Business Management (with optional placement year) BA (Hons)

This course is designed to train you for the jobs of the future; you’ll be taught the fundamentals of business management in the wider context of the contemporary business landscape, ensuring your skills will remain flexible and adaptable as the world changes.<br/><br/>Our Business Management degree is an engaging and interactive course where you will develop the skills and understanding you need to succeed in a wide range of business careers.<br/><br/>The course combines practical professional experience with creative approaches to enterprise and innovation that will develop your entrepreneurial spirit. We incorporate as much hands-on experience and professional training as possible; you’ll learn from guest speakers, and study work-based projects, with opportunities to take up work experience either through undertaking a one-year paid placement or through a ten-week placement in your final year.<br/><br/>During this degree you will explore a variety of practice-based topics across a full range of business and management disciplines, including: <br/><br/>Marketing<br/>Accounting and Finance<br/>Human Resource Management<br/>Information Systems<br/>Operations Management <br/>Business Strategy <br/>Research Skills<br/><br/>The first year of study focuses on providing the foundation to the rest of the degree through introducing you to the key subject areas, in parallel with allowing time to focus on your personal and team development skills. As you progress through the degree you will also have option modules that will let you specialise further in key business areas. <br/><br/>In your final year of study you will undertake a management project. This allows you to research an area of particular interest. <br/><br/>Students have the opportunity to develop skills in a placement setting either through undertaking a one-year paid placement or through a ten week placement in their final year.