Business and Retail Management BSc (Hons) – 2020 entry

University of Surrey
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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Guildford

  • Duration

    3 Years

You’ll study core business and management topics as well as specialist modules that will develop your understanding of the working realities of retail management and operations.

You’ll learn to apply and evaluate the techniques and frameworks of successful retailing, developing commercially viable solutions that you’ll present back to business leaders, while working on live business issues.

We keep this course relevant and applicable to business practice today by offering study tours and guest lectures, as well as regular visits from graduates who are now employed in the retail industry. This will give you opportunities to engage and discuss the concepts you have learned with people working in the retail industry, including how they apply them in making business decisions.

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Location

Start date

Guildford (Surrey)
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GU2 7XH

Start date

On request

About this course

At Surrey Business School, we’re renowned for our excellent research, dynamic learning environment and strong links with industry.

Our BSc Business and Retail Management course was one of the first of its kind when it was introduced in 1989, and it remains at the forefront of the sector.

Equipping you with a combination of specific retail industry knowledge and essential business management skills, our academically rigorous and practically relevant courses provide you with a thorough education in the art and science of retailing.

A Professional Training placement provides you with the opportunity to develop your professional, academic and personal potential, equipping you to be adaptable, resilient, globally minded, confident, entrepreneurial and digitally savvy in the workplace. These qualities are widely recognised by employers and many of our students are offered employment on graduation by their placement provider.

The Professional Training placement year gives our students an insight into their subject and career potential, and early access to professional experience. It can be invaluable in developing work-based skills and helping them secure a graduate career.

Recent business and retail management graduates have secured roles such as:

Customer Account Manager, Unilever (Future Leader Programme)
Graduate Management Trainee, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Regional Supply Inbound Team Leader, Deliveroo
Trainee Commercial Manager, Marks & Spencer
Trainee Merchandiser, Primark
Manager in Training, Hollister
Operations Coordinator, Ocado.

BSc (Hons):
ABB
Applicants taking an A-level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element.

Please note: A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted.

BSc (Hons) with foundation year:
CCC
Applicants taking an A-level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element.

BSc (Hons) - Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Retail
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Management
  • Business and Management
  • International Trade
  • Marketing
  • Retail Management
  • International
  • Financial
  • Law
  • School
  • Project
  • Industry
  • Business School
  • Trade
  • Financial Training
  • IT Management
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

Year 1

Module
  • ECONOMICS, BUSINESS AND SUSTAINABILITY
  • FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
  • FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
  • OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
  • BUSINESS DECISION MAKING
  • BUSINESS ETHICS
  • CONSUMER AND SHOPPER MARKETING
  • MARKETING PRINCIPLES
Year 2

Module
  • FINANCE FOR BUSINESS 1
  • HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  • INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
  • MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
  • MANAGING RETAIL LOCATIONS
  • MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
  • SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
  • BUSINESS LAW
  • COMPARATIVE COUNTRY STUDIES
  • CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
  • EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE DIGITAL DOMAIN
  • INTERNATIONAL FASHION MARKETING
  • MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
  • TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Optional modules for Year 2 - FHEQ Level 5
  • Students need to take 1 optional module in Semester 1 and 1 optional module in Semester 2.
Year 3

Module
  • DIGITAL MARKETING IN RETAIL
  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY
  • RETAIL BUYING AND MERCHANDISING
  • RETAIL CONSULTANCY PROJECT
  • CORPORATE STRATEGY, ORGANISATION AND GOVERNANCE
  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS PLANNING
  • GLOBALISATION OF EMERGING MARKETS
  • INTERNATIONAL RETAILING
  • INTERNATIONAL TRADE
  • MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING
  • MARKETING ANALYTICS
  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT
  • SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Optional modules for Year 3 - FHEQ Level 6
  • Students need to take 1 optional module in Semester 2
Assessment

Modules are assessed individually and credits are awarded for the successful completion of each one. Assessment takes place through a combination of examination and/or coursework, practical examinations and reports. Check individual module information to see full details at a module level.

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