Business Management and Finance [with Placement year]

Get hands-on with strategic thinking and financial management and gain the skills and confidence to excel in your career.

If you have an entrepreneurial mindset and are eager to develop your leadership abilities and financial know-how, this is the course for you.

On this degree, you’ll experience all the prowess of a business degree while developing the financial discipline and analytical skills to make big, informed decisions.

You’ll get practical experience with our Bloomberg Financial Markets Lab, real-world business challenges, and the option to take a placement year.

Why ARU?

• Experience hands-on learning in our cutting-edge facilities.

• Foster an entrepreneurial mindset and gain the analytical skills needed for a diverse range of careers.

• Gain knowledge and skills for business operations such as financial reporting and project management.

Course Modules

Year 1:
International Business and Market Dynamics (15 credits)
Organisational Behaviour and AI (Future of Work) (30 credits)
Financial Environment and Analysis (15 credits)
Into ARU
Financial and Management Accounting with Digital Systems (30 credits)
Elevate 1: How to do Business (30 credits)

Year 2:
Elevate 2: Entrepreneurship and Consultancy (30 credits)
International Operations and Supply Chain Management (30 credits)
Financial Management (30 credits)
Ruskin Module (15 credits)
Data Analytics and AI in Business (15 credits)
Introduction to Undergraduate Major Project
Ruskin Module (15 credits) *

Year 3:
Placement year.

Year 4:
Elevate 3: Undergraduate Major Project in Accounting and Finance (30 credits)
Strategic Management (30 credits)
Sustainability and Responsible Business (30 credits)
Financial Investment Analysis (30 credits)

Our first-year modules are designed to develop the knowledge you already have, and give you a broad understanding of the key concepts of business and organisational management.

In Year 2, you’ll turn your attention to the foundations that underlie much of financial management, as well as learning about entrepreneurship and project management.

In Year 3, you’ll widen and deepen your knowledge and skills in finance and strategic management. You’ll also complete your major project – an opportunity to tackle a current, complex business issue as part of an interdisciplinary team.