BSc (Hons) International Business, Finance and Economics with Industrial/Professional Experience

at Alliance Manchester Business School

Course content for year 1

All students take BMAN10931 Financial and Digital Innovations in International Business, BMAN10501 Financial Reporting, ECON10221 Microeconomics 1, BMAN10512 Introductory Management Accounting, BMAN10522M Financial Decision Making (M), ECON10252 Macroeconomics 1, and BMAN10780 Academic And Career Development. These together form 80 credits.
 

Students who have taken A-level Maths (or equivalent) must take ECON10071 Advanced Mathematics and ECON10072 Advanced Statistics (together 20 credits).
 

Students who have taken GCSE Maths but not A-level Maths (or equivalent) take ECON10061 Introductory Mathematics and SOST10062 Introductory Statistics for Economists (together 20 credits).
 

Students have a choice of taking either SOCY10912 Work, Organisations and Society (20 credits), or BMAN10252 Fundamentals of Technological Change together with MCEL10002 Entrepreneurial Skills (together 20 credits).
 

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

• Financial Reporting
• Introductory Management Accounting
• Financial Decision Making M
• Academic and Career Development
• Financial and Digital Innovations in International Business
• Microeconomics 1
• Macroeconomics 1
• Fundamentals of Technological Change
• Introductory Mathematics
• Advanced Mathematics

Course content for year 2

You will study core course units in finance, managerial economics and business strategy and choose options from accounting and finance, economics and contexts for international business. You will gain practical report writing, financial and competitor analysis and database skills through a core unit in international business strategy, using a real-life case study. Previous IBFE students analysed the performance of global earthmoving machinery giant, Caterpillar Inc.
 

IBFE focuses on the international context within which global businesses operate and is well-suited to students seeking international graduate positions in the UK and abroad. As such, in your second year you have the option to learn a language (which can be continued into your final year). You can choose from around 15 different languages at varying levels - visit the Language Centre for more details.
 

IBFE students can also choose up to 10 credits from a range of University College level 2 course units, including the Manchester Leadership Programme .
 

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

• Foundations of Finance A
• Foundations of Finance A
• Fundamentals of Strategy
• Managerial Economics I
• Law in a Management Context
• Investment Analysis
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Marketing
• Financial Markets and Institutions
• Financial Reporting and Accountability

Course content for year 3

As well as compulsory course units in international finance, managerial economics and international business analysis, there are options in accounting and finance, contexts for international business, economics and modern languages. You will choose 60 credits of optional course units, enabling you to specialise.
 

The International Business Analysis Project allows you to critically analyse contemporary business practice from a social and political perspective. You will question the classical strategy tradition by exploring how the pressure to deliver shareholder value complicates the job of management. You will explore these ideas through real-life case studies, including a recently collapsed bank (Lehman Brothers or Bear Stearns) and GlaxoSmithKline.

Course content for year 3

If successful, you will spend your third year on a paid work placement. Completing a placement will enable you to put theory into practice, further develop important transferable skills and gain a real insight into your chosen profession.
 

Course units for year 

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
 

• International Finance
• International Business Analysis Project: Corporate Management in a Wider Context
• Managerial Economics II
• Business Law 2: Law and the Modern Corporation in an International Context
• Marketing
• Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting and Regulation
• Human Resource Management
• Share Prices and Accounting Information
• Financial Derivatives
• Advanced Corporate Finance

A-level

Grades AAA. Native language A-Levels are accepted. General Studies is normally accepted if one of four A-Levels passed in the same sitting. In most circumstances we will expect candidates to complete three A-Levels in one sitting to demonstrate the ability to manage a high level and volume of study.
 

Preferred A-Level subjects
 

We will consider the subjects you have taken in addition to your individual grades. Due to the popularity of our courses we may prioritise applicants based on the number of preferred subjects that they are studying. We may also take into consideration the combination of subjects taken. Please use the list below to check our preferred subjects for BSc (Hons) IT Management for Business:
 

Accounting, Business Studies, Computer Science, Economics, English Language/Literature, Geography, Government and Politics, Information Technology, Law, Mathematics/Further Mathematics, Politics, Psychology, Quantitative Methods, Sociology, Software Systems Development and Statistics.
 

AS-level

AS level results are not considered as part of the standard admissions process at The University of Manchester.
 

Unit grade information

The University of Manchester welcomes the provision of unit information where available.  Like all other information provided by applicants this may be taken into consideration when assessing your application.  Unit grades will not normally form part of an offer conditions.
 

GCSE
 

Applicants must demonstrate a broad general education including acceptable levels of Literacy and Numeracy, equivalent to at least Grade B or 6 in GCSE/iGCSE English Language and Mathematics. GCSE/iGCSE English Literature will not be accepted in lieu of GCSE/iGCSE English Language.
 

Please note that if you hold English as a second language iGCSE qualification, we require you to achieve a higher grade in your iGCSE than the one stated above or to offer one of our  acceptable equivalent qualifications .
 

International Baccalaureate

• 36 points overall. 6,6,6 in Higher Level subjects.
• Students without GCSE/iGCSE Maths at grade B (or 6) will need to achieve 5 in any one of the following SL subjects; Maths, Maths Studies, Maths: Analysis and Approaches or Maths: Applications and Interpretation. Alternatively we can accept grade 5 in Middle Years Programme Maths.
• Students without GCSE/iGCSE English Language at B (or 6) will need to achieve 5 in SL Language A: English Language and Literature or Language A: Literature. If Language B: English is offered at SL we would need you to achieve a 6.
• Applicants studying the International Baccalaureate Career Related Programme (IBCP) should contact the academic School prior to applying so that their academic profile can be considered.
   

English language
 

All applicants to the University (from the UK and Overseas) are required to show evidence of English Language proficiency.  The minimum English Language requirement for this course is either:
 

• GCSE/iGCSE English Language grade B/6,   or;

• IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6 in any individual component, or;

• An acceptable equivalent qualification.

The fees for BSc (Hons) International Business, Finance and Economics with Industrial/Professional Experience may vary from £15,000 to £35,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

What jobs do our IBFE graduates go into? Examples of jobs recent IBFE graduates have gone onto include: assurance associate, audit trainee, commercial strategist and logistics graduate scheme.
 

Who employs them? A wide range of companies including: Grant Thornton, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Cyprus), RBS and Zolfo Cooper.
 

What about further study? IBFE graduates have gone onto law conversion courses and further study in finance and international business at institutions across the UK and internationally, including ESADE Business School (Barcelona), Humboldt University (Berlin) and the College of Law.
 

All examples are taken from the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) survey.