Business BSc (Hons)

This BSc Business is constantly evolving to reflect the changing world of business and is one of our most popular courses in the Birkbeck Business School. It will provide you with an understanding of the different functional areas of business and a solid foundation for a career in business management. It focuses on developing your academic knowledge at the same time as providing you with a range of practical skills to enable you to succeed in the workplace.<br/><br/><strong>Why choose this course?</strong><br/><br/><br/>• This course is distinctive in its flexibility and the range of option modules offered so you can follow your interests depending on your career goals. <br/><br/><br/><br/>• Our academics are research active so their international collaborations and research activities feed into our teaching to make it relevant and topical.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• It also offers you the chance to follow a Placement route designed to enhance your career prospects, build your professional networks and apply the knowledge and skills you have gained in a work context.<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>What you will learn</strong> <br/><br/>You will develop an understanding of the key concepts in the business management discipline and explore the application of these concepts in practice. You will gain practical knowledge by engaging with practitioners to address real-life challenges. <br/><br/><strong>How you will learn</strong> <br/><br/>You will learn via lectures, seminars, presentations and group discussions. To help you gain practical knowledge first-hand, we also host guest speakers and offer you live case study sessions and panel discussions with entrepreneurs and practitioners.<br/><br/>You can study this course full- or part-time and choose your own timetable for the core/compulsory modules <strong>selecting whether to study them in the daytime or evening</strong>. <br/><br/><strong>Placement route</strong><br/><br/>If you opt for the full-time Placement route on this course, it will give you the opportunity to develop your business skills in the workplace and apply learning from your degree in a professional setting.<br/><br/><strong>Foundation Year</strong><br/><br/>If you opt for the Foundation Year route, this will fully prepare you for undergraduate study. It is ideal if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied the relevant subjects, or if you didnt achieve the grades you need for a place on your chosen undergraduate degree.<br/><br/><strong>Highlights</strong><br/><br/><br/>• Birkbeck is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the broad field of management.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Our academic staff are active researchers, as well as enthusiastic teachers, and regularly publish cutting-edge articles in the worlds leading journals.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• We have particular research strengths in international business and strategy, the management of innovation and entrepreneurship, human resource management, corporate governance, sport management and marketing, as well as financial management and accounting.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• We engage in significant collaborative research and have excellent contacts with many public and private sector organisations, professional bodies and researchers at other academic institutions.<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Careers and employability</strong><br/><br/>On successfully graduating from this course, you will have gained an array of transferable skills, including: <br/><br/><br/>- analytical skills that enable you to critically appraise and challenge managerial or business practices <br/><br/><br/>- an understanding of how decisions are made in organisations <br/><br/><br/>- quantitative skills that can be applied in the analysis of management and accounting problems<br/><br/><br/>- communication and interpersonal skills<br/><br/><br/>- an appreciation of the impact of new technologies and globalisation on the business management function.<br/><br/><br/>Graduates can pursue career paths in business, management, accounting or human resources management. Possible professions include:<br/><br/><br/>- human resources officer<br/><br/><br/>- management consultant<br/><br/><br/>- corporate investment banker<br/><br/><br/>- marketing executive.<br/>