Course unit details
You take courses totalling 360 credits over the duration of your studies in order to graduate with Honours; 120 credits in each year of study. Generally, one semester courses are worth 10 credits and full year courses are worth 20 credits. As your studies progress you have increasing flexibility in choosing courses which suit your personal interests and career aspirations.
Course content for year 1
Project work integrates business and IT throughout the degree. Our current first-year project is supported by Credit Suisse and involves developing an application to solve a real business problem.
In addition to foundation-level course units in IT, you will also study marketing, economics and work psychology. By the end of your first year you will have presented your team project to employers at two employer showcases and participated in skills sessions delivered by companies such as KPMG, Fujitsu, and Bank of America.
Course units for year 1
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title
- Economic Principles
- Marketing Foundations
- Integrative Team Project 1
- Introduction to Work Psychology
- Software Application Design and Development
- Academic and Professional Practice
- Fundamentals of Data Analytics
- Database Design and Development
- Fundamentals of Information Systems
Course content for year 2
During your second year of study you will undertake core course units in Business Analysis, Digital Strategy, User Experience Design and Data Analytics.
What sets the ITMB programme at Manchester apart is our ability to provide you with the opportunity to customise your programme of study to ensure that it fulfils a learning experience that meets your individual goals.
Our current second year Integrative Team Project is supported by Procter and Gamble, where you will be tasked with the undertaking of a yearlong team consultancy project, the result of which will be showcased to employers at the end of both semesters.
Course units for year 2
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title
- Business Data Analytics
- Business Analysis
- Digital Strategy
- Integrative Team Project 2
- User Experience Design
- Fundamentals of Finance
- Fundamentals of Financial Reporting B
- Fundamentals of Management Accounting
- Consumer Behaviour
- Technology, Strategy and Innovation
Course content for year 3
Your final year provides an in-depth view of big data and business analytics, IT risk and architecture. You will gain practical skills in the design and application of business IT architectures through a core unit developed with IBM, which applies a case study from the global technology giant.
You will also undertake your own final year research project - the development of an IT solution to a business problem which will encompass; investigation, requirement analysis, design and evaluation of your proposed solution.
Previous ITMB students have studied a variety of topics including; how large corporations use technology to manage teams across geographic locations and time zones, IT provision in the treatment of diabetes in the NHS, and investigated the implications of the rise in social networking on management.
Course units for year 3
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
Title
- ITMB Final Year Project
- Business IT Architecture
- Data Analytics with Progamming Tools
- IT Risk, Cybersecurity and Governance
- Marketing Strategy
- Services Marketing Management
- Retail Marketing
- Marketing and Society
- Advanced Strategic Management
- Economic Analysis II: Corporate Development, Growth and Strategy