The purpose of this course is to learn and understand the notions of the derivative and integral of univariate functions, and the basic techniques and applications related to them.

The main aim of the course is to give students the necessary digital literacy to write essays or a thesis, to make presentations and to collect data with online methods and process this collected data either in teams or individually.

This course gives students an introduction to the economic way of thinking. It gives them the basic concepts, tools and methods that micro- and macroeconomics is using, in a non-mathematical and non-technical way. The Principles course is aimed at preparing the students for their advanced micro- and macro courses, and is a prerequisite for those.

Microeconomics is concerned with the economic decisions of individual decision makers, and the aim of this introductory course is to introduce the students to the fundamentals of the theories of consumers’ and producers’ decision making, and to offer an introductory overview of different market structures with respect to efficiency. The seminar aims to complement the lecture to help reinforce the grasp of students on basic economic concepts.

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basic concepts of management and the most important management activities (in the area of planning, organizing, leading and controlling), so that the practical significance of management concepts and theories and their applicability in everyday organizational life is shown.

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the basic concepts and tools of marketing. Our approach is based on the traditional 4P theory, which deals with product portfolio management, product pricing, distribution channel selection and marketing communication. In this context, market research, segmentation and positioning methods are of particular importance. During the lecture, students are introduced to the theoretical framework of the above topics, while the seminar provides practical examples and exercises to deepen their knowledge.

The course has a double aim. On the one hand, it presents some models and concepts of intercultural communication. These help to smoothen the troubles of the foreign students when arriving into a foreign country and culture, in this case, Hungary. Concepts of culture, identity, adaptation will be discussed to provide a framework for the students to reflect on their own cultural imprint and interpret the intercultural experiences. On the other hand, the course plans to introduce their temporary place of residence, i.e. Hungary and Szeged. It aims to open up the contemporary social and cultural changes of the region.

This course aims at providing useful knowledge of Hungarian at a basic level for those who would like to communicate in Hungarian in simple, everyday situations. Selected vocabulary, useful phrases and the most important grammatical structures will be practised in situational exercises. The course focuses on enabling students to use Hungarian immediately, therefore grammatical correctness and accuracy are of secondary importance.

Students performing under B2 level on the English placement test have to attend a free English language course to help them overcome their linguistic difficulties. The course focuses on building grammar, communication and writing skills, enabling students to pursue their studies successfully in English.

The aim of the course is to enable students to know and use the basic notions and theories of business ethics. Students learn to recognize and analyse the moral dilemmas of business life (such as discrimination, fair wages, environmental pollution etc.). Based on theoretical knowledge, they understand the moral, social and economic environment, in which these questions arise. Moreover, students get to know ethical frameworks to use in analysis and ethical audit.

This course aims to give a basic overview of the concepts, elements, structure, institutions and history of tourism. Topics: tourist typology, history of tourism, sociocultural impacts of tourism, environmental impacts of tourism, economic impacts of tourism, demand in tourism, destinations, attractions, hospitality sector, role of public sector, tour operating.

The aim of the course is to give students basic knowledge in linear algebra and matrices, basic practice in forming mathematical models and to prepare them for later studies in operational research and statistics.

The macroeconomics course introduces the students to the basic laws of the functioning of a national economy. Students will learn about the indicators used to assess the economic performance of a nation as well as about the models describing the causes and possible cures of such macroeconomic phenomena as recession, unemployment and inflation.

The course aims to provide participants a brief overview about some of the basic environmental economic and ecological economic body of knowledge. Since the course is an introductory one, it is vital to provide certain basic information through one-way communication. However, the aim within this introductory framework is to provide information which is interesting for students and has an interactive aspect. The course is “thematically open”. It means that although the basic body of knowledge is predetermined, there is room for students’ suggestions. In case students are interested in certain topics, they should address it during the class, so there is a chance that these might also be included in the study material. Also, students have the opportunity to work on their own case studies related to given course topics.

The course aims to extend the experienced students’ knowledge in the legal field of business law and private law, as well as give inexperienced students a basic understanding in the principles and basics of business law and how it applies in the practice (for example the foundation of a company).

