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Alliance Manchester Business School Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 02 — 03 MANCHESTER... Contents Written by Tony Walsh (a.k.a Longfella) Connect with us: P04 A world-changing University and Alliance Manchester Business School

P06 Our building project and campus masterplan

P08 The City of Manchester P10 Student life /AMBSIncoming Undergraduates P12 BSc (Hons) Management / Management (Specialism) To some it means our architecture, P20 BSc (Hons) International Management poems made of stone P20 BSc (Hons) International Management with American Business Studies The new, the old, the cool, the bold, P28 BSc (Hons) International Business, Finance and Economics @AMBSUGAdmission the city stands alone... P34 BSc (Hons) IT Management for Business / IT Management for Business (Specialism)

P40 BSc (Hons) Accounting

/ManchesterMBS P46 Other business-related courses

P48 Employability

To some it means a sporting city, P50 Stellify second place to none P52 Student support www.linkedin.com/ For thrills and spills and skills school/13855 P53 Find out more

P54 Entry requirements and scholarships we’re still the global number one...

@OfficialUoM Virtual open day If you can’t make it to one of our on-campus events, our virtual open day is the next best thing: www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/virtualopenday To some it means our music scene

that keeps the city pounding @lifeatmbs Student blogs An A-list playlist, some might say The best way to find out what studying at Alliance MBS is really like – read our student blogs. Visit www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/ugblogs this makes this place astounding... Continued on the inside back page... Part of just 1% of business schools worldwide awarded triple accreditation status

What does Manchester mean to us? To hear more, watch our film at www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/mcr-means #mcrmeans Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 04 — 05

Your world is about to change Alliance Manchester Business School They say it’s not just what you know, it’s who you know. At Alliance so choose a world-changing university MBS, you’ll rub shoulders with the very best. Alliance MBS is one of the foremost centres for business and management studies in the Manchester inspired Norman Foster, Brian Cox and Parineeti Chopra world. We’re ranked second in the UK for business research power and is looking to produce the next generation of original thinkers. (REF 2014) and we focus on the application of this knowledge throughout our programmes. In September 2015, Manchester Business School became Alliance The University of Manchester Manchester Business School in recognition of Lord Alliance of From pioneering modern computing to isolating graphene, Manchester’s support and longstanding relationship with the The University of Manchester has a heritage of producing University and the Business School. Founded in 1965, we were one innovative, freethinking individuals. This reputation is not just 39,700 th of the UK’s first business schools and celebrated our 50 about history, it’s an ongoing legacy that you can be a part of. students from over anniversary in 2015. A member of the prestigious Russell Group of universities, 160 countries Manchester offers a learning experience like no other. Academic programmes informed by cutting-edge research, teaching staff at the forefront of their field, a highly-revered careers service, and state-of-the-art facilities; there’s everything you need to make your mark on the world. £85 million Apply for a salaried work Work on projects set and assessed £85m renovation placement year by high-grade employers such as of the business (see course pages SAS and Credit Suisse school due for for details) 25 Nobel Prize Winners (see page 34) completion in 2018 among current and former 5th staff and students 7th 35th 1,700 £2k 5th in UK, 7th in Europe, Most targeted UK Scholarships th £1bn 35 in the world university by top undergraduate business worth £2,000 p.a. (Shanghai Jiao Tong World graduate employers campus masterplan school students (see page 54) University Rankings 2016) (High Fliers Report 2016) investment Largest campus-based business school in the UK

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Experience business Ranked 2nd in the UK Splitting Invention Nobel prize 94% of graduates in Gain exemptions from in another culture for Business and Management of the atom of the modern for the discovery work or further study professional accounting exams with an international Studies research power computer of graphene (HESA 2016) including ICAEW, ACCA and CIMA exchange year (see page 20) (Source: REF 2014) Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 06 — 07

Our courses will give you the tools for life. Our campus and city, the time of your life.

Old Trafford - Imperial War Beetham China The National Manchester The The Manchester United Museum Tower Town Football Museum Town Hall Printworks Lowry

Alliance Manchester University Alan Gilbert Dover Street Whitworth National Graphene Business School Place Learning Commons Building Building Institute

Alliance MBS Building Project £1bn Campus Masterplan Due for completion in 2018 This project is one of several currently underway as the We’re currently redeveloping the teaching and social spaces University forges ahead with its £1 billion ten-year plan to for our students as part of a £85m refurbishment of the create a world-class campus for students and staff. Alliance MBS West Building. The plan includes projects across our teaching facilities 200,000 sq ft will be transformed to create a new learning and student accommodation as well as the creation of library, lecture theatres and seminar rooms. additional green space and parkland on campus.

For more information visit For more information visit www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/buildingproject www.masterplan.manchester.ac.uk Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 08 — 09

Manchester. Ahead of the curve. KEY: ads Manchester Arena A Ahead of the game. amus st VICTORIA Where Manchester treads, the world follows. rain statin Ask any of the people who live and work here. National N O R T H E R N Football Q U A R T E R – Museum The Northern uarter ular r its numerus bars S and caes as well as its mi 1 There are many reasons why Manchester is renowned around A city of firsts A music and clthes shs the globe. But to the people that live here it’s simply known as Where Rolls met Royce, the The Arndale A Shopping Centre home. With its indisputable charm and welcoming communities, first computer was made and SALFORD CENTRAL ohn Rylands S you’ll find it quickly becomes your home too. the world’s first professional Library A football league was founded Manchester Art Gallery PICCADILLY BUS STATION

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Student life “Continually meeting students from all around the world and academics Formal study hours A week in the life of first year BSc (Hons) Management student, Zeke who are influential within their chosen field, all of whom have a Informal study hours strong passion for business, has Every day will shape your future, inside and outside the lecture theatre. As an Alliance been inspiring. There are so many Student society MBS student you will push your potential beyond its limits. As a member of the Students’ opportunities to get involved.” Union you’ll be a part of the largest and most diverse student community in the country. Part-time work And as a Manchester resident you’ll find yourself at the heart of an exhilarating city. —— Zeke Skinner Social activities Your biggest challenge is finding time for everything.

Monday 10.00 - 11.00 12.30 - 13.30 14.00 - 15.00 15.30 - 17.00 17.00 - 18.00 18.00 - 19.00 19.00 Workshop Lunch around the Lecture Quiet work in the Lecture Live Music Society at Cook dinner and relax Fundamentals of Northern Quarter Fundamentals of Precinct Library Marketing Foundations the Students’ Union with friends from halls Financial Reporting Financial Reporting

Tuesday 09.00 - 10.00 10.30 - 12.00 12.15 - 12.45 13.00 - 14.00 14.00 - 16.30 16.30 - 17.00 18.00 Seminar Seminar Lunch at ‘Falafil’ Lecture Preparation for Shop for fresh food Cook dinner followed Academic and Career Meeting with careers near the University Microeconomics upcoming seminars at Lidl by cinema or student Development service / group work with friends in the ‘Ali G’ Learning comedy Commons

Wednesday 09.00 - 10.00 10.00 - 11.45 12.00 - 13.00 13.00 - 16.30 17.00 - 18.00 19.00 - 20.00 20.00 Seminar Preparation for a Lecture Student Ambassador Dodgeball society Read over notes Drinks in Fallowfield Management and busy day tomorrow Fundamentals of work at AMBS Visit Day for tomorrow with friends from Organisation Studies in Main Library Financial Reporting course

Thursday 08.30 - 09.15 10.00 - 12.00 12.30 - 13.30 14.00 - 15.00 15.00 - 16.00 16.00 - 16.30 18.00 - 20.00 Run in Platt Fields Park Lecture Lecture Seminar Seminar Reflect on today’s Dinner with VegSoc Management and Microeconomics Marketing Foundations Quantitative Methods for lecture/seminar content Organisation Studies Business & Management

Friday 09.00 - 10.30 10.00 - 12.00 12.30 - 13.30 14.00 - 15.00 15.00 - 16.00 16.30 - 18.30 20.00 Library session, plan for Lecture Spot of lunch Lecture Get involved in some Practice drums Out with friends in the week ahead, work Academic and in Fallowfield Quantitative Methods student-led politics Manchester, trying on relevant coursework Career Development for Business and somewhere new Management

Saturday 10.00 11.00 - 12.00 12.00 - 15.00 15.30 - 17.30 20.00 Sleep in Catch up with Explore Manchester, do something cultural Light revision Go to a gig/Watch Match Zzzzz... friends from home of the Day with friends

