Business Studies (Finance) (Sandwich Pathway) BA (Hons)

This course offers practice-based education applied to a core of financial knowledge. This course provides practical and applied education in the field of finance. It will particularly appeal to students who like practical real life projects. Your course builds up over three years to ensure that you have a sound academic base over a wide range of business subjects and that you have the experience to apply this knowledge to a wide range of businesses. You will enjoy a strong practical educational experience which combines academic theory with real world business project. The course will develop your understanding of how to tackle business problems, and the kind of roles you might take up in the future in an organisation. Together these areas of learning and self-development will help you become a rounded and capable potential financial manager.

• Learn in our revolutionary Business Pods, designed to simulate a modern office environment and introduce you to what it’s like in employment
• Study a general business pathway in the first two years, and choose to specialise in Finance in your final year
• Develop an understanding of how to tackle business problems and the technical knowledge of Finance an employer will expect
• Gain practical experience on an optional placement (sandwich) year – which gives you both experience in an organisation and academic credit, taking the pressure off in your final year
• Explore opportunities for further postgraduate and professional study
• Benefit from a degree that identifies your expertise in finance, opening up career opportunities in financial and analysis roles in the public and private sectors including finance, industry, local government and the National Health Service

First Year

• Business Pod
• Management and Economics
• Financial Accounting for Business

Second Year

• Strategic Thinking
• Practice Weeks: Career Planning
• Marketing
• Management and Development of People
• Management Accounting for Business
• Research Skills
• Business Systems and Operations Management
• Project Management

Third Year

• Sandwich Year placement

Fourth Year

• Strategy and Creativity
• Dissertation in Financial Management
• Business Practice Portfolio
• Corporate Finance
• Practice weeks: The future you

Practice weeks are periods of intense activity where you work on a major project for a real organisation and develop your employability skills. We have worked on projects for charities, industrial companies and a local authority. These projects are open ended and deliver real value to the organisations we work for.