Cardiff Business School Undergraduate Degree Programmes Entry 2016
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Q You’ll be part of a Russell Group university Q You’ll benefit from outstanding teaching in – one of the UK's world-class universities. a research-led environment – Cardiff is ranked in the UK’s top 5 universities for Q You can choose from more than 300 research quality. degree programmes. The Cardiff University degree is known and respected worldwide Q Staff include a Nobel Laureate and with a substantial number accredited by numerous Fellows of the Royal Society the professions and other external bodies. and other prestigious institutions. in an outstanding city . . .
Q You’ll live in a friendly, compact and safe Q Your money will go further at Cardiff with city with all your study, living and leisure capital city attractions at provincial prices needs within walking distance. – including one of the lowest average costs of living for university cities. 1 with able and motivated students . . .
Q You’ll be at a first choice university where Q You’ll be at an international university with demand for places is strong. students from more than 100 countries.
Q You'll be studying in an environment with able and motivated students who have high grades at A-level or equivalent. who have excellent career prospects.
Q You can be confident of your future Q You’ll be in demand – Cardiff is among the prospects – typically, 95% of our students top 25 universities targeted by employers were employed or had entered further seeking high calibre graduates. 3 study within six months of completing their studies. 2
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Welcome Contents
Cardiff Business School is committed to Cardiff: A capital city 4 making sure our students have the very Cardiff: A leading university 6 Living in Cardiff 8 best experience when they come to Student Life 8 study with us. Studying at Cardiff Business School 10 Our Degree Programmes 12 • Accounting and Finance 13 • Business 20 • Economics 28 Joint Honours Degree Programmes 37 Degree Programmes with a European Language 38 Careers and Employability 38 Innovative Opportunities at Cardiff 39 Admissions 40
We want to help you fulfil your ambitions and Our support and interest doesn’t wane when leave the University fully equipped to achieve you graduate. After leaving us, you This brochure will provide you with more success in your chosen field. If you join us automatically become a part of our thriving details of our programmes. We hope that you will benefit from research and teaching of alumni network which gives you the they will give you more than just a flavour of what we have to offer you. However, we the highest standard and access to world opportunity to keep in touch with peers, are always ready to answer any questions leading academics who are innovators in their academics and colleagues. you may have, by telephone or email, or disciplines. We, at Cardiff University’s School of when you come to Cardiff to visit. You will We have an international reputation for Business, are committed to ensuring that our find appropriate contacts at the end of this brochure. excellence, recognised by professional students have the very best experience when bodies, global companies and government they come to study with us and that their research exercises for our quality of research, experiences here help prepare and propel teaching and environment. This sets our them to future success. students apart and gives them a competitive I hope to be able to welcome you to the Important information. advantage in a crowded jobs market. School in the near future but for now let me Please read carefully. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework wish you every success in your studies. The University offers the information we were ranked 6th in the UK for the quality contained in this brochure as a guide of our research and joint first for research only. It does not constitute a contract environment. With this result we became one and is not binding on prospective students, current students or the of only two business schools in the UK to be University. While the University makes ranked in the top ten in each of the every effort to check the accuracy of the Government’s five assessment exercises factual content at the time of since 1992. This consistency is one hallmark publication, some changes will inevitably of excellence, another is our accreditation occur in the interval between publication from the Association to Advance Collegiate and the academic year to which the Schools of Business (AACSB international). brochure relates (Entry 2015). For example, degree programmes may have Exposure to cutting-edge research, changed in line with market and student unparalleled critical business thinking and demand, and research development. access to some of the world’s foremost Applicants should not, therefore, rely experts is par for the course as a student at solely on this brochure and should visit Cardiff Business School. You will also be Professor Martin Kitchener the website for up-to-date information supported in countless other ways and Dean concerning course content, benefit from outstanding student support accreditation, and entry requirements from day one. We think this is an important for the relevant academic year when element in ensuring your time with us is considering applying to the University. rewarding and enjoyable, setting you up to achieve your ambitions. CARBSUG158000 4 Cardiff: A capital city
Cardiff: A capital city
“Cardiff is a popular student city, relatively inexpensive and with a good range of nightlife and cultural venues.” Times Good University Guide 2014
The University is alongside attractive parkland and is adjacent to Cardiff Castle and the city centre Cardiff: A capital city 5
More online at: www.visitcardiff.com www.cardiff.ac.uk www.cardiff.gov.uk
Cardiff is a thriving and attractive city which is widely recognised as an outstanding place in which to live and study. It combines all the advantages of a compact, friendly and inexpensive location with the cultural and recreational facilities of a modern capital city.
Cardiff offers everything from the excitement Sant retail centre standing alongside of the city to the peace and tranquillity of the pedestrianised shopping streets, indoor and Don’t just take our nearby coast and countryside. With its outdoor markets, and a fascinating network distinctive character, good quality of life, and of glass-canopied Victorian and Edwardian word for it… growing national and international reputation, arcades. it hosts many high-profile cultural and “Modern Cardiff combines the Cardiff also has more urban green space than sporting events, including international rugby, best of the old and the new .. .it any other UK city, and offers easy access to soccer, cricket and motor sport. has a relatively small population the countryside, coast and mountains. When it comes to entertainment, Cardiff is and is fairly inexpensive to live Lively, elegant, confident, cosmopolitan and well-equipped to satisfy student needs. There in. Close to the campus, the city ambitious are all words readily used to is a multitude of cafes, pubs and nightclubs. centre has an array of shops describe modern-day Cardiff. Together, the The City is home to the world-renowned city and the University provide students with and entertainment options to Welsh National Opera, it boasts prestigious the ‘Cardiff Experience’, a lifestyle our cater to all tastes and budgets.” concert venues such as the Wales students remember long after graduation. Millennium Centre, St David’s Hall and the The Telegraph Guide to UK Motorpoint Arena, as well as the iconic Universities Millennium Stadium, the National Museum and Gallery of Wales, several theatres and the historic Cardiff Castle. Cardiff is the location for award-winning Come and see for television productions, including Dr Who, Sherlock, Torchwood and Casualty, and the yourself… Dr Who Experience in Cardiff Bay is a popular Cardiff benefits from excellent new attraction. road and rail links with Britain’s The city is one of the UK’s best shopping The Millennium Stadium nestles in the heart of other major towns and cities. destinations, a status enhanced by the the city, and is home to numerous sporting events and concerts throughout the year London, for example, is two opening of the £750 million St David’s Dewi hours by train, and the M4 links both the west and south of England, as well as west Wales. Travel to the Midlands and to the North is equally convenient. The journey by road from Birmingham, for example, takes only two hours. The main coach and railway stations are both centrally placed, and Cardiff also benefits from an international airport.
Cardiff is one of the UK’s most successful retail centres Cardiff Bay, the city’s waterfront 6 Cardiff: A leading university
Cardiff: A leading university
“Cardiff University is one of Britain’s leading teaching and research universities.” Telegraph Guide to UK Universities 2014 Cardiff: A leading university 7
More online at: www.cardiff.ac.uk
Cardiff University has an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research, built on a history of service and achievement since 1883, and recognised by our membership of the Russell Group of leading research-led universities.
With attractive and compact campuses, approximately one mile away, which is also excellent student accommodation, and a home to the University Hospital of Wales. hugely popular Students’ Union, all within Although dating from 1883, Cardiff is easy walking distance of each other in a focused on the 21st century, and has thriving city, it is not surprising that Cardiff is modern state-of-the-art buildings and a university of first choice among well- facilities. The University has invested prepared applicants. substantially in its estate in recent years We admit approximately 5,000 undergraduate and most academic schools have benefited entrants each year, the majority of whom are from major refurbishment, including new and school and college leavers, and have high well-equipped laboratories, lecture theatres, grades at A-level or equivalent. While libraries and computing facilities. competition for entry is strong, Cardiff is an International opportunities are available via our inclusive university with a good record on Global Opportunity Centre. These include What the Guides say widening participation and fair access, and we study, work and volunteering placements in 27 welcome applications, irrespective of EU countries as well as international exchange “[Cardiff] University is background, from everyone with the potential opportunities. All students also have the the acknowledged leader to succeed at Cardiff University. opportunity to study a language in addition to of higher education The University’s Cathays Park campus is their degree through the University’s located in and around the impressive Languages For All programme. in Wales. It is the Portland stone buildings, parks and wide tree- The University takes its environmental, safety Principality’s only lined avenues that form Cardiff’s attractive and security responsibilities very seriously. member of the Russell civic centre. The majority of academic It has comprehensive policies in place which schools are located here - just a few minutes’ are making great savings in energy Group of research-led walk from the city centre. The three consumption and, to support the safety and universities and has two academic schools offering healthcare courses security of all members of the University (excluding Optometry and Pharmacy) are community and their property, there is 24- hour Nobel Laureates on its based at the Heath Park campus, security cover throughout the campus. staff. It is our 2014 Best Welsh University.” Times Good University Guide 2014 “The University is as confident and forward- looking as the city it’s located in, and has an excellent reputation for the quality of its teaching and research. Almost 60% of its research is ranked as world leading and it is a member of the Russell Group of leading universities.” Guardian University Guide 2013 8 Living in Cardiff
Living in Cardiff
As a fast developing capital city, Cardiff is a great place to be a student. It’s large enough to offer you an exciting variety of activities and entertainment, but small enough for you to feel comfortable in. Accommodation University property, the Residences Office maintains close links with the private sector Cardiff offers guaranteed University and provides assistance to students seeking accommodation, good quality and value, and to rent or share houses or flats. a range of residences to suit individual preferences and budgets. Student Life All first year undergraduates who apply during The Students’ Union the normal UCAS admissions cycle (ie come Cardiff Students’ Union is one of the biggest, to Cardiff as a firm or insurance applicant) best and most active in Britain. The Union are guaranteed a single occupancy place in recently opened a new venue called Y Plas University residences during the first year of which at night becomes a nightclub. study. Please see our website for full details: Hosting live music, club nights, stand-up www.cardiff.ac.uk/residences comedy, fashion shows and awards ceremonies, there’s lots to keep you The University is continually investing in its All study bedrooms in the halls of residence student residences, and the views of students entertained from your first day to your last. have computer network connection points and access to WiFi are taken into account at the design stage. Other facilities include a new food court, a Unusually for a civic university, most of our bank, a print shop, a hair salon and a residences are within easy walking distance of bookshop. The Lounge offers IT and Skyping lecture theatres, libraries, laboratories, the facilities, meeting rooms and a “chillout” area, Students’ Union and city centre. as well as snooker tables and multi-faith prayer There are 15 different residences, providing room. The Union also has its own letting more than 5,500 study bedrooms and agency and an Advice and Representation students can apply for the residences which centre. In addition, it is home to CU TV and best suit their preferences, interests and Xpress Radio (the students’ own TV and radio budgets. Some 70% have en-suite shower stations) and more than 200 cultural, political, and toilet facilities and all halls of residence religious, social, sporting societies and clubs. have computer network connection points and access to Wi-Fi. Jobshop Fees depend on the facilities included and Jobshop is the Union’s own student whether catered, part-catered or self-catered, employment service and provides casual, but prices compare very favourably with those clerical and catering jobs around the University to hundreds of students. The Fitness and Squash Centre is located at of other UK universities. Besides managing the heart of the main campus
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P What the Guides say P P “A place in one of the University’s 5,300 single 126 study bedrooms is 123 1 guaranteed to all first year 135 undergraduates applying 141 through the normal UCAS admissions cycle. ” Guardian University Guide 2014 Key 121 134 “The cost of living for 130 a student in Cardiff is I Cardiff Business School generally lower than I University Buildings elsewhere in the UK.” I Student Residences 128 The Independent A-Z University Guide 2014 “The Union offers an exciting entertainment How to find the School programme, a Cardiff Business School is located at the northern end of comprehensive range of the Cathays Park Campus, within walking distance of the student support services city centre. and 150 clubs and societies.” The School is a short walk from Cathays railway station and is easily accessible from many of the University’s Halls The Complete University Guide 2014 of Residence. 10 Studying at Cardiff Business School
Studying at Cardiff Business School
The School boasts first-rate facilities for students and has recently opened a new £13.5 million business building – a great place to study and socialise.
It includes two marquee auditoria; amongst Careers and Employability newspapers, providing the most recent the first in the University to feature lecture Centre updates in business thinking. You can also capture facilities, multiple flexible seminar use Cardiff University’s 14 other libraries. Our Careers and Employability Centre has two rooms designed for small class teaching and specialist careers consultants who work with Cardiff University’s libraries are fully group working, student common rooms and Business School students. They will provide computerised, with 24-hour facilities at some the 60-seat Trading Room. This industry you with everything you need to find your locations. A virtual librarian service is also standard, state-of-the-art facility offers ideal career. This is a dedicated service for available if you need help but don’t want to Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg platforms Business School students only. go in to the library. to simulate the real world trading floor environment. Careers Advisors offer counselling sessions in which you can get advice on career decision Online Access The Aberconway Building making, graduate recruitment opportunities, Electronic resources such as business the application process, CV writing, interview information, census records, scientific data The Aberconway and Julian Hodge Buildings preparations and assessment centres. They and the full text of newspapers and other offer lecture theatres, seminar rooms, coffee also are well connected to industry through publications are available to our students. shops and the Aberconway Library. School relationships and can help facilitate Learning Central, our online study resource, The Aberconway Building also houses the work experience and internship programmes. also provides students with access to lecture Business School’s academic staff and the notes, reading lists, discussion boards, study Undergraduate Office, where staff are on materials and lecture recordings. hand to help with any queries that you might The Aberconway Library have. We also have an onsite Student The Aberconway Library holds multiple copies Support Office, with staff who will help you of key textbooks and over 60,000 books. with issues such as finance, accommodation It subscribes to over 1800 national and and personal welfare advice. international journals, ebooks and Studying at Cardiff Business School 11
More online at: www.business.cardiff.ac.uk
Computing Accredited by AACSB Why Cardiff Business The Julian Hodge Building offers a 24-hour International School? resource centre with 260 networked Cardiff Business School is amongst the 5% of computers. Your user name and password business schools worldwide that are Q We are accredited by the will allow you to log in to University facilities accredited by the Association to Advance Association to Advance including a large number of software Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB Collegiate Schools of Business packages, spreadsheets, statistical packages, International). Only six UK Russell Group (AACSB International), a databases, word processing and graphics universities have been awarded AACSB leading hallmark of business packages. Help, advice and training are accreditation. school excellence. available for students from the University’s Computing Centre. What does AACSB Accreditation Q We are ranked 6th in the UK mean for me? for the quality of our research, Our Alumni network Q AACSB is the largest and longest standing according to the 2014 accreditation agency for business schools Cardiff Business School has an active alumni Research Excellence in the world. network with a number of chapters located in Framework (REF). major cities across the globe. The Cardiff Q Accreditation means that a panel of Q We are internationally focused, Business School Alumni Network exists to experts considers Cardiff to be an keep you connected to the School after you excellent business school. with staff, students and alumni graduate – it’ll come quicker than you think! Q AACSB has thoroughly inspected the from over 120 countries. Membership of the alumni Network is free business school, giving you assurance that Q There are excellent onsite and open to all former students of Cardiff it offers an excellent education facilities including an industry- Business School – we currently have over experience. standard Trading Room and 25,000 alumni worldwide in more than 140 Q AACSB is widely recognised by employers countries. Your relationship with us does not Careers and Employability as a hallmark of business school Centre. end when you graduate; becoming a member excellence. It shows that you have of the alumni network is the next step in your attended a leading business school, have Q Our students go on to work at University experience. gained excellent knowledge of theory and leading international blue-chip practice, and are ready to enter the global firms, including KPMG, PWC, business environment. Unilever, Amazon, Deloitte and Q Accreditation shows that Cardiff Business HSBC. School is dedicated to excellence. Every five years, the School will be reassessed to ensure that the AACSB’s rigorous standards are being met. 12 Our Degree Programmes
Our Degree Programmes
The wide range of module subjects in each degree programme allows you, in effect, to tailor your degree as it progresses, to suit your own specific interests and career ambitions. The Business School offers vocationally relevant degree programmes which include a well-balanced mixture of theory and practice.
Structure Each year is divided into an autumn and spring semester, and has a modular structure. Modules may be single (10 credit modules taught and examined in one semester) or double (20 credit modules taught and examined over two semesters). The details that follow represent the overall pattern and range of options on each of the degree programmes that the Business School has to offer. At the start of each year you will be given a more comprehensive guide containing further details on module aims, learning outcomes, methods of assessment and module syllabuses for all undergraduate degree programmes. Types of Degree The undergraduate degree programmes offered by Cardiff Business School are of four For some degree programmes, all of the Year Prizes for Academic types: 1 modules are considered essential so that Achievement Q Three-Year Single Honours degree the entire year is made up of core modules. The Business School is fortunate in being programmes. Optional Modules able to offer a number of prizes to high Q Four-Year Single Honours degree achieving students. These awards totalled programmes with a language. The remaining modules are chosen from the over £20,000 in the last academic year and optional modules listed for each degree Q Three-Year Joint Honours degree are presented by the Vice-Chancellor at an programmes. programme. The number of optional modules annual ceremony. We hope that these prizes you may choose will vary according to the will provide you with an incentive to do well in Q Four-Year Joint Honours degree number of core modules which you must programmes with a language. your studies and are a just reward for your follow. Full details of the programme efforts. These prizes are funded by In the third year of degree programmes structures for all the undergraduate degree companies such as the Julian Hodge Bank, involving a language, students will study at an programmes in the Business School are given PwC and ACCA amongst others and illustrate overseas educational institution where the in this brochure. the high regard that our students are held in pattern of study may be slightly different. Methods of Assessment by their prospective employers. Changing Degree Programmes The methods of assessment for modules It is often possible for students to switch vary. At enrolment, you will be given full between the Business School degrees within details of the methods of assessment the first three weeks of starting in your first employed and the weightings given to each Academically, Cardiff year. There is also some degree of flexibility component of your particular degree University provides a wonderful at the end of the first year and students may programme. Assessment will normally include teaching environment with be allowed to change degree programme written examinations and coursework, which excellent teaching staff and within the Business School at this time. may encompass essays, project work, case services. In terms of social life, studies and multiple choice. Core Modules Cardiff as a city is diverse in so many ways, catering to a variety For each of the degree programmes, there Interruption of Study Sourced are certain ‘core’ modules which must be If students have the opportunity for a years of tastes. In short Cardiff can be taken by all students following that particular work experience then they can take what is described as a student city. degree programme. known as an ‘interruption of study’. Himdat Bayusuf, Economics Studying Accounting & Finance at Cardiff 13
More online at: Studying Accounting & www.business.cardiff.ac.uk Finance at Cardiff
UCAS Careers Page Code Title Demand for our graduates is high which 14 N400 BSc Accounting reflects our reputation as a first class business school. 15 N490 BSc Accounting and Finance Recent employers and typical job titles 16 N410 BSc Accounting with a European Language (4 year course) include: 17 LN14 BSc Econ Accounting and Economics (Joint Honours) PwC: Associate in Insurance 18 NN24 BSc Econ Accounting and Management (Joint Honours) Ernst & Young: Accounting Associate KPMG: Audit Trainee 19 NN23 BSc Finance and Management (Joint Honours) Grant Thornton: Business Risk Associate BDO Stoy Hayward: Trainee Accountant Corus: Finance Graduate Why Study One of These Work placements Deloitte: Audit Trainee Programmes? Cardiff is one of only three universities in the Lloyds’ Register: Finance Graduate UK which participates in the ICAEW Q Additional ICAEW credits for prior learning Trainee Undergraduate Partnership Programme, Q Programmes accredited by ICAEW, CIMA (UPP). Under the programme students Orange: Finance Graduate Trainee and ACCA enrolled on the BSc Accounting or the BSc RSM Bentley Jennison: Internal Audit Q Opportunity for paid work experience. Accounting and Finance degrees, who Assistant achieve a specified level of attainment in At Cardiff you will have the opportunity to Marks & Spencer: Commercial Manager their first year, are eligible to apply for a year pursue a challenging and stimulating working in industry as part of their studies. Asda Walmart: Graduate Finance combination of applied and academic study Trainee of accountancy and finance. Many of our The UPP offers undergraduate students the staff are leading international experts in their opportunity to gain a year’s work experience fields of research and a significant number in a professional accountancy firm or similar are qualified accountants with many years of business environment as part of their degree, qualification. Students will subsequently be professional experience. which becomes a four year programme. able to qualify as a chartered accountant in This salaried placement, which will take place two years post-graduation, rather than the A number of classes are taught by practising during the third year of study, will also be customary three years. accountants currently working for global firms classed as the first year of an ICAEW training such as PwC, KPMG and Grant Thornton. The UPP provides students with an excellent contract. This gives students the opportunity Each year we organise a range of skills-based opportunity to develop their professional skills to commence the ACA qualification, the workshops in partnership with the large and gain valuable work experience whilst premier professional accountancy accounting firms and the professional studying for a degree. Eligible students will accounting bodies. apply for the work placements which will be awarded through a competitive interview process.
