Business Management BSc (Hons)

Overview

You want a solid foundation in business, a place to launch your career from when the time is right. Our full-time Business Management course is made for you. Based in Cambridge, you’ll interact with businesses and get inspired by guest speakers. Plus there’s the chance to take a placement year in industry. Our partnership with the Chartered Management Institute gives you advanced management training and a competitive advantage that will make you stand out from the crowd.

Employers look for business graduates with a range of solid, relatable skills, like you. Our Business Management degree combines knowledge and awareness of current issues such as globalisation, sustainability and social change, meaning you’ll understand the factors affecting businesses.

Study with us and by exploiting our links with businesses in the rapidly growing Cambridge and wider area, you can build on your network for when you graduate. And when you do graduate, it will be with a sound appreciation of management practice, including human resources, marketing, accounting and finance, and information management. By using mock interviews to grow your confidence and help you figure out how to approach the job market, you’ll be developing the interpersonal skills demanded by employers

The advanced management training with professional accreditation, through theChartered Management Institute (CMI) is essential for its considerable competitive advantage and effective route to a real career. The cost of your membership to the CMI whilst you are studying with us is included in your annual course fees. On graduating, you can continue this membership from £145 per year with the CMI directly.

Careers

We work with employers to make sure you graduate with the knowledge, skills and abilities they need. They help us review what we teach and how we teach it – and they offer hands-on, practical opportunities to learn through work-based projects, internships or placements.

Throughout your Business Management course, you’ll attend lectures and seminars on career-relevant issues such as CV preparation, job-hunting, obtaining work experience and using social media to enhance your profile and employability. With your range of transferable skills, you are prepared for a career that can cross any sector or industry. Regular visits from employers, guest speakers and business events, mean you can build your network, speak to potential employers about your CV and how hiring you will benefit them.

By choosing the placement option for your degree, you’ll graduate in four years having been able to put all these skills into practice with invaluable work experience. Our placements and employability team will give you information that’s relevant to your vocation, help you find your placement and strengthen your skills and experience in preparation for employment.

Modules & Assessment

Academic Skills
Accounting for Managers
Principles of Marketing
Economics for Managers
Contemporary Issues in Work and Society
Introduction to Organisations and Management
Global Business Environment

Project Management
Responsible Business
Managing Human Resources and Improving Organisational Performance
Business Research Methods
Strategic Management
Career Development and Employability

Business to Business Marketing
International Trade
Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Management
Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Work Placement – Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour

Business and Employment Law
Advanced Strategic Management
Sustainable Transformation and Environmental Practice
Undergraduate Major Project

EU Economy: Policy and Issues
International Intercultural Management
Retail and Shopper Marketing
Leadership in Contemporary Organisations
International Supply Chain Management

Chinese (Mandarin)
French
Spanish

Assessment

You can expect an interesting mix of coursework, essays, exams and activity-based assignments. Your coursework could include problem-solving activities, consultancy projects, presentations and group or individual reports. You’ll also be able to access support materials supported by materials accessed through our learning management system (Canvas).

All assessment is designed to allow you to demonstrate what you’ve learned, and to make sure you’re developing the knowledge and skills you need to complete the course.

This is a 3 year programme (or 4 years with placement)

Alongside your core modules you will pick a number of optional modules. Please note that modules are subject to change and availability.

Where you’ll study

Your faculty

You have a highly active mind and see opportunity everywhere. Now you need theory and life-changing skills to sharpen your approach to management. At the Faculty of Business & Law, you will immerse yourself in a multicultural environment where technology blends with teaching to create a dynamic and innovative learning environment. An environment to help you gain those skills.

Placement year

We want to make sure that you’re fully prepared for an increasingly competitive job market, so we offer a four-year degree option which includes a work placement in the third year. It’s an opportunity to apply and enhance your skills while developing new ones. You’ll also build valuable professional networks.

It could be that you have one placement during Year 3, or you could have two or three, giving you the chance to experience different organisations and working practices. Many of our students find that their placement company hires them when they graduate. We have a specialist team to help you find a placement and support you during this year. You might work in the UK or go abroad: our students have worked at leading organisations such as PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), Bosch, BMW, Airbus, BskyB and KPMG. This period of work experience can help set your final-year studies in context and may well help with your dissertation topic. All in all, it’s a fantastic way to stay ahead of the competition.