági
Operations Research C 2 1 4 4
4ST14NAK14B Statistics 1 C ex 2 2 5 5 Ottó Hajdú Department of Statistic Gábor Ruzsa
2SA53NBK01B Foundations of Accounting C tm 2 2 5 5 János Lukács Department of Financial Accounting László Péter Lakatos
4ST14NAK15B Statistics 2 C ex 2 2 5 5 Ottó Hajdú Department of Statistic Gábor Ruzsa
2JO11NBK01B Business Law 1 C 2 1 4 4 Mária Balásházy Department of Business Law Róbert Szuchy
International Business Core 3 13 15 19 16 66
2SZ74NBK01B Study and Research Skills C tm 0 2 3 3 László Kacsirek International Business Research Center László Kacsirek
2BE52NBK01B Corporate Finance* C ex 2 2 5 5 János Száz Investments and Corporate Finance Kata Váradi
2DS91NAK03B Investierung und Finanzierung C ex 2 2 ( 5 ) ( 5 ) László Balogh Department of Finace/DSG
4MA23NAK10B International Economics C ex 2 2 5 5 Eszter Szabó-Bakos Department of Macroeconomics András Kálecz-Simon
? Organisational Behaviour and HR C ex 2 1 3 8 Bakacsi Gyula Department of Organisational Behaviour
2SA53NCK08B Managerial Accounting C tm 2 2 5 5 János Bosnyák Department of Managerial Accounting László Lakatos
2SZ74NCK13B Global Economy and International Trade C ex 2 2 5 5 László Kacsirek International Business Research Center László Kacsirek
2MF44NCK06B International Marketing C ex 2 2 5 5 Erzsébet Malota Department of Marketing Research and Consumer Behaviour Erzsébet Malota
293NOPRK212B Decision Techniques C tm 1 2 4 4 Dr Zita Zoltay Paprika Department of Decision Theory Matolay Réka, Richárd Szántó
2SZ74NBK03B Intercultural communication C tm 1 2 4 4 Erzsébet Malota Department of Marketing Research and Consumer Behaviour Erzsébet Malota
2SA53NDK09B Business Financing C ex 2 2 5 5 Miklós Virág Department of Enterprise Finances Tibor Krisztián Csubák
2SZ74NCK19B Hungary’s Foreign Economic Relations C ex 2 0 3 3 László Kacsirek International Business Research Center Ádám Mészáros
7NK40NGK54B International Business Law C ex 2 0 3 3 Erzsébet Kaponyi Institute of International Studies Erzsébet Kaponyi
2VL60NCK02B Operations and Process Management C ex 0 2 3 3 Andrea Gelei Logistics and Supply Chain Management Andrea Gelei
2SZ74NDK01B Applied International Business Methods C tm 2 2 5 5 Milán Constantinovits International Business Research Center Katalin Gulyásné Csekő
2B52NBK02B Financial Ratio Analysis and Prediction C tm 1 2 4 4 Miklós Virág Departmentof Enterprise Finance Attila Fiáth
2IR32NCK01B International Forwardind and Logistics C ex 2 1 4 4 Dr. Erzsébet Sipos Halászné Logistics and Supply Chain Management Gergely Gecse

8. Compulsory elective 3 3 3 8 9 9 35
Foundation course 3 3 3 6 3 18
Compulsory elective economic foundation subjects: 3 X 1 course 3 3 3 9
2KG23NAK05B Environmental Economics CE ex 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 Sándor Kerekes Enviromental Economics and Technology Anna Széchy
2GF26NAK08B Economic Geography CE ex 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 István Tózsa Department of Economic Geography Attila Korompai
2SP72NCK04B Project Management CE tm 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 Mihály Görög Department of Strategy and Project Management Mihály Görög, Bálint Blaskovits
2VE81NBK03B Organisational Behavior CE ex 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 Bakacsi Gyula Department of Organisational Behaviour Stephan Wirtz
Compulsory elective social sciences subjects : 3 x 1 course 3 3 3 9
4VG32NAK16B Introduction to the EU***** CE ex 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 András Blahó Department of World Economy Halm Tamás
7SO30NFV80B Economic History CE ex 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 Antal Szántay Institute of Sociology and Social Policy Antal Szántay
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Philosophy CE ex 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 Zsuzsa Bodai Institute of Political Sciences
293NEPSV210B Economic Phsychology CE ex 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 Linda Dezső ISP Linda Dezső
7SO30NFVA8B Economic Sociology CE ex 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 Ágnes Czakó Institute of Sociology and Social Policy
7PO10NFV63B Introduction to Political Sciences CE ex 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 András Lánczi Institute of Political Sciences András Lánczi, Sándor Gallai
Special compulsory elective 0 3 0 5 3 6 17
Specialisation compulsory elective (17 credits must be collected) 0 3 0 5 3 6 17
Second foreign language** CE tm 0 4 2 0 4 2 Ágota Dobos Centre for Foreign Language Education and Research
2SZ74NDV11B Business Games CE tm 1 2 4 Ádám Mészáros International Business Research Center Ádám Mészáros
4VG32NAK37B International Corporate Strategies CE ex 2 1 4 Péter Gál Department of World Economy Kutasi Gábor
2SZ74NDK14B Custom Clearance CE ex 2 1 4 László Kacsirek International Business Research Center Torda Csaba, Balasi Bálint
4VG32NAK42B International Economic and Corporate
Analysis
CE tm 2 1 4 2 1 4 István Magas Department of World Economy István Magas Rezessy Gergely
Policies of the EU***** CE ex 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3
2JO11NCK05B International Taxation CE ex 2 1 4 2 1 4 Dániel Deák Department of Business Law