Sunday 10.00 - 11.00 11.30 - 12.30 13.30 - 15.00 15.00 - 17.00 19.00 - 20.00 21.00 Run in Birchfields Park Weekly food shop Vegetarian roast Preparation for Phone my parents Early night in Didsbury the week Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry Alliance MBS www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduateUndergraduate Study – 2018 Entry 12 — 14

BSc (Hons) Management / Top 5 reasons to Danny - Management A day in the life of a BSc Management (Specialism) study Management AMBS Admissions Management student @AMBSUGAdmission – Available with a work placement

AMBS Admissions 7:42am 10 Feb AMBS Admissions 7:46am 10 Feb Watch our new video to find out more: Good Monday everyone! Management Been snoozing since 7am. Time to get up. www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/ student Danny here. I will be your tweeter #citycentre #hiltontower Our flexible management courses share a common ug/management for the day. #ambsblogger first year before allowing you to focus on your chosen specialism to enhance your career prospects. AMBS Admissions 10:08am 10 Feb Fact File Monday = Chest day! Iron before lectures. BSc (Hons) Management is Who employs them? #sugden #beach2017 a broad-based course which A wide range of companies including: UCAS course codes Duration Class profile 2016-17 allows you to study the full range —— Amazon N201 / N203* 3/4 323 of management subjects. With a —— Balfour Beatty 95% AMBS Admissions 11:12am 10 Feb BSc (Hons) Management wide variety of course units to —— Bank of America Merrill Lynch years students of our BSc Management Did you know.. bus 147 is free for students. choose from, you really can shape —— Diageo graduates are in NN24 / NN25* *4 years includes Industrial/ 51% Gets me to campus in less than 2mins. your own course. —— Goldman Sachs Professional Experience year employment or —— Jaguar Land Rover BSc (Hons) Management male (Accounting and Finance) further study within 6 Courses with Industrial/ —— Lionsgate Films months of graduation Professional Experience* Typical A-level offer 49% —— L’Oreal N600 / N601* female (Unistats 2017) AMBS Admissions 12:41am 10 Feb Graduate employers look for —— Microsoft candidates with work experience, BSc (Hons) Management Lecture: Globalisation, World Economy & —— NHS (Human Resources) practical skills and professionalism. 41 MNEs. #twohours #powerthrough —— Rolls Royce AAB nationalities All management courses now —— Teach First N200 / N202* 90% offer an optional work placement —— Unilever BSc (Hons) Management (see page 54 for 8 applications of those employed in your third year, before you return AMBS Admissions 2:03pm 10 Feb (Innovation, Strategy more detailed entry per place are in professional/ to Manchester to complete your What about further study? and Entrepreneurship) requirements) managerial jobs Lunch: there’s a wide range of restaurants final year. You will build your Graduates have gone on to further (Unistats 2017) on campus, but this place is my favourite. confidence and develop a real-world study in business, economics, N246 / N248* attitude to business, earn a salary enterprise and teaching at BSc (Hons) Management and gain increased responsibility institutions such as London (International and independence. Business School, London School Business Economics) AMBS Admissions 2:15pm 10 Feb of Economics and Rotterdam Manchester students are highly attractive What jobs do our management School of Management (RSM), N2N5 / N2N6* to top companies. Just received this... graduates go into? Erasmus University. BSc (Hons) Management Examples of jobs recent graduates (Marketing) Source: DLHE survey have gone on to include: AMBS Admissions 4:35pm 10 Feb —— Assistant brand manager Graduates progressing onto master’s N234 / N235* —— Audit associate level study within the Faculty are BSc (Hons) Management Afternoon studies at the library. —— Commercial manager currently eligible for a Manchester (Sustainable and —— Financial contractor Alumni Scholarship worth £3,000. Ethical Business) —— HR graduate analyst Additional eligibility criteria apply. Visit

—— Internet consultant www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/ AMBS Admissions 7:17pm 10 Feb —— Project manager pg/mas for the latest information. Change of environment: I’ve arrived at —— Retail development manager Please note that these courses are very flexible and you will have several opportunities to transfer —— Supply chain management analyst the Alan Gilbert Learning Commons. between them – you should apply for only one of them. Open 24/7. #coursework Good night!

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BSc (Hons) Management / Management (Specialism) – What you study

Year 1 Year 1 core course units [credits shown in brackets]

Your first year will give you a —— Academic and Career Development [10] —— Fundamentals of Management —— Marketing Foundations [10] good grounding in accounting, —— Case Studies in Management [10) Accounting [10] —— Quantitative Methods for Business —— Economic Principles: Microeconomics [10] —— Introduction to Management and and Management [20] finance, management, work —— Financial Decision Making [10] Organisation Studies [20] psychology, marketing, —— Fundamentals of Financial Reporting [10] —— Introduction to Work Psychology [10] sociology and economics. This will help you to make informed choices about optional course units in later years. You will study 120 credits in total.

Year 2 Year 2 core course units Year 2 optional course units

Your second year course BSc (Hons) Management BSc (Hons) Management Optional course units include: structure is determined by (Accounting and Finance) (International Business Economics) —— American Society and Economy [20] —— Business Data Analytics [20] whether you select a specialism —— Foundations of Finance [20] —— International Business [20] —— Business Law 1: Law, Business Liabilities or prefer to continue to study a —— Intermediate Management Accounting [20] —— Macroeconomics [20] and the Consumer [10] —— Plus Law in a Management Context [10] broad range of topics. —— Business Law 2: Law and Modern Corporation and either Business Law 1 [10] BSc (Hons) Management (Marketing) in an International Context [10] If you decide to specialise you will study or Business Law 2 [10] 40 credits of core course units relating —— Consumer Behaviour [10] —— Marketing Communications —— Digital Business and Social Media [20] to your chosen specialism and 80 credits in the Digital Age [20] BSc (Hons) Management —— Financial Markets and Institutions [10] of optional course units to bring your —— Marketing Management [20] total to 120 credits. (Human Resources) —— Financial Reporting and Accountability [20] —— Financial Statement Analysis [10] —— Employment Relations and HRM [20] Additional core course units in law must be BSc (Hons) Management —— Investment Analysis [10] —— Globalisation and Employment [20] taken by Accounting and Finance and (Sustainable and Ethical Business) —— Law in a Management Context [10] Human Resources specialists. —— Plus Law in a Management Context [10] —— Management in an Uncertain World [20] —— Ethical Business [20] —— Managerial Economics [20] If you do not wish to specialise, you will —— Sustainable Business [20] choose 120 credits of optional course BSc (Hons) Management —— Managing Projects [20] units from across the management (Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship) —— Operations Management and Strategy [20] —— Personnel Selection and Talent Management [20] portfolio, which includes all of the —— Creativity, Design and Entrepreneurship [20] —— Research Methodology [20] core course units for each specialism —— Sustainable Business [20] alongside additional topics. - pre-requisite for Dissertation —— Strategic Management [10]

Our University Language Centre offers optional

course units in over 15 different languages at all

levels, including Further Business French [10-20]

An additional 10 credits may be chosen from University College (see p.48), including the Manchester Leadership Programme.

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The content and structure of our programmes is reviewed regularly and it is Your chosen specialism will be reflected in your expected that course content will be updated after the publication of this brochure. degree title e.g. BSc (Hons) Management (Marketing) For the latest information please visit our website. – however, if you do not wish to specialise, you will graduate in BSc (Hons) Management. To graduate with a named specialism, you need to Work placement have studied at least 40 credits of second year options (one third of your studies) and at least 60 If you successfully apply for a work placement this will take place between your Previous BSc Management students have completed work placements at Boeing, Bentley, credits of final year options (half of your studies) second and final year. You will put theory into practice, develop transferable skills Deloitte, L’Oréal, Porsche and Unilever amongst others. from your chosen specialist area. This flexible and gain an insight into your chosen profession. system allows you to defer the choice of your degree title until towards the end of your course when you are in a position to really know what is involved and Final year optional course units Final year optional course units what you wish to do on graduating.

