Business and Management BSc

About the Course

This degree will equip you with the broad business and management background and the analytical, technical and interpersonal skills required to understand, analyse and address the problems of today's companies. If you take certain modules you will gain exemptions from select professional examinations in accountancy, marketing and business and management fields.

Aims

The increasing complexity of modern organisations demands highly educated managers. This degree will equip you with the broad business and management background and the analytical, technical and interpersonal skills required to understand, analyse and address the problems of today's companies.

Enquiries

Brunel Business School Admissions

Course Enquiries
Tel: +44 (0)1895 265278/267124
Email: bachelorbbs@brunel.ac.uk

Application Enquiries (Home/EU)
For Home/EU applications already submitted.
Email: admissions@brunel.ac.uk
Tel. +44 (0)1895 265265

International Students
For all questions about this degree:
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Email: brunel-international@brunel.ac.uk
Tel. +44 (0)1895 265519

Special Features

• Our students have excellent employment prospects – graduates have gone on to work for prestigious companies such as Merrill Lynch, Abbey, Lloyds, Price WaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte & Touche, Coca cola, Ernst & Young, Virgin Trains, Accenture, HSBC, BT, Deutsche Bank and the BBC.
   
• The School hosts six world-renowned research groups, all with international profiles, which address six main themes: Organisation and employment studies; Marketing; Entrepreneurship, international business and innovation in emerging markets; Management information systems; accounting and auditing; operations and supply chain management.
   
• Emphasis is on gaining "employable knowledge" which is highly up-to-date. We aim to provide you with an education which will prepare you for the future needs of the working world, not simply to cope with its present preoccupations.
   
• The School's specialist areas include: marketing, small business management; human resource management; organisational change; technology and business; copy right and property rights; business computing; accounting; entrepreneurialism; gender; the culture and leisure industries; business ethics and management thinking and learning. Students also benefit from University-wide expertise in eCommerce and multimedia.
   
• High quality teaching from lecturers with 'hands-on' experience in business and commerce.
   
• You will have the opportunity to gain paid professional experience working in prominent companies or organisations. These are high-quality placements with graduate-like responsibilities. Many students get offered full-time graduate posts at the companies where they carried out their work placements.
   
• Good links with business. This means:
  • Better work placements
  • Up-to-date course content
  • Help finding a good job after you graduate.

Accreditation

Once you graduate, provided you have passed certain modules, you will be exempt from some entry level examinations of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), the Chartered Institute for Management Accountants (CIMA), the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

Facts and Figures

Brunel Business School

The School offers a range of single honours undergraduate programmes, Master's courses and the prestigious MBA programme.

Our courses will give you several advantages. Firstly, our degrees will equip you with the conceptual and analytical means for understanding business and management enabling you to progress with the future needs of the working world, not simply to cope with its present preoccupations.

Secondly, you will learn about the world of business and management and develop the skills to get a good job when you graduate. Thirdly, you will enhance your ability to communicate your ideas and to take responsibility for your learning. All these skills will be essential once you enter the world of employment.

Our range of degree programmes offers you the opportunity to specialise in a variety of areas. At Level 2, you will be able to specialise in Accounting, Marketing or International Business, or remain on the general management pathway. We also contribute to a number of courses elsewhere in the University.

If you opt for a sandwich course, you will have the added bonus of putting your academic study into practice and developing ideas about future careers.

Our staff are at the forefront of their subjects both through research activity -  our research interests are reflected in some of the specialist modules offered as options - and via close links with the business community.

Course Content

Our Business and Management degrees equip you with a sound understanding of business and management as well as the analytical, technical and interpersonal skills required to understand, analyse and address the problems faced by companies today.

All business and management degrees have a common first year. Whichever specialism you choose, you will take a range of introductory modules designed to give you a grounding in management. Then at Level 2, you will begin to select modules according to your chosen pathway. At Level 3, you will take more core modules, your dissertation and option modules that will allow you to specialise in areas of particular interest.

Typical Modules

Level 1 Core

• Introduction to Management Enquiry
• Managing Information with Technology
• Organisational Behaviour and Analysis
• Introduction to Accounting
• International Business Environment
• Principles and Practice of Marketing

Level 2 Core

• Operations Management
• Marketing Communications
• Managing Change and Creativity in Organisations
• Project Management
• Human Resource Management and its International Dimensions
• Critical Perspectives in Management.

Level 3 Core

• Issues and Controversies in Management (Major Project)
• Strategic Management
• Business Ethics, Environmental Sustainability and Governance
  

Level 3 Optional
Any two from:

• Gender and Organisations
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Ventures
• International Marketing
• Innovation and Knowledge Management
• Work Placement in Context*

* For those who undertake a work placement.

