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Programme code | 9MGRC018U |
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Programme type | Single Honours |
Programme director(s) |
Nicholas Kent
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Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
School/department | School of Management - Business School |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Accrediting types: |
Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations through the Accredited degree accelerated route. (http://www.cimaglobal.com/Study-with-us/Exemptions/) The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) for the purpose of exemption from some professional examinations. The University is recognised as an ICAEW Partner in Learning, working with ICAEW in the professional development of students. (https://www.icaew.com/for-current-aca-students/credit-for-prior-learning) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 3 years (full time) |
The programme aims to provide well-qualified students with a high quality international business management education in an environment which fosters the development of analytical, critical and creative graduates strongly grounded in both quantitative and critical analytical methodologies. It will cultivate a conceptual understanding of international business and international management and related subjects including accounting, finance, economics, critical social theory, political and cultural economy, statistics, social science research and comparative analyses, drawn from different cultural, political and economic contexts. It will also provide students with more general intellectual, personal and technical skills and the ability to apply and develop them in their future careers in management and related occupations in private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
The programme will help students achieve their potential by providing a responsive, supportive and stimulating environment with appropriate facilities, academic guidance and pastoral support, empowering them to succeed in future careers in a dynamic global business environment.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Intellectual skills are developed through the lecture programme and linked seminars, independent study and coursework. Students are exposed to relevant modes of enquiry and analyses, and to a range of theoretical perspectives in the study of management; they are encouraged through class discussion and their individual written work to identify key issues, to summarise and reflect upon key points from their reading, to assess evidence and its relevance. Decision-making skills are developed through seminar classes, assignments and group exercises, and in case study classes. Research skills are further developed through teaching of quantitative and qualitative methods and study skills (e.g. in preparation for the dissertation). |
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A variety of written assignments/essays provide formative assessment throughout the course. Assessment includes unseen examinations, essays, group assignments and a dissertation. These test summary, analytical and evaluation skills, problem-solving, report writing and the presentation of arguments. Organisation skills are developed through the preparation and fulfilment of individual and group assignments. Further research skills are tested through the dissertation. |
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Personal development is developed through tutorials, assignments and feedback. Effective use of information sources, analytical ability, independent and group work are all developed through coursework tasks and study skills. Use of Blackboard and Business Source Complete develop IT skills and essential computing packages. Oral communication is developed by requiring students to engage in class discussions, in tutorials/clinics, and to give short presentations individually or in groups. Other communications skills are developed through tutorials, assignments and feedback. Interpersonal skills are developed through taught sessions and class interaction, particularly through group and syndicate work. |
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Recall and organisation of relevant material are tested through unseen written examinations. Independent study is assessed through coursework, assessed essays, dissertation and preparation for examinations. Communication and presentation skills are assessed through written coursework/essays, group assignments and the dissertation which students will word process. Interpersonal skills are assessed through group and syndicate oral and written presentation of assignments. |
Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
Students are expected to acquire the foundations on which to develop appropriate expertise in line with the aims and objectives of the course. They will acquire familiarity with the main themes and key concepts of: the global business environment; economics that underpin business and organisational environments; and the use of financial information for the management of a business. They will develop an understanding of debates on issues of central importance to management and its theoretical foundations. They will have grasped the analytical tools necessary to work in the discipline. The expectation is that their work may require substantial direction from tutors at this stage with guidance on the development of study skills. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
In Year 2, students are expected to expand the range and depth of their knowledge in core areas of international business management and their capacity to evaluate material using a variety of critical perspectives. They acquire an overview of key fields of organisation and management theory, international business and international management, and appropriate methodologies, a strong conceptual basis for later theory and substantive units. Students will extend their analytical skills, their ability to structure their work and present it fluently. They will be encouraged in group work skills through active participation in seminars/clinics. They are expected to be developing a capacity for self-directed learning (for example, through the researching and writing of essays and coursework assignments). |
Level H/6 - Honours |
In Year 3, students are expected to broaden and deepen their knowledge through their study of specialised subjects, developing the conceptual and methodological approaches used in more complexity. Students will be expected to develop further their ability to gather and assimilate information from diverse sources, to synthesise these in an appropriate way and to engage in sophisticated critical evaluation of texts and cases. Students will be expected to study specialist relevant units from the social sciences disciplines, which provide the context in which organisations operate in a global world economy. Students will be encouraged to make their own critical judgements, to develop greater independence and organisation of relevant materials, which is tested in particular through traditional unseen written examinations and the dissertation. They will further extend individual and group work skills and their capabilities of direct application of theory to practice. |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
UG Workload Statement
Success as an undergraduate student depends on you being able to make the transition to self-motivated, independent learning. Programmes are designed to assist you in this development, in many cases by starting with units in which timetabled teaching, such as lectures and practical classes, provides the foundations of knowledge and skills in a subject, moving on to individual research-based work. Over time you will be expected to take increasing responsibility for your own learning, guided by the feedback on your work that you will receive. At the heart of your studies at every level there must be regular and disciplined individual reading, reflection and writing and it is this skill of independent studies, above all others, that will serve you best when you leave the University.