9. Elective courses 5 2 3 3 13
Foreign language** 2 2 4
Elective courses 3 3 3 9 helyük változtatható
Couses in Germain
2DS91NBK04B Führung und Organization E ex 1 1 3 Roland Szilas DSG Roland Szilas
2DS91NBK02B Allgemeine Volkswirtschaftslehre* E ex 2 1 4 2 1 4 Judit Simon DSG Judit Simon
2DS91NDK01B Betriebswirtschaftliche Entscheidung-stheorie
E ex 2 1 4 Imre Dobos Logistics and Supply Chain Management Imre Dobos
2DS91NDK04B
Steuerlehre
E tm 2 1 4 Tamás Timitz Department of Marketing Research and Consumer Behaviour Tamás Timitz
2DS91NDK02B Marktforschung E tm 2 2 5 Judit Simon DSG Judit Simon
2DS91NDK03B
E tm 2 2 5 László Lázár Department of Management and Organisation László Lázár
Kostenrechnung
2DS91NDK05B Wirtschaftsinformatik E ex 1 1 3 László Cser Department of Computer Sciences László Cser
Courses in English
2VL60NCV02B Cases on International Business Strategy E tm 0 2 3 Miklós Kozma, Erzsébet
Czakó
Department of Business Economics Miklós Kozma, Erzsébet Czakó
2SZ31NCV01B Managing the Enterprise E ex 0 2 3 0 2 3 Gyula Vastag Department of Computer Sciences Gyula Vastag
2VL60NCV01B Cases on Business Economics E tm 0 2 3 0 2 3 Erzsébet Czakó Department of Business Economics Erzsébet Czakó
2KG23NAV02B Environmental Policy E ex 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 Károly Kiss Enviromental Economics and Technology Károly Kiss
293NIECV483B Tourism Management and Marketing E ex 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 László Puczkó ISP László Puczkó
293NCOMV512B Managing ERP with SAP R/3 E ex 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 Dr. Katalin Kelemenné Ternai Department of Information Systems Dr. Katalin Kelemenné Ternai
293NBUSV489B Electronic Commerce E ex 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 Andrea Kő Department of Information Systems Andrea Kő
293NBUSV498B Business Ethics E ex 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 Matolay Réka Department of Decision Theory Matolay Réka
293NBUSV499B Corporate Social Responsibility E ex 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 Matolay Réka Department of Decision Theory Matolay Réka
293NECOV536M Market and Democracy E ex 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 Péter Gedeon Department of Comparative Economics Péter Gedeon
293NSOCV450B The New East-European Underclass E ex 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 János Ladányi Institute of Sociology and Social Policy János Ladányi
293NSOCV456B Social Change in the Era of Globalization E ex 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 Attila László Melegh ISP Attila László Melegh
293NPOLV301B International Debate E ex 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 Allen Ward Stanley ISP Allen Ward Stanley
293NPOLV430B Hungary, European Integration and
European Security
E ex 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 Levente Boros Bánk ISP Levente Boros Bánk
293NHISV464B History of Hungary and Central Europe:
From West to East and Back
E ex 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 Attila Lengyel ISP Attila Lengyel
4OG33NAV18B Comparative Economics E ex 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 Katalin Szabó Department of Comparative Economics Katalin Szabó
293NHISV476B Nations in the Crossroads of History: Con-temporary
Central and Eastern Europe
E ex 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 Attila Lengyel ISP Attila Lengyel
293NPSYV311B Personality Types and Team Dynamics E ex 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 Mark Newell ISP Mark Newell
293NPOLV469B Political Problems of Transition in Eastern
Europe
E ex 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 Bánk Levente Boros ISP Levente Boros Bánk
293NPOLV386B European Union Politics E ex 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 Christopher Walsch ISP Christopher Walsch
293NPOLV377B International Relations 1945 to Present E ex 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 Christopher Walsch ISP Christopher Walsch
293NEPSV210B Economic Psychology E ex 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 3 Linda Dezső ISP Linda Dezső
293NECOV415B Transition and Post Transition Challenges
in Hungary
E ex 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 Péter Ákos Bod Department of Economic Policy Péter Ákos Bod
293NCOMV485B Web Development E ex 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 Zoltán Balogh Department of Computer Sciences Zoltán Balogh
293NCOMV450B Network Security E ex 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 Péter Racskó Institute of Infromation Péter Racskó
293NPADV362B Regional Geography and Economy of the
European Countries
E ex 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 István Tózsa Department of Economic Geography István Tózsa
293NOPRV516M Decision Methods E ex 4 0 6 4 0 6 Dr. Zita Zoltay Paprika Department of Decision Theory Dr. Zita Zoltay Paprika
293NHISV445B History of Modern Europe E ex 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 4 0 6 Christopher Walsch ISP Christopher Walsch

