This course will teach you to plan, solve, and lead - preparing you for a successful career in management.
Aston’s Business and Management BSc is one of the best in the world*. It will provide you with an understanding of the various functions of management, alongside the opportunity to specialise in areas of business that interest you, preparing you for a successful management career.
*Top 100 for Business and Management Studies, QS World University Rankings 2021.
What you’ll learn
You will gain a solid foundation in your first year across a breadth of business topics before shaping your second and final years to concentrate your study on particular specialisms. You can gain professional accreditations and exemptions in many of these career paths and you’ll also undertake a placement year to put your learning into practice.
This course will make you career ready
This means, not only will you graduate with a great depth of knowledge in both management and your specialist area of interest, you will also be equipped with independent, work-ready, commercial skills and relevant work experience.
You have over 70 modules to choose from, allowing you to specialise your degree to suit your interests. That’s why our graduates go on to work in a breadth of roles, from product manager to accounting specialist, in organisations ranging from Google to Santander.
This programme may also lead to accreditation or exemptions from specific professional bodies, based upon certain specialist modules being taken.
This course is avaible as 2 options: Study with 4 year with integrated placement year or 3 year course without integrated placement year option only available for non-UK/EU students
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Year 1
In your first year, you will study a wide range of management related subjects, designed to ensure you have a broad foundation and knowledge of management. You will consider the economic, financial, human and legal issues managers deal with, and learn the tools and techniques they use to resolve them.
Year 2
In your second year you will select elective modules from the list below. In addition to this you will study the following core modules:
Choose one of the following finance modules:
You can then select your remaining credits from the following specialist areas (selecting no more than 45 credits in any one area):
Accounting:
International Business:
Business Analytics
Business Psychology:
Business Economics:
Information Systems:
Law:
Marketing
Operations Management:
*Availability of any optional modules will be subject to staff availability and a minimum number of students who express an interest in studying the optional modules.
Year 3
You will spend this year in a professional placement or you may choose to take up an international study opportunity at one of our partner institutions. This year is compulsory for all UK students.
See the placement year section or find out more about the Aston placement year.
Final Year
In your final year you will study a range of modules along with elective modules from specialist areas:
Students must choose at least one of the following modules:
Students must then choose at least one of the following modules:
Choose the remaining 30 to 90 credits from the following modules selecting no more than 45 credits in any one area:
Accounting:
Finance:
Business Analytics:
Business Psychology:
Business Economics/International Business:
Information Systems:
Law:
Marketing:
Operations Management:
*Availability of any optional modules will be subject to staff availability and a minimum number of students who express an interest in studying the optional modules.
This opportunity is similar to an exchange, but during your placement year, as an undergraduate student, you'll follow a particular curriculum setting you on the track for our partner institution’s degree award, meaning, if successful, you will graduate with two undergraduate degrees.
Fees
Language
For the Exchange Partnership Second Degree Pathway we partner with a small number of triple-accredited business schools who share Aston's philosophy for employability, and offer courses that reflect the needs of industry. These institutions are shown below:
Australia:
Queensland University of Technology Business School, Brisbane
France
Audencia Business School, Nantes:
Available for students studying any Aston Business School Undergraduate degree, with the exception of Law LLB, and Business Enterprise Development BSc. To be awarded the Audencia Business School degree, students will have to successfully complete two semesters at Nantes, or one semester and a 4-6-month internship, Thesis, and oral defence.
emlyon Business School, Global BBA Program, St Etienne:
Available For students studying BSc International Business and Management or BSc International Business and Economics. To be awarded the emlyon degree, students will have to successfully complete two semesters at St Etienne, as well as a three-month internship, including Thesis, and oral defence.Poland
Kozminski University, Warsaw
Available for students studying BSc Accounting and Finance, or BSc Finance. To be eligible for admission at Kozminski University, students will need to provide evidence they have completed a non-English language course and sports activities during their studies at Aston (the latter can be pursued at Kozminski University). BSc Finance students should have passed (with a minimum of 50%) the Introduction to Econometrics as an elective course in the second year of their studies at Aston. To be awarded the Kozminski University degree, Aston students will have to successfully complete two semesters at Warsaw, as well as a three-week internship.
Our graduates are in high demand by organisations that need managers who can combine broad-based and specialist knowledge in areas such as accounting and finance, marketing, business administration, and operations management.
Recent graduates
Our graduates are successful in finding employment in a range of business roles such as:
Our graduates have gone on to work at companies such as Samsung, Coutts, Amazon, Hewlett Packard, Santander, Chamber of Commerce, KPMG, Lloyds Bank, Google, Channel 4 and West Midlands Police.
Insurance Single : 300 GBP/year