Most programmes use credits and a 20 credit unit broadly equates to about 200 hours of student input. This includes all activities related to the teaching, learning and assessment of taught units.
A component of this is the time that you spend in class, in contact with the teaching staff, which includes activities such as lectures, laboratories, tutorials and fieldwork. Some of this activity may be online and could consist of activity that is synchronous (using real-time environments such as Blackboard Collaborate) or asynchronous (using tools such as tutor moderated discussion forums, blogs or wikis).
In some programmes there are field courses and/or placements that will take place in concentrated periods of time.
Outside scheduled activities you are expected to pursue your own independent learning to build your knowledge and understanding of the subjects you are studying. Such independent activities include, reviewing lecture material, reading textbooks, working on examples sheets, completing coursework, writing up laboratory notes, preparing for in-class progress tests and revising for examinations.
We recognise that many students undertake paid employment. To achieve a sensible balance between work and study, you are advised to undertake paid work for no more than 15 hours per week in term-time.
Professional Programmes
Many undergraduates in the Faculty of Health Sciences will be following the professional programmes of:
For these professional programmes, full time attendance is compulsory unless absence is formally approved. Academic activities are timetabled throughout the 5-day week and student workload is around 40 hours per week on average. Where possible, students in the early years are permitted Wednesday afternoons for sport and extra-curriculum activities. This may not be available in later years of professional programmes as when a student progresses through the curricula there is an increasing exposure to clinical and professional activities. Students in clinic or on placements may need to stay later than core times of 08.00 – 18.00 or even overnight to observe out-of-hours activities. This increasing exposure to clinical activities means that students on these professional programmes often have longer term dates than the University standard. Individual years within programmes are likely to vary in length (for example because of the timings of placements) and further information on this will be found in individual programme regulations. Another important point to note is that many of the assessments sit outside of the standard University examination timetable and are likely to be more frequent meaning that students will more oftentimes be engaged in revision activities and self-directed learning.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty Assessment and Feedback Statement for Undergraduate Students. University of Bristol access only.
Please see the School website for details of other BSc programmes that the School of Economics, Finance and Management offers:
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/efm/courses/undergraduate/
The School welcomes applications from mature candidates and from candidates from non-traditional backgrounds. The School also welcomes a growing number of exchange students from Europe and the USA who add a stimulating international dimension to undergraduate work. Open Day offers potential applicants an opportunity to visit.
Email - Mgmt-ug@bristol.ac.uk
Webpage: School of Management
All mandatory units are must pass. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Global Business Environment | EFIM10012 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Quantitative Analysis in Management | EFIM10014 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Introduction to Management | EFIM10015 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Markets and Marketing | EFIM10017 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Accounting and Finance for Managers | EFIM10030 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Select 20CP from the following options: | ||||
Enquiry, Analysis and Communication | EFIM10021 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Choose optional 20 credit point Language unit from the School of Modern Languages | ||||
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
You should seek to pass all your units. If you fail just one 20 credit point unit after resitting, then in some circumstances you may be granted conditional progression and continue into the next year of your degree. However, compensated pass or conditional progression are not allowed if you fail a unit with must-pass status. The following unit in year two has must-pass status:
For the definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms from Annex 1 to the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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International Business Management | EFIM20003 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Management Research Methods | EFIM20025 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
Organisation Theory | EFIM20026 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 |
People, Work and Organisations | EFIM20022 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 |
Please choose units totalling 40 credit points from the following list: | ||||
Management Accounting | ACCG20011 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Management Science | EFIM20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Public Management | EFIM20019 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Project Management | EFIM20015 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Strategic Finance | EFIM20024 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Foundations of Business Law | LAWD10007 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
History of Economic Thought | ECON20021 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Consumption and Consumer Behaviour | EFIM20046 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Issues in Consumer Marketing and Innovation | EFIM20045 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Management Reflection and Development in Practice | EFIM20031 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 |
Advanced Quantitative Analysis in Management | EFIM20039 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Choose open units | OPEN | 20 | Optional | |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | |
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Management Dissertation | EFIM30017 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-4 |
Please choose units totalling 80 credit points from the following list: | ||||
Management Consultancy | EFIM30064 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability | EFIM30012 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
International Human Resource Management | EFIM30024 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Strategy | EFIM30030 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Operations Management | EFIM30014 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Practice of Management | EFIM30007 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Global Production, Work and Employment | EFIM30037 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Decision Analysis and Simulation | MGRC30003 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Management Accounting for Strategy | EFIM30035 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
The Digital Economy | EFIM30040 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Organizational Crime and Corruption | EFIM30047 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence for Business | EFIM30051 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Digital Marketing | EFIM30060 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Brands and Cultural Strategy | EFIM30061 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Global problems and scandals in Accounting & Auditing | EFIM30065 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Financial Statement Analysis | ACFI30002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Social Entrepreneurship | MGRC30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
Grand Challenges and Strategy Practice | MGRC30002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Business Simulation | MGRC30005 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Contemporary issues in corporate governance | ACFI30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Retail Futures | MGRC30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 |
Design, Marketing, & Creativity | MGRC30007 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 |
International Business Management (BSc) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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