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with everyday management practices of smaller or bigger companies through the personal stories of invited speakers who have experience in managing people and organizations, or in new management techniques. During the course, we discuss some issues of the four management functions (planning, organizing, leading, controlling).

The course is designed to help students acquire the communication skills and knowledge required in organisations. Students will be able to recognize personality differences in communication and conflict resolution, and to tolerate these differences. They will acquire knowledge about how to communicate professionally with their colleagues, apply assertive communication and behaviour, manage conflict situations, apply appropriate leadership style, motivate employees and build teams.

The main goals of the course are a thorough understanding and critical evaluation of key concepts and theoretical approaches that have developed and are developing in the social and economic history; a comprehensive understanding of fundamental themes in the social and economic history of the region, subjected to critical and comparative analysis; the placing of Central, South-eastern and Eastern Europe in European and global perspectives. During the course, we examine the origin and development of such pillars of the modern world.

The course aims to give an overall picture of the current economic trends and introduce the main economic features of the European Union as a global actor; to provide the students with overall, useful and substantial knowledge on current economic trends to be able to evaluate the activities of the European Union; to deepen students’ knowledge on a selected topic; and to improve the organizing skills of the students.

The course is the continuation of the Hungarian Language and Culture for Beginners I course. This course aims at providing useful knowledge of Hungarian at an elementary level for those who would like to communicate in Hungarian in simple, everyday situations. Selected vocabulary, useful phrases and the most important grammatical structures will be practised in situational exercises. The course focuses on enabling students to use Hungarian immediately as well as preparing them for the exam at the end of the academic year.

The course is the continuation of the Developmental English I. course. Students performing under B2 level on the English placement test have to attend a free English course during the semester to help them overcome their linguistic difficulties. The course focuses on building grammar, communication and writing skills.

The aim of this course is to provide knowledge for students to understand basics about event management and protocol's mechanism, functions, main fields and their role in tourism. Students learn about the theoretical basics, get acquainted with interesting case studies (positive/negative) and they complete practical tasks as well. By finishing this course, students are going to be able to plan and transact different kinds of events.

The course aims at developing students' statistical literacy. It familiarizes students with the basic tools of data collection, analysis, presentation and interpretation. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to collect data (learn how to compile a dataset and how to use international statistical databases), identify the applicable statistical methods, produce descriptive and other statistics, interpret the results and create various statistical visualizations. The covered statistical analysis methods are taught using MS Excel software. Statistics I covers topics such as the basic notions and definitions of statistics, descriptive statistics (including the measures of central tendencies, dispersion, concentration and skewness), index numbers and introduction to the basics of time series analysis (e.g. forecasting methods, trend analysis and seasonal models).

The purpose of this course is to learn and understand the meaning of the basic notions of probability theory as probability, random variables, probability distribution, expected value, standard deviation, variance, covariance, density function, normal distribution.

The objective of this lecture is to describe the key elements and concepts of finance. Firstly, it familiarizes students with the key concepts of the financial system through the topics of commercial banks, monetary policy and financial markets. After that the basic facts about public finance is introduced. As these systems are always embedded in the underlying socio-economic background, the historical consequences will also be emphasised. Lastly, the system level dynamics are illustrated on a five-actor model featuring households, the corporate sector, foreign investors, commercial banks, state and central banks.

The students will acquire knowledge about the basic idea, segments and features of the accounting information system; stakeholders and their information needs; the branches of accounting will be introduced. Students will be informed about the most important terms and definitions in bookkeeping: assets and liabilities, equity. The core of the financial statements, the balance sheet. Economic events and their effects on the balance sheet. The skills acquired during the course include bookkeeping and composing the profit and loss statement. Adjusting entries: accruals in accounting, theory and practice. The structure of financial statements and the cycle of accounting and reporting are also processed leading the students to be devoted to performing high quality work in the field of financial reporting with responsibility, following the ethical guidelines of the profession. The significance of new trends in corporate reporting (integrated reporting, ESG reporting) is also discussed.

