Bachelor's degree

In Paisley

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Paisley (Scotland)

  • Duration

    3 Years

The Business Analysis programme at UWS will provide you with a very practical approach to studying key analytical theories and techniques. In addition to attending lectures and workshops, you will also work through real-life case studies on a stage by stage basis. You will also meet with Consultants in order to develop an ability to negotiate and extract relevant information about business problems

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Location

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Paisley (Renfrewshire)
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University Of The West Of Scotland, PA1 2BE

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About this course

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

* Higher

BBCC including English plus Maths at Standard Grade.
* A-Level

CC at GCE plus 3 GCSE passes including English and Maths.
* FE

Year 2 Entry with an HNC in an appropriate subject.

Year 3 Entry with an HND in an appropriate subject.

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Course programme

Our Business Analysis programme has been offered for over ten years. During this time we have continually developed the programme to ensure it is up-to-date and relevant to a practical education in the application of mathematical and statistical approaches to business.

Our teaching team bring a wealth of experience to the classes based on their studies, research and consultancy. This ensures that you receive a rigorous and practical education in line with the aims of the programme. In broad terms, the aims of the programme are to enable you to develop critical and analytical problem-based learning skills as well as other more general employability skills to prepare you for graduate employment. We encourage a holistic and cross-disciplinary approach to solving problems in business, although you will develop particular strengths in the more mathematical and statistical approaches. So, you will develop an ability to enhance the performance of companies by being immersed in a problem-solving culture which emphasises the development of skills in, for example, modelling, interpretation, rigorous analysis, sensitivity analysis and judgement, using both mathematical and non-mathematical approaches to a range of business applications. Your tutors will supplement normal classes with visiting speakers from industry or by using their own experience of consultancy and research.

One of the subjects studied concerns the planning and running of a project for delivery on-specification, on-time and on-cost. So, how would you plan the introduction of another terminal at Glasgow Airport? Our module in Project Management gives you a good start. Another module tackles the problem of questionnaire design and analysis. You will study this topic in our Survey Process module. How do we get the food we need when we need it, who decides how much and what food to send where and when? Some of the answers are studied in our Logistics module. The programme is available as a Single, Major, Joint and Minor title.

Course Contents

Year 1


In the first year, you will study a module which develops your basic mathematical and statistical skills. You also take a module common to all business students which supports you in the development of your learning skills. You can select a further four modules which enables you to preserve other graduating titles which can be taken along with Business Analysis, or you can use these options to achieve an alternative business title.

Year 2

Year 2 has three specified modules in Business Analysis. Two modules develop your technical skills in statistics and business analysis techniques such as scheduling. The third module is concerned with enhancing your personal and interpersonal skills. You then select three other modules based on the graduating title you require.

Year 3


The third year has a module common to virtually all programmes in business which prepares you for both research in general and within your subject. You can then select two, three or four modules in Business Analysis, depending on the title you wish to select and the amount of the subject you wish to study. The modules are selected from Linear Programming, The Survey Process, Managing Projects and Simulation Modelling.

Year 4

In the Honours year, you will take a double module covering the Honours Dissertation plus two, three or four modules in Business Analysis, depending on the title you selected in Year 3.

Placement Opportunities


Students studying Single, Joint or Major/Minor degree combinations have the opportunity between Years 2 and 3 to undertake a year’s industrial placement. This provides practical experience in their subject area and added insight into industry, which will enhance student employability after graduation.

Students intending to graduate with a Single subject Honours degree have the opportunity to undertake work-based learning during Year 3. This allows students to apply their academic learning and skills within the workplace and gain credit for appropriate work experience before entering their Honours year. Students also complete two distance learning modules.

Career Prospects

Graduates from our degree in Business Analysis have obtained jobs in business analysis with companies such as Corus and Scottish Water. Of course many graduates have embarked on mainstream management careers in, for example, banks and the health service. Other graduates have taken up positions with, for example, the police force or in air traffic control, to highlight a couple of the varied career opportunities offered.

Mode of Attendance : Full-time

Business Analysis

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