Labour Market Management Degree Course
Put your career together and ensure your future at the BA!
The Integrated Degree Course AMM makes it possible
The Integrated Degree Course (AMM) qualifies students for work in placement and integration in education and gaining work, in benefits law and benefits counselling as well as for labour market-related services and internal processes in employment agencies, joint institutions or other labour-market policy governing bodies.
The degree course can be taken at both campuses.
Information on Degree Course
Set up and Structure
The course begins on 1st September of the year and takes three years to complete a degree course.
It is divided into:
- five on-campus terms, each of four months
- four practical terms inbetween, each of which also goes four months.
The dissertation is written in the last placement(Placement D).
| September - December | January - April | May - August |
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| 1st on-campus term (25 ECTS) | Practical term A (9 ECTS) | 2nd on-campus term (30 ECTS) |
| Practical term B (14 ETCS) | 3rd on-campus term (30 ECTS) | Practical term C (9 ETCS) |
| 4th practical term (28 ECTS) | Practical term D (Bachelordissertation; 10 ETCS) | 5th on-campus term (35 ECTS) |
In-person term
The on-campus terms at the university consist of different modules in business law, law and social law. Every module covers a thematically related subject area with coordinated qualification objectives, as well as content relevant for qualification. All modules are generally completed with an examination.
Practical term
The practical term normally takes place in a regional Employment Agency or in a regional job centre . During this practical phase, students should apply content from their university lectures in a workng context and reflect on the experience this gives them. In this way, students develop their own way of working, which prepares them well for an unlimited working contract with an Employment Agency when they have finished their degree.
On the organisational side, students receive support from a tutor, who is assigned by the respective Employment Agency and is in close contact with the university. Teaching staff at the university prepare assignments to be completed during the practical term. The HdBA is responsible for supervising the students content-wise at this time. The effort required to work on such an assignment in this practical phase corresponds to that of one module at university. The assignment content is laid out in the Study and Examination Regulations for each of the degree programmes.
Service Learning
During practical term B, students have a one-week placement at a non-profit organsiation or sponsor to build on their social and personal skills.
Work placement abroad
In the third practical term (C), students receive a variety of assignments, depending on their elected subject. For this part of the course, the university recommends doing their work placement abroad or in a company for a different perspective and for international experience.
Bachelordissertation
In practical term D, students write their Bachelordissertation. Students will have six weeks off during this period in order to write this academic assignment.
In both the first terms, the modules in both degree programmes are close to identical. From the third on-campus term, the programmes have different modules. Students then specialise in on-campus terms 4 and 5. One of the following subjects can be taken, depending on the degree course:
Labour MarketManagement
- Labour Market Integration
- Benefits Law and Counselling
- Labour Market and Public Management
The tables below provide an overview of all modules in the on-campus terms. Alternatively, you can download the detailed (non-accessible) Module Catalogue.
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1st On-Campus Term
Type of Module, No., ECTS Module Compulsory Module 1 (2 ETCS) Orientation and remedial course Compulsory module 2 (3 ETCS) Statistics foundation course Compulsory module 3 (4 ETCS) Business Management foundation course Compulsory module 4 (4 ETCS) Economics foundation course Compulsory module 5 (4 ETCS) Integration and Participation foundation course: Institutions, Structures and Tools Compulsory module 6 (4 ETCS) Social Sciences of Counselling foundation course Compulsory module 7 (4 ETCS) Law foundation course -
2nd On-Campus Term
Type of Module, No., ECTS Module Compulsory module 8 (5 ECTS) Labour Market Processes I Compulsory module 9 (5 ECTS) Professional Counselling I – Approaches and Methods Compulsory module 10 (5 ECTS) Professional Training and Further Education (for AMM) Compulsory module 11 (5 ECTS) Social Structure and Participation in Working Society Compulsory module 12 (5 ECTS) Social Law foundation course Compulsory module 13 (5 ECTS) Labour Law -
3rd On-Campus Term
Type of module, No., ECTS Module Compulsory module 14 (5 ECTS) Labour Market Processes I Compulsory module 15 (5 ECTS) Professional Counselling II – Understanding and Designing Counselling Processes Compulsory module 16 (5 ECTS) Occupation and Work Sciences Compulsory module 17 (5 ECTS) Employment Promotion Services and Basic Income Support for Jobseekers Compulsory module 18 (5 ECTS) Human Resources Management Compulsory module 19 (5 ECTS) Public Management -
