BA(Hons) Business Studies: University of the West of England

Introduction

The BA(Hons) Business Studies - the most popular programme in the Faculty - will provide you with a comprehensive business education, in which you have the opportunity to analyse and evaluate business organisations and to understand the way in which they operate. Set against a background of the environment in which businesses operate, you will identify problems, analyse situations, and evaluate alternative solutions.

Course Content

Your first year of study will provide a general business foundation. You will study a range of subjects such as: Global Business Context, Management and Organisational Behaviour, Business Information Technology Management, Business Statistics and Decision Making, Understanding Financial Information, and The Political Economy of Work.

During your second year you will build on this knowledge and study subjects such as; Human Resource Management, Managing Finance, Marketing, Operations and Business Systems Management, and International Business Analysis.

You will also select one optional module from an extensive list, giving you the opportunity to develop your knowledge in an area of business that is of particular interest to you, for example Economic Integration in Europe, Tourism Business Applications, Entrepreneurship and Small Business etc.

In the final year your programme has been designed to integrate the academic knowledge gained in the first two years of study to enable you to gain a deep understanding of the inter-disciplinary nature of business. You will study modules in Organisation Analysis, and Strategic Management and will complement this with a number of optional modules from an extensive list, for example Managing Change, Organisational Leadership, Project Management, enabling you to continue your interest in specific business topics.

Careers/further study

The strong demand for graduates with this degree makes it an ideal launch pad for a career in management, marketing, finance and accountancy, human resources, IT, corporate finance – or just about any area of the public or private sector. Bristol UWE's First Destination Survey of those who graduated from this course shows that graduates from this course were employed in a wide range of business functions such as marketing and sales, finance, human resources, and IT in a variety of roles for a broad spectrum of employers such as Mercedes-Benz, PricewaterhouseCoopers, HSBC, Marks and Spencer plc, BAE Systems and public sector organisations.

Admissions and International Recruitment

Admissions and International Recruitment deals with enquiries and applications for all full-time undergraduate programmes. Contact us by

• telephone: +44 (0)117 32 83333
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• e-mail: admissions@uwe.ac.uk
• letter: Admissions and International Recruitment, University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK