BSc Business Management with Placement Year
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: Pass, with 34 points overall with 17 points at Higher Level
About this course
Bachelor of Science in Business Management with Placement Year, a business management degree centred on organisational theory and commercial practice. Core topics include Accounting, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Entrepreneurship, Legal Analysis, Project Management, Research Methods, and Statistics. Students undertake a structured, paid industry placement year during their third year to gain practical experience before returning for final-year independent research. The first year establishes fundamental concepts through compulsory modules such as Business in Society, Digital Technologies in Business, Introduction to Accounting and Finance, and Management Analysis. The second year focuses on resource management and organisational perspectives via compulsory modules including Critical Perspectives on Organisation and Management and Operations Management, alongside a range of options such as Consulting: Context, Concepts and Practice, Entrepreneurial Management, and Human Resource Management. The third year consists entirely of the Business Placement module. The final year involves advanced strategic study through compulsory modules like Applied Research Project, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business, and Strategic Management, while optional choices cover fields such as International Business, Marketing in the Digital Age, Project Management, and Risk Management.
Modules
- Business in Society
- Digital Technologies in Business
- Introduction to Accounting and Finance
- Introduction to Management
- Introduction to Marketing for Business
- Management Analysis
- Realising Success
- Commercial Law
- Financial Accounting 1
- Ideas that Shape the Contemporary World - Work, Change and Organisations
- Management Accounting 1
- Critical Perspectives on Organisation and Management
- Operations Management
- Consulting: Context, Concepts and Practice
- Entrepreneurial Management
- Financial Accounting 2
- Human Resource Management
- Innovation, Technology and the Environment
- Making Successful Decisions
- Management Accounting 2
- Management Ethics
- Business Placement
- Applied Research Project
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business
- Strategic Management
- Financial Accounting 3
- Information, Organisation and Accountability from a Historical Perspective
- Innovation for the Ministry of Defence
- International Business
- Management Accounting 3
- Management of Information Systems
- Managing High-Growth Businesses
- Marketing in the Digital Age
- Project Management
- Risk Management
- Strategic Operations Management
- Technological Innovation