Management (International Business Economics) (3 Years) [BSc]

Bachelor's degree

In Manchester

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Manchester

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Course overview Focus on the international dimension of organisations' economic, financial and investment operations.Focus your studies on the area of international business economics from second year onwards.

 

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Location

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Manchester (Greater Manchester)
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Oxford Road, M13 9PL

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Subjects

  • Management
  • Business and Management
  • Options
  • Investment
  • IT
  • Business Economics
  • Economics
  • Marketing
  • International
  • Finance
  • Financial
  • School
  • Project
  • International Business
  • Business School
  • Financial Training
  • IT Management
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

Course description

Our flexible Management degrees share a common first year before allowing you to focus on your chosen specialism to enhance your career prospects. With over 90 course units to choose from, you really can shape your own degree. 

BSc (Hons) Management (International Business Economics) will suit you if you are interested in the international dimension of organisations' operations, particularly the economic, financial and investment aspects. To graduate with BSc (Hons) Management (International Business Economics), you need to have studied at least 40 credits of second-year options (one third of your studies) and at least 60 credits of final-year options (half of your studies) from the International Business Economics subject area.

Since the Management and Management (Specialism) degrees are identical in the first year, transfer between them is straightforward, so you should apply for only one of them.

Aims

This course aims to promote critical awareness of the merits and complexities of management and to instill an appreciation of the association between theory and practice. It aims to introduce you to important new developments in the field of management and to enable you to develop appropriate practical and transferable skills.

Special features

  • Study a broad-based management degree whilst specialising in international business economics
  • Your chosen specialism will be reflected in your final degree title - BSc (Hons) Management (International Business Economics)
  • Don't want to specialise? Graduate with BSc (Hons) Management
  • Selected course units grant exemptions from professional accountancy exams e.g. 6 ACCA & 8 CIMA papers

Teaching and learning

You will normally study four or five course units per semester. Each week there are usually two hours of lectures for each course unit and a one hour workshop in alternate weeks, although this varies slightly. You are expected to double this in private study. Group work and group or individual presentations will form a regular part of your assignments.

Coursework and assessment

Essays, multiple choice tests, project reports and presentations, in-class tests and weekly assignments constitute the coursework component of assessment, although the nature and proportion of coursework varies across course units. The remainder of assessment is by unseen examination. Depending on the degree course, in your final year you can choose to do a research-based dissertation or project. We aim to strike a balance between examinations and assessed coursework as well as providing opportunities for feedback on progress through non-assessed work.

Course content for year 1

You will study a set of core course units to provide a broad introduction to a range of topics across our management portfolio; this will ensure that you benefit from more choice in later years.

Following feedback from both current students and employers, we have recently enhanced our first year programme structure. Due to popular demand, we have introduced a first-year marketing course unit to allow new first-year students to benefit from an early insight into this area. We have also created a new course unit for semester two which uses case studies to give you a more practical understanding of the theories you have learned during the first semester.

You will study Analysing Organisations 1 and 2, Business and Management Skills, Case Studies in Management, Economic Principles: Microeconomics, Financial Decision Making, Fundamentals of Financial Reporting, Fundamentals of Management Accounting, Introduction to Work Psychology, Marketing Foundations and Quantitative Methods for Business and Management 1 and 2.

Course content for year 2

BSc (Hons) Management (International Business Economics) students will study a minimum of 40 credits from their specialist subject area. You will study two core course units - International Business and International Business Strategy - and one optional unit - either Macroeconomics or Managerial Economics.

You can choose your remaining course units from accounting and finance, economics, employment studies/law, marketing, operations management, psychology, sociology or statistics. You need to consider what you want to study in your final year, as some final-year options require you to have completed related second-year course units.

Course content for year 3

In the final year, you will choose at least 60 credits (half) of final-year options from your chosen specialism. Course units currently available include Accountability and Auditing, Advanced Corporate Finance, The Economics of Sport and Globalisation, the World Economy and the Digital Divide.

Course content for year 4N/ACourse content for year 5N/AAdditional course fee information Tuition fees for home/EU students commencing their studies in September 2016 will be £9,000 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £20,000 per annum. For general information please see the  undergraduate fees  pages. Scholarships and bursaries

The Manchester Bursary is available to any student who is registered on an eligible first undergraduate degree course at Manchester and who has had a full financial assessment carried out by Student Finance. Visit our student finance pages for more detailed information.

In addition to this support, Alliance Manchester Business School will be awarding five Undergraduate Scholarships for Social Responsibility worth £2,000 p.a. across three years of study to UK students achieving AAA at A-level (or equivalent) who are able to demonstrate a significant contribution and commitment to social responsibility. We will also be awarding this scholarship to an international (non-EU) student. Find out more about our Undergraduate Scholarships for Social Responsibility .

What our students say

'I particularly enjoyed Operations Management as our lecturer does not teach from books but from his own experience, which makes the course very interactive and practical. It was structured around a group project which has given me a good example of teamwork to talk about in interviews, as we came up with our own business and faced challenges as a group.' - Daria Savilova from Russia, final year Management student

More current students share their experience of studying BSc (Hons) Management on our YouTube channel

Facilities

John Rylands University Library is renowned as one of the most extensive libraries in the world. This is complemented by our specialist business and management Precinct Library which provides a dedicated service to Alliance Manchester Business School undergraduates. There is increasing provision of information via various web-based services and much of your reading material will be available through e-journals. These and other standard computing services, such as access to the internet and word processing, are available through computer clusters across campus in departmental buildings, libraries and halls of residence. Many buildings in and around the campus are also equipped with free wifi access.

Personal development plans

PDPs are aimed at helping you develop awareness of generic transferable and subject-specific skills, improve independent learning and provide a record of your academic learning and achievement.

Academic advisors

All new Alliance Manchester Business School students are allocated an academic advisor who you will meet in regular sessions as part of a first-year course unit. Where possible, you will keep the same academic advisor throughout your time here. Your advisor will support you throughout your studies on matters of an academic nature, from providing feedback on a practice essay in preparation for your `formal' assessment at the end of each semester to discussing your PDP or writing you a reference. We also have a dedicated undergraduate assessment and student support centre within the School, who will be your first point of contact for any ill health or other personal problems which are affecting your work.

Student mentoring

We operate a peer mentoring scheme which aims to provide you with a second or final year 'mentor' to provide practical assistance with orientation and induction as well as advice and information on any aspect of student life.

Disability support

Practical support and advice for current students and applicants is available from the Disability Advisory and Support Service. Email:  dass@manchester.ac.uk

Additional information

Career opportunitiesWhat jobs do our Management graduates go into?  Examples of jobs recent graduates have gone onto include: audit graduate, HR graduate analyst, internet consultant and management trainee. Who employs them?  A wide range of companies including: Balfour Beatty, Deutsche Bank, KPMG, Microsoft and Tesco. What about further study?  Graduates have gone onto further study in business, economics, enterprise and branding at institutions across the UK and internationally, including London Business School, the University of Jiao Tong and the University of...

Management (International Business Economics) (3 Years) [BSc]

Price on request