Business and Financial Management – BA (Honours)

At a glance

Develop the analytical financial skills and leadership and management ability needed to get ahead in business. The skills you develop on this course are particularly suited to finance and treasury functions within a business. You get the opportunity to put your studies into practice with a one year placement with major employers such as GlaxoSmithKline and Marks and Spencer.

Key points
• Develop skills relevant to mergers and acquisitions and treasury functions in business.• Put what you’ve learnt into practice with a one year placement.
• Flexibility to change to a less specialist business course after the first year.
• Learn from lecturers with industry experience, including former financial directors.

What is business and financial management?
Business and financial managers are able to combine knowledge and skills in understanding and interpreting financial information with operational business management expertise to make effective business decisions.

This course

Develop specialist financial knowledge in areas such as treasury, and mergers and acquisitions. You learn how to understand, interpret and critically evaluate this financial information, as well as building skills in business and people management. This knowledge is vital for careers at senior level management and beyond.

Our lecturer team includes former financial directors of major companies such as Remploy and others who sit on company boards. Being taught by these experienced professionals allows you to develop a practical understanding of the subject, which will be of great benefit to your working life.

In year three you get to put into practice what you have learnt with a one-year paid work placement in industry. The majority of our students choose this option as it is a great opportunity to gain an advantage in the graduate job market and improve your starting salary prospects. We help you find a suitable placement and support you while you are there.

You can apply for placements with major organisations including • Rolls Royce • Volkswagen Group • Pinnacle • Amscan International Ltd • GlaxoSmithKline plc • Enterprise Rent A Car • Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust • DLA Piper LLP • The Metropolitan Police • Bentley • Marks and Spencer.

The placement enables you to understand the connections between business and financial management, and you carry this forward to your final year studies. It also helps you to decide on your career path. If you do not complete a placement, you learn from other work-related experiences in the work-based learning module in your final year.

Our business and finance courses share some common first year modules. This offers you flexibility, allowing you to move to a less specialised degree at the end of the first year if you decide it better suits your career ambitions.

Key areas of study
Key areas include • financial and management information • managing decisions • managing finance • managing markets • corporate treasury management • financial information for business decisions • professional development.