Business Management and Finance

Course overview

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.

Key facts

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Course content

You will examine the behaviour of financial institutions, such as banks, hedge funds and portfolio managers, their instruments and how they interact in markets. Key themes of this programme are the behaviour of households and businesses, and organisational behaviour and strategy. You will learn analytical and statistical methods and techniques for addressing real world problems, data and policy-related issues. With access to professional software tools such as Bloomberg to analyse and interpret financial and business data, you will become confident in communicating complex information to a range of audiences. These skills and varied knowledge could open up highly sought-after career opportunities in businesses and the financial sector.

You will have the option to undertake a placement year, entrepreneurship year, international year or a semester abroad, and there are opportunities to work on a live project with a real organisation as part of this programme.

Course structure

The module details given below are indicative and will give you a good idea of the range of subjects that we teach. We regularly review our teaching to ensure that the modules we offer are up-to-date; therefore, the modules available to study are liable to change.

Year 1 (Level 4)

Compulsory modules	Credits	Optional modules	Credits
Semester one		Semester one
		Choose a minimum of one from the following
Management in Context MAN-10018	15	Introduction to Microeconomics ECO-10028	15
Accounting Principles MAN-10015	15	Quantitative Methods 1 ECO-10026¹	15
		Marketing Principles MAN-10019	15
		The British and Global Economy ECO-10025	15
		Business Law LAW-10027	15
		Global Business Environments MAN-10022	15
		Academic English for Business Students (Part 1) ENL-90003²	15
Semester two		Semester two
		Choose a minimum of one from the following:
Quantitative Methods 2 ECO-10027	15	Introductory Macroeconomics ECO-10029	15
		Financial Accounting MAN-10024	15
		Foundations of Human Resource Management HRM-10007	15
		Introduction to International Business MAN-10023	15
		Multinational Enterprise Business Perspectives MAN-10026	15
		Managing in a Changing Society MAN-10030	15

Notes: (1) This module is compulsory for anyone who does not have A Level Maths (or equivalent). The module cannot be taken by anyone who already had A Level Maths (or equivalent) (2) Open only to non-native speakers of English and successful completion of ENL-10031 (EAP 1) with a score of over 60%, or ENL-90006 (EAP 2), or equivalent or by recommendation of the Language Centre. Cannot be taken with other ENL- module (English Language module) in the same academic year (3) Live company project, recommended for those wishing to take a Placement Year.

Year 2 (Level 5)

Compulsory modules	Credits	Optional modules	Credits
Semester one		Semester one
		Choose a minimum of one from the following:
Organisational Behaviour MAN-20055	15	Statistics with Bloomberg ECO-20049¹	15
Asset Pricing ECO-20041	15	Business Ethics MAN-20091	15
		Professional Development MAN-20090²	15
		Banking ECO-20045	15
		Academic English for Business Students (Part 1) ENL-90003³	15
		Academic English for Business Students (Part 2) ENL-90004⁴	15
Semester two		Semester two	15
		Choose a minimum of one from the following:	15
Operations and Quality Management MAN-20053	15	Introduction to Econometrics ECO-20042⁵	15
Portfolio Choice ECO-20044	15	Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility MAN-20082	15
		Social Enterprise and Alternative Organising MAN-20093	15

Notes
(1) Required if wishing to take Introduction to Econometrics (ECO-20042)
(2) Recommended for those wishing to take a Placement Year (3) Open only to non-native speakers of English and successful completion of ENL-10031 (EAP 1) with a score of over 60%, or ENL-90006 (EAP 2), or equivalent or by recommendation of the Language Centre. Cannot be taken with other ENL- module (English Language module) in the same academic year. (4) Open only to NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH after successful completion of AEB1 (Academic English for Business 1) with a score of under 60% or equivalent. Cannot be taken with other ENL- module (English Language module) in the same academic year
(5) Prerequisite Statistics with Bloomberg (ECO-20049). Required if wishing to take Data Analysis - ISP (ECO-30051) and/or Applied Econometrics (ECO-30050) at level 6.

Year 3 (Level 6)

Compulsory modules	Credits	Optional modules	Credits
Semester one		Semester one
		Choose a minimum of one from the following:
Business Strategy MAN-30048	15	Corporate Finance ECO-30038	15
		Risk Management with Derivatives ECO-30048	15
		Applied Econometrics ECO-30050 ¹	15
		Choose a minimum of one from the following:	15
		What’s wrong with Entrepreneurship? MAN-30073	15
		Identity, Culture & Organisation MAN-30040	15
		Comparative Business Cultures MAN-30056	15
		SME Live Project MAN-30072	15
		Academic English for Business Students (Part 2) ENL-90004²	15
		Advanced Business English Communication ENL-90005³	15
Semester two		Semester two
International Finance ECO-30037	15	Choose a minimum of one from the following:
		Analysing Company Performance ISP MAN-30064	15
		Data Analysis ISP ECO-30051⁴	15
		Choose a minimum of one from the following:
		Managing International Projects MAN-30065	15
		Enterprise Business Plan MAN-30070	15

Notes (1) Prerequisite Introduction to Econometrics (ECO-20042) (2) Open only to NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH after successful completion of AEB1 (Academic English for Business 1) with a score of under 60% or equivalent. Cannot be taken with other ENL- module (English Language module) in the same academic year. (3) Open only to THIRD-YEAR NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH on successful completion of AEB2 or EAP4; or AEB1 or EAP3 with a score of over 60%; or equivalent. Cannot be taken with other ENL- module (English Language module) in the same academic year.
(4) Prerequisite Introduction to Econometrics (ECO-20042)
Students may choose to study elective modules which are offered as part of other programmes in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and across the University. These include:

Modules in other subjects closely related to Business Management and Finance.
Modules in other subjects in which they may have a particular interest.
Modules designed to help students for whom it is not their first language to improve their use of English for Academic Purposes.
Modern foreign languages modules at different levels in French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin).
Modules related to the development of graduate attributes, student volunteering, and studying abroad as part of the University’s exchange programme.

For further information on the content of modules currently offered, including the list of elective modules, please visit: www.keele.ac.uk/recordsandexams/az

Our Course Information Documents (CIDs) are designed to give you all of the details you need to make an informed decision about what and where to study.

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Career prospects

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.
It is estimated that 60% of jobs are open to graduates of any discipline. This demonstrates the flexibility of many graduate employers when setting out their academic requirements and that students are not necessarily restricted to careers related to their degree.

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