In your final year, you will choose at least BSc (Hons) Management (Accounting BSc (Hons) Management (Innovation, BSc (Hons) Management 60 credits of final year options from your and Finance) Strategy and Entrepreneurship) (Marketing) Specialist routes chosen specialist area. —— Accountability and Auditing [10] —— Dissertation or Consultancy Project [30] —— Behavioural Strategy [10] —— Advanced Business Information Systems [10] Plus at least 30 credits from: —— Foundations of Supply Management (Accounting and Finance) will suit you You will then select an additional 60 credits of optional —— Advanced Corporate Finance [20] —— Behavioural Strategy [10] Chain Management [10] if you are interested in how organisations finance their course units to bring your total to 120 credits. —— Advanced Management Accounting [20] —— Case Studies in Innovation —— International Marketing [10] activities and how they keep track of their money. If you decide to opt for the BSc (Hons) Management —— Applied Investment Management [10] Management [10] —— Marketing Dissertation [30] —— Contemporary Issues in Financial —— Not-for-Profit and Social Marketing [10] Management (Human Resources) covers human without specialising you are able to choose from most —— Entrepreneurship and New Business Reporting and Regulation [20] —— Retail Marketing [10] resource management, employment policy and course units within the management portfolio. You will Venturing [20] —— Corporate Contacting and Managerial —— Services Marketing [10] practice, industrial relations, organisational select a total of 120 credits of optional course units. —— International Competitiveness Behaviour [10] —— Strategic Marketing Management [10] psychology and organisational analysis within the and Innovation [10] —— Corporate Governance in Context [10] UK and internationally. —— Managing Creative Organisations [10] —— Financial Analysis of Corporate BSc (Hons) Management BSc (Hons) Management (Innovation, Strategy and Performance [30] or Empirical Finance [30] BSc (Hons) Management (Sustainable and Ethical Business) Entrepreneurship) explores strategic innovation —— Financial Derivatives [10] (International Business Economics) management, as well as entrepreneurship and small —— Financial Engineering [10] —— Cases in Sustainable Development [10] business development through real case studies. —— Financial Market Microstructure [10] —— Accountability and Auditing [10] —— Leadership & Success at Work [20] —— Management in Practice [10] “Management is a —— International Finance [20] —— Advanced Corporate Finance [20] Management (International Business Economics) —— Managing Fairness at Work [10] —— Share Prices and Accounting Information [10] —— Behavioural Strategy [10] focuses on the international dimension of very broad and —— Sustainable and Ethical Business —— Contemporary Issues in Financial organisations’ economic, financial and Dissertation [30] or Consultancy flexible course and BSc (Hons) Management (Human Resources) Reporting and Regulation [20] investment operations. —— Corporate Contracting and Managerial Project [30] it is possible to align —— Behavioural Strategy [10] Behaviour [10] —— Towards 2050 Management and Management (Marketing) explores strategic it to your own —— Comparative Industrial Relations [20] Managing in an Age of Transition [10] —— Corporate Governance in Context [10] marketing management, services marketing, ethical interests. You will —— Employment Law [20] —— Economics Dissertation [30] consumption, marketing communications, retail —— Globalisation and National Employment —— Global Management, People and and international perspectives on marketing. graduate with a Systems [10] the Digital Divide [20] BSc (Hons) Management (Sustainable and Ethical huge network of —— Human Resources Dissertation [30] —— Industrial Organisation and Business) Sustainable and Ethical Business is —— Human Resource Management [20] Business Strategy [20] talented people about new ways of thinking about modern business —— International Human Resource Management [10] —— International Competitiveness around the world.” —— Leadership and Success at Work [20] and Innovation [10] and society. It will be particularly attractive to —— Managing Fairness at Work [10] —— International and Comparative those wishing to build careers in (corporate) —— Daria Savilova, —— Transformational Leadership: Public Management [10] social responsibility or the third sector of NGOs BSc (Hons) Work, Industry and Society [20] —— International Finance [20] and charities. Management

—— Macroeconomic Analysis [10] graduate, now an

—— Share Prices and Accounting Affiliate Manager Information [10] at BizProfits —— The Economics of Sport [10] Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 20 — 22

BSc (Hons) International Our exchange partners span 18 countries and 4 continents Top 5 reasons to Roisin - IM A day in the life of a Management and BSc (Hons) study IM or IMABS AMBS Admissions BSc (Hons) IM student @AMBSUGAdmission International Management with

American Business Studies Watch our new video to find out more: AMBS Admissions 8:42am 9 March AMBS Admissions 12:46pm 9 March www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/ Ciao, morning from Milano! Bocconi offer a Sun in shining in Milano with many people First-hand knowledge of another culture can be crucial in wide range of courses, first up the out in Piazza Duomo. Lunching is typically ug/im transformation of culture and art sector - a 1-2 hour event here! business. The distinctive feature of these courses is that coffee needed asap you spend a year abroad on an academic exchange at a top global business school or university. Fact File AMBS Admissions 15:58pm 9 March

Study a broad range of management What jobs do our IMABS UCAS course codes Duration Class profile 2016-17 Guest lecturer in today from St Andrews topics to suit your interests and graduates go into? - nice to hear a fellow British voice! career ambitions, and gain invaluable Examples include: N247 4 66 90% #italianoverload BSc (Hons) experience of living and studying in —— Account executive years students of IM graduates in International another country. —— Associate management employment or further Management Including an exchange year 48% AMBS Admissions 17:00pm 9 March consultant study within 6 months Our students have also secured —— Business strategy analyst male (Unistats 2017) 20c Italian coffee is a must to get through summer internships in the UK and —— HR officer N2T7 Typical A-level offer a three hour evening lecture abroad to further enhance their —— Market analyst BSc (Hons) 52% employability. So, you could study —— Web marketer International female Management at two world-class institutions, with American AAB 41 97% benefit from extensive travel Who employs them? Business Studies of IMABS students opportunities and gain added work A wide range of companies including: nationalities (see page 54 for more achieved a first or AMBS Admissions 21:12pm 9 March experience. There’ll be no stopping —— Danier Leather Inc (Toronto) detailed entry requirements) 7 applications upper second class you after graduation. —— Diageo Navigli is the student hang out place full of per place degree in 2016 bars & restaurants for aperitivo - 1 drink —— Google and open buffet for €8-10 What jobs do our IM graduates —— Ocado go into? —— PricewaterhouseCoopers Examples include: —— Saatchi & Saatchi At the Ohio State —— Associate chartered Buckeyes’ epic accountant trainee What about further study? 105,000-seater stadium —— Corporate banking associate Graduates have gone onto law - Anika Morjaria —— Management trainee conversion courses and further —— Media consultant study in urban planning at —— Territory manager institutions such as Harvard —— Wealth management analyst University and London School of Economics (LSE). Who employs them? Source: DLHE survey A wide range of companies including: —— Bombardier (Sweden) AMBS Admissions 22:43pm 9 March —— Crown Worldwide (San Francisco) Back to the apartment now after drinks in —— Deloitte (Luxembourg) navigli to crack on with a consulting —— ExxonMobil project! Signing off from Milan, buona —— Farouk (Houston, Texas) notte! #studentlife —— HSBC (Beverly Hills) —— Tevere (Switzerland) Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 2320 — 24

BSc (Hons) International Management and BSc (Hons) International Management with American Business Studies – What you study

Year 1 Year 1 core course units [credits shown in brackets]

Your first year will give you a This will help you to make informed choices about optional course —— Academic and Career Development [10] —— Introduction to Management and Organisation good grounding in accounting, units in later years. You will study 120 credits in total. —— Case Studies in Management [10] Studies [20] —— Economic Principles: Microeconomics [10] —— Introduction to Work Psychology [10] finance, management, work —— Financial Decision Making [10] —— Marketing Foundations [10] psychology, marketing, —— Fundamentals of Financial Reporting [10] —— Quantitative Methods for Business sociology and economics. —— Fundamentals of Management Accounting [10] and Management [20]

Year 2 Year 2 optional course units

You will study a core BSc (Hons) International Management students will take Optional course units include: —— Managerial Economics [20] 20-credit course unit International Business [20] whilst BSc (Hons) International —— Business Data Analytics [20] —— Managing Projects [20] Management with American Business Studies students will take —— Business Law 1: Law, Business Liabilities —— Operations Management and Strategy [20] according to your chosen American Society and Economy [20]. and the Consumer [10] —— Personnel Selection and Talent Management [20] degree programme and —— Business Law 2: Law and Modern Corporation —— Research Methodology [20] select 100 credits of in an International Context [10] - pre-requisite for Dissertation —— Consumer Behaviour [10] —— Strategic Management [10] optional course units. —— Digital Business and Social Media [20] Our University Language Centre offers optional —— Financial Markets and Institutions [10] course units in over 15 different languages at all —— Financial Reporting and Accountability [20] levels [10-20] —— Financial Statement Analysis [10] —— Investment Analysis [10] An additional 10 credits may be chosen from —— Law in a Management Context [10] University College (see p.48), including the —— Management in an Uncertain World [20] Manchester Leadership Programme.

