The B.Sc. Business degree is
proving popular with people who may have been considering the B.Sc.
Management degree, but desire to get a more broad-based degree and manage
to avoid certain advanced courses which are compulsory on the Management
pathway (Organisation Theory, etc.).
Dr Celia Phillips, the
University of Londons Degree Co-ordinator, describes the B.Sc. Business
degree in the following manner: This degree
combines established management subjects with contemporary business
subjects, giving you the opportunity to gain a thorough grounding for a
career in business.
It is certainly the most
flexible degree of the range of B.Sc. programmes offered by the University
of London. If students follow SICs common preliminary structure in year
1, this means that of the eight remaining subjects over years 2 and 3, a
total of six of these courses are electives.
The two compulsory subjects
which students must pursue are:
Thereafter, students have
absolutely the widest choice, being required to select any six of the
following courses:
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE METHODS
MANAGEMENT MATHEMATICS
PRODUCTION OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
CORPORATE FINANCE
FINANCIAL REPORTING
AUDITING
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS
POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
LAW OF BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS
ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT: INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVES AND PERSPECTIVES
ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL AND APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
FURTHER MATHS FOR ECONOMISTS
ELEMENTS OF ECONOMETRICS AND ECONOMIC STATISTICS
MICROECONOMICS
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
MACROECONOMICS
ORGANISATIONAL THEORY
MONETARY ECONOMICS
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
LABOUR ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS etc.