Most undergraduate degree programmes require IELTS 6.0 or equivalent with no subtest score below 5.5.
Entry Requirements for the International Year
Students may apply to the 4-year programme during Level 5. Admission to the International Year is subject to successful application, interview and references from appropriate staff.
The criteria to be applied are:
Academic Performance (an average of 60% across all modules in Semester 1 at Level 5 is normally required. Places on the International Yearare then conditional on achieving an average mark of 54% across all Level 5 modules with no module fails. Where no Semester 1 marks have been awarded performance in 1st year marks and ongoing 2nd yearassessments are taken into account)
General Aptitude (to be demonstrated by application for study abroad, interview during the 2nd semester of year 2 (Level 5), and by recommendation of the student's personal tutor, 1st and 2nd year tutors and programme director)
Students may not register for both an International Yearand a Placement Year.
This degree programme allows you to study both constituent disciplines in order to analyse business in its wider economic environment from complementary perspectives. The varied subject knowledge and range of analytical and quantitative skills this course aims to provide you with, will enable you to pursue a variety of careers in business and elsewhere.
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YEAR 1 (LEVEL 4)
Compulsory modules
Semester one
Management in Context
Introductory Microeconomics
Quantitative Methods 1
Semester two
Introductory Macroeconomics
Quantitative Methods 2
Optional modules
Semester one
Choose a min of ONE from the following:
Accounting Principles
Marketing Principles
Global Business Environments
Academic English for Business Students (Part 1)
Semester two
Choose a min of ONE from the following:
Foundations of Human Resource Management
Introduction to International Business
Multinational Enterprise Business Perspectives
Managing in a Changing Society
The British and Global Economy
YEAR 2 (LEVEL 5)
Compulsory modules
Semester one
Organisational Behaviour
Intermediate Microeconomics
Statistics with Bloomberg
Semester two
Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
Operations and Quality Management
Optional modules
Semester one
Finance 1
Cost and Management Accounting
Professional Development
Banking
Academic English for Business Students (Part 1)
Employee Resourcing
Academic English for Business Students (Part 2)
Semester two
Choose a min of ONE from the following:
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Contemporary Issues in Economics
Social Enterprise and Alternative Organising
Introduction to Econometrics
Finance 2
YEAR 3 (LEVEL 6)
Compulsory modules
Semester one
Advanced Topics in Microeconomics
Business Strategy
Semester two
Optional modules
Semester one
Choose a min of ONE from the following:
What’s Wrong with Entrepreneurship?
Dynamic Macroeconomics
International Finance
Comparative Business Cultures
Applied Econometrics
Managing Diversity (ISP)
SME Live Project
Academic English for Business Students (Part 2)
Advanced Business English Communication
Semester two
Choose one from the following:
Managing Diversity ISP
Data Analysis ISP
Choose a minimum of one from the following:
Industrial Organisation
Labour Economics
Choose a minimum of one from the following:
Enterprise Business Plan
Managing International Projects
96% of Keele graduates were in a job or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE, 2017)
By studying Management and Economics, you will open up a range of opportunities in business and government. You might choose to take up a career as an economist, perhaps in the City or with the Government Economic Service. Economists also work in commerce and industry in education or in local government. Your management skills could lead to a career as a manager in the commercial, public or charitable sectors or in marketing or sales. You might also choose to go on to study for a postgraduate degree in these subjects.
Avecto
B&Q
Bet365
Capita
Enterprise Rent a Car
Lloyds Bank
Morrisons
Santander
Nationwide Building Society
Bennett Brookes
Ascot Business Solutions Ltd
Ford
Jaguar Landrover
Jack Wills
Mercedes Benz
NHS
PwC
UK Fuels
Barclays Bank
HSBC
Santander
Compass Group UK and Ireland
Local Government
British Gas
Ernst and Young
Natwest Bank
RBS
Jobs that a graduate of this course could go on to do:
Management Consultant
Chartered Management Accountant
IT Consultant
Sales Executive
Logistics Manager
Banker
Investment Analyst
Operational Researcher
Economist
Statistician
Investment Analyst
Financial Adviser
Regardless of which career you pursue after Keele, employers will want evidence of the range of skills and personal qualities you possess and which are required for the job. Your degree is clearly important in this respect but don’t forget the extra-curricular activities, positions of responsibility, jobs and voluntary work you may have been engaged in while studying at Keele. These activities allow you to demonstrate the skills and personal qualities required by employers and will be vital in your attempts to secure graduate employment.
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