Business Management with Finance

Develop your skills in business and financial strategy on this professionally focused course, offering a valuable combination of management, business and financial knowledge and skills which will help you widen your career prospects in a fast-paced, rewarding profession.

Dual accredited with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), the degree also enables you to add a professional leadership and management award (level 5) to your CV when you graduate.

Learn to analyse future trends and identify the impacts of economic changes on capital markets and borrowing, and build a comprehensive understanding of the workings of national and international capital markets.

You will explore financial language and theory, develop enquiry, analysis, evaluation and communication skills, and learn to offer practical, sustainable and ethical solutions to challenging real-world problems.

Ranked top 25% in the UK for business, management and marketing (Guardian UK University Guide 2021) Solent Business School will help you develop the skills and confidence to progress a successful career in finance, business and management or even start up your own business.

Our courses are taught by a talented and diverse teaching team with a wealth of finance and business expertise – and real-world connections – giving you both academic credibility and the chance to build your professional skills and network.

Dual accredited with Chartered Management Institute; on graduation, you will also receive a level 5 professional diploma in leadership and management.

What does this course lead to?
When you graduate, you will have a broad range of transferable skills, allowing you to pursue careers in any of the following areas:

Business project manager
Finance officer
Business and risk analyst
Business planning manager
Business development manager
Business advisor
Corporate banking manager
Wealth manager
Investment manager
Financial analyst
Finance transformation project manager

Who is this course for?
Ideally suited to students who want to develop their financial literacy and management skills, the course gives you the tools to create value for society, the economy and yourself. You may not be sure yet which industry or organisation will suit you. You may work in financial services, in local or global business, or in a smaller entrepreneurial firm or start-up. You may even start your own business.

Whatever your aspiration, you know you have the potential to be an analytical, creative, problem solver with determination. On this exciting course you’ll gain valuable and applied finance and management skills, from interpersonal skills to capital trading to data analysis.

YEAR 1 - CORE MODULES
Positive Psychology for Success
Contemporary Management Theory
Data Analysis, Tools and Application
Marketing, Sales and Negotiation Skills
Business Finance for Managers
Creative Enterprise and Innovation

YEAR 2 - CORE MODULES
Project Management in Business
Operations Management
Values Driven Leadership
Community Enterprise
Capital Market Trading
The UK Financial System

YEAR 3 - CORE MODULES
Developing the Professional Manager
Research Methods
Final Major Project
Ecological Economics
Sustainable Strategic Management
International Financial Reporting and Analysis

The course is assessed through simulation, reports, plans, presentations, evaluation and financial analysis, podcasts, blogs, reflective logs, papers and coursework assessments that relate to the real-world case studies and business practice, drawing on financial knowledge.