Business Management (International Business)

Our BSc Business Management (International Business) gives you the opportunity to learn how to operate across different international contexts. You will challenge your understanding of different cultural values and perspectives, develop a global mindset and widen your understanding of how organisations and individuals operate across borders.

Why choose this course?

• This course provides you with in-depth theoretical and practical understanding of a range of management issues.

• It is led by world-class academics who produce innovative research focused on the world of business.

• You will have the chance to study alongside, and develop lifelong connections with, a diverse group of students from different countries and at different stages in their careers.

• It also offers you the opportunity to follow a Placement route designed to enhance your career prospects, build your professional networks and apply the knowledge and skills you have gained in a work context.

What you will learn

This course will provide you with a solid foundation in a range of business disciplines, including:

• strategic management

• marketing

• finance and operations management

• human resource management

• accounting

• managerial economics.

With the knowledge and tools gained on this course, you will be well prepared to pursue a global career, either as an individual or as part of a multinational company.

How you will learn

We aim for innovative and engaging ways of teaching to ensure you have the best learning experience. This means you will learn through a combination of lectures and smaller, interactive seminars or workshops in which you will gain theoretical and practical knowledge.

You can study this course full- or part-time and choose your own timetable for the core/compulsory modules selecting whether to study them in the daytime or evening.

Placement route

If you opt for the full-time Placement route on this course, it will give you the opportunity to develop your international business skills in the workplace and apply learning from your degree in a professional setting to further increase your employability when you graduate. Please note that this option is not available for students who require a Student visa to study in the UK.

Foundation Year

If you opt for the Foundation Year route, this will fully prepare you for undergraduate study. It is ideal if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied the relevant subjects, or if you didn't achieve the grades you need for a place on your chosen undergraduate degree.

Highlights

• Our academic staff are active researchers, as well as enthusiastic teachers, and regularly publish cutting-edge articles in the world's leading journals.

• We have particular research strengths in international business and strategy, the management of innovation and entrepreneurship, human resource management, corporate governance, sport management and marketing, as well as financial management and accounting.

• We engage in significant collaborative research and have excellent contacts with many public and private sector organisations, professional bodies and researchers at other academic institutions.

Careers and employability

The transferable skills you will gain are greatly valued by a wide range of employers and include:

• critical reflection and analysis

• presentation skills

• the ability to work under pressure in teams

• a broad knowledge of business and management.

Graduates can pursue careers in business or management in a domestic or international context or in any functional area in the public or private sector. Possible professions include:

• management consultant

• accounting or finance executive

• corporate investment banker

• human resource officer

• marketing executive

• logistics and distribution officer

• systems analyst.

Course modules

For information about course structure and the modules you will be studying, please visit Birkbeck’s online prospectus.