Business Management with Finance and Placement Year BSc(Hons)

Why choose this course?

• Paid placement year providing the opportunity to gain industry skills, boost your CV and put your skills into practice

Our Business Management with Finance and Placement Year BSc(Hons) programme is ideal for gaining an understanding of the diverse areas of modern business management. It will help you to decide which area of business you would like specialise in, providing you with work experience and valuable connections within the business world, whilst also preparing you to be your own boss.

Learning is delivered through a stimulating mix of seminars, academic and industry lectures, group projects and workshops. You will develop confidence and expertise in analysis, business communication, teamwork, and transferable skills in preparing briefs, plans and reports, presenting, budgeting and evaluation. You will also explore topics including taxation, financial management, financial markets, business ethics and game theory.

As you progress, the flexibility of this course allows you to tailor your learning to your interests through option modules. From your second year you can also choose to change to another route of business which interests you most: economics, finance, human resource management or marketing.

During your third year, you can take a year’s salaried placement in industry, giving you the change to apply your learning, gain valuable experience and make professional contacts for your future career.

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. If you apply to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through Student View.

Year 1

All our Business Management degrees share the same first year core modules to give you a broad understanding of business principles.

Core modules include aspects of economics, marketing, HR, organisational behaviour and finance, to give you a broad understanding of business principles and practice.

You can then choose to specialise from year 2.

Modules

• Business Economics

  In this module you will develop your understanding of key economic concepts by applying them to contemporary issues within the world of business and through the application of quantitative techniques. You will also gain an understanding of how political, economic and environmental factors influence the world of business.

• Marketing Principles

  This module introduces the role and function of marketing within organisational frameworks. You'll develop an understanding of basic qualitative and quantitative tools available for analysing and interpreting the marketing environment.

• Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

  This module will introduce you to a range of concepts, principles and theories that have been adopted within the study of organisational behaviour and human resource management.

  This module will provide you with a grounding for understanding how people are managed and organised in the workplace.

• Financial Knowledge and Skills for Business

  This module provides you with an introduction to fundamental concepts in the fields of financial accounting, management accounting, and finance. You will develop a basic understanding of an organisation’s financial position and performance through the application of appropriate analytical tools and procedures.

• Enterprise Project and Skills

  I this module you will create a business plan, a project plan and a marketing plan that include a digital presence.

  You'll integrate and apply skills and learning from other year one modules using project management skills to deliver a practical and applied business project, and will need to demonstrate a clear understanding of market dynamics, financial structures and HRM employment strategies.

  The module is underpinned with a strong skills component which develops quantitative, research, project, academic, team working, personal development and business skills.

• Managing Systems and Operations

  This module will introduce you to the use of digital technologies and operations management in business.

  The module will highlight how managers use digital technologies to measure and improve operations and systems performance, and will provide an understanding of the processes and the methods to improve them in both service-oriented and manufacturing-sector organisations. A range of contemporary issues, innovation and future trends in Information Systems (IS) and operations management will be showcased

Year 2

From your second year, through the module choices you make, you can either continue along the business management with finance degree route, or specialise in HR, economics, or marketing.

Modules

• International Business Analysis
• Corporate and Business Law
• Business Problem Solutions
• Understanding Finance Theory and Practice

Options*

• Creativity in Enterprise
• Design and Innovation
• Working in the Voluntary Sector
• Personal Financial Planning
• Leadership
• Gamification
• Operations and Process Management
• Information Systems and Decision Making
• Economic Theory and Applications
• Money, Exchange Rate and Trade
• Financial Modelling and Dealing
• Marketing and Responsibility

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Placement year

The paid work placement year is a vital part of the course. It gives you the chance to apply your learning to real-life situations and challenges, to meet and network with potential employers, and have opportunities to get real work experience before you graduate – something that employers value highly.

On your placement, you will complete a business project. This project contributes to your degree and, depending on the topic you choose, could provide valuable insight for your placement employer.

Placement companies include American Express, BMW, Bosch, Channel 4, Disney, Electronic Arts, Hewlett Packard, Home Office, IBM, Ipsos Mori, ITV, lastminute.com, Microsoft and Rolls Royce Motor Cars.

Our dedicated Placements and Employability team will support you throughout, helping you to get a placement and during your placement.

Read more about our work placements.

I was fortunate enough to get my foot in the door at Nike and have not looked back since.

Matthew Day, Business Management with Finance and Placement Year BSc(Hons)

Final year

In your final year you will have the opportunity to develop a specialism by choosing business and finance options that interest you most.

Modules

• Managing and Developing People
• Strategy
• Corporate Financial Management
• Placement project

Options*

• Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Game Theory in Economics, Finance and Business
• Financial and Capital Markets
• The Digital Economy
• Environmental Economics
• Political Economy in Europe
• Current Issues in Finance
• International Finance
• Understanding Employee Relations
• Employee Selection and Development
• Happiness: Work and Society
• International Human Resource Management
• Organisational Change
• Ecommerce and Online Behaviour

• Commercial Law
• Retail Marketing and Distribution
• Marketing Communications
• Customer Relationship Management and Service Marketing
• Consumer Psychology
• Futurism for Marketers
• Public Relations – Principles and Practice
• Marketing Across Cultures
• Responsible Enterprise
• Procurement and Supply Chain Management
• Big Data and Business Intelligence

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

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Course fees

If you choose to take the professional placement (sandwich) year offered on this course you will pay a reduced fee during this year. Our fee for the professional placement year is £1,410 for UK students and £2,180 for international students. This fee may be subject to small increases, in line with inflation.

The fees listed here are for the first year of full-time study if you start your course in the academic year 2023–24.

You will pay fees for each year of your course. Some fees may increase each year.

UK undergraduate and some postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government and increases will not be more than the maximum amount allowed. Course fees that are not regulated may increase each year by up to 5% or RPI (whichever is higher).

If you are studying part-time your fee will usually be calculated based on the number of modules that you take.

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• Fees, bursaries, scholarships and govt funding info for UK and international undergraduate and postgraduate students
• Student finance and budgeting while studying
• About the university’s fees by checking our student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf)

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