4th On-Campus Term
Focus, type of module, ECTS Labour Market Integration and Transformation Benefits Law and Benefits Counselling Labour Market and Public Management Compulsory module 20 (5 ECTS) Employer Counselling I Employer Counselling I Employer Counselling I Compulsory module 21 (5 ECTS) Active Labour Market Promotion and Integration into Work Services Active Labour Market Promotion and Integration into Work Services Active Labour Market Promotion and Integration into Work Services Compulsory module 22 (3 ECTS) Research Methods Research Methods Research Methods Focus module 1 (5 ECTS Career Aptitude Testing OR Evaluation of Labour Market-policy Tools European and International Labour and Social Law Evaluation of Labour Market-policy Tools Focus module 2 (5 ECTS ) Labour Market Policies in Comparable Systems and from a European Perspective OR HOllistic Counselling and Support Approaches for the Long-term Unemployed Legal Advice in Corporate Crises Public Controlling Elective module 1 (5 ECTS, 40 LVS (teaching units), ungraded) Elective module 1 Elective module 1 Elective module 1 -
5th On-Campus Term
Focus, type of module, ECTS Labour Market Integration and Transformation Benefits Law and Benefits Counselling Labour Market and Public Management Choice of two out of three portfolio modules (5 ECTS each) Complex Counselling Scenarios - Analysis of Interdisciplinary Case Studies and their Transfer to Counselling in Practice Employer Counselling II Legal Aspects of Transformation on the Labour Market Complex Counselling Scenarios - Analysis of Interdisciplinary Case Studies and their Transfer to Counselling in Practice Employer Counselling II Legal Aspects of Transformation on the Labour Market Complex Counselling Scenarios - Analysis of Interdisciplinary Case Studies and their Transfer to Counselling in Practice Employer Counselling II Legal Aspects of Transformation on the Labour Market Focus module 3 (5 ECTS) Lifelong Individual Counselling and Placement Legal Aspects of Administrative and Social Court Proceedings Project and Change Management Extended module (5 ECTS, ungraded) Extended module Extended module Extended module Elective module 2 (5 ECTS, ungraded) (block week, 40 LVS (teaching units) Elective module 2 Elective module 2 Elective module 2
While studying, you receive a monthly salary of €1,820.
You have 30 days' holiday per calendar year.
There are various extras, such an annual special payment, capital-forming benefits as well as a company pension scheme.
Upon completion of your degree, you will receive an unlimited contract with the Employment Agency or at a job centre and will begin at activity level IV (TV-BA - labour contract EA).
Your degree in Labour MarketManagement prepares you perfectly for a position as a placement officer, for work in employer services, as a benefits advisor or for a position in the field of controlling or Human Resources. You also have to opportunity to apply beyond your own agency for other interesting positions at Employment Agencies nationwide
After studying, there is a wide variety of further qualifications open to you, as to all EA employees, such as a Master degree in Labour Market-oriented Counselling.
Entry to both Bachelorprogrammes can be obtained with the following school-leaving qualifications:
- Allgemeine Hochschulreife (general higher education entry qualification), ≤ 2.9 average grade
- Fachgebundene Hochschulreife (subject-linked higher education entry qualification), ≤ 2.4 average grade
- Fachhochschulreife (university of applied sciences entry qualification), ≤ 2.4 average grade
- entry authorisation recognised as equivalent by law or by the corresponding authorities
HdBA Student Services can help with enquiries to do with the recognition of other qualifications: Hochschule.Studierendenservice(at)arbeitsagentur.de.
Admission to degree programmes are decided in many steps of a selection procedure. Professionally qualified individuals may also be eligible for university admission under the conditions laid out in § 59 (1) to (3) of the State Higher Education Act of Baden-Württemberg.
Before beginning their studies, students sign a training contract for the integrated study programme with their local employment agency.The application process for the degree programme, which starts from the beginning of September every year, is carried out by the regional employment agencies, and generally starts one year before.
Please apply online for one of the advertised study places through the EA application portal at only one Employment Agency close to your home. It is not possible to apply directly to the university.The following documents are required for application:
- a convincing covering letter
- detailed CV
- copies of school reports (years 11, 12 and 13)
- copies of any other reports (e.g. work experience)
- if applicable, a copy of your disability card or proof of equal status
If your application is successful, you will receive a place for 1st September.
Looking forward to meeting you!