The aim of this course is to acquaint the students with the main themes of business as well as the various situations where people communicate in the world of business. The course is based on several authentic materials, and besides focusing on acquiring the special vocabulary, emphasis is laid primarily on oral activities. The overriding goal is to provide students with a solid communication base to make them be able to communicate effectively in several business contexts. By the end of this course, students should know what strategies and techniques to employ in unique and different business situations.

The course takes a general management perspective, viewing the firm as a whole and gives the students the chance to look in-depth at how strategy is formulated, articulated and enacted. This course is an integrative course that provides a comprehensive look at organizations. The course builds on generic ideas and categories (for example: Mintzberg’s schools), and gives tools to students to develop and execute their own strategic ideas. These include tools like strategic maps or business modeling.

The aim of the course is – in accordance with the approach of service learning – that students participate in voluntary community service activity (20-30 hours during the semester) that meets community needs identified by local CSO-s and reflect on this activity in a way which provides further understanding of their related theoretical knowledge. Course participants (1) fulfill at least 20 hours of voluntary service at local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or community-society organizations (CSOs), and (2) an essential part of the course is to carry out reflection activities related to these practical experiences of students, such as directed writings (diaries), small group discussions, and class presentations.

This course is designed to develop the writing skills the students need in business life, through improving their general writing skills and familiarizing them with different fields, styles, and conventions of business writing. The seminar focuses on in-company correspondence, including memorandums and reports. It also deals with correspondence related to employment. Throughout the course, emphasis is laid on both the formal and the language aspects of business correspondence, layout, style, vocabulary, correctness, conciseness, and courtesy. The course also provides practice and encouragement in evaluating one’s own and other students’ written work.

The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the rules of communication typical in Asia, thus sensitising them to Asian ways of thinking. During the course, students will acquire knowledge of the basics of intercultural communication in Asia, learn about the values of the region and become familiar with a range of negotiation techniques and tactics. Through simulation exercises, they will learn how to avoid typical communication pitfalls. They will also learn how to avoid sensitive issues specific to the region. This knowledge will enable them to negotiate successfully with Asian partners.

The purpose of this course is to provide knowledge for students to understand the basics about Public Relation’s mechanism, functions, main fields and PR’s role in institutional communications. Students learn about the theoretical basics, get acquainted with interesting case studies and they complete practical tasks as well. By finishing this course, students are going to be able to plan and transact PR campaigns, coordinate media connections, organize an institution’s additional PR activities.

The course aims at further improving students' statistical literacy and data analysis skills. Building upon the foundations acquired in Statistics I, students learn how to analyze the relationship and causal relationship between any two variables, make estimations based on sampling data and carry out hypothesis testing. The covered statistical analysis methods are taught using MS Excel and IBM SPSS Statistics software. Statistics II covers topics such as crosstabs analysis, analysis of variances (ANOVA), rank correlation, linear correlation, regression, sampling, estimations and hypothesis testing.

Presentation skills are one of the most important skills nowadays in business to share your ideas and your thoughts to your professional audience and represent yourself in all areas of your life. These skills are hand in hand with public speaking, so this semester you will learn how to speak in public without stress and how to be as professional as possible. You need to know some tips and tricks to deliver amazing presentations, using visual aids and tools, your body language, vocal variety, etc. We will learn how to deal with stress and what mistakes you should be avoided. We will also help each other in improving, giving feedback. This is the very best way to recognize all the opportunities somebody can improve in. Impromptu speeches, public speaking games will help your work during this semester and with a lot of practice, you will be able to hold a presentation even for a huge audience, too. During the semester, a speech must be delivered and at the end of the semester, an individual presentation must be presented on your own business topic to finish the seminar successfully.

The aim of the courses is to entitle the students with the knowledge of the most important topics of accounting such as property plant and equipment, merchandising operations, inventories, receivables and liabilities.

