Business Studies

Description

Specialist pathways

As well as taking core business units, this BA (Hons) Business Studies degree features specialist pathways, each one concentrating on a particular aspect of business:

• Economics
• Enterprise
• Finance
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Law
• Marketing
• Operations and Project Management

Flexibility

Our Business Studies course is unique in giving you the flexibility to keep your specialisation options open until your second year of study. This offers you the best of both worlds: broad-based first and second years and a specialised final year.

Employability

Whichever pathway of Business Studies you choose, at the end of your degree you will have gained qualities enabling you to manage a range of business activities in a global context. Employability and career prospects are at the heart of our Business courses.

Placement opportunities

As part of your Business Studies degree, you will spend 40 weeks working within industry, putting the theory from your first two years on the course into practice.

Our extensive network of contacts means that you will have the opportunity to gain this experience working at some of the worlds most innovative and influential businesses, including Xerox, Barclays, British Airways, Hewlett-Packard, Vauxhall Motors, IBM, Wella and Nokia to name a few. Our students perform extremely well during their paid placements; employers are always impressed with their abilities and many of our students return to their placement company upon graduation.

Study Abroad Programme

This is a unique opportunity for overseas students to study for one semester or a full academic year on our BA (Hons) Business Studies course. This will enable you to:

• Study on the 2nd year of the BA (Hons) Business Studies degree course
• Develop your interpersonal and employability skills
• Study with students from all over the world
• Opportunities to develop your English language skills if English is not your first language
• Opportunities to develop your language skills in Spanish, French and German
• Gain credits to contribute towards your degree at your home university

Course focus

We consider the placement year, along with employability prospects and innovative learning methods, as the key features of our Business School. We aim to develop your personal and professional effectiveness, helping you enter the commercial world to achieve great things.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 12500 Year (International)

• English

Course Content

Course content:

Year 1

You will 'hit the ground running' from year one onwards, when you will begin to develop the versatility and personal qualities needed to manage a range of business activities in a global context, as well as an awareness of the wider impact of business decisions on organisational stakeholders and society. In addition, through tasks including simulated business projects, you will develop highly sought after skills including communication, presentation, team work and time management.

Core units:

• Developing Management Competencies
• Accounting and Quantitative Analysis
• Introduction to Organisational Behaviour and Ethics
• Marketing
• Principles of Business Law
• Economics for Business Studies

Year 2

Core units:

• Research in Business and Management
• Understanding Organisations and HRM
• Finance & Business Analysis
• Business Simulation

Specialist units

You will then choose two optional units from the following:

• Project Management
• Operations Management
• Microeconomics for Business I
• Macroeconomics for Business I
• Contract Law
• Consumer Behaviour and Market Research
• Digital (Interactive) Marketing
• Global Sustainability and Cross-cultural Challenge

Year 3

You will complete a 40-week placement which can be carried out anywhere in the world. The placement year offers a chance to gain experience and make contacts for the future.

Year 4

Core units:

• Strategic Management
• Organisational Leadership

You will then choose two optional units from the following:

• Microeconomics for Business II
• Macroeconomics for Business II
• Managing Innovation
• Entrepreneurship and Business Ventures
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Reporting
• People Management and Development
• Strategic Human Resource Management
• International Marketing Management
• International Management
• Strategic Marketing Management
• Advanced Project Management
• Operations Strategy
• Principles of Consultancy
• Company Law
• Employment Law

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

Tariff points

The entry requirements for this course are 320 to 340 tariff points, including 200 to 220 from 2 A-levels (e.g. A,B), or equivalent qualifications. BTEC Extended Diploma: DDM.

GCSEs

This course requires a minimum of 5 GCSEs, or equivalent, at grades A* to C, including Maths and English or equivalent.

Relevant subjects: All subjects considered

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Bournemouth University.

Funding

Non-repayable funding and awards:

• BU scholarships - that recognise academic, sporting and musical excellence
• BU bursaries - additional funding support for students who have been in care and/or are from lower income families
• Maintenance grants - awarded by your funding authority, based on your household income
• Disabled Students' Allowance - you can apply for this allowance if you have a: disability, long-term health condition, mental health condition or a specific learning difficulty
• NHS and social work bursaries - to cover tuition fees and living costs for those studying on NHS funded courses

Accreditation

The Vision builds on BU’s current success to create a distinctive offer based on academic excellence underpinned by service excellence. At the heart is the powerful fusion of research, education and professional practice, creating a unique academic experience where the sum is greater than the component parts. To achieve this we combine inspirational teaching, world-class research and the latest thinking in the professions to create a continuous and fruitful exchange of knowledge that stimulates new ideas, learning and thought-leadership.