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Business Management And Finance BA (Hons)
Business Management And Finance BA (Hons)

Business Management And Finance BA (Hons)

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  • Level:3-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirement

English Requirement

Most undergraduate degree programmes require IELTS 6.0 or equivalent with no subtest score below 5.5.

Other Requirement

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.

Course Information

This course allow you to study both subject areas in order to analyse business in its financial context from complementary perspectives. A varied subject knowledge and a range of analytical and quantitative skills will enable you to pursue a variety of attractive careers in the financial sector, business and elsewhere.

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Year 1

Compulsory modules                                                                                                                                   

Semester one                                                                                                                                                       

  • Management in Context                                                                                                                                                                     

  • Accounting Principles                                                                                                                                                                   

Semester two                                                                                                                                                       

  • Quantitative Methods 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Optional modules

Semester one

  • Choose a minimum of one from the following

  • Introduction to Microeconomics 

  • Quantitative Methods 1 

  • Marketing Principles 

  • The British and Global Economy 

  • Business Law 

  • Global Business Environments 

  • Academic English for Business Students (Part 1) 

Semester two

  • Choose a minimum of one from the following:

  • Introductory Macroeconomics 

  • Financial Accounting 

  • Foundations of Human Resource Management 

  • Introduction to International Business 

  • Multinational Enterprise Business Perspectives 

  • Managing in a Changing Society 

Year 2

Compulsory modules                                                                                                  

Semester one                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

  • Organisational Behaviour                                                                                                                

  •  Asset Pricing                                                                                                                                           

​ Semester two                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

  •  Operations and Quality Management                                                                                      

  • Portfolio Choice                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Optional modules

Semester one

  • Choose a minimum of one from the following:

  • Statistics with Bloomberg

  • Business Ethics

  • Professional Development 

  • Banking 

  • Academic English for Business Students (Part 1) 

  • Academic English for Business Students (Part 2) 

 Semester two

  • Choose a minimum of one from the following:

  • Introduction to Econometrics 

  • Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility 

  • Social Enterprise and Alternative Organising

Year 3

  • Compulsory modules                                                                                                                                        

  • Semester one                                                                                                                                                       

  • Business Strategy                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Semester two                                                                                                                                                                                     

  • International Finance                                                                                                                                                                                    

Optional modules

Semester one

  • Choose a minimum of one from the following:

  • Corporate Finance 

  • Risk Management with Derivatives 

  • Applied Econometrics

  • Choose a minimum of one from the following:

  • What’s wrong with Entrepreneurship?

  • Identity, Culture & Organisation 

  • Comparative Business Cultures 

  • SME Live Project

  • Academic English for Business Students (Part 2) 

  • Advanced Business English Communication 

Semester two

  • Choose a minimum of one from the following:

  • Analysing Company Performance ISP 

  • Data Analysis ISP ECO-300514

  • Choose a minimum of one from the following:

  • Managing International Projects 

  • Enterprise Business Plan

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

96% of Keele graduates were in a job or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE, 2017)

Your Business Management and Finance degree from Keele will prepare you for a wide choice of careers. You might choose to work in a field directly related to finance or to work as a management consultant or follow a career in sales or marketing. You could also use your newly acquired transferable skills to do something different such as working in insurance, IT, journalism, statistics or the Civil Service. This degree will also equip you to undertake postgraduate studies in Finance or Management. 

Recent employers

Our graduates have gone on to work at:

  • 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

  • Allianz Insurance

  • Corona

  • Local Government

  • Sparta Global

  • Dow Jones

  • Capita

  • HMRC

  • Ernst and Young

  • National Trust

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

  • Financial Trader

  • Investment Banker

  • Chartered Accountant

  • Management Accountant

  • Tax Adviser

  • Insurance Broker

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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