The course is concerned with how corporations make financial decisions. We start by explaining what these decisions are and what they are seeking to accomplish. The students will acquire knowledge about the concept of present value, how investment opportunities are valued in financial markets, the basic measures of risk and methods for incorporating risk in valuation. The skills acquired during the course include applying various techniques for calculating present values and using the key capital budgeting techniques for evaluating projects. The course will help the students to ask the right questions when times change and new problems need to be analyzed. It also tells them which things they do not need to worry about. The course shows how managers use financial theory to solve practical problems leading the students to be devoted to performing high quality work in the field of corporate finance with responsibility.

The students will acquire knowledge about the basic idea and main characteristics of the tax system. Students will be informed about the most important terms and definitions in taxation.

The practice based course Extended Academic Writing aims to develop and expand the skills required to write extended pieces of writing in English and teaches participants to write in a language that is both effective and appropriate for academic texts, helping them to develop the writing and research skills necessary for the task. These include brainstorming; planning and organizing work; establishing a specific focus and developing ideas; finding sources of information from books, journals and the Internet; selecting information appropriate to needs; incorporating ideas and information into the text through paraphrasing/summarizing and synthesizing, while avoiding plagiarism; evaluating sources and selecting the most relevant and appropriate; developing critical thinking skills; learning about academic conventions for referencing and compiling a bibliography; self- and peer-evaluation; as well as discussing work with a tutor and peers.

During the Environmental Policy course, students will get to know the most important environmental policy tools. We will discuss the history of environmentalism, the roots of environmental problems and dilemmas about evaluations, economic growth, globalization and capitalism.

The aim of the course is to introduce students with strategies and basic practice of negotiation. Get familiar with the most common ways of bargaining and make the participating individuals capable of developing their own successful methodology to asses and convince partners. The introduction contains international elements such as cultural differences and negotiation protocols.

This course provides a comprehensive insight and a place for discussion about psychological and economic psychological research on money, including attitudes, economic socialization, family issues, money and motivation, buying behaviour, money and happiness, tax behaviour and behavioural finance.

The aim of the course is to introduce the basic functions and features of Excel and Access to students and show them how to solve real business problems with these programs.

The primary aim of the Operations Management course is to provide students with in depth knowledge of selected areas of supply chain management including Forecasting, Capacity Planning and Inventory Management. During the semester, students will gain insights into several tools and techniques applicable and useable in practical operational business life. Students are going to be acquainted with the concept of MRP, EOQ, JIT and many other models. During the course, students will practice their verbal and written communication skills, which is increasingly expected by employers.

The aim of the course is to give an overview of human resource management activities/functions of bigger companies (such as recruitment, selection, performance appraisal or remuneration) and of the global/organizational environment in which HRM operates.

The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the management control methods and tools used in everyday business life and to introduce students to solutions to the day-to-day professional challenges that a controller faces in their work.

The aim of the course is twofold: 1, to provide an introduction to the basic requirements of scientific work in social science. 2, to support students to be able to write a proper thesis. This way the course focuses on introducing and discussing the basic process of social scientific research, introducing and briefly describing its elements and certain dilemmas, approaches and methods.

The aim of the course is to provide a general view of the European Union from the aspects of monetary and fiscal policies, crisis management and banking system. The course will first analyse the euro as a currency (theoretical constraints and exchange rate regimes), followed by a summary of monetary policy and macro-prudential supervision. Next, the regulations concerning fiscal policy and crisis resolution methods will be presented. Finally, the course will focus on the new Member States and the EU 2020 strategy.

The aim of the course is to introduce students the strategies and basic practice of negotiation. Get familiar with the common ways of bargaining and make the participating individuals capable of developing their own successful methodology to asses and convince partners. The introduction contains international elements such as cultural differences and negotiation protocols.

The course aims at equipping students with the ability to diagnose and analyse main issues in innovation, especially on the level of firms. Innovation is a key driver of competitiveness and it plays an important role in decreasing costs and improving quality. Given this, the essence of the course is to explain the notion of innovation and to learn and apply innovation strategies, tools and techniques for managing innovation successfully.

