This course is designed to equip you with the business knowledge and skills needed in today's global economy and provides a general business education that will prepare students for a wide variety of managerial careers.
It will prepare you for a variety of employment opportunities in major areas of business. A carefully designed and employer-supported management development programme runs through the first year of your degree.
All Honours students study the same modules in the first year of the course. Business with Economics students study a slightly different set of modules in the second year. Final year modules are different according to your selected stream.
This course allows you to either specialise or follow an integrated route and the modular design gives you considerable choice.
The second year introduces more of a focus on Business with Economics.
You can confirm your original choice of degree or change freely to any of the other degrees in the suite. You may wish to study a range of modules covering a number of major management functions.
Year 2
Management Development Programme II
This module extends the learning in the first year of the course with further focus on personal and career development.
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Principles of Marketing
The module introduces you to the principles of marketing in a business and management context, focusing on the role of marketing within the organisation and its interaction with other business functions. The module also helps you to develop practical marketing abilities.
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Quantitative and Statistical Analysis
You will examine the relevant mathematical aspects of economic analysis that are important for a full appreciation of analytical and quantitative economics.
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Microeconomics
You will appreciate the application of microeconomic theory to issues and problems such as the decision making of individuals, households and firms, strategic behaviour and market failures. You will learn to use microeconomic theory to analyse some specific problems and gain insight regarding their cause.
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Macroeconomics
In this module you will develop an appreciation of how the impacts of macroeconomic policy can be understood through the use of relevant models.
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Year 2 Choices
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Financial Planning and Control
Building on Year 1 Accounting module, the module develops your understanding of how accounting information can be used by management to plan and control the activities of the organisation. It also gives an appreciation of other uses of accounting information, including an introduction to the Stock Exchange and the City, and the audit process.
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Organisational Behaviour
This module will develop a wide-ranging analysis and understanding of the behaviour of people at work as well as the dynamics of work organisations.
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Year 3
Corporate Strategy
In this module you will acquire an organisation-wide perspective through exploring strategic planning and processes, and learn to relate strategic models and theories to the real world of organisational success and failure. You will develop your analytical and evaluative skills through problem/case analysis and develop your team working and problem-solving skills to evaluate objectively your peers' performance.
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Management Practice and Research: Dissertation
You will identify and focus on a specialist area of research related to an aspect of your degree course; execute a substantial piece of independent research and produce a scholarly and critical dissertation.
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Domestic and International Money
The module will acquaint you with some of the major monetary concepts, relationships and models, and use these to analyse monetary markets and the links between money and the real economy. It will also provide an understanding of the role of money in the international economy, under different exchange rate systems.
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Strategy and Risk
You will learn to use expected utility theory to analyse problems of decision making under uncertainty and identify the limitations of expected utility theory. You will also apply game theory to predict outcomes in a variety of situations and assess the usefulness of game-theoretic approaches. You will analyse static, sequential and repeated games with complete and incomplete information and critically evaluate the usefulness of game theory in economic analysis.
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Year 3 Choices
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Business Taxation
The module introduces you to the nature and operation of core areas of taxation related to businesses and their employees, so that you can perform basic taxation consultations and demonstrate your ability to consider the taxation implications of business proposals.
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eCommerce
The aim of this module is to explore both the technical and business-related implications of electronically mediated commerce. With a basis in research, the module traces the development of electronic commerce from its origins in electronic data interchange to its current growing importance in the context of the global market. The potential of electronic commerce for future development – its myths and trends – is also explored.
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Business Ethics
The module aims to raise awareness of the ethical dimensions of, and changing societal pressures on, businesses and other organisations; and develop your ability to reflect upon your own learning and understanding of ethics. You will learn to argue without prejudice or bias for particular ethical or value standpoints relevant to businesses or organisations.
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Company Law
You will acquire a sound knowledge of the legal framework relating to companies and their management, and develop the capability to apply legal principles in the solution of business and management problems arising in a corporate context. You will also gain an appreciation of the impact of policy and the wider business context on corporate legal developments..
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Choose one additional module from:
Business Taxation
The module introduces you to the nature and operation of core areas of taxation related to businesses and their employees, so that you can perform basic taxation consultations and demonstrate your ability to consider the taxation implications of business proposals.
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eCommerce
The aim of this module is to explore both the technical and business-related implications of electronically mediated commerce. With a basis in research, the module traces the development of electronic commerce from its origins in electronic data interchange to its current growing importance in the context of the global market. The potential of electronic commerce for future development – its myths and trends – is also explored.
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Business Ethics
The module aims to raise awareness of the ethical dimensions of, and changing societal pressures on, businesses and other organisations; and develop your ability to reflect upon your own learning and understanding of ethics. You will learn to argue without prejudice or bias for particular ethical or value standpoints relevant to businesses or organisations.
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Company Law
You will acquire a sound knowledge of the legal framework relating to companies and their management, and develop the capability to apply legal principles in the solution of business and management problems arising in a corporate context. You will also gain an appreciation of the impact of policy and the wider business context on corporate legal developments.
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Financial Economics
In this module you will study the role of financial markets and institutions in the operation of the economy. You will learn how to explain the importance of the financial system to the overall implementation and effectiveness of economic policy, and how to assess the importance of risk and return in financial decisions. You will also be able to interpret financial data and analyse the issues faced by individuals, companies and governments who operate in financial markets.
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International Finance
You will examine critically the rationale for international trade and investment and gain an understanding of the operations of foreign exchange markets and their significance to business. You will develop knowledge of and an ability to evaluate risk management in an international context and learn to appreciate the history of foreign exchange markets and international finance within the context of finance and economic theory.
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Economics of Gambling
In this module you will discuss the impact of factors such as price and availability on the demand of a range of gambling products, and appreciate debates in the lottery industry on what drives demand and how any claimed trends in sales may be managed. You will discuss the benefits and costs of the gambling sector, evaluate the debate on legalisation of casino gambling from an economic perspective; and learn to explain key issues raised by analysts of how betting markets function.
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