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Business & Management (with Industry Placement)

Entry requirements


UCAS Tariff

80-112

About this course


Course option

4years

Full-time with year in industry | 2024

Subject

Accounting

Why choose this course?
Our BA (Hons) in Business & Management prepares students for the challenges of the modern business world and strengthens and develops their broader personal and professional skills.

You will:

- Gain a broad insight into the world of business and management from academics and industry professionals with a wealth of experience.

- Study modules designed with an emphasis on international, contemporary and practical business issues to ensure graduates are ready for the job market.

- Acquire the knowledge and abilities not only to become an effective business manager but also the entrepreneurialism to develop their own business.

- Gain an understanding of management, business operations, corporate strategy, business law and human resources.

- Undertake a work placement to gain practical work experience.

- Upon graduating also achieve a Level 5 Diploma/Certificate in Leadership & Management from the Chartered Management Institute worth over £1,300 at no extra cost.

- Study a course where 93.1% of graduates are in paid work or study 15 months after graduating* * WGU analysis of unpublished data.

You can also choose to study this course with a foundation year. UCAS code: W3L7

Key course features:
- The Business School has excellent links with professional bodies and business experts who enhance our teaching with guest lectures.

- Work placement opportunities are available to all of our students who demonstrate a good standard of engagement and professionalism during their studies.

- All students gain first-hand experience of applying their knowledge as they work with real businesses on relevant projects.

- This degree is accredited by the CMI, all our graduating students will also receive a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management from the CMI worth over £1,300 at no additional expense.

- 93.1% of graduates of this course are in paid work or study* *graduates surveyed 15 months graduating, WGU analysis of unpublished data.

Modules

What you will study

At Level 4, students will take several introductory topics in management & business, finance, HRM, marketing and analytics. As students progress onto Level 5 and 6, they will gain an understanding of customer service, digital business, agile leadership, managing corporate risk, strategy and international human resources, as well as having an option to take an industrial placement that will significantly enhance your CV and employment prospects. A dissertation is embedded in the final part of their studies to give all our students the ability to develop their research skills.

YEAR 1 (LEVEL 4)
MODULES

Introduction to Management & Business
Introduction to Business Finance & Accounting
Business Communication Skills
Understanding Human Resource Management
Marketing Essentials
Business Analytics

YEAR 2 (LEVEL 5)
MODULES

Managing Corporate Risk and Crime
Digital Business Strategy
Agile Leadership
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
International Business and Trade
Professional Behaviours and Valuing People

YEAR 3 (INDUSTRY PLACEMENT)
Industry Placement

YEAR 4 (LEVEL 6)
MODULES

Strategic Management
Employment Law
Strategic Marketing
Managing People in an International Context
Dissertation

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.

Assessment methods

Teaching & Assessment

Students are assessed in a variety of ways over the course of their undergraduate studies. The balance between the different forms of assessment is determined by the different aims and learning outcomes of the core and option modules. Assessment methods include academic essays, presentations, reports, simulation exercises and examinations.

TEACHING AND LEARNING

Teaching methods include workshop-based core skills modules, lectures by practitioners, student-led seminars and guided research.

Independent learning is an important aspect of all modules, as it enables students to develop both their subject specific and key skills. Independent learning is promoted through the feedback given to students, which takes several forms including small group and one-to-one discussions.

Wrexham Glyndŵr University is committed to supporting our students to maximise their academic potential.

We offer workshops and support sessions in areas such as academic writing, effective note-making and preparing for assignments. Students can book appointments with academic skills tutors dedicated to helping them deal with the practicalities of university work. Our student support section has more information on the help available.

In terms of particular needs, the University’s Inclusion Services can provide appropriate guidance and support should any students require reasonable adjustments to be made because of a recognised prevailing disability, medical condition, or specific learning difference.

The Uni


Course location:

Wrexham (Main Campus)

Department:

North Wales Business School

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What students say


How do students rate their degree experience?

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Accounting

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This is usually because there were too few respondents in the data we receive to be able to provide results about the subject at this university.


Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

92%
UK students
8%
International students
35%
Male students
65%
Female students
82%
2:1 or above
25%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
C
C

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Accounting

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£17,400
low
Average annual salary
90%
low
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

26%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
22%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers
11%
Administrative occupations: finance

You don't have to be an accountant if you take this degree, but over half of graduates take a look at the rewards on offer for accountancy trainees and go into the job. Many others go into other parts of the finance industry as advisors or book-keepers, and some go into management or marketing. London is very popular for accountancy graduates going into their first job, but it's also quite common to work in Scotland, with Glasgow a perennial hotbed of Scottish accountancy recruitment. If you want to find a job in finance as an accountancy graduates, recruitment agencies were particularly important last year, so try to get in touch with one as soon as you can to improve your chances.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Accounting

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£17k

£17k

£21k

£21k

£20k

£20k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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