Business and Management - 2012 entry

As courses are reviewed regularly the module list you choose from may vary from that shown here.

Year 1

The first year provides not only the introduction to the degree, but also allows you to develop the transferable skills necessary to ensure a successful time at university and in your future career. The study of economics and accounting is embedded within the programme. The first-year compulsory modules are:

• International Business Context
• Introduction to Management
• Analytical Techniques for Business and Management

If you don't have A-level Business Studies, there’s no need to worry as the Foundations of Business module provides the necessary grounding in the study of business.

Year 2 and final year

The core compulsory modules in Year 2 are:

• Business Strategy for Competitive Advantage
• Business and Finance
• Research Methods
• Leading and Managing People

The electives include:

• Corporate and Business Law
• e-Business
• Management Information Systems
• Managing Knowledge for Competitive Advantage
• Environmentally Sustainable Business
• The Business of Sport and Entertainment
• Independent Study (Community Engagement)
• International Finance
• Financial Markets and Institutions
• International Markets and Competition
• Regional Studies – Asia, Africa or Europe
• Creating and Delivering the Retail Brand
• Customer Relationship Management
• Managing Business Operations
• Services Marketing Management
• Creativity and Innovation
• Developing Human Resource Strategies
• Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
• Ethics in Business
• Introduction to People Management
• Managing Non-Profit Organisations
• Organisational Behaviour

There is also a dedicated module that prepares those students opting to take a work placement in Year 3.

There are two further compulsory modules in the final year:

• Critical Perspectives on Management I: supports you in taking a more critical perspective on management so that you can recognise ‘multiple perspectives and the culturally mediated nature of organisations’.
• Strategic Decision Making: builds on the second-year Business Strategy for Competitive Advantage. You'll take a more critical perspective on strategic decision making, acknowledging the influence of culture, values and ethics on strategic decision making and the complexities inherent in corporate strategy.

A breadth of electives are drawn from a stable of honours modules that allow you to integrate your learning in different contexts that may underpin future careers. You will also have the opportunity to undertake a Dissertation (double module) or use the Independent Study Honours module as a vehicle for further (single credit) study of a topic of relevant personal or career-related interest.

In your third year you have the option of undertaking a work-placement year, an exciting opportunity for you to take on a high degree of responsibility and enhance your employment prospects.

In the past, students have enjoyed inspiring and intellectually-challenging positions at American Express, IBM, the Bank of America, Intel, Xerox, Waitrose, HMV and Disney. Many of our students are offered graduate employment by their placement employer at the end of their degree.

The Business and Management course culminates in honours-level study, where you will be expected to integrate, apply, extend and critique the knowledge gained in the second year within a largely self-directed approach in a range of career or study-related contexts.

Information about exchanges, European work placements and other study abroad programmes, is available here.

Free language courses are available to all full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying any course on our Headington (including Marston Road), Harcourt Hill or Wheatley Campuses, and can be taken as a credit on some courses.

GCSE: Mathematics and English (grade B preferred)

Please also see the university's general entry requirements.

Please see the university's standard English language requirements.

English language requirements for visas

If you need a student visa to enter the UK you will need to meet the UK Border Agency's minimum language requirements as well as the university's requirements. Find out more about English language requirements.

Full-time students should apply for this course through UCAS.

 Part-time students should apply directly to the university.

When you accept our offer you agree to the conditions of acceptance. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.

Oxford Brookes operates the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). All undergraduate single modules are equivalent to 7.5 ECTS credits and double modules to 15 ECTS credits. More about ECTS credits.

The Simon Williams Undergraduate Centre is an innovative social learning space for the use of Business School undergraduates, based on Wheatley Campus. It provides a welcoming, vibrant atmosphere in which students can socialise, study, work collaboratively, and grab a drink and something to eat.

Completed in 2007, the building is 'a breath of fresh air' - a bright, open space, filled with the most up-to-date technology, and featuring a cafe which serves high quality food and refreshments. It includes workstations and areas for collaborative working, plus facilities for practising, recording and reviewing group presentations. In addition, there is a Business School teaching room on the first floor, which is equipped with state-of-the-art presentation technology, as well as the Undergraduate Office, the Placements Office and other student-facing staff offices.

The aim of the centre is to provide a space in which both students and staff can interact, collaborate and share ideas. 

Supporting your learning

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Personal support services

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Accommodation

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