Year 3 Final year Final year optional course units

You will spend your third You will return to Manchester for your final year, You will choose 120 credits from across the —— International Business Analysis Project [20] management portfolio, which includes the —— International and Comparative Public year on an international using the knowledge and experience gained on following course units: Management [10] academic exchange, exchange in a range of optional course units —— Advanced Business French [20] —— International Competitiveness and selecting course units across all key disciplines. —— Comparative Industrial Relations [20] Innovation [10] from the selection —— Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting and —— International Finance [20] You will develop an appreciation of economic, social and Regulation [20] —— International Human Resource available within the cultural differences between nations and the implications —— Corporate Governance in Context [10] Management [10] partner institution. of this for management systems and practices. —— Dissertation (in an international field)[30] —— International Marketing [10] —— Globalisation and National Employment —— Services Marketing [10] Systems [10] —— The Business of Healthcare [10] —— Global Management, People and the Digital Divide [20] Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry Alliance MBS www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduatembs.ac.uk/undergraduate 25 — 27 20 — 27

Exchange partners We have 50 exchange partners across 18 countries. Many feature in the Financial Times or Shanghai JiaoTong global rankings and all classes are taught in English.

Canada Europe

USA

South East Asia

Snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef - Oliver Barratt International exchange

You will attend the same lectures, Finance for your year abroad Australia / New Zealand seminars and other learning activities as students at the overseas institution. You will receive a significant tuition fee discount for the year abroad. For IM students, destinations include the Universities of Sydney, Auckland, Home/EU students will pay £1,350 and Hong Kong and Singapore, alongside additional support is available to UK US partners include: South East Asian partners include: Bolivia’s salt flats world-leading business schools such as students from low income households —— Arizona State University —— The University of Hong Kong ESADE, Copenhagen Business School - visit www.manchester.ac.uk/ —— Cornell University, Ithaca, New York —— The Hong Kong University of Science and Rotterdam School of Management. studentfinance for more details. (an Ivy League school) and Technology Students in England should also visit For IMABS students, destinations include www.gov.uk/travel-grants-students- —— Marshall School of Business, —— National University of Singapore “The year in the US absolutely the Universities of Florida, Massachusetts england for information on the student University of Southern California “I studied at ESADE in and British Columbia, as well as NYU Stern, travel grant. International students will shaped my career. After Australian / NZ partners include: —— University of Florida, Gainesville Barcelona and interned at a Cornell University New York and USC pay half the standard international fee. graduation I joined Ogilvy in —— The University of Auckland, New local PR agency, Ulled Marshall Schools of Business. Canadian partners include: Zealand (North Island) Students do not pay academic fees to London and transferred to Asociados, in the summer. For a list of current partners please the exchange partner. The above —— HEC, Montreal —— University of Otago, New Zealand New York. I moved back to visit www.alliancembs.manchester. information is subject to confirmation (South Island) —— Sauder School of Business, Being in an international ac.uk/ug/exchange. All partners offer a each academic year. London to work for LBi and high global ranking, quality course University of British Columbia —— University of Sydney, Australia office increased my cultural was offered the chance to —— Schulich School of Business, —— University of Melbourne, Australia content and teaching standards, awareness and gave me the excellent social and sporting facilities, a move back to New York to York University, Toronto The content and structure of our opportunity to interact with safe and attractive campus, and great help establish LBi in the US.” support for exchange students. programmes is reviewed regularly and it European partners include: clients on a global scale.” is expected that course content will be —— Jamie Bryan graduated with BSc —— Bocconi University, Milan, Italy Our dedicated international team updated after the publication of this For a list of current partners please (Hons) International Management —— Christina Rud, final year BSc (Hons) prepares you for your exchange and brochure. For the latest information —— Copenhagen Business School, Denmark visit www.alliancembs.manchester. with American Business Studies and International Management student supports you while on exchange. please visit our website. —— ESADE Business School, Barcelona ac.uk/ug/exchange now lives and works in New York Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 28 — 30

BSc (Hons) International Business, Produces graduates Top 5 reasons to Denisa - IBFE A day in the life of a Finance and Economics study IBFE AMBS Admissions @AMBSUGAdmission BSc IBFE student – Available with a work placement

AMBS Admissions 8:03am 11 Feb AMBS Admissions 8:20am 11 Feb Watch our new video to find out more: Good morning everyone! Second year There is no day that goes without having www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/ IBFE student Denisa here. This is one a healthy breakfast. Today on the menu: This interdisciplinary course offers you the opportunity ug/ibfe day of my student life. to study a wide range of course units across finance, accounting, economics, business analysis, innovation, AMBS Admissions 8:40am 11 Feb strategy and political economy. Fact File Already in a hurry. I just hopped on a magic You will study the technical tools and techniques required bus. Always gets me to university #fast to measure and assess business performance, while also UCAS course codes Duration Class profile 2016-17 and #cheap #buspass: emphasising the importance of changing economic contexts. N1N3 / N1N4* 3/4 116 97% BSc (Hons) International years students student satisfaction Business, Finance AMBS Admissions 12:04pm 11 Feb This course includes an optional Who employs them? (National Student and Economics *4 years includes Industrial/ 55% Just finished my last tutorial for the day: work placement in your third year, A wide range of companies including: Professional Experience year Survey 2016) male Managerial Economics. It’s been a short before returning to Manchester to —— Aon day at the university: complete your final year. —— Accenture 45% —— Deutsche Bank Typical A-level offer Graduate employers look for female —— KPMG £20- AMBS Admissions 1:06pm 11 Feb candidates with work experience, —— London Stock Exchange AMBS Admissions 2:15pm 11 Feb practical skills and professionalism. 34 It’s lunch time and today, I am trying —— PricewaterhouseCoopers AAB Build your confidence, develop nationalities Just arrived at work. I am working part Caribbean food for the first time. —— Rolls-Royce 40k a real-world attitude to business, time for AFS as I am funding my trips Fingers crossed! —— Santander (see page 54 for more 6 applications Typical salary range abroad on my own. earn a salary and gain increased —— Sky detailed entry requirements) for an IBFE graduate responsibility and independence. per place (Unistats 2017)

What about further study? AMBS Admissions 6:12pm 11 Feb Employability IBFE graduates have gone on to Selected course units grant Back to university. It’s study time so I am law conversion courses and further making myself comfortable in the library exemptions from professional study in finance and international #UoMlibrary accountancy exams, including one business at institutions such as ICAEW ACA paper, seven ACCA ESADE Business School (Barcelona), papers and seven CIMA papers. Humboldt University (Berlin) and AMBS Admissions 8:15pm 11 Feb the College of Law. What jobs do our IBFE Source: DLHE survey. Back home. Time for a short TV series graduates go into? episode #relax #sweets Examples of jobs recent IBFE graduates have gone on to include: —— Associate auditor —— Business consultant —— Commercial strategist —— Corporate banker AMBS Admissions 10:23pm 11 Feb —— Derivatives analyst Here you have it: my student life at —— Export manager Alliance MBS. Hope you keep following! —— Tax analyst Goodnight, folks!

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BSc (Hons) International Business, Finance and Economics – What you study

Year 1 Year 1 core course units [credits shown in brackets]

Your first year begins with a broad —— Academic and Career Development [10] Plus: Plus one of the following: introduction to the study of business, —— Financial Decision Making [10] —— Microeconomics 1 [10] —— Introductory Mathematics [10] —— Financial and Digital Innovation —— Macroeconomics 1 [10] and Introductory Statistics for Economists [10] finance and economics. in International Business [20] —— Advanced Mathematics [10] This will enable you to make an informed choice of —— Financial Reporting [10] and Advanced Statistics [10] —— Information Systems in Business and Introduction (dependent on previous level of mathematics) areas to study later in the course. You will learn the to Big Data and their Manipulation [20] technical skills of macro, micro and managerial —— Introductory Management Accounting [10] economics and financial reporting.