The aim of the course is to enable students to understand public affairs related to local development. The course provides aspects for the evaluation of local development initiatives, for the understanding of the emerging dilemmas and for discussing the possible advantages and drawbacks of the alternative solutions. The curriculum puts emphasis on the examination of local development from the aspect of human development, well-being and sustainability. On the top of the content of the development initiatives, also the procedures, the participation of various stakeholders is analysed. The primary objective of the course is to raise students’ attention towards certain topics, and to motivate them for its further investigation. The forming of own opinion, the discussion of contrasting points of view and carrying out research both individually and in cooperation with others are integral parts of the course.

The course aims at overviewing the international business relations, political/economic issues in East Asia and their historical backgrounds. The lectures intend to provide up-to-date information about the local business environment and best practices in certain countries. The content of the course should help European students to carry out business activities in Asia more comfortably as well as students coming from outside of Europe to understand the viewpoint of European businesess present in the region.

The course provides an insight into the management of public finance operations, focusing on essential knowledge. The subject gives a picture of public policy relations, the relations of government activities and focal points in a wider sense. The deliberately eclectic curriculum, moving along the borderlines of public administration, public law, political and economic aspects, places the operation of Hungarian public finance and the assigned assets in an operational and regulatory framework.

The course aims to provide practical knowledge on project management in an EU-funded project. Thus, during the course, we simulate a real project in which the course lecturer participated. With the help of the real dates, deadlines and tasks, students will learn how to implement a project and what factors need to be taken into account when implementing an EU-funded project.

The course aims to introduce the continuum of financial assets, the financial markets and the principal economic function it performs. The students will understand how the financial contracts are priced in an effective market.

This course is designed to understand the key business processes in the SAP S/4HANA system as well as the integration points across different SAP modules. As more and more businesses around the world adopt enterprise systems, it becomes increasingly important for students to develop a more process-centric perspective that reflects on the realities of the modern business environment in which they will work.

The aim of the course is to introduce Microsoft Excel to students and show them how this program can be used to solve financial modelling problems.

The course aims to introduce students to the basics of tools and channels that organizations can use to deliver value to the customers. The lectures intend to provide up-to-date information about the various types of marketing channels that business organizations can use in the business-to-consumer and in the business-to-business market as well. The content of the course should help future marketing professionals to carry out profitable business activities, design and manage marketing channels effectively on the local or global market.

The aim of the course is to understand emerging business problems related to business planning, to learn about alternative planning concepts, and to develop proper skills to write and implement business plans by using various instruments of business planning.

The course aims at improving the thesis work writing skills of the 6th semester bachelor students. The course involves regular tutorials with both the course lecturers and the chosen supervisor. It markedly assists students to understand and apply the basic requirements of academic writing, the rules and conventions of academic referencing and the method of individual and supervised research work.

Economic policy measures affect all economic agents and members of the society in every country. The course provides a comprehensive view on the purpose, design and planning of economic policies, the main areas of micro- and macro level policies with the description of problems (market failures) to be corrected and the rationale of various policy tool options with the expected outcome regarding all stakeholders. The course also devotes attention to the problem of government failure, extensive or bad policies, moral hazard of policy decision makers and bureacrats. The subject matters are illustrated with short case studies.

The course aims to introduce students to the basics of logistics. Students will be able to design logistics systems and processes, and manage their implementation. They will learn more about the characteristics of the modes of transport, the cost and responsibility combinations. They will study the macro-logistics systems and possibilities and activities of logistics service centers.

A small-group skill development training with interactive class activities and discussions aiming at developing participants' conflict management competences.

The basic idea of the International Week course is that on a given week students have the possibility to register for 4 mini-courses in various fields of Economics and Business, taught in English, delivered offline or online by foreign guest lecturers from partner institutions of the Faculty.

