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Business Analytics BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Sheffield ()
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Duration
3 Years
- Apply knowledge in a variety of contexts including marketing, customer service, finance, retail, healthcare and social media.
- Study a language or specialist business subject in your elective module.
- Undertake a year
-long paid work placement and optional semester abroad.Understand, analyse and interpret data and information and present decision making options with conviction. Study areas including markets and customers, introductory investment appraisal and foundational statistics, all to help you make better decisions to develop profitable and sustainable businesses.
About this course
- Learn to manage and interpret the results of analytical work to provide business insight.
You will have the opportunity to arrange a year-long work placement in between your second and third years. This gives you a real-world experience to prepare you for your future career with companies such as GSK, NHS, Microsoft, SAP and Virgin. Salaries of up to £30,000 are possible.You also have the option to study abroad for a semester in your second year if you are successful in applying to the global mobility initiative, which allows you to choose from over 40 European destinations and 20 other international university partnerships under English instruction.
This must include at least 64 points from 2 A Levels or equivalent BTEC qualifications. For example:BBC at A LevelDMM in BTEC Extended Diploma.A combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels, EPQ and general studies.
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Subjects
- Retail
- Decision Making
- Business Environment
- Options
- Ethics
- Marketing
- Finance
- Financial
- Project
- Business Intelligence
- Financial Training
Course programme
How you learn
Following a highly practical approach, your learning takes place in a wide variety of settings in order to cater to different learning styles and behaviours.
You learn through:
- live projects
- work placement
- semester abroad
- self
- study and collaborative work
- analytical study and critical thinking
- presentations
- class discussions and problem
- solving
With the support of academics you are asked to solve a real-world client decision problem through a consultancy assignment in your third year. You are prepared for this task as the assignment synthesises the learning from the previous three/four years' experience.
Business Analytics BA (Hons)