Credit for prior learning Studying for an accounting-related degree at Cardiff Business School offers the opportunity for exemptions or credit for prior learning from the professional examinations that are a requirement to qualify as a member of one of the professional accounting bodies. We are accredited by ICAEW, CIMA and ACCA as well as offering modules that will provide exemptions from other organisations such as ICAS, ICAI and CIPFA. We also support students studying for the Certificate in Finance, Accounting and Business which is awarded by the ICAEW. This is a gateway to chartered accountancy (ACA) as well as being a standalone qualification. 14 BSc Accounting
BSc Accounting
This university degree programme has been traditionally popular. Students are invariably attracted to the diverse and rewarding career opportunities.
A large number of our students progress to a career in accountancy with the accredited degree programme offered at Cardiff Business School. The first year modules provide an introduction to financial and management accounting and finance together with a wide range of other business related subjects including economics, management, applied statistics and mathematics, law and marketing. In the second and third year, students take a number of core modules that provide them with a sound theoretical knowledge and understanding of professional procedures together with an awareness of current One compulsory double module in the In the spring semester: developments in accounting. Students then Autumn Semester: Q Corporate Governance and Accountability choose from a range of options in specialised Q Introduction to Financial and Q Public Sector Accounting aspects of national or international Management Accounting Q The Accounting Profession accounting, law, and areas of management Three compulsory single modules in the Group 2 and marketing, to tailor their modules to suit Spring Semester: their career aspirations. Dissertation, plus a choice of two modules Q Introduction to Finance per semester from: Year 1 – Requirements Q Principles of Marketing & Strategy In the autumn semester: Three compulsory double modules: Q Fundamentals of Financial Reporting Q Development of Accounting Q Applied Statistics and Mathematics in Q International Accounting Economics and Business Year 2 – Requirements Q Analysis of Financial Reporting Five compulsory double modules: Q Introduction to Economics Information Auditing and Assurance Q Legal Studies Q In the spring semester: Q Management Accounting Corporate Governance and Accountability One compulsory single module in the Q Q Business Finance Autumn Semester: Q Public Sector Accounting Q Taxation Q Principles of Business Management Q The Accounting Profession Q Corporate Reporting and one double module from: Q Inferential Statistics, Statistical Modelling The BSc Accounting degree and Survey Methods programme offers students the Q Law of Commerce, Banking and opportunity to study in depth, Investment both the practical and Q Business, Government and Society theoretical aspects of Q Marketing and Strategy Accounting, whilst offering variety through a number of Year 3 – Requirements Three compulsory double modules: options from outside the Further Information Accounting discipline. The Q Business Finance teaching staff are fantastic; I Q Advanced Corporate Reporting BSc Accounting have no doubt that the excellent Q Management Accounting and Control (Single Honours) standard of teaching I have and three single modules per semester from: UCAS Code: N400 BSc/Ac received has helped me secure Group 1 Typical Offer: AAB an undergraduate internship In the autumn semester: Admissions Tutor: Patrick Wylie within the Big Four accountancy Q Development of Accounting Tel: 029 2087 5755 firms. Q International Accounting Fax: 029 2087 5666 Dominic Franiel Q Analysis of Financial Reporting Email: [email protected] Information BSc Accounting and Finance 15
More online at: www.business.cardiff.ac.uk BSc Accounting and Finance
The Accounting and Finance degree programme shares a common first year syllabus with the BSc Accounting degree programme, providing essential grounding in a range of business related areas including statistics, economics, law, marketing and management.
The second and third years of the programme combine the study of the core areas of financial accounting, business finance and management accounting with a diverse range of specialist finance topics. Final year students in particular have the opportunity to select areas of relevance and benefit to their career interests. Graduates of this versatile degree programme will be equally prepared for a career within the accounting profession or within the financial services sector, including corporate finance, financial consultancy, investment and retail banking, insurance and share dealing. Year 1 – Requirements Three compulsory double modules: Q Applied Statistics and Mathematics in Economics and Business Q Introduction to Economics Q Legal Studies One compulsory single module in the Autumn Semester: Q Principles of Business Management Or one single module per semester One compulsory double module in the Year 2 – Requirements Autumn Semester: 1 single module from: Autumn Semester: Four compulsory double modules: Q Development of Accounting Q Introduction to Financial and Q Business Finance Management Accounting Q Corporate Reporting Q International Accounting Q Financial Markets and Institutions Q Analysis of Financial Reporting Three compulsory single modules in the Management Accounting Information Spring Semester: Q Q Exploratory Data Analysis Q Introduction to Finance and two double modules from: Spring Semester: 1 single module from: Q Principles of Marketing & Strategy Q Auditing and Assurance Corporate Governance and Accountability Q Fundamentals of Financial Reporting Q Taxation Q Q Inferential Statistics, Statistical Modelling Q Public Sector Accounting and Survey Methods Q The Accounting Profession The main reason I decided to Q Law of Commerce, Banking and Q Modelling in Management Science study at Cardiff was because of Investment the excellent teaching quality of Further Information its Accounting degree as well as Year 3 – Requirements its reputation for being one of Four compulsory modules: BSc Accounting and Finance (Single Honours) the UK’s premier business Q Business Finance schools. Also the course itself Q Advanced Corporate Reporting UCAS Code: N490 BSc/AccF has a very professional outlook Q International Corporate Finance Typical Offer: AAB and offers accreditation from all Q Management Accounting and Control Admissions Tutor: Louise Macniven the major UK professional Tel: 029 2087 5755 Plus one compulsory module per semester: accounting bodies. Fax: 029 2087 5666 Q Dissertation Yugnesh Patel Email: [email protected] 16 BSc Accounting with a European Language BSc Accounting with a European Language
The degree in Accounting with a European Language combines the main elements of an Accounting degree with French, German or Spanish.
The first year provides the essential Two compulsory single modules in the Year 4 – Requirements accounting and related modules that form Autumn Semester: Four compulsory double modules: the basis of a degree in Accounting together Q Principles of Business Management Q Business Finance with one module in the chosen language. Q Statistical Analysis Advanced Corporate Reporting Year 2 covers core elements of Accounting, Q but gives equal weight to the study of the Four compulsory single modules in the Q Management Accounting and Control language element. The study of translation Spring Semester: Q Language skills for professionals Introduction to Finance and oral skills provides an ideal preparation Q and two single modules per semester from for the third year which is spent abroad. Introduction to Legal Studies Q Group 1 Principles of Marketing and Strategy During their year at a University abroad, Q In the autumn semester: Q Fundamentals of Financial Reporting students will be taught in the language they Q Development of Accounting are studying as part of their degree. In the One compulsory double module: Q International Accounting fourth year, when they return to Cardiff, Q Introduction to Economics Analysis of Financial Reporting students will concentrate on Accounting Q Information modules, while taking one module in their One compulsory double module: In the spring semester: chosen language to retain the competency Q Vocational Language Skills I which they have acquired during the year Q Corporate Governance and Accountability abroad. In addition to taking the core Year 2 – Requirements Q Public Sector Accounting modules, students have the opportunity to Five compulsory double modules: Q The Accounting Profession choose modules in areas where they have a Q Business Finance Group 2 particular interest, such as public sector Management Accounting Dissertation, plus a choice of one module per accounting, international accounting or Q semester from: international business and marketing. Q Business Language Q Vocational Language Skills II In the autumn semester: Overall, the Accounting with a European Q Corporate Reporting Q Development of Accounting Language degree prepares students for Q International Accounting careers in Accounting with the added and one compulsory single module in each Analysis of Financial Reporting advantage of an ability to work in another semester. Q Information European language, as well as in English. Autumn: In the spring semester: For more information about studying degrees Q Business Correspondence with a European language, please refer to Corporate Governance and Accountability Spring: Q page 38. Public Sector Accounting Q Oral Comprehension and Expression Q Year 1 – Requirements Q The Accounting Profession Year 3 – Requirements One compulsory double module in the Autumn Semester: Follow Accounting Modules in a European University Q Introduction to Financial and Management Accounting Appropriate Year 2 level modules as available in the host University. Further Information BSc Accounting with a European Language (Single Honours) UCAS Code: BSc in Accounting with a European Language (French) - N410 BSc in Accounting with a European Language (German) - N4R2 BSc in Accounting with a European Language (Spanish) - N4R4 Typical Offer: AAB to include B in the relevant modern language Admissions Tutor: Patrick Wylie Tel: 029 2087 5755 Fax: 029 2087 5666 Email: [email protected] BSc Econ Accounting and Economics (Joint Honours) 17
More online at: BSc Econ Accounting www.business.cardiff.ac.uk and Economics (Joint Honours)
The Joint Honours degree programme Accounting and Economics offers students the opportunity to study the main elements of each of the two disciplines.
Throughout the three years of the degree, equal weighting is given to each subject, and the use of core modules ensures that students have received an appropriate grounding in each. Throughout the programme of study the Accounting element is taught entirely through core modules, while the Economics element offers the opportunity to select modules from the Banking and Finance area, Business Economics, or Economics, according to the particular interests of the student. Year 1 – Requirements One compulsory double module: Q Applied Statistics and Mathematics in Economics and Business Two compulsory double modules in the Autumn semester: Q Microeconomics Q Introduction to Financial and Management Accounting One compulsory single module in the Autumn semester: Q Principles of Business Management One compulsory double module in the Spring semester: Group 3 Q Macroeconomics Year 3 – Requirements Three compulsory double modules: Two compulsory double modules: Two compulsory single modules in the Spring Business Finance Q Macroeconomic Analysis semester: Q Q Management Accounting and Control Q Microeconomic Analysis Q Introduction to Finance Q Advanced Corporate Reporting Q Fundamentals of Financial Reporting and one double module from: plus modules from one of the following Q Labour Economics One further single module in the Spring groups: International Trade semester from: Q Group 1 Q The Economics of Development Q Introduction to Legal Studies Three double modules from: Q Econometrics Q Principles of Marketing and Strategy Q Economics of Banking Q International Economic History Year 2 – Requirements Q Financial Economics Five compulsory double modules: Q International Finance Q Business Finance Group 2 Q Management Accounting Three double modules from: Further Information Q Corporate Reporting Q Applied Macroeconomics and Finance Q Microeconomic Theory Q Business Applications BScEcon Accounting and Q Introductory Econometrics Q Industrial Economics Economics (Single Honours) Plus one module from: Q Modern Business Enterprise UCAS Code: LN14 BScEcon/AE Q Managerial Economics Typical Offer: AAB Q Macroeconomic Theory Admissions Tutor: Patrick Wylie Q Money, Banking and Finance Tel: 029 2087 5755 Fax: 029 2087 5666 Email: [email protected] 18 BSc Econ Accounting and Management (Joint Honours) BSc Econ Accounting and Management (Joint Honours)
The Joint Honours degree Accounting and Management offers students the opportunity to combine the main elements of each discipline and to gain a sound knowledge of the core areas of both of these subjects.
Equal weighting is given to each throughout and four compulsory single modules in the and two double modules from: the three years of the degree programme, Spring semester: Q Advertising and Marketing and the use of core modules ensures that Q Introduction to Finance Communications Management students have studied the essential elements Q Introduction to Legal Studies Q Ethics and Morality of Business of each subject. Throughout the programme Q Principles of Marketing and Strategy Q International Business of study the Accounting area is taught Fundamentals of Financial Reporting International Human Resource entirely through core modules, while the Q Q Management Management area offers students the Year 2 – Requirements opportunity to pursue topics which are of Q Marketing Decision Making particular interest to them. Four compulsory double modules: Q Organisational Analysis and Change Q Business Finance Q Work and Employment Year 1 – Requirements Q Management Accounting Two compulsory double modules: Q Corporate Reporting Q Introduction to Economics Q Marketing and Strategy Q People in Organisations and two double modules from: One compulsory module in the Autumn Q Managing People semester: Q Operations Management Further Information Q Introduction to Financial and Q International Management BSc Econ Accounting and Management Accounting Q Organisational Behaviour Management Two compulsory single modules in the (Joint Honours) Year 3 – Requirements Autumn semester: UCAS Code: NN24 BScEcon/AM Four compulsory double modules: Q Principles of Business Management Typical Offer: AAB Business Finance Q Statistical Analysis Q Admissions Tutor: Patrick Wylie Advanced Corporate Reporting Q Tel: 029 2087 5755 Management Accounting and Control Q Fax: 029 2087 5666 Strategic Management Q Email: [email protected] BSc Finance and Management (Joint Honours) 19
More online at: BSc Finance and www.business.cardiff.ac.uk Management (Joint Honours)
The Joint Honours degree in Finance and Management offers students the opportunity to combine the main elements of each of the two disciplines.
Throughout the three years of the degree, Q Introduction to Finance Spring: equal weighting is given to each subject and Q Principles of Marketing and Strategy Q Security Analysis and Portfolio the use of core modules ensures that Q Fundamentals of Financial Reporting Management students have received an appropriate plus two double modules from: grounding in each. The Finance element is Year 2 – Requirements taught entirely through core modules, while Q Advertising and Marketing Four compulsory double modules: the Business Management element offers the Communication Management Business Finance opportunity to select modules from a range of Q Q Ethics and Morality of Business Marketing and Strategy management topics according to the interest Q Q International Human Resource of students. Q Financial Markets and Institutions Management Q Inferential Statistics, Statistical Modelling Q Marketing Decison Making Year 1 – Requirements and Survey Methods Q Organisational Analysis and Change Three compulsory double modules: and two double modules from: Q Advanced Operations Management Applied Statistics and Mathematics in Q Q Managing People Q Services and Relationship Marketing Economics and Business Q Organisational Behaviour Q Introduction to Economics Q International Management Q People in Organisations Q Operations Management Further Information One compulsory double module in the BSc Finance and Management Autumn Semester: Year 3 – Requirements (Joint Honours) Q Introduction to Financial and Three compulsory double modules: UCAS Code: NN23 BSc/BMF Management Accounting Q Business Finance Typical Offer: AAB One compulsory single module in the Autumn Q Strategic Management Admissions Tutor: Patrick Wylie Semester: Q International Corporate Finance Tel: 029 2087 5755 Q Principles of Business Management One compulsory single module per Fax: 029 2087 5666 semester: Three compulsory single modules in the Email: [email protected] Spring Semester: Autumn: Q Financial Derivatives 20 Studying Business at Cardiff
Studying Business at Cardiff
UCAS Page Code Title Careers 21 N201 Business Management Graduates from the School’s business degrees have a broad base of skills 23 NN26 Business Management (Human Resources Management) which equip them for a variety of careers in both the public and private sectors. 24 N202 Business Management (International Management) Graduate destinations include British 25 N291 Business Management (Logistics and Operations) Airways, Proctor and Gamble and BT. The more specialist degree programmes 26 NN25 Business Management (Marketing) have more focussed career pathways. 27 N290 Business Management with a European Language (French) N1R2 Business Management with a European Language (German) N1R4 Business Management with a European Language (Spanish)
Why Study One of These specialise in areas they find interesting and Programmes? which reflect their career aspirations. Q Opportunity for paid work placement The School also offers the opportunity to combine the study of Business with German, Q Chance to study abroad French, Spanish or Japanese with a year Cardiff offers a range of programmes for spent abroad at a partner institution. students who want to pursue a career in business and management, reflecting the Flexibility breadth of research expertise of the Business The BSc Business Management three-year School‘s academics and current courses share a first year and there is a developments in the business world. relative amount of flexibility in their structure, Business-related degrees at Cardiff focus on so students may apply to transfer programme developing a solid core of knowledge in the at the end of their first year if they discover a area of business management. Students particular aptitude for a specialism during then build on this strong foundation to their studies . Alumni profile Currently Director of Procuring Advantage Ltd, Morag Stuart graduated from Cardiff in 1997 and has since worked for BAE and the Ministry of Justice as well as taking on the prestigious role of Head of Procurement for the London 2012 Olympics. BSc Business Management 21
More online at: www.business.cardiff.ac.uk BSc Business Management
N201 Business Management NN26 Business Management (Human Resources Management) NN25 Business Management (Marketing) N202 Business Management (International Management) N291 Business Management (Logistics and Operations)
The three-year BSc Business Management programmes share a generic first year, during which the students take seven compulsory modules from across the range of business disciplines, in order to obtain a broad understanding of business and management contexts and processes. Subsequent years provide students with the opportunity to specialise in one of four key areas of management or to draw on options from the full range of different management areas. All the programmes are designed as a bridge to careers in business and management. Because these degree programmes form part of a group of courses we advise that you only apply for one in your UCAS application. We pride ourselves on our flexibility and it may be possible to change degree programmes within the Business School at the start of the first year. Similarly, if you wish to change onto another programme within this suite at the end of the first year we typically approve programme transfer requests, subject to the academic requirements of the first year being met.
I chose Cardiff Business School because of its outstanding reputation. My decision was justified, as my course is fantastic, the teaching is of a very high standard and above all, Cardiff is a great place to live. Max Folland
Further Information BSc Business Management (Single Honours) UCAS Code: N201 BSc/BusMgt Typical Offer: AAB Admissions Tutor: Saeed Heravi Tel: 029 2087 5755 Fax: 029 2087 5666 Email: [email protected] 22 BSc Business Management
BSc Business Management
The BSc Business Management programme provides a broad education across the range of business and management subjects.
There is greater scope for students to choose affording students the opportunity to explore Q International Business and Marketing optional modules in this programme and due and evidence the core business management Q Marketing Decision Making to the broad nature of the degree, students disciplines in a real life work setting. Q Services and Relationship Marketing take at least one module in their final year The placement includes: from each of the fields of Human Resource Accounting, Operations and General Management, Marketing, Accounting, Q Placements in organisations such as Management Group Operations and General Management. Admiral, Arriva Trains, Deloitte, HSBC, Q Accounting Theory and Practice Network Rail, Proxima, Welsh Water. Advanced Operations Management Year 1 – Requirements Q Q 5 month placement in second semester Q Entrepreneurship and Small Business Two compulsory double modules: of year 2 Development Organisational Analysis and Change Q Q Credit-bearing experience Q Ethics and Morality of Business Strategic Management Q Q Local business experience Q International Business Logistics and four double modules from the following Q Paid placement (£250/week on average) Q Japanese and Asian Management three groups (one from each group and one Q Practical work-based experience Systems other) Q A contract that can be extended by Q Management and Public Policy in the HRM Group mutual consent European Union Q Strategic Supply Management Q International HRM Year Two – Requirements Q Work and Employment Optional Single Modules: Five compulsory double modules: Marketing Group Q Exploratory Data Analysis Q Managing People Q Advertising and Marketing Q Modelling in Management Science Q Organisational Behaviour Communications Management Q Managerial Accounting and Finance Q International Business and Marketing Q Operations Management Q Marketing Decision Making Q Marketing and Strategy Q Services and Relationship Marketing Our pilot of the work placement and one double module from: Accounting, Operations and has worked extremely well for General Management Group Q Buyer Behaviour both Dalya and HSBC. Q Employment Relations Q Corporate Reporting and Finance At HSBC, Dalya demonstrated Q Managing Public Services Q Advanced Operations Management confidence, professionalism and Q Management Theory and Practice Q Entrepreneurship and Small Business lots of energy. She gained lots of Development Q Business Information Systems experience working as part of Ethics and Morality of Business Q Cross-cultural Management Q the Regional team and was Q International Business Logistics Q Inferential Statistics and Statistical Modelling involved in many events. Q Japanese and Asian Management Systems Q International Management HSBC benefitted from having a Q European Business Environment Q Logistics and Distribution Management bright individual working with Q Strategic Supply Management Q Purchasing and Supply Chain them. They praised her for Management showing lots of initiative and a Optional Single Modules willingness to undertake a vast Q Exploratory Data Analysis Year Three – Requirements number of tasks. Q Modelling in Management Science Two compulsory double modules BSc Business Management with Q Organisational Analysis and Change Integrated Work Placement Q Strategic Management If you achieve a 60% average in your first and four double modules from the following Further Information year you are eligible to apply for our BSc three groups (one from each group and one BSc Business Management Business Management with Integrated Work other) (Joint Honours) Placement. This new programme provides a HRM Group combination of theoretical ideas and practical UCAS Code: NN24 BScEcon/AM Q International HRM techniques which gives a thorough grounding Typical Offer: AAB Q Work and Employment for a variety of careers in a range of Admissions Tutor: Patrick Wylie management functions such as marketing Marketing Group Tel: 029 2087 5755 and human resource management, as well Q Advertising and Marketing Fax: 029 2087 5666 as in general management. The programme Communications Management Email: [email protected] includes a 20-week work placement, BSc Business Management (Human Resources Management) 23
More online at: BSc Business Management www.business.cardiff.ac.uk (Human Resources Management)
The BSc Business Management (Human Resources Management) programme builds on the general foundation of business modules by examining the design and functioning of work and organisations, the regulatory environment and the societal context surrounding the workplace, and the techniques that are used to manage people at work.
