Business, Computing and Information Management (BCIM) Undergraduate Prospectus 2010
BTEC HND
Location Location
Southwark Southwark
BA (Hons)
Business Studies
Duration Duration
Business Management
2 years (full-time) 1 year full-time (top-up)
Start date Start date
September September
Number of places How to apply
80 Via UCAS
Business, Computing and Information Management Business, Computing and Information Management
Course description Progression routes to further study
How to apply UCAS code
Course description Career opportunities
There is continuing demand in the The course is particularly closely linked
Via UCAS N200
The one year full-time top-up degree The employment record of our
private and public sector for staff with to the BA (Hons) Business Studies full
UCAS code Course contact
course in Business Management has business graduates is excellent, with
a sound business education. Our HND and part-time and BA (Hons) Business
422N Jeff Burke
been developed to produce graduates participants entering into all fields
course offers you the opportunity to Administration. Depending upon the
burkejw@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7814 7770
who are equipped with the relevant of business such as finance, human
Course contact
learn about business and prepares you level of your performance in the HND,
Steve Freeman Typical offer
skills and knowledge to address the resource management, marketing,
for working in the business world. The you may be able to progress directly to
freemas@lsbu.ac.uk – 020 7815 7778 160 UCAS Tariff points
contemporary organisations needs and information management.
course covers the core business skills the second or final level of the Business within the business domain. The
Typical offer Course units
which are essential to be effective in Studies or Business Administration
80 UCAS Tariff Points Core
degree combines aspects of general Progression routes
today’s work environment. We place degree programmes. Many of
– Strategic Management
management in the areas of accounting to postgraduate study
much emphasis on the development our students follow this route and
Course units – Business Analysis and the Management
and finance, business and international There are several Masters courses
Year 1 of Change
(BCIM)
of practical skills which can be applied successfully graduate with an Honours
– Business Environment – Dissertation
studies, economics, human resource at LSBU that you could choose after
(BCIM)
in your future working life. degree and some then continue onto
– Business Information Systems 4 Options from:
management, management science and completing your BA, including:
postgraduate study at LSBU in courses
– Quantitative Literacy Accounting and Finance
marketing, as an enabler for students to MSc International Business, Masters
– Business Law or Business Language Skills – Management Accounting Systems
An important element of the HND such as MSc International Business and
– Learning for Work – Performance Management
gain employment in the UK or overseas. in Business Administration, MSc
Business Studies course is the way we MSc Human Resources.
– Marketing – Management of Company Finance
Students are guided in their option International Finance, MSc Accounting
combine your learning and assessment.
– Organisations and Behaviour – Financial Risk Management
choices dependant on previous studies. with Finance, MSc Human Resources,
– Accounting or English in Finance – Auditing for Today’s Business
You will attend formal lectures during For full entry requirements see pages
Year 2 – Decision Making in Business
Masters in Public Administration, MSc
most of your units, but there is also a 252 to 253.
Core Business and Information Systems
The course has been designed to Business Information Technology,
great deal of emphasis upon you being
– Management Skills – Social Impacts of the Information Society
be a generalist programme developed and MSc International Finance and
– Business Decision Making – Technologies in E-business
able to practice what you have learnt,
– Research Methods for Business Students – The Management of Information Systems
from the more specialised and Information Management.
and develop your practical skills. Much
Plus 3 units for Strategic Advantage
successful courses in Business
of your learning will be through case
– Advertising and Promotion – Information Management: A Database
Administration and Business Studies, For full entry requirements see pages
– Human Resource Management Approach
studies, videos, role play, group work
– Information Systems and Organisations – Business Project Management
and is aimed at applicants with relevant 252 to 253.
and student-led seminars.
– Management Accounting and Decision Making – Knowledge, Globalisation and Development
previous business study at Level
– English in Management Economics
One and Two equivalent from other
– Retailing – Multinational Firms and Global Trade
Career opportunities
– Developing Human Resources – Business and the Information Revolution
institutions. The course will also act as
Many of our HND students continue
– Accounting (for students who took – The Economics of the European Union
a bridge onto BCIM Masters courses
study in higher education, progressing
Business English in Year 1) – Comparative Labour Markets
for students with a business related
– Management Information – Business and the Information Revolution
onto degree courses and, in some
– English in International Business Human Resource Management
overseas degree that needs to be
cases, to postgraduate study. Those that
– International HRM
‘upgraded’ to an Honours degree.
move into employment within business,
– Training and Development
– People Resourcing
often do so in organisations such as
– Employee Relations
Sainsbury’s, Gap and Marks & Spencer.
– Small Business Planning and Strategy
Management Science
– Survey Sampling
– Analytical Decision Making
– Statistics Techniques for Business and Finance
– Optimisation Techniques
Marketing
– International Marketing
– Marketing Research
– Consumer Behaviour
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