An unusual start to your studies...

... which you will experience as a new student at the Business School Pforzheim in the first two weeks of your studies: the SIC Program.

The SIC Program focuses on the promotion of social, methodological and intercultural skills, also known as key qualifications or future skills. Our aim is to optimally prepare students for the complex, multi-layered demands of their studies and the future world of work. For this reason, the teaching of interdisciplinary qualifications for the professional degrees at our university is of great importance.

We, the SIC team, the professors and tutors, wish you a good start at our university, lots of new insights, exciting learning experiences and - last but not least - lots of fun with these interactive and creative forms of learning.

You will mainly work in small groups with student tutors and get to know your fellow students. We want to familiarize you with forms of learning and working that will be useful and helpful to you in your further studies:

• Training “Get Ready 4 C”
• Business simulation game

The content and references of these training courses will come up again and again in individual seminars during your studies. Social skills and teamwork are very important to us!

The SIC introductory weeks include initial lectures and important information events that are important for your studies and will help you get started, e.g.

•  Introduction to the study and examination regulations
•  Introduction to the university's IT
•  Basics of ethics for Business Schools
•  etc.

Some of these are continued over the course of the semester through lectures and e-learning courses and conclude with a voluntary exam (Ethics).

All new students take an English placement test (with the exception of International Business, International Marketing and Digital Business Management) and a math orientation test as part of the SIC introductory weeks. Further information can be found under “Information for New Students” and “Dates and Schedules”.

Another component of the SIC Program is the Cross Cultural Competencies (CCC) Seminar. The CCC events take place in the 3rd semester (for students on the Taxation and Auditing course in the 2nd semester).

CCC is a compulsory course for all Bachelor's students in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law. All students of International Business, International Marketing and Digital Enterprise Management are excluded, as these degree programs offer their own courses for CCC.

What is the CCC Seminar?

In the CCC Seminar - in English - students are taught the basics for successfully communicating, cooperating and managing between and across cultures, abroad, at home and virtually. Based on cultural dimensions from the GLOBE project, relative differences between cultures are considered and insights are gained from this to help build bridges between cultures and recognize opportunities in intercultural cooperation.

Registration for the CCC courses in summer semester 2024 is possible from 16.09. - 27.09.2024. Further information can be found in the E-Campus.

Preliminary schedule (as of July 9, 2024):