Year 2 Year 2 core course units

You will study core course units in —— Critical Perspectives in Strategy [10] Accounting —— Questions about International Politics [20] —— Further Mathematics [10] The course covers contemporary —— Foundations of Finance [20] —— Racism & Ethnicity in the UK [20] —— Further Statistics [10] contextual themes, such as the finance, managerial economics and —— Financial Reporting and Accountability [20] —— Managerial Economics I [20] —— Southern European Politics [20] —— Macroeconomics IIA/IIB [10] globalisation and financialisation of —— Intermediate Management Accounting [20] business strategy. —— The Politics of Development —— Microeconomics IIA/IIB business, hedge funds and private Plus 70 credits of optional course units [20] [10] —— The Politics of Globalisation [20] —— Mathematical Economics I [20] equity, and the social and economic You will also choose options from accounting and (no more than 40 credits from each subject area) Contexts for International Business —— The Politics of Insecurity [20] finance, economics and contexts for international Our University Language Centre offers implications of outsourcing. —— Business Law 1: Law, Business Liabilities —— Understanding Financial Crises: business. You will gain practical report writing, Finance optional course units in over 15 different and the Consumer [10] Competing Perspectives [20] financial and competitor analysis and database skills. languages at all levels [10-20] —— Financial Markets and Institutions [10] —— Comparative West European Politics [20] The content and structure of our You have the opportunity to learn a language – —— Financial Statement Analysis [10] —— Environmental Politics [20] Economics 10 credits may be chosen from University Please note that course units are you can choose from 15 different languages at —— Investment Analysis [10] —— International Business [20] College (see p.48), including the programmes is reviewed regularly and —— Business Economics IA/IB [10] subject to change and can vary from varying levels and you can continue this study —— Mergers and Acquisitions: —— Law in a Management Context [20] Manchester Leadership Programme. it is expected that course content will —— Development Economics IIA/IIB [20] year to year. For detailed information into your third year. For details of the wide range Financial Perspectives [10] —— Marketing [10] be updated after the publication of this —— Econometrics [20] on individual course units visit the of language options available, visit —— Political and Economic Anthropology [20] brochure. For the latest information —— Environmental Economics IIA [10] course listing on our website. www.languagecentre.manchester.ac.uk please visit our website.

Work placement Final year Final year core course units “There were so many different If you choose to follow the Industrial/ You will take compulsory course units The International Business Analysis Project allows Plus 60 credits from a range of Economics areas that I could focus my you to critically analyse contemporary business optional course units: —— Financial Econometrics [10] Professional Experience pathway you in international finance, managerial practice from a social and political perspective. strengths on; having such —— Microeconomics III [20] will spend your third year on a work economics and international You will question the classical strategy tradition by Accounting and Finance variety across three different exploring how the pressure to deliver shareholder Optional language units (not including placement before returning to business analysis. —— Advanced Corporate Finance [20] disciplines has given me a value complicates the job of management. You will beginner level) from our University Manchester for your final year of study. You will also choose options in accounting and —— Advanced Management Accounting [20] explore these ideas through real-life case studies. Language Centre [10-20] wider skill set. Understanding If you successfully apply for a work placement this finance, contexts for international business, —— Corporate Governance in Context [10] and learning about business will take place between your second and final year. economics and modern languages. You will —— International Business Analysis Project [20] choose 60 credits of optional course units, —— International Finance [20] Contexts for International Business and the economy as a whole You will put theory into practice, develop transferable enabling you to specialise. —— Managerial Economics II [20] made the transition from skills and gain an insight into your chosen profession. —— Business Law 2 [10] —— Human Resource Management [10] being a student to working Previous IBFE students have completed work —— Marketing [10] life much easier.” placements at Aldi, British Airways, Deloitte, —— The Politics of the European Union [20] Morgan Stanley and Walt Disney. —— Emily Howeller, IBFE graduate Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 34 — 36

BSc (Hons) Information Technology Top 5 reasons to Focus on developing future leaders Liam - ITMB A day in the life of a AMBS Admissions Management for Business / Information ? study ITMB BSc ITMB student Technology Management for Business @AMBSUGAdmission

(Specialism) AMBS Admissions 7:32am 15 Mar AMBS Admissions 11:30am 15 Mar Watch our new video to find out more: – Available with a work placement Morning everyone! Liam here, on 11:30 and that’s my first round of www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/ placement in London and tweeting about meetings done. Coffee break anyone? ug/itmb my day, let’s get to it!

AMBS Admissions 13:02pm 15 Mar Developed in collaboration with the Tech Partnership and Fact File I’ve been in Canary Wharf since the leading global blue-chip employers, our ITMB degrees aim to summer & it’s been interesting so far, create ‘the ideal graduate’ whose skills cover the challenging glad I did a placement for sure! middle ground between business and IT. UCAS course codes Duration Class profile 2016-17 GN51 / GN5C* 3/4 55 100% BSc (Hons) Information You will learn about the application What jobs do our ITMB years students in employment or Technology Management of technology within the modern graduates do? further study for Business *4 years includes Industrial/ 67% workplace across diverse industries. Examples of jobs recent ITMB Professional Experience year within 6 months No previous technical experience is graduates have gone into include: male (DLHE) required – only a passion for —— Digital marketing and social GN56 / GN55* harnessing innovation and creativity media executive BSc (Hons) Information Typical A-level offer 33% Technology Management to improve the management of IT —— IT strategy consulting analyst female for Business (Strategy and those who use it. —— Technical analyst £30k and Economics) 15 —— Business and technology Employability AAB Average salary consultant nationalities A work placement enhances your GN54 / GN5D* within 6 months AMBS Admissions 16:48pm 15 Mar —— Head of digital strategy academic and career prospects. BSc (Hons) Information (see page 54 for more 7 applications (Unistats 2017) —— Business process and Things are winding down and I’ve got my When you graduate, you will apply Technology Management detailed entry requirements) per place systems analyst for Business (Accounting) last bit of work to do before heading out technology-based solutions to - gym, or dinner in the city? strategic problems, presenting your Who employs them? ideas with confidence and managing GN53 / GN52* A wide range of companies including: BSc (Hons) Information their implementation. —— Accenture Technology Management AMBS Admissions 21:29am 15 Mar AMBS Admissions 23:30am 15 Mar

—— CGI for Business (Marketing) Let’s be honest, there was only one Definitely made the right choice. 23:30 Whether you hope to become a —— Credit Suisse option. Can’t beat a walk along the and that’s me clocking out for the night! technology consultant or work in —— eBay *With Industrial/ River Thames. Happy placement hunting! - Liam banking, marketing or IT Professional —— E.ON management, ITMB is perfect for Experience —— Fujitsu those that want to start a successful —— Google career in a digital economy. —— Hewlett Packard

—— IBM “ITMB gives us a different type of Source: DLHE survey. student - we get a more rounded candidate. They’re able to present themselves, work as a team and they fit into the organisation well. —— Pete Morrison, Credit Suisse Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 37 — 39

BSc (Hons) Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) – What you study

“ITMB delivered lots of real, Year 1 Year 1 core course units [credits shown in brackets] The uniqueness of the course is hands-on projects and was backed recognised by over 60 employers who Project work integrates business Our current first year team project is supported by Credit Suisse —— Academic and Career Development [10] to Big Data and their Manipulation [20] by over fifty top employers. This maintain its quality and relevance to their and IT throughout your course. and will put your skills to the test in the development of a web —— Business Database Design and —— Integrative Team Project [20] gave me the assurance that I would sectors. Accenture, BBC, BT, Credit application to solve a real business problem. Development [10] —— Interactive Web Application Design and Suisse, Deloitte, IBM, Unilever and many —— Economic Principles: Microeconomics [10] Development [20] develop valuable skills which the In addition to foundation level course units in IT, you will also study other companies help to deliver the —— Fundamentals of Financial Reporting [10] —— Marketing Foundations [10] units relating to marketing, economics and accounting. By the end of IT industry really needs.” course through project work, guest —— Fundamentals of Management Accounting [10] your first academic year you will have presented your team project to lectures, student mentoring and a range —— Information Systems in Business and Introduction —— Thomas Simpson, ITMB graduate now employers at two employer showcase events and participated in of professional development activities. working for IBM as a Managing Consultant skills sessions delivered by companies such as Shell, EY and KPMG.