In our modern days, delivering projects and handling a diverse project portfolio became a daily task for almost all of the enterprises. In order to become and a remain competitive player on the job market, possessing all the relevant theoretical background about project leading became an essential skill for an economist. Facing the challenges of project implementation in practice is the base on which the theoretical background should be built. By project leading we mean technical activities connected to projects: project development, findig possible financial resources to the developed project, technical implementation of projects. The students can get an insight into the most relevant differences and similarities of the idea-project-tender (project proposal) triangle, together with gaining deep knowledge about the project and project portfolio related concepts. The most important milestones are: defining projects; clarification of the idea-project-tender triangle; problem (challenge) analysis; main and specific objectives; project development: activities, work packages, time planning, resources, budget; risk management; connection to the financial resources: tender options (Horizon 2020, European Territorial Cooperation Programmes); tender writing for projects; practical project leading.

Seminars are focusing on the theories of international financial environment, exchange rate, and asset and liability management. Case study develops the skills of problem diagnostics, the consideration among possible solutions as well as to justify preferred solution.

The aim of the course is to cover the basics of change management and to endow the students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to plan and implement successful change initiatives in different organizations. The students will be familiar with the most important theories and models of organizational change. They will get access to the basic principles and the most useful tools of initiating and implementing organizational change. They will be able to realize when change is necessary, will understand how to plan a successful change process, what the most important phases of a change process are. They will be empowered with means to understand and handle the resistance of employees. They will understand the role of organizational culture in the adaptive or inert nature of different organizations. It will be discussed why some change initiatives fail and others succeed.

The aim of the course is for students to familiarize themselves with the history and concept of market research, to develop their problem identification skills and to learn the process of developing a research plan. This course is a mixture of lecture and seminar, where the theoretical background is discussed together and then the knowledge is applied in the form of group work and practical exercises, which would help further understanding the theoretical aspects of the material. Besides secondary research and developing the research plan, students get a practical insight into conducting both qualitative (e.g. in-depth interviews and focus group discussions) and quantitative (e.g. online questionnaire) research on a chosen topic in their group. Students go through the whole research process during the semester, from determining their research aims to analyzing and summarizing results, and drawing conclusions.

The course aims to introduce students to the basics of online marketing and selling activities with a special focus to small- and medium sized organizations. The lectures intend to provide up-to-date information about the tools and channels that organizations can use to communicate with and deliver value to the customers. The content of the course should help future marketing professionals to carry out profitable business activities, design and manage online marketing campaigns effectively on the local or global market.

Introduction to Consumer Behavior course aims to give an actual, relevant and wideranged overview about how the consumer choice is made. The factors affecting the consumers’ choice are detailed and discussed. Furthermore, weekly activity (group work, reading, listening, voting) are required from the students providing an engaged atmosphere.

The course aims to introduce students to the basics of customer satisfaction in a certain area of service industry (HoReCa – Hotel, Restaurant and Catering). The lectures intend to provide up-to-date information as well as tested research background on design, management and improvement of customer experience in the hospitality industry and catering. The content of the course should help future marketing and tourism professionals to carry out profitable business activities in hotels and restaurants above average customer engagement.

The aim of the course is introducing the modern entrepreneurial methods and managerial practices in a way that supports the everyday practice of a micro- or small enterprise. This knowledge is concentrated and applied at touristic enterprises and companies as it aims to foster the entrepreneurial mind-set of the students with direct involvement of practical entrepreneurs. The first part of the courses deals with the general entrepreneurial knowledge while the second part is dedicated towards touristic firms through the insights of real-life managers.

The purpose of the course is to support students in writing their thesis. The aim of the Bachelor thesis for students is to acquire a substantial knowledge of their respective professional fields and become familiar with a given professional issue through researching and processing professional sources more or less independently; get an insight into the methods of scientific research and the issues of applying those same methods; develop their expressive oral and written skills within their respective professional fields and become capable of producing reports and academic papers as required by their profession.

The objective of the professional internship is for students to become familiar with the opportunities and limitations for the application of the theoretical, methodological and practical knowledge they have acquired during their studies. They should obtain experience from the perspectives and pitfalls of integrating into a workplace environment and become familiar with the rules, obligations and opportunities of the “world of work”. Furthermore, the objective of the professional internship is for the students to become familiar with issues in the field, encounter tasks, and perform work that provides value to society and the organization employing them, which is also suited to be the subject, or at least the starting point, of the thesis they are to write.