Program Overview

Business Analytics with Placement Year (BSc)

Overview

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.

Entry Requirements

• AAB at A level
• Pass, with 34 points overall with 17 points at Higher Level in International Baccalaureate Diploma
• D in the Business BTEC National Extended Certificate plus AA from two A levels
• 60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at Level 3, of which 39 must be at Distinction and 6 credits at Merit in Access to HE Diploma
• H1 H2 H2 H2 H2 H2 in Irish Leaving Certificate
• D3 D3 M2 in three Principal subjects in Cambridge Pre-U
• AAB from 3 A levels or AA from two A levels and B from the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate
• We will accept the following T levels in Management Admin, Finance, Accounting. The requirements are B in Core, Distinction in Specialism and Distinction Overall.

Course Structure

• Year 1: Compulsory modules cover accounting and practical management skills.
• Year 2: Specialist core and compulsory modules with a data analytics focus.
• Year 3: Paid industry business analytics placement year.
• Year 4: Focus on data analytics and pursue interests by choosing from a range of optional modules.

Modules

• Year 1:
  • Analytics Implementation I: Spreadsheets and Databases
  • Business Analytics Programming I: SAS Base Language
  • Introduction to Accounting and Finance
  • Introduction to Management
  • Introduction to Marketing for Business
  • Prescriptive Analytics I: Fundamentals of Management Sciences
  • Realising Success
  • Foundations of Business Analytics
  • Management Analysis
• Year 2:
  • Analytics Implementation II: Visualising Data for Effective Communication
  • Business Analytics Programming II: Algorithmic Thinking
  • Consulting: Context, Concepts and Practice
  • Predictive Analytics II: Business Forecasting
  • Prescriptive Analytics II: Simulation Business
  • Digital Business Models
  • Financial Econometrics 1
  • Financial Management
  • Innovation, Technology and the Environment
  • Introduction to Social Data Analytics
  • Management Ethics
  • Operations Management
  • Portfolio Theory and Financial Markets
  • Problem Structuring Methods
• Year 3:
  • Business Placement
• Year 4:
  • Analytics Implementation III: Knowledge Management, Methods and Ethics
  • Analytics in Action I
  • Analytics in Action II
  • Final Project
  • Prescriptive Analytics III: Optimisation
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business
  • Managing High-Growth Businesses
  • Marketing in the Digital Age
  • Project Management
  • Risk Management
  • Strategic Operations Management
  • Technological Innovation

Learning and Assessment

• Lectures
• Classes and tutorials
• Independent learning
• Assessment:
  • Essays
  • Individual and group projects
  • Written exams

Careers and Employability

• Employability skills:
  • Research
  • Critical thinking
  • Commercial awareness
  • Self-management
  • Confidence
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Networking
  • Problem solving
  • Resilience
• Career pathways:
  • Operational researcher
  • Market researcher
  • Management consultant
  • Financial analyst
  • Business analyst
  • Systems analyst
  • Statistician
  • Data scientist
  • Quantitative analyst
• Wider career opportunities:
  • Financial manager
  • Marketing executive
  • Business adviser
  • Business development manager
  • Quantity surveyor
  • Policy officer
  • Financial risk analyst
  • Investment analyst

Fees, Costs, and Funding

• Tuition fees:
  • UK students: £9,535
  • EU and international students: £23,400
• What your fees pay for:
  • Full cost of tuition and standard exams
• Bursaries, scholarships, and other funding:
  • University of Southampton bursary
  • Scholarships and grants
  • Funding for EU and international students

How to Apply

• UCAS course code: N101
• UCAS institution code: S27
• Apply through UCAS website

Contact

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• University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom