Course Overview
Our Bachelor of Business Administration degrees are four-year integrated programmes, where you spend two years in Lancaster and two overseas. You will emerge from your degree equipped with sound professional and technical knowledge of management disciplines combined with practical managerial skills and experience. You will also have an informed insight into the culture and customs of other countries, as well as fluency in at least one other European language.
You start your degree at Lancaster, studying subjects such as Introduction to Management; Introduction to Financial Accounting for Managers; and Introduction to Operations Management.
In your second year, you'll follow modules including Introduction to Finance; Management Accounting for Business Decisions, and Management and Consulting: Practice and Technique. In both years you must also choose an appropriate language course within the Department of European Languages and Cultures. Over the course of the first two years, we encourage all students to undertake an approved work placement of approximately ten weeks during the summer vacation.
You spend your third and final years abroad. You will study at one of our leading partner universities: CESEM in Reims, France; ESB in Reutlingen, Germany; UCSC in Piacenza, Italy; ICADE in Madrid, Spain or NEU in Boston, USA. You transfer to the partner university at the beginning of your third year and take courses such as Managerial Economics and Introduction to Operations Management. You will also undertake a six-month work placement in the country where you're studying, typically starting in the middle of your third year. In your final year, you can follow courses such as Strategic Management; Strategic Management 'Airline', and Ethical Responsibility in Business.
At the end of the four years, you will be awarded two degrees: BBA Hons from Lancaster and the corresponding degree of the partner university.
Related Courses
- Management and Information Technology (4 years including placement) : BSc Hons
- Business Studies : BSc Hons
- Business Studies (Study Abroad) : BSc Hons
- Entrepreneurship (with Management) : BA Hons
- Business Analytics and Consultancy (Industrial Placement) : BSc Hons
- Business Analytics and Consultancy (Study Abroad) : BSc Hons
- Management : BBA Hons
- Management (Study Abroad) : BBA Hons
- European-American Management : BBA Hons
- Business Analytics and Consultancy : BSc Hons
- European Management (French) : BBA Hons
- European Management (German) : BBA Hons
- European Management (Italian) : BBA Hons
- European Management (Spanish) : BBA Hons
- Management Studies and European Languages : BA Hons
Modules
Part I (year 1)
- Introduction to Management
- Statistics and Computing
- Introduction to Financial Accounting for Managers
- Introduction to Operations Management
- Principles of Economics
- Introduction to Marketing
- Preparation for Placement
Part II (year 2)
- Introduction to Finance
- Management Accounting
- Statistical Methods for Business
- Business Ethics
- Management & Consultancy
- Marketing Fundamentals
- Marketing Management Essentials
- Introduction to Economics for Managers
- Further Topics in Economics for Managers
- Modern Political Thought
- International Relations and Security
- Politics of Development
- The UK- State, Politics and Policy
- Politics of the EU
- Comparative Politics of the Asia Pacific and the Middle East
Part II (year 3 and 4) - at the Partner Institution
- Industrial Placement
- Subject Specialisms
- Cultural Aspects of International Business
- Executing Global Strategy
- Management Information Systems
- Open Electives
- Professional Development Co-op
- Advanced Writing
Entry Criteria
A-level: Normally AAB.
General Studies: Accepted as one of 3 A-levels
Preference: Three A-levels
Key skills: Not included in offer
GCSE: Grade B in Maths and English Language; evidence required of good language learning ability
Scottish Highers: ABBBB
Irish Leaving Cert: Offers will be made on the basis of 5 or 6 Higher level subjects. Please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office (01524 592028) for further information
International Bacc: 35 pts overall with 16 pts from best three HL courses
BTEC: Overall grades of DDM/DDD
Mature students: Applications welcome. Please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office (01524 592028) for further information
IELTS: 6.5
Careers
All of these degrees offer remarkable prospects for graduating students. The international experience in both work and study, together with language and cultural competencies, take our graduates to highly valued positions in the corporate world.
Recent graduates have started their careers in various roles, from market research and financial analysis and management to communications and consultancy. They are working with leading global brands such as Aston Martin, Centrica, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, General Electric, McKinsey & Co and Neilson. Some have stayed in France and Germany to continue their studies or take up employment.
Lancaster University is dedicated to ensuring you not only gain a highly reputable degree, but that you also graduate with relevant life and work based skills. We are unique in that every student is eligible to participate in The Lancaster Award which offers you the opportunity to complete key activities such as work experience, employability/career development, campus community and social development. Visit our Employability section for full details.
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Funding
Lancaster University has committed £2.7m in scholarships and bursaries to help with your fees and living costs. Our financial support depends on your circumstances and how well you do in your A-levels (or equivalent academic qualifications) before starting study with us.
Lancaster University's priority is to support every student to make the most of their life and education. For students starting their study with us in 2014, over 600 each year will be entitled to bursaries and/or scholarships to help them with the cost of fees and/or living expenses. For UK students entering in 2014 we will have the following financial support available:
- An Academic Scholarship of £2,000 for the first year of study to any student from the UK entering with A*, A*, A or equivalent academic qualifications
- An Access Scholarship of £1,000 per year for all UK students from households with an income of less than £42,600 who achieve grades of A*, A, A or the equivalent academic qualifications
- A Lancaster Bursary of £1,000 per annum for all students from England with a household income of more than £25,000 but less than £42,600
- As part of the National Scholarship Programme, a £1,000 Bursary, a £1,000 Fee Waiver and a £1,000 Accommodation Discount in the first year of study, for students from England with a household income of less than £25,000. Plus a Lancaster Bursary of £1,000 in subsequent years.
*All of the financial awards above are subject to approval by the Office for Fair Access July 2013.
For full details of the University's financial support packages including eligibility criteria, please visit our fees and funding page