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STUDYING BUSINESS. Juliette Stephenson - Senior Lecturer in Economics Jane Knox - Admissions Officer. BUSINESS DEGREE PROGRAMMES. Accounting: such as Accounting and Finance, Business & Accounting, or Sponsored degrees such as the KPMG School Leavers Programme
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STUDYING BUSINESS Juliette Stephenson - Senior Lecturer in Economics Jane Knox - Admissions Officer
BUSINESS DEGREE PROGRAMMES • Accounting: such as Accounting and Finance, Business & Accounting, or Sponsored degrees such as the KPMG School Leavers Programme • Economics: such as Economics, Economics and Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Business Economics, Economics and Politics, Economics and International Relations • Management: such as Business, Business and Management, Management with Marketing/Tourism/ Language/IT/Human Resources, Marketing
What’s the Difference? • Accounting: BA Accounting and Finance – ideal for “wanabee” accountants – structured degree to meet ACCA or similar Professional Body accreditation • BA Business & Accounting – a specialist understand of accounting with a little more flexibility and general introduction to a broad range of business subjects • Sponsored degrees - follow a degree programme with built in work experience – fees paid by sponsor but usually require a return of service period of 4-6 years including the degree
What’s the Difference? • Economics: BAEconomics, BA Economics and Finance, BA Economics and Econometrics – offers wide-ranging economics grounding with opportunity to apply to financial techniques or statistical concepts • - requires good quantitative skills • BA Business Economics – very flexible programme that provides theoretical and practical understanding of economics decisions faced by business • - less Maths and includes Management and Accounting modules
What’s the Difference? • Economics: Types of combined honours degree: • Economics and Politics • Economics and International Development • Applicants to Economics programmes usually need to have Maths GCSE grade A or offer at AS/A level, many Universities will require A level Mathematics
What’s the difference? • Management: BA Business and Management – ideal preparation for general management role in industry, commerce or the public sector • BA Management with Marketing/Tourism/Language/IT/Human Resources – offers opportunity to study a specialist area whilst still providing the general management background in management theory and operations such as accounting • Marketing – an emphasis on vocationally relevant Marketing skills
What’s the difference? • Management: Types of specialist programme • Sustainability: such as the new BSc Business programme to be launched in 2015 on the Penryn campus • BSc I T for Management and Business: offered jointly with the Department of Computing is an initiative by the e-skills council of the UK aimed at providing training for IT managers working in Business
BSc BUSINESS – PENRYN CAMPUS • Launching 2015 A distinctive programme embracing the spirit of Cornwall • Core business with……. • A ‘spine’ of sustainability, social responsibility and innovation • Interdisciplinary in nature • Progressive employability /application of theory to practice: Volunteering, industrial placement, management consultancy • Career route examples: E-commerce, Marketing, Environmental consultancy, Social enterprise, Procurement/Logistics, Public Sector management • “
Extras: • Summer internships, overseas summer schools, competitions • Volunteering, Students’Unions, clubs and sport • Industrial Placement for a year – either Sandwich year (compulsory) or optional • Study abroad, elsewhere in the EU or beyond
APPLICATION AND OFFER • We make offers based on three A-Levels, or equivalent qualifications. • There are no specific subject requirements although do check other Universities particularly for Maths A level, and we will not accept General Studies as one of the 3 Required A levels: • Economics – A*AA to AAB – IB: 38-34 • Management – AAA to AAB – IB: 36-34 • Accounting – AAA to AAB – IB: 36-34 • GCSE Grade B in English language and Maths(Maths grade A for Economics)
FURTHER INFORMATION AND LINKS • For further information: • The Russell Group’s guide to A Levels and university application • http:// www.russellgroup.ac.uk/informed-choices.aspx • Exeter’s Admissions Policy • http:// www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate/applications/policy • The Business School’s degree programmes • http:// www.business-school.exeter.ac.uk/programmes/undergraduate/ • Key Information Sets • http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/find-out-more/key-information-set • KPMG- http://www.kpmgcareers.co.uk/school-leavers/school-leaver-programme