HAN University, BEcon, Finance and Control

 Each year is divided into 2 semesters and each semester is divided into 2 terms. Students are assessed throughout the academic year and have exams at the end of each term.

Modules 

1st year

The Bachelors course in Communication is taught at Arnhem Business School, the international department of HAN’s faculty of Business Management and Law. All students who have been accepted into 1 of the 4 Bachelors courses at Arnhem Business School (ABS) start with the International 1st Year Arnhem (IFA).

During the 1st semester, you will study the same subjects as all the other 1st-year ABS students. Subjects include:

• Research and Research Theory
• Business Plans
• Reporting & Presenting
• English
• Foreign Language (Dutch/French/German/Spanish)*
• Intercultural Management
• Study Career Coaching
• Marketing
• Management & Organisational Behaviour
• Finance
• Logistics (or Brain and Behaviour for Communication students) 
• Communication

2nd semester subjects are more specific, preparing you for the course of your choice. Subjects include:

• Applied Research
• Operational Plans
• Business Communication
• Foreign Language (Dutch/French/German/Spanish)*
• Intercultural Management
• Study Career Coaching

2nd year

During your 2nd, 3rd and 4th year, you will gain more in-depth knowledge and skills in the field of finance and control. Subjects in the second year include:

• International corporate finance 
• Accounting Information System
• Manufacturing Process and Enterprise Resource Planning
• International Business Communication
• Mathematical skills
• Performance management basic en advanced   
• E mployability skills 
• Management and accounting 
• Tactical Control
• Financial Accounting and Taxes
• Control and Information Systems
• Project Business Analysis

3rd year

Work placement

During your 2nd, 3rd and 4th year, you will gain more in-depth knowledge and skills in the field of finance and control. Subjects in the second year include:During the first semester of your 3rd year you will do a work placement, which will give you the chance to work within a multinational company, usually outside the Netherlands. Not only will you gain valuable practical experience, you will get to know and understand international business practices. Many Finance and Control students do their work placement at well-known multinational companies such as Heineken, Tesla Motors, AkzoNobel, Philips, Nike, ING, KPMG, Siemens and Lufthansa. 

Study abroad

In the second semester of your 3rd year you will broaden your knowledge and international orientation by studying at a foreign partner university. Many students use this semester to gain more knowledge about a particular business discipline, learn more about a country’s culture and improve their language skills.

4th year

The first semester of the 4th year consists of the following projects and subjects:

• Strategic-, risk- and value based management 
• Financial Accounting advanced
• Business Process Improvement and Redesign
• Performance management professional 

During the second semester of your 4th year, you will complete a graduation assignment. You will apply the knowledge, insight and skills you have gained during your studies to conducting research for a multinational company. It will involve analyzing and solving problems in the area of international finance, business process management, management accounting and control, risk management and quality management.