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Core 0
Sports/Physical Education*** C s 0 2 0 0 2 0 Kelemen Endréné
Thesis writing C s 0 2 0 László Kacsirek International Business Research Center
Placement 30 30
30 29 30 31 32 28
*** The choice of one
EU course (subject) is
compulsory

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3.1. Remarks
Types of courses:
C – compulsory courses
CE – compulsory elective courses (you have to choose a certain credit value from a group of courses)
E – elective (optional) courses
Cr – Criterion (a compulsory task included in the qualification requirement but not credits not awarded).
Methods of assessment:
Ex – exam (exam at the end of the semester, but other forms of assessment are possible during the semester)
TM – term mark
Sig- signature
Numbers in the semester column indicate the number of lectures and seminars per week.
*Course can be taken in German.
Corporate Finance – Investierung und Finanzierung
Economic Policy – Allgemeine Volkswirtschaftslehre
Marketing – Grundlagen des Marketing
Organisational Behaviour – Führung und Organisation
Business Economics – Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre
** Students can study foreign languages for four semesters without having to pay any extra fee for language courses. One language can be chosen from the
“elective courses”, the other from the “special compulsory elective” group. Students can only take 2 semesters of foreign language within the framework
of the “special compulsory elective” group.
*** Physical Education: a 0 credit criteria course. Two semesters need to be completed during the first four semesters of the study program. Students
receive a signature for completing the course.
**** The course is recommended for those students who wish to continue their studies in the Enterprise Development Master program.
***** Students must choose one of the two EU-courses.

12. Students who gain acceptance to the Special Advanced Financial-Mathematical Programme can take their mathematical and financial courses from this
program rather than from their original study program. (For further information, please see the attachment of the special programme.)
3.2. Curriculum
Courses are recommended to be taken according to the prescribed time schedule of the study programme (“sample”). You can plan your own individual
programme in respect of the following conditions:
1. in the last two active semesters students will have to acquire at least 50% of the credits prescribed in the study programme, otherwise they can only
continue their studies in a tuition-fee based form
2. the prerequisite system of their study-programme (for further information please visit: http://isp.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php?id=31447)
3. the availability of courses in the semester (most courses are offered either in the fall or in the spring semesters only)
4. completing an average of 30 credits per semester, as a general rule.
3.3. Pre-degree certificate – Final Exam – Diploma
Pre-degree certificate
1. Completing 180+30 credits in the structure detailed in the study programme. At least 2/3 of the prescribed credits must be acquired at Corvinus Univer-sity.
2. Achieving a credit-weighted cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (on a grading scale of 1 to 5, where ‘1’ is the worst and ‘5’ is the best possible
mark) in their compulsory and compulsory elective courses.
3. Completing the mandatory business internship. For further information about the internship, please read the Study and Exam Regulations:
http://isp.uni-corvinus.hu/fileadmin/user_upload/hu/gazdalkodastudomanyi_kar/files/ISP/academicreg/Study_and_exam_regulation.pdf and the follow-ing
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website: http://isp.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php?id=25285.
4. Completing two semesters of Physical Education.

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Final Exam
(1) Students can take a Final Exam on the condition that
–– they have completed the study programme
–– they have submitted their Thesis Work and the assessors have accepted it
(2) The final exam is an integrated assessment necessary for obtaining the higher education qualification. It consists of defending the thesis work and
answering thesis-related questions in front of a Thesis Defence Committee.
(3) The grade received for the Final Exam is the mathematical average of the grades received from the assessors of the thesis work and the grade received
for the oral thesis defence.
Diploma
(1) Requirements:
–– acquisition of the final (pre-degree) certificate (completing the study programme)
–– a successful Final Exam
–– completion of the language exam requirements. For further information about the language exams, please read the Study and Exam Regulations
http://isp.uni-corvinus.hu/fileadmin/user_upload/hu/gazdalkodastudomanyi_kar/files/ISP/academicreg/Study_and_exam_regulation.pdf and the
following website: http://isp.uni-corvinus.hu/index.php?id=25288.
(2) The qualification of the diploma is calculated from the credit-weighted cumulative average obtained in
–– the core and compulsory elective courses of the study programme (calculated with one weight) and
–– the mathematical average of the 3 grades obtained at the thesis defence (calculated with a double weight)
3.4. Important!
For financial information regarding your completed and not completed credits, please visit: http://isp.uni-corvinus.hu/fileadmin/user_upload/hu/gazdalko-dastudomanyi_
kar/files/ISP/Fees.pdf and your student contract.
The curriculum may be subject to minor changes.