Undergraduate study 2014 prospectus

Course information

This multi-disciplinary degree course will appeal to students who are not only looking to extend their geographical knowledge and understanding, but also to gain an insight into business management.

Students spend equal amounts of time studying each subject and relationships between the two can be explored in a final year dissertation.

Skills acquisition and assessment are increasingly important for employment prospects and these are given prominence throughout the course.

Compulsory and optional modules in Geography are drawn from those listed under the Single Honours Geography course.

Industrial Placement

Students on the 4-year sandwich course will be able to spend a year in a UK or overseas business environment, which leads to the award of a Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS) on completion of their course; this is in addition to the BSc Honours degree.

The industrial placement year is administered by the University’s School of Business and Economics.

Assessment

Modules are assessed either by examination, by a combination of coursework and examinations, or entirely by coursework.

Career Prospects

Geography and Management graduates have been appointed to a wide range of professions and most of our graduates are in employment within a few months of graduating, or progress to postgraduate study.

Many of the students who participated in the year in industry were offered posts in those institutions.

Course structure

Year 1

Compulsory core modules:

• Accounting for Managers
• Introduction to Accounting
• Management of Human Resources
• Organisational Behaviour
• Quantitative Methods for Business
• Statistics and Modelling for Management

Year 2

Compulsory core modules:

• Management Science Methods
• Operations Management
• Organisation Studies
• Principles of Marketing
• The Marketing Mix

Optional modules (choose 1 of 2):

• Company Finance
• The Contemporary Business Environment

Between their second and final years, students on the 4-year sandwich course will be able to spend a year in a UK or overseas business environment, which leads to the award of a Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS) on completion of their course; this is in addition to the BSc Honours degree. The industrial placement year is administered by the University’s School of Business and Economics.

Final Year

Compulsory core modules:

• Strategic Management

Optional modules:

• Business Forecasting
• Business Systems
• Corporate and Wholesale Banking
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Planning
• Leadership and Interpersonal Skills
• Marketing Communications
• Marketing Strategy and Planning
• Project Management
• Risk Management
• The Changing Work Organisation

Please note that optional modules are subject to availability and timetable permitting.

UCAS codes and entry requirements

The entry requirements for each course should be read alongside the University’s general entrance requirements, which give further details on acceptable subjects, alternative qualifications and minimum English language requirements.

SQA AHScottish Qualifications Authority Advanced Highers IBInternational Baccalaureate Diploma DPSDiploma in Professional Studies DISDiploma in Industrial Studies DIntSDiploma in International Studies