Specialisation Economic Psychology

    Modern management requires psychological knowledge

    The area of specialisation lets you choose a focus within your studies. Register for the Bachelor in Business Administration (International Management) or the Bachelor in Betriebsökonomie.

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    The Economic Psychology course is an ideal opportunity to expand the content of your economics studies with psychological aspects that are relevant to the business environment.

    You are passionate about...

    • psychological aspects of human decision-making behaviour
    • understanding the behaviour of consumers
    • gaining insights into the methodical approach of business psychology

    Career Opportunities

    The Economic Psychology specialisation will open up the following career areas to you:

    • Product innovation, development and management
    • Marketing (pricing, advertising)
    • Market research
    • Corporate strategy tasks, in particular to support innovation processes
    • Management consultancy

    Practice Workshop

    Portrait of Specialisation in Economic Psychology
    You will apply the knowledge you have gained to solve operational problems in the light of psychological findings. This will involve analysing cases and suggesting solutions appropriate to the situation.
    Specialisation in Economic Psychology

    In the Economic Psychology specialisation you will get to know basic psychological theories and models and gain an insight into the methodological approach of business psychologists. You will be taught key concepts, methods and the findings of psychology – in particular of decision-making and social psychology - that are relevant to economics.

    This knowledge will help you to better understand, predict and influence the decision-making behaviour of consumers. One focus of this specialisation is consumer psychology. In addition to questions on consumer behaviour, you will gain insights from market and advertising psychology. For this purpose, you will explore the needs of consumers, develop innovative products and services, and develop convincing advertising concepts.

    Content

    The learning content is based on current issues. New developments, technologies and theories are continuously incorporated into classwork. The most important content includes:

    • Introduction to psychology
    • Psychology of decision-making
    • Consumer behaviour
    • Behavioural economics
    • Moderation of groups (practical workshop)

    Module description

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    ECTS Points: 20
    Teaching Language: English

    Degree:
    -BSc in Business Administration (International Management) - Area of specialisation Economic Psychology
    -BSc in Betriebsökonomie - Vertiefungsrichtung Economic Psychology

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    Basel Peter Merian

    FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
    School of Business

    Peter Merian-Strasse 86

    4002 Basel