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Sheffield Hallam University

UCAS Code: BB32 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Entry requirements

Access to HE Diploma

M:15

An Access to HE Diploma with at least 45 credits at level 3 and at least 15 at level 2. At least 15 level 3 credits must be at merit grade or above, from a QAA-recognised Access to HE course, or an equivalent Access to HE certificate.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

English language or literature at grade C or 4; Maths at grade D or 3.

UCAS Tariff

112-120

This must include at least 64 points from 2 A Levels or equivalent BTEC qualifications. For example: BBC-BBB at A Level DDM in BTEC Extended Diploma. Merit overall from a T level qualification. A combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels, EPQ and general studies We also expect you to demonstrate through your personal statement an interest in and awareness of finance or banking or some level of practical experience. We may make you a lower offer if you have not taken AS Level qualifications.

About this course

This course has alternative study modes. Contact the university to find out how the information below might vary.

Course option

3years

Full-time | 2025

Other options

4 years | Full-time with year in industry | 2025

4 years | Sandwich | 2025

Subjects

Business and management

Finance

**Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information**

**Course summary**
- Build your academic skills, gaining confidence in independent and creative thinking.

- Work in diverse teams, learning about academic writing, critical analysis, and data sources.

- Develop specialist interests and explore sector-specific modules ready for the full degree.

- Explore theory and practice, as well as ethical and cultural elements of Business Management.

Develop knowledge of and apply a variety of business management and finance theories and principles, forming a good understanding of what makes a successful business. You will develop skills as a team player and gain up to date knowledge of how managers work to achieve organisational objectives.

Sheffield Business School accreditation:
Sheffield Business School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and has been awarded the Business School Impact System label by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).

**How you learn**
Your teaching team are professionally qualified industry experts and/or active academic researchers who will, from the very beginning explore contemporary practice within your discipline area.

This course is also highly practical as you will engage in real-world applied business projects at every level of your degree. You will also be supported to gain a year-long work placement in industry. This is to enable you to develop the skills, knowledge and experience you will need for your future as a highly skilled business manager.

You will learn through:

Real-world global application is deeply rooted in all our teaching and how we apply this in our teaching will vary across the course. You will learn in large and small groups, on campus and online and will experience:

- opportunities to engage with the external world

- problem-solving exercises

- class discussions/debates

- presentations by subject matter experts and peers

- group activities

- independent study

**Applied learning**
Your teaching team are professionally qualified industry experts and/or active academic researchers who will, from the very beginning explore contemporary practice within your discipline area.

This course is also highly practical as you will engage in real-world applied business projects at every level of your degree. You will also be supported to gain a year-long work placement in industry. This is to enable you to develop the skills, knowledge and experience you will need for your future as a highly skilled business manager.

A unique feature of the course is that it will be fully approved by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). Following validation of the course certain modules will be mapped to the ILM L5 Award in Leadership and Management. This will mean that upon successful completion you can gain associate (Assoc.) level of professional membership, preparing graduates for careers in the public, private and third sectors.

Previous graduates of this course have gained roles at:

Rolls Royce
National Grid
IBM
Clipper
Tesco
McClaren
Cooperative Bank
Caterpillar
Asda
BMW
Royal Bank of Scotland

Modules

The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

Year 1
Compulsory modules:
Contemporary Business Management
Foundations Of Business
Introduction To Finance
Understanding People And Cultures

Year 2
Compulsory modules:
Accounting Performance For Decision Making
Applied Business Management Practices
Principles Of Management Decision Making

Elective modules
Developing Your Business Idea
Foreign Language (French, Spanish, Italian)
Global Climate Emergency
Managing Operations And The Supply Chain
Study Abroad - Sheffield Business School

Year 3
Optional module:
Placement year

Final year
Compulsory modules:
Consultancy Project In Business Management  
Corporate Reporting And The Audit Environment
Strategy In The Global And Digital Environment

Elective modules
Consumer Psychology
Dynamic Issues In International Business
Social And Environmental Accounting

Assessment methods

Coursework and practicals.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,535
per year
England
£9,535
per year
EU
£17,155
per year
International
£17,155
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,535
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,535
per year
Scotland
£9,535
per year
Wales
£9,535
per year

Extra funding

Scholarships, discounts and bursaries may be available to students who study this course.