Alongside this, the programme covers Q Buyer Behaviour Q Marketing Decision Making strategy, information, finance and Q Cross-cultural Management Q European Business Environment accounting, operations and marketing to Q Operations Management Q Services and Relationship Marketing ensure that students have a general foundation in the business disciplines as well Optional Single Modules: as the HRM specialism. The programme Year 3 – Requirements Q Exploratory Data Analysis reflects the growth of the HR profession and Four compulsory double modules: Q Modelling in Management Science the increased focus on people management Q International Human Resource in many organisations in both the public and Management private sectors. Q Organisational Analysis and Change Year 1 – see page 22 Q Strategic Management Q Work and Employment Further Information Year 2 – Requirements and two double modules from: Compulsory double modules: BSc Business Management Q Advanced Operations Management (Human Resources Management ) Q Marketing and Strategy Advertising and Marketing Q UCAS Code: NN26 BSc/BMHR Q Organisational Behaviour Communications Management Typical Offer: AAB Q Managing People Q Corporate Reporting and Finance Admissions Tutor: Eleri Rosier Q Performance and Financial Management Q Entrepreneurship and Small Business Tel: 029 2087 5755 and one double module from: Development Ethics and Morality of Business Fax: 029 2087 5666 Q Business Information Systems Q Japanese and Asian Management Email: [email protected] Q International Management Q Systems 24 BSc Business Management (International Management) BSc Business Management (International Management)
The BSc Business Management (International Management) programme examines the distinctive processes of management in multinational enterprises and reviews the influence of the international business context on such companies.
This programme also covers regional Year 1 – see page 22 and one double module from: patterns of business activity, with a particular Q Business Information Systems emphasis on Japanese business and other Year 2 – Requirements Q Marketing Research rapidly developing business systems in Compulsory double modules: Q Operations Management East Asia. Q Managing People Q Logistics and Distribution Management The programme reflects the Q Organisational Behaviour Q Purchasing and Supply Chain internationalisation of business activity and Q Cross-cultural Management Management the growth of companies with global reach. Q Marketing and Strategy Q Performance and Financial Management The programme now offers students the Q International Management opportunity to study abroad for one semester Year 3 – Requirements during their second year. See page 16 for Four compulsory double modules: information on opportunities to study abroad. Q International Business and Marketing Q International Human Resource Management Q Japanese and Asian Management Systems Q Strategic Management and two double modules from: Q Corporate Reporting and Finance Q Advanced Operations Management Q Advertising and Marketing Communications Management Q Ethics and Morality of Business Q Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Q International Business Logistics Q Marketing Decision Making Q European Business Environment Q Organisational Analysis and Change Q Services and Relationship Management Q Strategic Supply Management Q Work and Employment Optional Single Modules: Q Exploratory Data Analysis Q Modelling in Management Science
Further Information BSc Business Management (International Management) UCAS Code: N202 BSc/BMIMgt Typical Offer: AAB Admissions Tutor: Eleri Rosier Tel: 029 2087 5755 Fax: 029 2087 5666 Email: [email protected] BSc Business Management (Logistics and Operations) 25
More online at: BSc Business Management www.business.cardiff.ac.uk (Logistics and Operations)
This programme allows students to specialise in the broad area of Logistics and Operations Management.
The programme reflects the evolution of the Year 3 – Requirements study of logistics from its original context of Four compulsory double modules: transport to its present setting of business Q Advanced Operations Management logistics. The subject is now well established International Business Logistics with a solid basis in theory and research. The Q programme also reflects developments in the Q Strategic Management business world where the mode of transport Q Strategic Supply Management is considered less important than the process and two double modules from: involved in managing the supply chain. Q Advertising and Marketing Year 1 – see page 22 Communications Management Q Entrepreneurship and Small Business Year 2 – Requirements Development Compulsory double modules: Q Ethics and Morality of Business Q Logistics and Distribution Management Q International Business and Marketing Q Marketing and Strategy Q International Business Logistics Q Operations Management Q International Human Resource Management Q Organisational Behaviour Japanese and Asian Management Further Information Q Purchasing and Supply Chain Q Management Systems BSc Business Management Q European Business Environment (Logistics and Operations ) and one double module from: Q Marketing Decision Making UCAS Code: N291 BSc/BMLO Q Managing People Q Organisational Analysis and Change Typical Offer: AAB Q International Management Q Services and Relationship Marketing Admissions Tutor: Eleri Rosier Q Performance and Financial Management Q Corporate Reporting and Finance Tel: 029 2087 5755 Optional single modules: Fax: 029 2087 5666 Q Exploratory Data Analysis Email: [email protected] Q Modelling in Management Science 26 BSc Business Management (Marketing) BSc Business Management (Marketing)
This degree programme is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) for the CIM Dual Award.
Students graduating successfully from and one double module from: Q International Business Logistics Business Management (Marketing) are Q Managing People Q International Business and Marketing entitled to attain the CIM Professional Q Operations Management Q International Human Resource Diploma in Marketing by studying for and Q Cross-cultural Management Management passing two CIM assessments instead of the International Management Q European Business Environment four normally required. The programme Q Organisational Analysis and Change provides a similarly broad based underpinning Q Business Information Services Q and coverage of a range of business and Q Logistics and Distribution Management Q Strategic Supply Management management modules but as the programme Q Purchasing and Supply Chain Q Work and Employment Management progresses through Level 2 to Level 3, it Optional Single Modules: focuses on marketing issues such as market Exploratory Data Analysis research, advertising, marketing Year 3 – Requirements Q management and database marketing, Four compulsory double modules: Q Modelling in Management Science reflecting significant changes in the field. Q Advertising and Marketing Communications Management Further Information Year 1 – see page 22 Q Marketing Decision Making BSc Business Management Year 2 – Requirements Q Services and Relationship Management Strategic Management (Marketing) Compulsory double modules: Q UCAS Code: NN25 BSc/BMMkt Q Buyer Behaviour and two double modules from: Typical Offer: AAB Q Performance and Financial Management Q Corporate Reporting and Finance Admissions Tutor: Eleri Rosier Q Marketing and Strategy Q Advanced Operations Management Tel: 029 2087 5755 Q Marketing Research Q Ethics and Morality of Business Fax: 029 2087 5666 Q Organisational Behaviour Q Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Email: [email protected] BSc Business Management with a European Language 27
More online at: BSc Business Management www.business.cardiff.ac.uk with a European Language
The degree in Business Management with a European Language is designed to combine the main elements of a Business Management degree with French, German or Spanish.
The first year provides the core building Year 1 – Requirements Year 3 – Requirements blocks of management and business Follow Business Management modules in a Six compulsory double modules: subjects, together with one module in the European University. relevant language. Year two develops from Q Introduction to Accounting Appropriate Year 2 level modules as available this base, giving equal weighting to the Introduction to Economics Q in the host University. business and language subjects. Students Q Marketing continue to focus on the core Business Q People in Organisations Year 4 – Requirements Management modules, whilst the language Q Statistical Analysis and Research Three compulsory double modules: component concentrates on expression, Methods translation and business language, providing Q Language Skills for Professionals Vocational Language Skills I the ideal preparation for the third year which Q Q Management and Public Policy in the EU is spent abroad. Here, students will be taught Year 2 – Requirements Q Strategic Management level two Business Management in their and three double modules from: chosen language. The fourth year, when Five compulsory double modules: Q Corporate Reporting and Finance students return to Cardiff, extends the Q Business Language Q Advanced Operations Management business and management content of the Q Managing People degree with three core and three optional Q Advertising and Marketing Q Marketing and Strategy modules, together with one module to Communications Management Q Operations Management maintain the language input. Overall, the Q Entrepreneurship and Small Business degree of Business Management with a Q Vocational Language Skills II Development European Language prepares students for and one compulsory single module per Q Ethics and Morality of Business careers in international business with an semester Q International Business and Marketing ability to work in their chosen European Autumn: Q International Human Resource language as well as in English. Q Business Correspondence Management Marketing Decision Making Spring: Q Q Organisational Analysis and Change Q Oral Comprehension and Expression Q Services and Relationship Marketing Q Work and Employment Optional Single Modules: Q Exploratory Data Analysis Q Modelling in Management Science
Further Information BSc Business Management with a European Language (Single Honours ) UCAS Code: Bsc Business Management with a European Language (French) N290 Bsc Business Management with a European Language (German) N1R2 BSc Business Management with a European Language (Spanish) N1R4 Typical Offer: AAB to include B in the relevant modern language Admissions Tutor: Eleri Rosier Tel: 029 2087 5755 Fax: 029 2087 5666 Email: [email protected] 28 Studying Economics at Cardiff
Studying Economics at Cardiff
UCAS Meet the Faculty Page Code Title 29 N300 BSc Econ Banking and Finance 30 N3R9 BSc Econ Banking and Finance with a European Language (Four year course) 31 L114 BSc Econ Business Economics 32 L1R9 BSc Econ Business Economics with a European Language (Four year course) 33 L100 BSc Econ Economics 34 LN13 BSc Econ Economics and Finance 35 LN12 BSc Econ Economics and Management Studies Professor Kent Matthews is the (Joint Honours) Julian Hodge Professor of Banking and Finance and was instrumental in 36 L160 BSc Economics with a European Language setting up the School’s Trading (Four year course) Room. A regular expert commentator in national media, he teaches Banking on the undergraduate programme.
