Management Sciences BSc (Hons) DPS/DIntS
Bachelor's degree
In Loughborough
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Loughborough
Overview
The Management Sciences BSc (Hons) degree is a flexible, broad-based course that prepares you for a career in any area of business and management. It equips you with the essential analytical and decision-making skills demanded by today’s dynamic business environment.
Successful modern organisations depend upon people who are able to handle, analyse and make effective and timely decisions based on the huge volume of information available. To maximise your capability as an effective decision maker, our BSc (Hons) Management Sciences degree will ensure you gain a broad understanding of different management processes and styles, and the context in which business decisions are made.
Flexibility is a key element of our BSc Management Sciences degree. In the first two years we will provide you with a broad introduction to key business and management subjects and develop your key decision-making and analytical skills. You will be introduced to the organisational, marketing, financial and economic environments within which managers and organisations must operate.
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Subjects
- Marketing Mix
- Sales Training
- Organisational Behaviour
- Financial Training
- Technology
- Systems
- University
- Law
- Financial
- Banking
- International
- Marketing
- Governance
- Corporate Governance
- Business and Management
- Decision Making
- Operations Management
- Financial Management
- Retail
- IT Law
Course programme
What you'll study
Excited to learn more? For a taster of what you can expect to study on our Management Sciences BSc (Hons) course, take a sneak preview of some of the modules you may have the opportunity to study below.
The information below reflects the currently intended course structure and module details. Updates may be made on an annual basis and revised details will be published through Programme Specifications ahead of each academic year. Please see Terms and Conditions of Study for more information.
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Final year
Year 1
Areas studied include quantitative methods, business modelling, microeconomics, finance, marketing, organisational behaviour, organisations in the international context, and skills for study, placement and employment.
You are required to study 120 credits in year one, including 20 credits worth of optional modules. Some pre-requisites and restrictions may apply.
Semester 1 & 2
Skills for Study, Placement and Employment Core
Skills for Study, Placement and Employment
University Wide Languages Programme Optional
University Wide Languages Programme
Semester 1
Financial Framework Core
Financial Framework
Organisational Behaviour Core
Organisational Behaviour
This module aims to prepare students with a sound foundation of behavioural and organisational concepts and to develop a sensitive awareness and clear understanding of how people work individually, in groups and within organisations.
Principles of Marketing Core
Principles of Marketing
This module introduces students to the principles of marketing and the role of marketing management, in and the impact of internet marketing in a variety of organisational settings (Retail, industrial, service and non-profit orientated).
Quantitative Methods for Business Core
Quantitative Methods for Business
Introduction to Banking Optional
Introduction to Banking
Introduction to Management Optional
Introduction to Management
Introduction to Retail Management Optional
Introduction to Retail Management
Semester 2
Organisations in the International Context Core
Organisations in the International Context
The Marketing Mix Core
The Marketing Mix
The Marketing Mix – Year 2 module Listed in English with Business Studies and Drama with Business Studies
This module aims to examine the nature of the marketing mix and the contribution of each of the marketing mix elements to an effective marketing strategy.
Microeconomics for Business Core
Microeconomics for Business
Business Modelling Core
Business Modelling
Principles of Law Optional
Principles of Law
Banking Law and Practice Optional
Banking Law and Practice
Retailing Environment Optional
Retailing Environment
Sociology of Work Optional
Sociology of Work
Year 2
Areas studied include management science, data analysis, brand management, accounting, human resources, operations management, business information management and information systems.
You are required to study 120 credits in year two, including 40 credits worth of optional modules. Some pre-requisites and restrictions may apply.
Semester 1
Business Information Management Core
Business Information Management
Human Resource Management Core
Human Resource Management
Management Science Methods Core
Management Science Methods
Operations Management Core
Operations Management
Company Law Optional
Company Law
Financial Management Optional
Financial Management
International Business Optional
International Business
Macroeconomics for Business Optional
Macroeconomics for Business
Organisation Studies Optional
Organisation Studies
The aims of this module are: to develop a social scientific understanding of organisational theories, themes, concepts and practices; to encourage a challenging, questioning perspective on organisational behaviour, research and ideas.
Sales Management Optional
Sales Management
The aim of this module is to introduce students to the principles and techniques of personal selling and sales management in industrial and consumer marketing.
Semester 2
Information Systems Development Core
Information Systems Development
Accounting for Management Decisions Core
Accounting for Management Decisions
Brand Management Core
Brand Management
Data Analysis for Management
Data Analysis for Management
International Economics Optional
International Economics
Financial Markets and Derivatives Fundamentals Optional
Financial Markets and Derivatives Fundamentals
International Management Optional
International Management
Business Lending Optional
Business Lending
Vocational Psychology Optional
Vocational Psychology
The aims of this module are to: enable students to increase their readiness for working life; enable students to increase the value they obtain from their work placement year; give students tools with which to understand and implement their career preferences, and help others do so.
Retail Buying Optional
Retail Buying
Consumer Behaviour Optional
Consumer Behaviour
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Optional
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
The aims of this module are: to develop an understanding of the role of ethical theories as applied to the responsibilities of business in the wider society; to increase awareness of the theoretical and practitioner arguments behind corporate responsibility within organisations; to explore ethical questions encountered on work placement or other work experience.
Semester 1 & 2
University Wide Languages Programme Optional
University Wide Languages Programme
Final year
Areas studied include technology in business and society, strategic management and choices from a wide range of optional modules.
You are required to study 120 credits in the final year, including 90 credits worth of optional modules.Some pre-requisites and restrictions may apply.
Semester 1
Technology in Business and Society Core
Technology in Business and Society
Financial Management & Corporate Policy Optional
Financial Management & Corporate Policy
The aims of this module are to provide a more detailed understanding of how corporate finance relates to other corporate managerial activities.
Advanced Interpersonal Skills Optional
Advanced Interpersonal Skills
Analytics for Management Optional
Analytics for Management
Business Forecasting Optional
Business Forecasting
Business Programming Optional
Business Programming
Corporate Governance Optional
Corporate Governance
Corporate Reconstruction and Turnaround Optional
Corporate Reconstruction and Turnaround
Decision and Efficiency Analysis Optional
Decision and Efficiency Analysis
International Corporate Governance and Firms Optional
International Corporate Governance and Firms
Management Sciences BSc (Hons) DPS/DIntS