The First Quarter
The second semester is probably the most relaxing one at KLU, at least credit-wise. In the first quarter, we encountered our first marketing class: an introduction to basic principles and techniques focusing on consumer behavior, marketing research, and of course, advertising. Customer retention management also had surprising applicability to our everyday lives (especially when you want to purchase certain subscriptions a bit cheaper…).
The best part of the class was
a simulation game we conducted over a whole weekend with multiple continuous
decision rounds. Each group represented one player in a market for technical
products and competed against the other groups in terms of market shares,
revenue, forecasting, etc. Equipped with an interface and certain decision
parameters, we made decisions on factors like price, forecasts, marketing
spending and allocation in each round.
This practical application of the concepts studied in class was as challenging as it was entertaining and enriching. Since we only had one class, the examination week turned out to be more of a holiday (which I obviously did not mind) before we started the second quarter of the second semester.
The Second Quarter
Although all professors will
tell you at the beginning of the semester that their subject is the most
important one, in microeconomics I had the feeling that this time the prof was
telling the truth (don’t get me wrong, I still love accounting). Here at KLU
you will attend a microeconomics class that focuses on consumer behavior,
understanding the market, market power, and game theory. The fun thing is that everything,
absolutely everything can be expressed in curves.
You will also begin to
attend an accredited language class at this point. Here at KLU, you can choose
a language freely; you just have to find approximately five people with roughly
the same level willing to study your language. The language class begins in the
second and ends in the third semester. I love Italy and want to go there for my
semester abroad, so I am now attending a language class with four other
students and a tutor for around six hours a week. After one quarter of
studying without any prior knowledge, I can already express myself using basic
vocabulary.
There will also be a course
called “Descriptive Statistics and Introduction to Inference Statistics.” I
would consider it applied, since we will be working with real-world business
problems and the lectures are supported by a series of exercises. The course is
essential for the bachelor’s thesis.
The examination week with a
total of three exams is rather exhausting, but don’t worry – the period for
studying beforehand is long enough to prepare optimally. Our standard trackers
are now awaiting the semester holidays while we intensive trackers will acquire
practical experience during our three-month internships. I will cover them in
one of my upcoming entries.
Bye for now,
Helen
Helen
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