Year 2 Year 2 core course units

What sets ITMB at Manchester Alternatively, you can customise your programme of study to —— Business Analysis [20] —— Creativity, Design and Entrepreneurship [20] BSc (Hons) ITMB (Accounting) BSc (Hons) ITMB (Strategy and Economics) ensure that it fulfils a learning experience that meets your —— Digital Strategy, Business Intelligence and Big —— Digital Business and Social Media [20] apart is the opportunity to —— Financial Reporting & Accountability [20] —— Macroeconomics [20] individual goals. Data Analytics [20] —— Law in a Management Context [10] specialise in Marketing, —— Intermediate Management Accounting [20] —— Strategic Management [20] —— Integrative Team Project [20] —— Managerial Economics [20] During your second year of study you will undertake core Accounting, or Strategy and —— Trends in Digital Business Technology [10] —— Managing Projects [20] course units in business analysis, digital strategy, business Economics. —— User Experience Design [10] —— Marketing Communications in the Digital Age [20] BSc (Hons) ITMB (Marketing) intelligence and big data analytics and UX design. Our current The content and structure of our —— Strategic Management [10] second year team project is supported by Procter & Gamble, —— Marketing Communications in the programmes is reviewed regularly and BSc (Hons) ITMB —— Sustainable Business [20] where you will be tasked with a full-year team consultancy Digital Age [20] it is expected that course content will —— Intermediate Management Accounting [20] project, the result of which will be showcased to employers at —— Marketing Management [20] be updated after the publication of this Plus 40 credits from: the end of each semester. brochure. For the latest information —— Business Law 1 [10] —— Consumer Behaviour [10] please visit our website.

Work placement

If you successfully apply for a work placement this will take place between your second and final year. Previous ITMB students have completed work placements atBank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, You will put theory into practice, develop transferable skills and gain an insight into your chosen profession. Deloitte, EY, Ford, GSK, IBM, Medallia, Procter & Gamble, PwC and Samsung amongst others.

Final year Final year core course units

Your final year provides an You will gain practical skills in the design and application of a business —— Big Data, Information Management —— Managerial Decision Making and BSc (Hons) ITMB (Marketing) BSc (Hons) ITMB (Strategy and Economics) IT architecture through a core unit developed with IBM UK, which and Business Analytics [10] Support Systems [10] in-depth view of big data and Plus 30 credits from: Plus 30 credits from: uses real case studies from the global technology giant. —— Business IT Architecture [10] —— Marketing [10] —— Behavioural Strategy [10] —— Behavioural Strategy [10] business analytics, IT risk —— IT in Business Strategy [10] —— People Management and Change [10] —— Foundations of Supply Chain —— Industrial Organisation and Business and architecture. You will undertake your own final year research project – the —— ITMB Project [30] —— Strategic Supply Chain Management [10] Management [10] Strategy [20] development of an IT solution to a business problem which will —— Modelling of Dynamic Business Systems [10] encompass investigation, requirements, analysis, design and BSc (Hons) ITMB (Accounting) —— Retail Marketing [10] —— The Economics of Sport [10] evaluation of your proposed solution. Previous ITMB students have —— Services Marketing [10] BSc (Hons) ITMB Plus 20 credits of further optional studied how IBM uses technology to manage teams across Plus 30 credits from: —— Strategic Marketing Management [10] course units geographic locations and time zones, investigated ICT provision in Plus 30 credits from: —— Accountability and Auditing [10] the treatment of diabetes in the NHS and considered the —— Foundations of Supply Chain Management [10] —— Advanced Management Accounting [20] implications of the rise in social networking on management. —— HRM [20] —— Case Studies in Digital Transformation [10] —— International HRM [10] —— Corporate Governance in Context [10] Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 40 — 41 www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 40 — 42

BSc (Hons) Accounting 1 ploailit rate Top 5 reasons to FangShen - Accounting A day in the life of a AMBS Admissions – Available with a work placement study Accounting BSc Accounting student @AMBSUGAdmission

AMBS Admissions 8:50am 23 April AMBS Admissions 9:33am 23 April These professionally-oriented courses have been Watch our new video to find out more: www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/ Hi I’m FangShen – your tweeter for today. Skimmed through the Alliance MBS designed alongside the Institute of Chartered Accountants What nice weather to start off a day! E-Bulletin, realised that the options in England and Wales (ICAEW) Undergraduate Partnership ug/accounting meeting is next week! #Wow #TimeFlies Programme (UPP).

They will provide you with a fast-track to an accountancy Fact File AMBS Admissions 10:29am 23 April qualification and offer you the opportunity of a one-year In the JustBanking workshop now, very paid work placement in your third year. UCAS course codes Duration Class profile 2016-17 interesting! #JustFest #SocialJustice N400 3/4 46 100% Employability Who employs them? BSc (Hons) Accounting years students in employment Build your commercial awareness, A wide range of companies, including: or further study confidence and employability —— BDO N401 *4 years includes Industrial/ 50% Professional Experience year within 6 months through workshops and business —— Deloitte BSc (Hons) Accounting male (DLHE) mentoring with firms such as —— Ernst & Young with Professional/ Accenture, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, —— Grant Thornton Industrial Experience Typical A-level offer 50% Grant Thornton, KPMG and PwC. —— HM Revenue & Customs female AMBS Admissions 12:05pm 23 April —— KPMG 100% Outside University Place, it’s such a High-profile project work —— NHS 12 AAA of BSc Accounting happening place now #JustFest Our students have completed —— PricewaterhouseCoopers nationalities placement students project work for the Treasury, —— The National Audit Office received graduate job Scottish Government, HMRC (see page 54 for more 8 applications detailed entry requirements) offers whilst on and PwC, assessing the tax What about further study? per place placement in 2017 AMBS Admissions 12:45pm 23 April competitiveness of countries Current students have secured which outperform the UK - and places on prestigious Masters Spending some time to study now before class at AMBS computer cluster. making recommendations to courses including our own MSc the government to improve the Accounting and Finance. UK tax system. AMBS Admissions 2:01pm 23 April What jobs do our accounting Received an email indicating my law graduates go into? coursework feedback is ready for Examples of jobs recent accounting collection now! #anxious graduates have gone on to include: —— Assurance associate AMBS Admissions 4:29pm 23 April —— Audit associate AMBS Admissions 5:58pm 23 April Heading to @AMBSUndergrad now to call —— Forensic accountant prospective students! #UoMCalling Going to get my groceries now, gym after! —— Internal auditor #healthylifestyle —— Procurement intern —— Risk analyst AMBS Admissions 8:30pm 23 April —— Tax advisor AMBS Admissions 10:06pm 23 April —— Trainee chartered accountant Need to work on my upcoming tutorial & workshop questions. It’s been a long day. That’s all from me! =) Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduatewww.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 43 — 45 43 — 45

BSc (Hons) Accounting – What you study

Year 1 Year 1 core course units [credits shown in brackets]

Your first year is designed You will also study course units in mathematics, statistics, —— Auditing and Professional Plus: to introduce you to the economics and law. A specialist course unit – only available to Accounting Practice [20] —— Microeconomics 1 [10] BSc (Hons) Accounting students – will introduce you to the —— Financial Decision Making [10] —— Macroeconomics 1 [10] foundations of accounting skills and techniques required by the accountancy profession —— Financial Reporting [10] Plus optional course units in and finance. and will begin to prepare you for the workplace. Your first year —— Introductory Management Accounting [10] —— Management or other related subjects [20] project involves you preparing a competitive tender for an —— Law in a Management Context [10] audit with support from employers such as KPMG. —— Quantitative Methods for Accounting and Finance [20]