Professor Patrick Minford was formerly an Economics Advisor to the HM Treasury and was awarded a CBE for services to Economics. He teaches macroeconomics at Why Study One of These Careers undergraduate level. Programmes? Economics is an intellectually stimulating discipline and the skills of Economics Q Access to on-site trading room graduates are in high demand by Thomson Reuters on-line certificate Q employers in both the public and private Trading Room Q Students own investment society sector. Graduate destinations typically The Trading Room is used as part of year 2 include a range of management, Cardiff Business School offers a wide range and year 3 modules, supervised by trained marketing, banking and accounting of modules across the economics discipline, PhD students who will help students to professions, as well as work as with particular strength in the areas of become familiar with the new software. professional economists. Some applied economics, and in monetary and Students are offered the opportunity to Economics graduates take a period of financial economics. The Economics degree undertake the Thomson Reuters Certification additional training after completing their programmes allow students to follow a qualification, an industry qualification to degree, such as a postgraduate course number of modules in other business prove their ability in using the platform to or a further training course which will disciplines and to pursue joint degrees with access all the information that they need. allow them to convert to another the humanities subjects, accommodating a This five-module training process involves profession such as accountancy or law. variety of interests, as well as meeting one-to-one training and phone conferences Whatever career you pursue, you can be students’ future employment needs. with a Reuters representative. The Trading sure that the skills acquired during your Room gives students the opportunity to Economics degree (problem solving become attractive potential employees in the ability, quantitative techniques, analytical City, where the job market is becoming ever skills etc), will be welcomed by more competitive. employers . BSc Econ Banking and Finance 29
More online at: www.business.cardiff.ac.uk BSc Econ Banking and Finance
Cardiff is one of the relatively few traditional universities offering a Banking and Finance degree programme.
It is of particular interest to those wishing to Plus one compulsory double module per Q Financial Markets and Institutions enter the financial sector as it can provide semester Q Business Finance students with the opportunity to acquire Autumn: Q Performance and Financial Management specialist economic knowledge of the Q Microeconomics operation of the monetary and financial Year 3 – Requirements sectors. The Banking and Finance degree Spring: Three compulsory double modules: shares a common first year with Business Q Macroeconomics Economics of Banking Economics and Economics, then the degree Q Two double modules or one double module programmes diverge progressively during the Q Financial Economics second and third years. These degrees and two single modules from each semester: Q International Finance Q Contemporary Economic Issues provide the flexibility of a broad range of Plus two double modules and one single Economic History options to study along with the opportunity Q module in each semester or three double for specialisation within one field. Q Legal Studies modules from: Careers Autumn: Q Econometrics International Trade As our graduates gain a firm foundation of Q Principles of Business Management Q International Economic History knowledge of the banking and financial Spring: Q Q Labour Economics sectors, the banking and finance degree Q Introduction to Finance provides opportunities for careers within Q Corporate Reporting and Finance banking, accountancy and other financial Year 2 – Requirements Q Ethics and Morality of Business institutions. Graduates also gain exemption Four compulsory double modules: Q The Economics of Development from certain examinations of the Chartered Introductory Econometrics Q Industrial Economics Institute of Bankers. For those who choose to Q work within a broader business context, the Q Microeconomic Theory Autumn: Banking and Finance programme equips Q Macroeconomic Theory Q Financial Derivatives students with intellectual skills and abilities Q Money, Banking and Finance Spring: which are welcomed within any business plus two further modules from: discipline. Q Security Analysis and Portfolio Q British Economy Management Year 1 – Requirements Q Economics of the EU Q Managerial Economics Two double modules: Q Law of Commerce, Banking and Q Applied Statistics and Mathematics in Investment Economics and Business Q State, Business and the British economy I chose Cardiff Business Q Introduction to Accounting in the Twentieth Century School because it is one of the few universities that offers banking and finance, and is one of the leading business schools in the UK. It has excellent facilities, a good studying environment and an awesome social life. Cardiff has more to offer than just a degree. Feifan Tian, Banking and Finance
Further Information BSc Econ Banking and Finance (Single Honours) UCAS Code: N300 BScEcon/BF Typical Offer: AAB Admissions Tutor: Bruce Webb Tel: 029 2087 6802 Fax: 029 2087 5666 Email: [email protected] 30 BSc Banking and Finance with a European Language BSc Banking and Finance with a European Language
The Banking and Finance with a European language degree programme provides students with a thorough understanding of the method, content and scope of economic analysis, particularly in the fields of money, banking and finance, and a high level of competence working in their chosen foreign language.
It aims to stimulate students intellectually to Year 1 – Requirements Year 3 – Requirements appreciate the value of economic analysis in Two compulsory double modules: Appropriate Year 2 level modules as available understanding economic problems and equip Q Applied Statistics and Mathematics in in the host University. them with a thorough grounding in the theory, Economics and Business concepts, principles and techniques of core Year 4 – Requirements Introduction to Accounting subject areas of the discipline. It gives Q Four compulsory double modules: students a firm foundation of knowledge in Plus one compulsory double module per Q Economics of Banking the workings of the UK economy, with an semester Q Financial Economics emphasis on the banking and financial Autumn: Q Language Skills for Professionals sectors, and the ability to use that knowledge Q Microeconomics International Finance in a range of contexts. Q Spring: and two double modules or one double The programme aims to provide students with Macroeconomics module and two single modules in each a competence in a specified European Q semester from: language (French, Spanish or German) and One double module from or two single knowledge of the economy of the country of modules from: Q Business History Econometrics that language. Q Economic History Q Q International Trade Through the study of Banking and Finance Q Legal Studies Q International Economic History with a language, the Programme encourages Autumn: a range of transferable discipline-specific and Q Labour Economics Q Principles of Business Management core skills that will be of value to students in Q The Economics of Development future education and in their subsequent Spring: Q Industrial Economics careers. Q Introduction to Finance Autumn: And one of the following language modules: Q Financial Derivatives Q Vocational Language Skills I (French) Spring: Vocational Language Skills I (Spanish) Q Q Security Analysis and Portfolio Q Vocational Language Skills I (German) Management Year 2 – Requirements Three compulsory double modules: Q Introductory Econometrics Q Money, Banking and Finance Q Microeconomic Theory plus two compulsory language double modules: Q Business Language Q Vocational Language Skills II Further Information Autumn: BSc Econ Banking and Finance Q Business Correspondence with a European Language Spring: (Single Honours) Q Oral Comprehension and Expression UCAS Code: N3R9, N3R2,N3R4 BScEcon/BF Typical Offer: AAB Admissions Tutor: Kevin Stagg Tel: 029 2087 5227 Fax: 029 2087 5666 Email: [email protected] BSc Econ Business Economics 31
More online at: www.business.cardiff.ac.uk BSc Econ Business Economics
Understanding the theoretical aspects of Economics allows students to engage with a number of problems and policy issues.
Business Economics appeals to those who plus modules to the value of 40 credits from Group 2: wish to specialise in the application of either Group 1 or Group 2 Q Buyer Behaviour economic theory to business decision Group 1: Q Managing People making, matching a good knowledge of Two double modules or one double module Q Performance and Financial Management economic principles to an awareness of their and both single modules: Organisational Behaviour uses and limitations in a business context. Q Q Contemporary Economic Issues The Business Economics degree at Cardiff Q Marketing and Strategy Legal Studies aims to bridge the gap between theory and Q practice in the areas of economics directly Q Introduction to Accounting Year 3 – Requirements relevant to business. It focuses on an Autumn: Four compulsory double modules: understanding of economic theory relating to Q Principles of Business Management Q Applied Macroeconomics and Finance the organisational and managerial Spring: Q Industrial Economics characteristics of the modern business Business Applications Q Principles of Marketing and Strategy Q enterprise. The mix of options available to Q Modern Business Enterprise students incorporates a number of varied and Group 2: exciting business and economic disciplines. One double in the Autumn Semester: plus two further modules, at least one of which must be from Group 1: As well as improving the range of career Q Introduction to Financial and opportunities, this attractive variety of Management Accounting Group 1: modules carries a high interest factor and Two single modules in the Spring Semester: Q International Trade attracts considerable demand for places. Business History Q Fundamentals of Financial Reporting Q Q Labour Economics Careers Q Introduction to Finance Q International Economic History Graduates in Business Economics pursue a Public Finance variety of career paths, from work as Year 2 – Requirements Q professional economists to a range of Four compulsory double modules: Q The Economics of Development management, marketing, banking and Q Introductory Econometrics Q Econometrics accounting professions. Q Microeconomic Theory Group 2: Q Macroeconomic Theory Q Corporate Reporting and Finance Year 1 – Requirements Q Managerial Economics Q Entrepreneurship and Small Business Two compulsory double modules: plus two further modules, at least one of Development Applied Statistics and Mathematics in Q which must be from Group 1: Q Ethics and Morality of Business Economics and Business Group 1: Q Marketing Decision Making Q Economic History Q British Economy Q Strategic Management Plus one compulsory double module per Q Economics of the EU Q Work and Employment semester Q Law of Commerce, Banking and Autumn: Investment Q Microeconomics Q Money, Banking and Finance Spring: Q State, Business and the British economy in the Twentieth Century Q Macroeconomics Q Social Economics
I chose Business Economics Further Information because I was interested in both BSc Econ Business Economics economic thought and (Single Honours) methodology and the practical UCAS Code: L114 BScEcon/BE side of business. You also get Typical Offer: AAB more choice between modules Admissions Tutor: Bruce Webb which is helpful when you are Tel: 029 2087 6802 not sure about what part of the Fax: 029 2087 5666 course to focus on. Email: [email protected] Kirstin McNeil, Business Economics 32 BSc Business Economics with a European Language Bsc Business Economics with a European Language
The Business Economics degree programme with a language provides students with an understanding of economic theory, particularly that which focuses on the organisational and managerial characteristics of the modern business enterprise.
It also aims to provide a high level of Two single modules from: Year 4 – Requirements competence in a specified European Q Contemporary Economic Issues Five compulsory double modules: language (French, Spanish or German) and Q Introduction to Accounting Q Applied Macroeconomics and Finance knowledge of the economy of the country of Business Applications that language. The programme aims to Autumn: Q inform students of the main features of the Q Principles of Business Management Q Industrial Economics UK industrial economy and the key Q Language Skills for Professionals Spring: developments in business. Through the study Q Modern Business Enterprise of business economics and a language, the Q Principles of Marketing and Strategy plus one double module from: programme encourages a range of transferable discipline-specific and core skills Year 2 – Requirements Q International Trade that will be of value to students in future Three compulsory double modules: Q Labour Economics education and in their subsequent careers. It Q Introductory Econometrics Q The Economics of Development examines government and international Q Microeconomic Theory Q International Economic History business policy to identify their ramifications Q Managerial Economics Q Econometrics for the development of markets and firms. It introduces students to subject areas outside plus two compulsory language double the economics discipline by offering them the modules: opportunity to follow modules in business Q Business Language Further Information finance, marketing and other aspects of Q Vocational Language Skills II management. BSc Business Economics with a and two compulsory single modules European Language Year 1 – Requirements Autumn: (Single Honours) Two compulsory double modules: Q Business Correspondence UCAS Code: Applied Statistics and Mathematics in Q Spring: BSc Business Economics with a Economics and Business European Language (French) L1R9 Q Oral Comprehension and Expression Q Economic History BSc Business Economics with a Q Vocational Language Skills I Year 3 – Requirements European Language (German) L1RX Plus one compulsory double module per Appropriate Year 2 level modules as available BSc Business Economics with a semester in the host University. European Language (Spanish) L1RY Autumn: Typical Offer: AAB Admissions Tutor: Kevin Stagg Q Microeconomics Tel: 029 2087 5755 Spring: Fax: 029 2087 5666 Q Macroeconomics Email: [email protected] BSc Econ Economics 33
More online at: www.business.cardiff.ac.uk BSc Econ Economics
Can governments reduce unemployment without inducing inflation? What are the implications for the UK of the current levels of debt at home and in the Eurozone? How can the NHS be reformed to increase efficiency and equity? How should governments allocate scarce resources during a recession? What are the challenges facing the global economy in the 21st century over energy supplies?
