BSc (Hons) Business and Finance with Sandwich placement
Bachelor's degree
In Wolverhampton
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Bachelor's degree
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Wolverhampton
This course provides you with the knowledge and understanding of business and financial theories and applies them strategically to organisations operating within a highly digitised and changing global environment. Through the use of a wide range of concepts, approaches, research techniques and e-learning forums, the course will equip you with a range of personal and intellectual skills in preparation for a career in financial, banking and general management fields.
You will have opportunities to advance your ICT skills through the use of applications, software and other technologies. The diversity of topical areas covered in the study programme will also assist you in developing your own understanding of global citizenship applicable to local, national and international communities.
On completion of this award, you will have acquired skills and knowledge which are suitable for a wide range of business careers including general management, accountancy, banking and finance.
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On a sandwich course, your third year will be a supervised placement. This gives you the opportunity to apply and develop the knowledge and skills you have gained in the first two years of your course, before you move on to your final year.
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Subjects
- Financial Training
- Systems
- Financial
- Finance
- Innovation
Course programme
Module: 5BE001
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module identifies creativity as the foundation of enterprise learning and all enterprise activities. Creative thinking and applied creative behaviour is the first important step in all new undertakings, the module explores various interpretations and theories about creativity, providing you with creative skills that will be applied in practice. Innovation is at the heart of ensuring business success and long term prosperity. The module explores the linkages between creative processes and how these result in applications of innovation; how technology is widely used as a driver for innovation and how global economies and markets respond to innovation. Understanding the talents, techniques and temperament employed by entrepreneurs will be the foundation for understanding the process of creativity and innovation.
Module: 5AC006
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module follows on from Financial Accounting Principles at level four, in its focus on financial accounts. The module continues to develop the themes of conceptual and practical aspects of financial accounting, focusing in more detail upon specific, significant accounting rules and regulations. Students will study some key financial accounting standards and concepts learning the different methods of application.
Module: 5FC003
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module focuses on various aspects of financial institutions (Central Banks, Traditional Banks, Non-Banking Financial Institutions, Fund and Wealth Management) and markets (Derivatives, Equity and Debt) that form the basis of contemporary financial and monetary systems. The UK as well as international financial markets and their financial systems will be considered with reference to current financial news and affairs. This module will also explore the main theories and concepts of financial markets and provide a sound basis for students progressing to the study of finance at a higher level.
Module: 5FC001
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module aims to provide students with an introduction to the principles of financial economics. This will provide students with the primary theoretical and conceptual frameworks of finance to enable students to study finance at a higher level.
Module: 5BU012
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The module introduces students to the practical decisions involved in running businesses as part of contemporary supply chains. It focuses on 1) Understanding and managing processes within and across connected organisations; 2) Managing information and decisions in relation to processes and supply chains; and 3) Considering the impacts and complexity of modern supply chains on managerial decisions, including the flow of material, services, people and information. Students will investigate the management of resources, the supply chain, procurement, logistics, outsourcing and quality systems in a range of organisational contexts.
Module: 5MK011
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Optional
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
Customer acquisition and retention is at the centre of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) strategy, an established marketing approach for managing a company’s interaction with current and future customers. This module encourages students to understand the theory and concepts underpinning customer retention strategies. The role of analytical CRM systems is to analyse customer data collected through multiple sources and present it so that managers can make more informed business decisions. Students will appreciate the importance of the customer value chain and the need to understand the customer journey from enquiry to purchase and aftermarket support. This applies to both conventional purchase methods and online transactions. Students will gain practical experience of planning digital marketing campaigns designed to attract, win and retain customers using the latest SEO/SEM online advertising and re-marketing techniques.
Module: 5HR005
Credits: 20
Period: 2
Type: Optional
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The aims for this module are to enable students to critically evaluate and analyse a range of concepts and academic frameworks embraced within employee training, learning and development. An in-depth understanding of employee training, learning and development will ensure that the student is fully aware of a wide variety of activities and perspectives. Students will then be able to consider how a training, learning and development strategy is formed, with regard to key stakeholders and the wider HR and organisational systems and frameworks, and thus evaluate and justify interventions which are most likely to support the learning ethos of the individual, team and organisation. They will be encouraged to examine training, learning and development through a range of critical perspectives incorporating recent academic underpinning research
Module: 5BU005
Credits: 40
Period: 3
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
This module represents an opportunity for students to apply and develop, through work experience, the skills and knowledge they have gained on their course. This module involves a year long placement in a business related area, supported by a workplace mentor and UWBS Employability and Placement Unit (EPU). The year-long placement provides students with the opportunity to gain experience of graduate level work. In this way students can gain a second, world-recognised qualification with no extra work. Employers are very keen to employ graduates who have already had work experience as part of their course and this contributes to a student’s unique selling point.
Module: 6BU011
Credits: 20
Period: 4
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
The Business Research Methods module is designed to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to undertake research at undergraduate level. This module will support students in their development of a range of skills to facilitate independent research-based learning and the interpretation of research findings. There is a 36 hours of scheduled teaching in class with an additional 12 hours of asynchronous activity. It will provide a vehicle for the students to demonstrate a range of both intellectual and practical skills, which will prove vital for future career development. The students will produce a research proposal that assess all the learning outcomes.
Module: 6FC001
Credits: 20
Period: 4
Type: Core
Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus
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This module examines the critical theories and concepts of corporate finance and behavioural finance relevant to the strategic planning and financial positioning of organizations. The module builds on concepts covered in level 5 introductory financial economics module but also introduces behavioural finance, mergers and acquisition and Advanced investment decision making. The construction of efficient portfolios and capital structure is included which necessitate the understanding of efficient sources of and management of finance as well as risk assessment of a wide range of financial assets which ensures that the wealth of organisations are not eroded by poor investment decisions ding they meet the usual residency requirements, for more information...
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BSc (Hons) Business and Finance with Sandwich placement