Original Thinking Applied Year 2 Year 2 core course units A wealth of real-life case studies and speakers from practice and industry, together You will take core course units in accounting and finance, plus a —— Business Law 1: Law, Business Liabilities Plus one of the following: Your second year will develop with presentations from the standard- ten-credit business law course unit. You will develop your and the Consumer [10] —— Business Economics IA [10] your analytical skills and setters (those who write the accounting understanding of business strategy, accounting and auditing —— Business Strategy [10] —— Development Economics IIB [10] rules and regulations), ensure that our give you a more in-depth practice with a specialist course unit designed to provide you —— Financial Reporting and Accountability [20] —— Financial Markets and Institutions [10] students are technically up-to-date and understanding of accounting. with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for —— Financial Statement Analysis [10] —— Introduction to Business Information Systems [10] contribute to current thought leadership the work placement year. You will also choose an optional —— Foundations of Finance [20] —— Investment Analysis [10] within the profession. course unit in a related subject of your choice. —— Intermediate Management Accounting [20] —— Mergers and Acquisitions: —— Principles of Taxation [10] Financial perspectives [10] —— Professional Accounting Practice [10] —— University College course unit [10] (see page 48) The ICAEW holds networking events at Alliance MBS which provide you with the Work placement opportunity to meet companies who offer internships through the UPP, such as If you successfully apply for a You will put theory into practice, develop transferable skills and Previous BSc Accounting students have completed work placements at Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Goldman Sachs, Grant Thornton, Mazars “BSc Accounting was work placement this will take gain an insight into the accounting profession. Thornton, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and RSM amongst others. and PwC. different from other place between your second The course integrates study of the theory and courses in that I wasn’t just and final year. practice of accounting, and offers significant one student out of 200. exemptions from the examinations of professional accountancy bodies, particularly There was a small group of Final year Final year core course units those of the ICAEW. You could gain up to eight us and this made a huge exemptions from ICAEW ACA examinations difference - I felt like and qualify as a chartered accountant two —— Accountability and Auditing [10] Plus optional course units in Your final year is designed You will also study a core 30 credit project course unit involving years after graduation. I was always supported, to allow you to choose an individual company project. Placement students will have the —— Business Law 2 [10] —— Accounting, Finance, Management or challenged, and motivated opportunity to make use of material collected during their —— Contemporary Issues in Financial other related subjects [50] from a range of more placement, while others will be offered a choice of companies Reporting and Regulation [20] to be the best that I could.” specialised topics. to form the basis for this project. —— Corporate Financial Communication The content and structure of our and Valuation [30] programmes is reviewed regularly and it is —— Bhavna Dholakia, You will continue your studies in business law and take core expected that course content will be updated BSc Accounting graduate course units in taxation, accounting and finance. Your remaining after the publication of this brochure. For the now working as a Financial course units will be chosen from a range of accounting, finance, Controller for The economics or management subjects. latest information please visit our website. Hummingbird Bakery Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 46 — 47

Pick and mix Other business-related courses.

There are a number of related courses offered by The University of Manchester, which are taught in collaboration by Alliance Manchester Business School and the School of Social Sciences. This allows you to take advantage of internationally- recognised and research-led teaching in subjects that are complementary to accounting, finance and business.

The BA (Economic and Social Studies) or BA (Econ) is a multidisciplinary course designed to give you maximum flexibility and choice. In the first year, all students follow a broad programme of study. In your second and third years, you can specialise in accounting, business studies, development studies, economics, finance, politics, philosophy, criminology or sociology.

What you study Fact File

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 UCAS course codes Duration Typical A-level offer You will follow a broadly-based You will begin to specialise in During your final year, you will social sciences first year, one or two subject areas. You become more specialised in your NN43 NL13 3 which includes a mixture of will continue to study various chosen subject area, choosing BA (Econ) Accounting BA (Econ) Business years AAB compulsory and optional course core course units in accounting from a wide range of relevant and Finance Studies and Sociology units. This structure will give you and/or finance, but these will be options such as Public Finance a firm grounding in the social studied in more depth. You can and Public Policy, Accountability N100 N300 Visit www.manchester.ac.uk/ sciences whilst allowing you the choose up to 80 credits in any and Auditing, Advanced BA (Econ) Business BA (Econ) Finance ugcourses for more detailed entry requirements. flexibility to choose from a wide one subject area. Corporate Finance, Case Studies Studies range of optional course units in Information Systems, Human NL11 The accounting and finance to suit your individual interests. Resource Management and LN13 BA (Econ) Business subject areas are supported by Business and Politics. BA (Econ) Economics Studies and Economics a wide range of optional course You will study: and Finance units covering specialist topics —— Accounting and Finance For full details of the optional such as Foundations of Finance, – 30 compulsory credits units available in each subject NL12 Intermediate Management —— Economics area visit www.manchester. BA (Econ) Business Accounting, Financial Markets – 20 credits ac.uk/socialsciences Studies and Politics and Institutions, and —— Mathematics and Statistics Introduction to Business – 20 credits Information Systems. Business —— Politics, Sociology, Social Studies specialists can choose Anthropology or Philosophy from course units such – 20 credits as International Business

Strategy, Business Economics You will choose a further 30 and Marketing Research. credits from remaining first year course units in

Economic History,

Development Studies or any Please note that although you will apply using a specific UCAS course code, this will not restrict your eventual of the above subject areas. choice of specialism. For example, if you originally applied for BA (Econ) Business Studies (N100) may later

opt to combine this with economics, politics or sociology. There is almost complete freedom of choice.

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Employability Our graduates have always been highly sought after, with “I was a peer mentor many going on to global blue chip companies, investment banks and leading graduate management training schemes. coordinator, helped launch the ITMB society and wrote for

Our courses offer great scope Manchester Gold University College ‘Manchester Biz’ newspaper for you to shape your studies in Career mentoring is a really Second year students can now around the topics of business, line with your career aspirations. useful way of meeting people select an optional course unit of working in your chosen field. up to 10 credits from the During your time with us, you society and technology.” Students are matched with University College suite of can learn more about different employer mentors in a wide courses to broaden their studies. —— Olivia Potts, careers through guest lectures, range of sectors, including ITMB graduate now working for PA Consulting Group discussions with your academic To find out more visit management, finance, as a Principal Consultant advisor, summer internships www.college.manchester.ac.uk marketing, retail and more. and work placements. Student societies You’ll also have the opportunity to The University of Manchester We support a number of meet employers at our events. global alumni community “I applied for a summer Alliance MBS-affiliated With 350,000 alumni in 200 societies, including: Careers service countries (and 50,000 graduates internship in the audit Our careers service will prepare from 176 countries from Alliance —— Accounting Society department at KPMG, which you for the competitive jobs MBS), you will become part of a —— AIESEC market and help you find part- truly global network of —— Alliance MBS was advertised by the careers time jobs, volunteering knowledge, experience and International Society opportunities and work networking opportunities. You service. At the end of my placements. Manchester is the don’t have to wait until you —— Bright Futures most targeted UK university by graduate to get involved. —— Enactus internship I was offered a job graduate employers To find out more visit —— IBFE Society (High Fliers Report 2016). and I didn’t hesitate to accept.” your.manchester.ac.uk —— ITMB Society To find out more visit (sponsored by Accenture) —— Hannah Stables, www.manchester.ac.uk/ Manchester Enterprise Centre —— Management Society BSc (Hons) Management (Marketing) graduate now careers Based within Alliance MBS, (MANSOC) working for KPMG as a Business Development Manager Manchester Enterprise Centre —— Manchester University Manchester Leadership is recognised as a leader in Trading and Investment Programme enterprise education. Take Society (MUTIS) This University-wide second part in the student ideas or year course unit offers a unique business start-up competitions, —— Society of Finance and combination of academic units and take advantage of their Business (SOFAB) and volunteering. You will learn mentoring scheme. To find out more visit the importance of leadership in To find out more visit manchesterstudentsunion. promoting social, economic and https://mec.portals.mbs.ac.uk/ com/societies environmental sustainability. Find out more visit www.manchester.ac.uk/mlp

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Do more, be more

MAKE A DIFFERENCE ALEXANDRA GATHUKIA BSc (Hons) International Business, Finance and Economics

S T E • L I • F Y ( V E R B ) There’s a reason our graduates are the most targeted by the UK’s top Mentoring primary school pupils graduate recruiters (High Fliers Research 2016). We offer you the opportunity To change or be changed, As a lover of current affairs and debate, it was important for me to continue for true personal and professional change and growth. We call it Stellify. into a star this passion at university. I joined the Model United Nations Society and found out about volunteering at a local primary school as a ‘Debate Mate’ mentor. We encourage you to broaden your horizons, understand the issues that matter in contemporary society and step up to make a difference to local and During our sessions, the pupils gained wider knowledge of current affairs global communities. You’ll do more, dream more, try more and be more. and held constructive debates on topical issues. I learnt a great deal from this experience and really felt that I had made a difference to the pupils’ Find out more at www.manchester.ac.uk/stellify skills and aspirations.

