**Course summary**
- Prepare for the degree with an extra foundation year at the start.
- Learn to manage and interpret the results of analytical work to provide business insight.
- Apply knowledge in a variety of contexts including marketing, customer service, finance, retail, healthcare and social media.
- Study a language or specialist business subject in your elective module.
- Undertake a year-long paid work placement and optional semester abroad.
Understand, analyse and interpret data and information and present decision making options with conviction. Study areas including markets and customers, introductory investment appraisal and foundational statistics, all to help you make better decisions to develop profitable and sustainable businesses.
**How you learn**
The course is suitable if you don't meet the entry requirements for our BA (Hons) Business Analytics course, or you want extra preparation before starting degree-level study. You share the first year with other Sheffield Business School foundation year students, then move on to the degree.
Following a highly practical approach, your learning takes place in a wide variety of settings in order to cater to different learning styles and behaviours.
You learn through:
- live projects
- work placement
- semester abroad
- self-study and collaborative work
- analytical study and critical thinking
- presentations
- class discussions and problem-solving
In the foundation year, you'll study wider business topics, while specialising in your chosen subject area. You'll learn useful skills such as academic writing, work in diverse teams and learn to utilise a wide variety of data sources. In doing so, you'll fully prepare yourself for undergraduate study.
**Applied learning
Work placements**
You will have the opportunity to arrange a year-long work placement in between your third and fourth years. This gives you a real-world experience to prepare you for your future career with companies such as GSK, NHS, Microsoft, SAP and Virgin. Salaries of up to £30,000 are possible.
You also have the option to study abroad for a semester in you third year if you are successful in applying to the global mobility initiative, which allows you to choose from over 40 European destinations and 20 other international university partnerships under English instruction.
**Live projects**
With the support of academics you are asked to solve a real-world client decision problem through a consultancy assignment in your third year. You are prepared for this task as the assignment synthesises the learning from the previous three/four years' experience.
Course Details - Modules
Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.
You can take an optional placement in year three.
Year 1
Compulsory modules
Contemporary Issues 20
Introduction To Business 20
Organisation Management And Delivery 1 20
Organisation Management And Delivery 2 20
Self And Stakeholder Management 20
The Practice Of Business 20
Year 2
Compulsory modules
Business Statistics 20
Developing Professional And Academic Skills 20
Financial Analysis For Business 20
People And Organisations In Context 20
Requirements Management 20
Elective modules
Foreign Language 20
Global Business Environment 20
Principles Of Business Management In The Sports Industry 20
Year 3
Compulsory modules
Fraud Analytics 20
Elective modules
Business Law 20
Foreign Language 20
Leading Innovative Organisations 20
Planning Your Own Business 20
Service And Retail Marketing 20
Year 4
Optional modules
Placement Year -
Final year
Compulsory modules
Applied Analytics 20
Business Intelligence And Modelling 20
Consultancy Project 20
Strategy, Ethics, Privacy And Social Responsibility 20
Strategy Projects And People 20
Elective modules
Consultancy Skills For Organisational Change 20
Customer Psychology 20
Financial Performance Management 20
Foreign Language 20
Managing The Digital Enterprise 20
Course Details – Assessment Method
Coursework
Practical
Exam
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
A053
Institution code:
S21
Campus Name:
Main Site
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
This must include at least 32 points from one A level or equivalent BTEC National qualifications excluding general studies For example:
• CC at A Level
• MPP in BTEC Extended Diploma.
• A combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels and EPQ.
Access to HE Diploma from a QAA recognised Access to HE course. Normally we require 15 credits at level 2 and 45 at level 3. At least 15 level 3 credits must be at merit grade or above from a QAA-recognised Access to HE course, or an equivalent Access to HE certificate.
Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 or above at the point of enrolment.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.0
Score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills.
English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.
Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
79%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
70%
Go onto work and study:
90%
Fees and funding
Additional Fee Information
Our tuition fees for UK students starting full-time undergraduate study in 2022/2023 are regulated by the UK government and are yet to be confirmed. For an indication, our tuition fees for UK students starting this course in 2021/22 are £9,250 per year.
Our tuition fees for International/EU students are also yet to be confirmed, however you can see the course page on the Sheffield Hallam Website for more information.
Provider information
City Campus
Howard Street
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Sheffield
S1 1WB
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