Business Analytics with Placement Year (BSc)

Program Overview

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This accredited 4-year business analytics degree with placement will give you specialist skills to help organisations understand their customers and use data to make effective business decisions. You'll get a solid education in business, plus hands-on experience by spending a year on a work placement.

Your A level results will determine which core or compulsory modules you'll need to take.

You'll develop the mathematical skills needed to gain insights from a range of data sources, including the internet and social media.

On this BSc Business Analytics course with placement you can:

spend your third year on an approved industry placement in a business organisation

gain experience of industry-standard analytics software, including the most commonly used SAS (Statistical Analysis System) package

explore possible career paths by studying

interdisciplinary modules

, including languages and web design

learn the fundamentals of programming

put your knowledge into practice by working on a project to address a real-world industry issue

benefit from the expertise of our research-focused academics, as well as input from industry

You'll receive dedicated support from our

Placements Office

throughout this course. This is our means of driving collaboration between students and businesses, and ensuring you're supported as you apply your learning to real-world scenarios.

Our BSc Business Analytics with placement course is very flexible because you can choose some of the modules you'll study. For example, you can deepen your accounting and finance knowledge or study relevant business and management topics.

Program Outline

Years 1, 2 and 4 of this course are made up of a combination of modules.

Compulsory modules provide a thorough grounding in the key concepts of business and business analytics.

You can choose from a range of optional modules to reflect your personal interests or future career aspirations. Options may include topics like digital business models, and operations management.

You can broaden your studies by choosing:

interdisciplinary modules

language modules

You do not need to select your modules when you apply. Your academic tutor will help you to customise your course.

Year 3 is your industry placement year.

Year 1 overview

Compulsory modules cover accounting and practical management skills. They draw on different disciplines to explore the development of business concepts and key technologies, giving you greater insight into the contemporary business world.

The breadth of study in year 1 will also help you to identify areas of business that most interest you.

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Year 2 overview

You'll study a number of specialist core and compulsory modules with a data analytics focus. These cover topics such as forecasting, simulation, optimisation, data mining and knowledge management.

You'll also choose from a range of optional modules.

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Year 3 overview

This is your paid industry business analytics placement year. You'll spend a minimum of 32 weeks working in a real business. You'll learn new skills, apply the knowledge you've already acquired, and gain work experience that will boost your future career.

You'll be fully supported by the University throughout the year in industry. Students currently earn an average of £17,000 during their placement year.

Our students have spent their placement years in companies such as:

IBM

JP Morgan

L’Oréal

Morgan Stanley

Xerox

BMW Group

Nissan

The Walt Disney Company

Panasonic

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Year 4 overview

You'll continue to focus on data analytics. You'll also pursue your interests by choosing from a range of optional modules.

For your final project you'll investigate a business problem or issue an organisation is facing and write a dissertation on it. This will put your analytical skills into practice, as you prepare for working life in your chosen career.

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See all the modules in the course.