LEARN WITHOUT BOUNDARIES STEP UP AND LEAD ELLIOT AGUIRRE MEGAN CHITTOCK BSc (Hons) International Management BSc (Hons) International Management with American Business Studies

Spending a year abroad in Hong Kong Becoming President of the International Programmes Society

I spent my third year studying at the world-renowned University of Hong Kong. Throughout my time at the Business School, leadership opportunities have Apart from discovering a vibrant culture, meeting new people and amazing always been encouraged. I studied ‘Leadership in Action’ and learned about travel opportunities, I experienced a valuable new learning environment different leadership styles from high profile leaders from the public, private and which taught me how to look at things from different perspectives. voluntary sectors.

I developed a global outlook, boosted my cultural awareness and When I returned from my year abroad, I took a leadership role within the confidence, and made many new friends and contacts. The whole International Programmes Society. As President I was able to draw on the skills I experience was life changing. gained from the leadership course unit, as well as my wider university experience.

UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT MATTER LOOK TO YOUR FUTURE DYLAN LALL MARTA SUÁREZ MATEOS BSc (Hons) Management (International Business Economics) BSc (Hons) IT Management for Business with Industrial Experience

Championing social responsibility Getting a graduate job offer from my placement

As a social responsibility scholar (see p.54), I believe in actively contributing I spent 12 months working for Credit Suisse as a Technical Analyst. It was an towards making a difference. This is why I volunteer for the Sikh Sewa invaluable experience which helped me to develop both my personal and Organisation, supporting their #langar4all initiative by providing food, clothes professional skills, which have been very useful throughout my final year at and support to the homeless and less fortunate. Alliance MBS. In my experience, seeing how grateful these people are shows that even the I moved to London, met some amazing people and was offered a graduate simplest gestures of goodwill go a long way to making a positive impact on our job at the end of the year which I intend to take up after graduation. local communities and tackling the issues that matter. Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 52 — 53

Student support Find out more about studying here We have a wealth of specialist support services at Our website holds a wealth of information on various aspects Alliance MBS to help you look after your general of student life. Below are some of the most popular topics. wellbeing and to keep you on track academically.

Accommodation Scholarships and bursaries Guaranteed for all new first year students. We offer a generous range of scholarships Student induction Student mentoring scheme For international students, this promise and bursaries. An induction programme for all We operate a peer mentoring covers the full duration of your course. www.manchester.ac.uk/studentfinance new students takes place during scheme, to provide first year www.manchester.ac.uk/accommodation welcome week to help you settle in. students with a second or final year Sport This includes: trained mentor who will be able Admissions Discover more than 40 sports clubs, a huge —— the opportunity to meet to provide practical assistance Application to all of our courses is via variety of fitness classes plus sport volunteering. other students on Alliance with settling into student life. www.ucas.com www.manchester.ac.uk/sport MBS courses Find out more Student representatives Tuition fees —— meetings with your programme www.manchester.ac.uk/study/ We appoint student In 2017 we charged annual tuition fees of £9,250 director, student support staff undergraduate/applications/ representatives across every for UK/EU students and £21,000 for international and your peer mentor year group and subject area. Disability support students. Fees are expected to increase slightly —— a coach tour of Manchester Their feedback helps us to You are strongly encouraged to contact for 2018 entry. For the latest information please —— the opportunity to join improve the student experience the University’s disability advisory and support visit www.manchester.ac.uk/studentfinance student societies and various at Alliance MBS. All students service to discuss your needs. social events have the opportunity to take www.dass.manchester.ac.uk Virtual open day on this important role. If you can’t make it to one of our on-campus —— a careers panel with recent EU students events, our virtual open day is the next best Alliance MBS graduates. Student support and guidance team The University of Manchester is a global thing. Find out more about current students’ To find out more visit Your first point of contact within the institution that embraces staff and students from experiences, our courses and campus. www.welcome.manchester.ac.uk School for any ill health or other across the world. We are pleased to confirm that Visit www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/ personal problems which are EU students joining our courses in September virtualopenday Academic advisors affecting your work. 2018 will be eligible for financial support from the UK government and home fee status for the You meet your academic advisor fortnightly as part of a first-year Students’ Union duration of their course. course unit. Your academic advisor is Our Students’ Union has an advice For more information please visit www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/ug/eu/ there to support you throughout centre to assist you with academic This brochure was printed in June 2017 for the purposes of your studies on matters of an the 2018 intake. It has therefore been printed in advance issues and a peer support centre International students academic nature. whose services include Nightline, of course starting dates. For this reason, information A range of services is available for international contained within the brochure, for example, about course a confidential listening and content, may be amended prior to you applying for a place Student support and advice team students, including airport collection, information service run for orientation and specialist student advisers. on a course of study. Course entry requirements are listed If you’d prefer to talk to somebody students by students. for the purposes of the 2018 intake only. outside the School, our student www.manchester.ac.uk/international To find out more visit Prospective students are therefore reminded that they support and student money are responsible for ensuring, prior to applying to study on manchesterstudentsunion.com Maps advisers based in The Atrium in Get to grips with your future home and take a course of study at the University of Manchester, that they review up-to-date course information including University Place offer confidential a closer look at our campus. appointments and drop-in checking entry requirements, which is available by visiting www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/maps/ www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses sessions throughout the year. and searching for the relevant course. Prospectus To find out more visit Further information describing the teaching, examination, View our 2018 prospectus online at www.studentsupport. assessment and other educational services, offered by manchester.ac.uk www.manchester.ac.uk/study/ the University of Manchester is available from undergraduate/prospectus/ www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate Alliance MBS Undergraduate Study – 2018 Entry www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate 54 — 55

Scholarships We hope to award a number of social responsibility scholarships MANCHESTER... Written by Tony Walsh (a.k.a Longfella) and international stellar scholarships to students in 2018. These awards are worth £2,000 p.a. across three years of study.

Eligibility criteria: UK/EU and international students achieving AAA at A-level (or equivalent). Additional eligibility criteria may apply. For the latest information visit www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/ug/scholarships To some it means a diverse place, of tolerance, of welcome Entry requirements A place of opportunity; GCSE or equivalent Grade B in English Language and Maths (A in Maths for BSc Accounting) communities to help them... Grade 6 in English Language and Maths in the newly reformed GCSEs in England (7 in Maths for BSc Accounting)

GCE A-level AAB at A-level (AAA for BSc Accounting) General Studies is normally accepted if one of four A-levels passed in the same sitting. Language subjects will be considered on an individual basis. Critical Thinking is not accepted. To some it means our trade, Three AS-levels can be accepted in the place of one A-level if all are taken in Year our commerce; crucially there is this 13. You must have studied these AS-levels alongside another two full A-levels. Spirit here, this atmosphere that International Baccalaureate 35 points and 665 in Higher Level subjects plus 5 for Standard Level Maths and English / English Language & Literature (37 points and 666 for BSc Manchester means business... Accounting plus 6 for Standard Level Maths and 5 for Standard Level English / English Language and Literature)

BTEC Level 3 National D*D*D (D*D*D* for BSc Accounting). The subject of your BTEC will be taken into Extended Diploma consideration when making a decision on your offer. Please see our website for full details of other BTEC qualifications which are also accepted. Alliance Manchester Business School; Access to HE Diploma 60 credits are required with 45 credits at Level 3. Of those 45 credits, a minimum ORIGINAL of 30 at Distinction and 15 at Merit (45 at Distinction for BSc Accounting). we think and get things done here Where GCSE Maths/English is not at the level stated above, 6 credits of THINKING Maths/English must be taken at Level 3 and passed at Merit (Distinction in Original Thinking Applied with pride. Maths for BSc Accounting). We think that you should come here. APPLIED International students We accept a wide range of international qualifications including international foundation year programmes. For full details visit www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/ug/requirements. We also require you to meet our English language requirements. We accept IELTS (6.5 overall with no less than 6 in any component), CAE (grade C) and GCSE/IGCSE English Language (grade B). Please contact our admissions What does Manchester mean to us? To hear more, watch our film at team for advice on the suitability of other qualifications. www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/mcr-means #mcrmeans Undergraduate Admissions Team Tel: +44 (0)161 306 3425/3401 Alliance Manchester Business School East Building Email: [email protected] The University of Manchester www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate Booth Street East Manchester M13 9SS Royal Charter Number RC000797

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