These are just some of the many issues and Year 1 – Requirements debates that may lead students to study Two compulsory double modules: Economics. An Economics degree at Cardiff Q Applied Statistics and Mathematics in The Business School has provides students with a thorough Economics and Business excellent library, computing and understanding of economic analysis and aims Economic History to stimulate students to value this analysis in Q catering facilities. There is understanding economic problems and a one compulsory double module per semester: always a computer available in wider range of social and political issues. Autumn: the Julian Hodge resource centre Studying Economics provides a rigorous and plenty of copies of core Q Microeconomics training that will be a useful grounding for textbooks in the library. future careers. At Cardiff, we provide breadth Spring: Hina Naeem, Economics of interest with a broad range of options in Q Macroeconomics the final year along with the opportunity to and two double modules or one double and specialise, with the option of undertaking a two single modules per semester from: dissertation on a research topic within Contemporary Economic Issues Economics. Q Year 3 – Requirements Q Introduction to Accounting Economics is a numerate subject and Two compulsory double modules: Q Legal Studies consistent with other universities, some Q Macroeconomic Analysis modules will have a quantitative element. Autumn: Q Microeconomic Analysis Applicants to the single honours degree in Q Principles of Business Management Economics are therefore required to offer and four double modules from: Spring: A-level Mathematics or its equivalent. Q Econometrics Q Principles of Marketing and Strategy Students not taking A-level Mathematics can Q Financial Economics apply to join the programme in the second Year 2 – Requirements Q International Economic History year if they achieve a good mark in the first Q International Finance year core modules: Three compulsory double modules: Q Introductory Econometrics Q International Trade Applied Statistics and Mathematics in Q Labour Economics Business, Microeconomics and Q Macroeconomic Theory Q Industrial Economics Macroeconomics. Q Microeconomic Theory Q The Economics of Development and three double modules from Careers Q British Economy Economics is an intellectually stimulating Q Money, Banking and Finance discipline and the skills of Economics graduates are in high demand by employers Q Economics of the EU in both the public and private sector. Some Q State, Business and the British economy Economics graduates take a period of in the Twentieth Century additional training after completing their degree, a postgraduate course perhaps or a Further Information further training course which will allow them BSc Econ Economics to convert to another profession such as (Single Honours) accountancy or law. Whatever career you UCAS Code: L100 BScEcon/Ec pursue, you can be sure that the skills acquired during your Economics degree Typical Offer: AAB including A level (problem solving ability, quantitative Mathematics techniques, analytical skills etc), will be Admissions Tutor: Kevin Stagg welcomed by employers. Tel: 029 2087 5755 Fax: 029 2087 5666 Email: [email protected] 34 BSc Business Economics with a European Language
BSc Econ Economics and Finance
This programme is designed to develop academic and technical skills and equip students for careers in economics, finance and business, as well as providing the foundations for further study.
The programme emphasises the close Two compulsory single modules: Year 3 – Requirements relationship between economics and finance, Autumn: Five compulsory double modules: and places those subjects in their broader Q Introduction to Business Management Q Business Finance organisational, social and political contexts. Spring: Q Macroeconomic Analysis Careers Q Introduction to Finance Q Econometrics Q Microeconomic Analysis The City of London is the most profitable and one double module from: square mile in the world. Finance is Q International Corporate Finance Contemporary Economic Issues considered by many employers as an Q and one single module per semester: essential training for employment in the Q Economic History Autumn: financial services sector. Economics is the Q Legal Studies foundation of modern finance. A degree Q Financial Derivatives Year 2 – Requirements bringing together these two subjects prepares Spring: the student for careers in financial Five compulsory double modules: Q Security Analysis and Portfolio institutions both as a specialist and a Q Business Finance Management generalist. It is also a good foundation for Q Macroeconomic Theory and one double module from: postgraduate study. Q Introductory Econometrics Financial Economics Q Microeconomic Theory Q Year 1 – Requirements Q Financial Markets and Institutions Four compulsory double modules: and one double module from: Q Applied Statistics and Mathematics in Economics and Business Q British Economy Q Introduction to Accounting Q Economics of the EU Q Macroeconomics Q Managerial Economics Q Microeconomics Q Law of Commerce, Banking and Investment Q State, Business and the British economy in the Twentieth Century Q Money, Banking and Finance Q Performance and Financial Management
Further Information BSc Econ Economics and Finance (Single Honours) UCAS Code: LN13 BScEcon/Fn Typical Offer: AAB including A level Mathematics Admissions Tutor: Kevin Stagg Tel: 029 2087 5755 Fax: 029 2087 5666 Email: [email protected] BSc Econ Economics and Management Studies (Joint Honours) 35
More online at: BSc Econ Economics and www.business.cardiff.ac.uk Management Studies (Joint Honours)
The Joint Honours degree programme Economics and Management offers students the opportunity to combine the main elements of Business Economics with a study of management.
Through a combination of core and optional modules, students are given the opportunity to pursue subject areas which are of particular interest to them, such as marketing or employment relations, while acquiring a sound knowledge of the main elements of both subjects. Equal weighting is given to both subjects throughout the three years of the degree. Year 1 – Requirements Two compulsory double modules: Q Applied Statistics and Mathematics in Economics and Business Q Marketing one compulsory double module per semester: Autumn: Q Microeconomics Spring: Q Macroeconomics Year 3 – Requirements Q International Economic History and one compulsory single module per Three double modules from: Q Econometrics semester: Q Accounting Theory and Practice Q The Economics of Development Autumn: Q Entrepreneurship and SME Development Principles of Business Management Q Ethics and Morality of Business Q I chose Economics and Q Marketing Decision Making Spring: Management because on top of Q Strategic Management Q Business Environment being a very employable degree Q Work and Employment and one double module from: to have, it offers a larger range Q Contemporary Economic Issues Plus modules from one of the following of module choices than other groups: Q People in Organisations degree schemes. This meant I Group 1 Q Economic History could specialise in areas that Three double modules from: interested me, whilst still getting Year 2 – Requirements Q Economics of Banking a grounding in the core elements Two compulsory double modules: Q Financial Economics of both subjects. Q Microeconomic Theory Q International Finance John Kenyon, Introductory Econometrics Q Group 2 Economics and Management Plus one of: Three double modules from: Studies Q Managerial Economics Q Applied Macroeconomics and Finance Q Macroeconomic Theory Q Business Applications Q Money, Banking and Finance Q Business History Further Information Industrial Economics and three double modules from: Q Q Modern Business Enterprise BSc Econ Economics and Q Buyer Behaviour Management Studies Q Managing People Group 3 (Joint Honours) Q Marketing and Strategy Both: UCAS Code: LN12 BScEcon/EM Q Performance and Financial Management Q Macroeconomic Analysis Typical Offer: AAB Q Organisational Behaviour Q Microeconomic Analysis Admissions Tutor: Bruce Webb Plus one double module from: Tel: 029 2087 6802 Q International Trade Fax: 029 2087 5666 Q Labour Economics Email: [email protected] 36 BSc Business Economics with a European Language Bsc Economics with a European Language
The degree in Economics with a European Language is designed to combine the main elements of an Economics degree with French, German or Spanish.
The first year provides the core modules which are the foundations for the rest of the degree, together with one module in the relevant language. In the second year, equal attention is given to the study of economics and the enhancement of language skills. The language modules taken during the second year provide the ideal preparation for the third year, which is spent abroad. While attending University in a country where their language of choice is spoken, students will be taught and examined in that language.
The degree of Economics with a European Language prepares students for a career in, or further study of, Economics, combined with the ability to work in an additional European Language.