The Uni

Course location:

Sheffield Hallam University

Department:

College of Business Technology and Engineering

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What students say

We've crunched the numbers to see if the overall teaching satisfaction score here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

84%
Business and management
78%
Finance

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below 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.

Business and management (non-specific)

Teaching and learning

68%
Staff make the subject interesting
72%
Staff are good at explaining things
70%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
69%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

75%
Library resources
88%
IT resources
87%
Course specific equipment and facilities
55%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

95%
UK students
5%
International students
67%
Male students
33%
Female students
77%
2:1 or above
18%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
D
C

Finance

Teaching and learning

70%
Staff make the subject interesting
86%
Staff are good at explaining things
71%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
78%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

81%
Library resources
80%
IT resources
84%
Course specific equipment and facilities
69%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

93%
UK students
7%
International students
78%
Male students
22%
Female students
69%
2:1 or above
12%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
B
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.

Business and management (non-specific)

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.

£25,000
med
Average annual salary
90%
med
Employed or in further education
62%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

32%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals
12%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
6%
Business, research and administrative professionals

As only a small number of students take courses in this subject area, there isn't much information on what graduates do when they finish, so bear that in mind when you review any stats. Management, finance and business roles are common, but it's a good idea to ask tutors what previous graduates taking specific courses went on to do when you're at an open day.

Finance

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.

£24,000
low
Average annual salary
89%
med
Employed or in further education
63%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

29%
Business, finance and related associate professionals
18%
Administrative occupations: finance
13%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals

Over 2,000 students graduated with a degree in finance in 2015, and a sign of the strength of the finance industry, numbers are on the up. Over half of finance graduates go into the finance industry, with accountancy and financial advice roles particularly popular. It's also quite common for finance graduates to go into jobs which require you to take more training and gain professional qualifications — finance graduates who take further study are more likely to be studying accountancy than finance. About a third of graduates start their careers in London - but Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham are other popular locations for finance graduates to work.

What about your long term prospects?

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

Business and management (non-specific)

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

£22k

£22k

£27k

£27k

£32k

£32k

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.

Finance

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

£22k

£22k

£27k

£27k

£32k

£32k

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.

This is what the university has told Ucas about the criteria they expect applicants to satisfy; some may be compulsory, others may be preferable.

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Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF):

We've received this information from the Department for Education, via Ucas. This is how the university as a whole has been rated for its quality of teaching: gold silver or bronze. Note, not all universities have taken part in the TEF.

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This information comes from the National Student Survey, an annual student survey of final-year students. You can use this to see how satisfied students studying this subject area at this university, are (not the individual course).

This is the percentage of final-year students at this university who were "definitely" or "mostly" satisfied with their course. We've analysed this figure against other universities so you can see whether this is high, medium or low.

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This information is from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), for undergraduate students only.

You can use this to get an idea of who you might share a lecture with and how they progressed in this subject, here. It's also worth comparing typical A-level subjects and grades students achieved with the current course entry requirements; similarities or differences here could indicate how flexible (or not) a university might be.

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Post-six month graduation stats:

This is from the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey, based on responses from graduates who studied the same subject area here.

It offers a snapshot of what grads went on to do six months later, what they were earning on average, and whether they felt their degree helped them obtain a 'graduate role'. We calculate a mean rating to indicate if this is high, medium or low compared to other universities.

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Graduate field commentary:

The Higher Education Careers Services Unit have provided some further context for all graduates in this subject area, including details that numbers alone might not show

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The Longitudinal Educational Outcomes dataset combines HRMC earnings data with student records from the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

While there are lots of factors at play when it comes to your future earnings, use this as a rough timeline of what graduates in this subject area were earning on average one, three and five years later. Can you see a steady increase in salary, or did grads need some experience under their belt before seeing a nice bump up in their pay packet?

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