Teaching and Learning

Staff expertise
Many of our lecturers are:

• Internationally or nationally recognised for their innovative work and research
• Work as consultants for major companies worldwide
• Have practical and personal experience in business/have run their own companies

How will I be taught?

Lectures -These provide a broad overview of key concepts and ideas. They provide a framework from which to carry out more in-depth study.

Seminars - Small seminar groups allow students to make individual contributions. You will undertake in-depth analysis of issues and exchange and explore ideas with other students.

Workshops - You will practise using industry standard software, computing equipment, business, design and multimedia packages.

One-to-one - In your final year you will receive one-to-one supervision for your dissertation. Throughout all levels you will have a personal tutor who is available to help you with academic or personal problems. If you choose to do the four-year sandwich course, you will also be allocated an industrial tutor who will provide you with support when you are on your work placement.

Other - There are email discussion groups, research talks on key management issues, presentations by outside speakers and external visits. Throughout the course, you will also be expected to undertake group work and individual projects and presentations.

Assessment

Each subject is assessed either by a combination of continuous appraisal and examination or by coursework or examination alone. As a rough guide the split is approximately 50:50 exam to coursework but this amount varies depending on the options you select.

Level 1 does not count towards your final degree classification but you have to pass the first year to continue with the degree. Level 2 is worth a third of your final mark and Level 3 the rest. In your final year you will undertake an assessed dissertation of around 8,000 words. This is worth a third of your Level 3 marks.

Employability

If you choose to follow the four-year thick sandwich degree programme you will gain high quality professional experience in commercial, financial, or public sector organisations.

Students have been on placements with companies such as:

• American Express
• Lloyds TSB
• Universal Pictures International
• Hewlett Packard
• Microsoft
• IBM
• Adidas UK Ltd
• Morgan Stanley
• Mitsubishi Electric Europe
• Xerox
• Reuters

Careers

Graduates with a broad understanding of business and management and a knowledge of commercial, innovation and marketing issues are greatly valued in a whole range of professions.

Our combination of academic and professional expertise gives our graduates, especially those that have carried out a professional work placement, a significant advantage over those with comparable academic qualifications from other business courses. What is more, career advancement for our students is often faster.

As one of our graduates you will have a wide range of career options at your finger tips and key skills and knowledge which are in great demand.

• British Gas
• Coca Cola
• Merrill Lynch
• Morgan Stanley
• 0₂
• The BBC
• PricewaterhouseCoopers

Fees for 2012/13 entry

Home/EU students: £9,000 full-time, £6,750 part-time

International students: £12,650 full-time

Brunel is introducing over 1000 new scholarships for 2012, meaning that one in three applicants who join Brunel next year will receive financial support from the University. See our fees and funding page for full details

Fees quoted are per annum and are subject to an annual increase.

Entry Requirements for 2012 Entry

• GCE A-level BBB (Critical Thinking/General Studies accepted as a third A-level).
• Irish Leaving Certificate ABBBB.
• Scottish Advanced Highers BBB.
• Advanced Diploma Progression Diploma Grade B in Business, Administration and Finance or Public Services, plus an A-level at Grade B for Additional and Specialist Learning (for Public Services, this must be in a business-related or science subject).
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma DDD in a business-related subject. BTEC Level 3 Diploma/National Certificate DD plus grade B in an Academic A-level. BTEC Level 3 Subsidary Diploma/National Award D plus grade B in two Academic A-levels.
• IBDP 32 points.
• Access Applicants offering Access courses in Business or a Business-related subject plus the equivalent of at least three years full time, relevant work experience will be considered on an individual basis.

For all of the above, 5 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C or above are also required, to include English and Maths (please note that these must have been gained by the time you submit your UCAS application).

Entry Requirements for 2013 Entry

• GCE A-level AAB  (General Studies or Critical Thinking accepted as one of three A levels)
• Irish Leaving Certificate AAABB
• Scottish Advanced Highers AAB
• Advanced Diploma Progression Diploma Grade A in Creative and Media or Public Services, including A-level English at Grade B for Additional and Specialist Learning  Extended project in a related subject preferred
• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma D*D*D in a related subject
• BTEC Level 3 Diploma D*D* B + 1 A-level   (BTEC Level 3 Diploma only accepted when accompanied with an A-level at grade B in an academic subject area)
• IBDP 35 points
• Access Applicants offering Access courses in Business or a Business-related subject plus the equivalent of at least three years full time, relevant work experience will be considered on an individual basis
  

For all of the above, 5 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C or above are also required, to include English and Maths (please note that these must have been gained by the time you submit your UCAS application).

English Language Requirements

Brunel also offers our own BrunELT English Test and accept a range of other language courses. We also have a range of Pre-sessional English language courses, for students who do not meet these requirements, or who wish to improve their English.