Year 1 – Requirements Three compulsory double modules per semester: Q Applied Statistics and Mathematics in Economics and Business Q Economic History Q Vocational Language Skills I and one compulsory double module per semester: Autumn: Q Microeconomics Spring: Q Macroeconomics Spring: and one double module or two single Q Oral Comprehension and Expression modules from: Q Contemporary Economic Issues Year 3 – Requirements Q Introduction to Accounting Appropriate Year 2 level modules as available Further Information Autumn: in the host University Q Principles of Business Management BSc Economics with a Year 3 – Requirements European Language Spring: Three compulsory double modules: (Single Honours) Q Principles of Marketing and Strategy Q Language Skills for Professionals UCAS Code: BSc Economics with a Year 2 – Requirements Q Macroeconomic Analysis European Language (French) L160 Microeconomic Analysis Five compulsory double modules: Q BSc Economics with a European Language (German) L1R2 Q Business Language and three double modules from: BSc Economics with a European Q Microeconomic Theory Q International Economic History Language (Spanish) L1R4 Q Introductory Econometrics Q International Trade Typical Offer: AAB to include Q Vocational Language Skills II Q Econometrics Mathematics and the relevant modern Q Macroeconomic Theory Q Labour Economics language Financial Economics and one compulsory single module per Q Admissions Tutor: Kevin Stagg semester: Q Industrial Economics Tel: 029 2087 5755 Autumn: Q The Economics of Development Fax: 029 2087 5666 Q Business Correspondence Email: [email protected] Joint Honours Degree Programmes 37
More online at: www.business.cardiff.ac.uk Joint Honours Degree Programmes
The Business School offers four internal Joint BA Joint Honours Degree BSc Joint Honours Honours programmes: Programmes Degree Programme • Accounting and Economics (page 17) Modern European Languages Business Studies and Japanese • Accounting and Management (page 18) French and Economics (RL11) (NT12) • Finance and Management (page 19) German and Economics (RL21) The Business Studies and Japanese course is • Economics and Management Studies designed to provide students with a sound (page 35). Italian and Economics (RL31) knowledge of business, enable them to In addition to this there is a wide range of Spanish and Economics (LR14) become proficient in Japanese and to gain a combinations from other schools within the BA European Language and Economics clear understanding of Japan itself. This is a University that can be taken with Economics students also take two modules in Economics four year degree of which the third year is to form a Joint Honours degree. in Year 1 and then divide their studies equally spent in Japan. The programme is recognised between Economics and the language for as being one of the best in Europe. Years 2 and 4 (Year 3 is spent abroad). The BSc Econ Joint Honours Degree For more details on this programme please language modules in the BA schemes cover Programme visit the main University pages at: aspects of the country’s history, culture, www.cardiff.ac.uk Politics and Economics (LL12) politics and language. (The language Student study is divided 50:50 between modules taught under the BSc schemes – BA Joint Honours these two subjects, with students on the see page 32 – focus on business-oriented Economics side taking core macroeconomic language.) In year 3, while attending Degree Programmes and microeconomic theory modules in Years University in the country where their language Arts 1 and 2 (along with the core Applied of choice is spoken, students will be taught History (VL11) Statistics module in year 1), then either and examined in that language. further core modules or a range of optional Philosophy (VL51) modules in Year 3, depending on choice of For more details on the year abroad In Year 1, Economics comprises one of the modules in Year 2. concerning the host universities or work three subjects studied (taking opportunities see the School of Modern macroeconomics and microeconomics). In Languages webpages at: Year 2, the degree is divided equally between www.cardiff.ac.uk/modernlanguages Economics and the Arts subject (where students continue with macroeconomics and microeconomics plus an additional optional Economics module). In Year 3 the degree is still divided equally between Economics and the Arts subject. The Economics component is composed of optional modules. 38 Degree Programmes with a European Language | Careers and Employability Degree Programmes with a European Language
As we live in a globalised economy, language The programme of study is subject to The School currently has bi-lateral exchange skills are becoming increasingly attractive to approval by Cardiff Business School and will agreements with: both students and employers. Students may be equivalent to six double or 12 single In France take Accounting, Banking and Finance, Cardiff Business School modules (120 • BBA Essec Ecole de Management Business Economics, Business Management credits). International or Economics and combine it with French, It will consist of courses in accounting, • Audencia Nantes School of Management Spanish or German. economics, management, business etc., • Universite Pantheon-Assas, Paris II Entry Requirements taught and assessed in the European • Toulouse Business School language, and will thus provide competency If you wish to study a Single Honours subject • ESSCA Ecole de Management in the language within a framework of with French, Spanish or German you will be accounting, economics and business In Germany expected to be taking a GCE A-Level in the specialisations. • Mannheim University relevant language and to obtain Grade B or • Konstanz University better in that language. Cardiff Business School has developed links • TU Munich with several universities or equivalent Careers institutions in France, Spain, Switzerland and In Spain Graduates have the same competence in Germany. It is intended that the size of each • University Ramon Lull, IQS Barcelona Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business group from Cardiff Business School at any • Universidad Pontificia, Comillas Madrid, or Economics as Single Honours graduates, host institution will be two to four students. ICADE but with the additional and increasingly Students studying in Europe as part of their • Universidad de Navarra valued ability to conduct business in a degree programme may be eligible for a grant • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid language other than English. from the Erasmus scheme, operated by the British Council. In Switzerland The Year Abroad • University of Lausanne Cardiff Business School has international Year three consists of one year’s study at a partnership agreements with high ranking Note: university in a European country whose institutions in Europe. language is part of your degree. Cardiff Business School monitors all of its partner institutions regularly and the available institutions may differ from those listed above when the next intake of students reaches the intercalated year.
Careers and Employability
We work hard to make sure that you get The Go Wales Programme Employer Led Sessions the right advice and guidance to find your The Go Wales programme annually places Employers such as PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, ideal career. 300 Cardiff students and graduates with Royal Mail, BAE Systems and the Civil Each of our degree programmes is designed employers on tailored work projects. Half of Service Fast Stream regularly give employer to increase our students’ employability and these students are offered long term presentations, skills sessions and drop-in help them to succeed in the career of their employment with their employer. sessions that help you to understand the choice. We also offer a wide range of employers’ perspective. opportunities to get bespoke career advice Seminars and Workshops and develop your career hunting skills. We offer a wide range of seminars and Entrepreneurship workshops to help to improve your chances Cardiff University also caters for those who The Centre provides you with one-to-one of getting the job that you want. think that they would like to start their own careers guidance with a Careers Advisor. business in the future. Student Enterprise at Careers workshops give you advice and They offer counselling sessions which provide Cardiff University offers skills development, information on all elements of the advice on career decision making, graduate mentoring events, competitions and business recruitment process. recruitment opportunities, the application support for students and alumni at Cardiff process, CV writing, interview preparations We host Bloomberg workshops on campus, University. It is home to ‘Centerprise’, the and assessment centres. to give you the opportunity to undertake Cardiff University Students’ Business psychometric testing and gain feedback on Incubator, which gives you support to grow mock tests. Students who perform your business ideas and has supported the particularly well at the tests are put in the successful launch of a number of Cardiff ‘Top Talent Pool’ from which the very best businesses. recruiters give job offers to students. Innovative Opportunities At Cardiff 39
More online at: www.business.cardiff.ac.uk Innovative Opportunities at Cardiff
At Cardiff we are committed to providing our Trading Room: Creating the Students will be able to apply the skills and students with an enhanced programme which Next Generation of Traders knowledge they have gained during their will equip them to meet the challenges facing academic studies to the workplace and will Cardiff Business School’s state-of-the-art the contemporary business world. Our develop new skills. Trading Room gives students the opportunity students have opportunities to extend their to gain practical experience of the financial Our on-site Careers and Employability Centre skills that will allow them to stand apart in a markets. also helps students to find work placements. competitive job market. Students who would like to take a gap year Simulating a day’s trading, students act as from their studies to undertake a one year Opportunities To Study Abroad: buyers, sellers and day traders. Students get placement do not have to pay any tuition an insight into trading and risk management. An International Context fees for the year that they are on work At Cardiff, you can study abroad with or Students are offered the opportunity to experience, except on the UPP programme without a language component. undertake the Thomson Reuters Certification where students will continue to pay fees. Students with an A-level in the relevant qualification, proving their ability in using the modern European language can take a single platform. honours BSc course or a Joint Honours BA The Trading Room gives students the course, both of which offer a year abroad in opportunity to become attractive potential the third year. employees in the City. Students undertaking the BSc Business Valuable Industry Experience Careers & Employability Management (International Management) Service can spend the second semester of year two The BSc Accounting programmes offer the in a partner university abroad, studying in the UPP which gives undergraduate students the The University offers a careers and medium of English. opportunity to gain a year’s work experience employability service for students, in a professional accountancy firm or similar graduates and postgraduates. You can This gives valuable experience of living and business environment as part of their degree, access careers information, explore your studying in another country and proves to which becomes a four year programme. options and speak to a consultant who employers that you have international can advise you of opportunities relating exposure. This opportunity is open to The BSc Business Management programmes to your degree or preferred field, students regardless of their language give students the opportunity to apply to including advice on postgraduate proficiency. spend the second semester of their second degrees. year working with a partner firm on a full- time, salaried basis. www.cardiff.ac.uk/carsv 40 Admissions
Admissions
The Application Process qualifications are welcome to apply. For Open Days Applications are made online via the UCAS further details please consult the University’s Four University-wide Open Days are typically website using the ‘UCAS apply’ facility. To use pages for Prospective Students. held throughout the year and provide the this facility you need to log onto www.ucas. opportunity to visit all schools in addition to com/apply. The UCAS website will provide you Applying to residences, the Students’ Union and sports with information on how to apply and will Cardiff Business School facilities. explain the procedure for applications. You All of the School’s programmes have the are advised to consult this information same entry requirement, AAB in three Business School Open Days carefully before completing your application. A-levels, as mentioned above. This means A series of Open Days are held from January All applications made during the main UCAS that a majority of our applicants joining us in to March for all those applicants who have cycle, which runs from October through to a particular year will have achieved the same been made offers of a place at Cardiff January, will be treated equitably and late entry criteria and will as a result be able to Business School. A visit to Cardiff will allow applications made outside this period will be change between programmes within the you to judge for yourself the quality of the considered on a case by case basis. School at the start of the academic year. Business School, as well as the attractions of the University and the City. During the visit The School prides itself on this flexibility and Entry Requirements you will be shown some of the School’s we therefore encourage you to apply for only A-Levels: The entry requirement for all our facilities, meet some of the Faculty who one of our programmes on your UCAS programmes who are currently studying teach on the various degree programmes, application form, giving you the opportunity to A-levels is AAB from three A-level subjects chat with current students and learn about apply more widely. Students may also be (excluding General Studies, Critical Thinking important aspects of the courses. eligible to change between programmes at and Citizenship). the end of their first year without having to Equal Opportunities For Single Honours Economics (L100), retake the first year of the new chosen Cardiff University is committed to promoting Economics and Finance (LN13) and programme. equality and diversity in all of its practices Economics with a European Language (L160, If you require further clarification on the and activities, including those relating to L1R2, L1R4) one of the three A-level flexibility of our programmes, please contact student recruitment, selection and subjects studied must be Mathematics, the admissions team who will be happy to admission. The University aims to establish though students can transfer into Economics assist you. an inclusive culture which welcomes and (L100) or Economics and Finance (LN13) in ensures equality of opportunity for applicants their second year dependent upon their first Telephone: 029 2087 6227 of all ages, ethnicities, disabilities, family performance. or 029 2087 5755 structures, genders, nationalities, sexual or +44 29 2087 5755 if calling from For all programmes with a European orientations, races, religious or other beliefs, outside the UK. language, one of the three A-level subjects and socio-economic backgrounds. This e-mail: [email protected] must be the language that the student commitment forms part of the Equality and intends to study as part of his/her Diversity Policy which is available at: programme. GCSE Requirement: We also www.cardiff.ac.uk/cocom/equalityanddiversi require Mathematics at GCSE grade B or ty/index.html above, and English at GCSE grade C or above. Other: The School accepts a large variety of alternative qualifications from the UK or overseas and students offering these
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