Course summary

• Explore a variety of business areas and develop key skills in strategic management, innovation, creativity, change and leadership.
• Understand the significance of responsible management practices to respond to contemporary business challenges.
• Develop your numerical and research skills to analyse and evaluate data and information to enable you to develop appropriate solutions.
• Enhance your networking, team-based and interpersonal skills.
• Have the opportunity to work or study abroad – with the possibility of funding through the Turing Scheme.

This course provides students with a solid foundation in key business principles and activities which will help them to adapt quickly in dynamic workplaces. The course focuses on the development of knowledge and application in the following areas: strategic insight, commercial acumen, responsible management, innovation, creativity, and leading transformational change.

The degree offers students a pathway to pursue and develop these areas, personal interests, and skillsets to graduate with the confidence and qualities that employers desire. Business Studies will help you to secure career options in a variety of different sectors as a thought leader, influencer, and expert change agent in today’s evolving workplace.

Applied learning

Work placements

You’ll be actively encouraged and supported to take up a placement year – either nationally or internationally. Many students do a placement each year – gaining experience with corporations in locations such as New York, California, Florida, Dubai, Australia, Hong Kong and the Maldives. You can also study a language, and you’re offered a chance to study at a European university for either a year or semester – with the possibility of funding through the Erasmus+ programme (until 2023) or the Turing Scheme.

Networking opportunities

As a student in our Sheffield Business School, you’ll benefit from being part of a vibrant community – as well as the student-led Business and Management Society for peer support and networking opportunities. We also pay for you to be a Student Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management during your course – giving you access to their resources and networking events, and helping you build up your LinkedIn contacts for your career ahead.

3. Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• multinational or domestic business organisation
• public or charitable sectors

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• Allianz
• Bloomberg
• L'Oreal
• Centrica
• Honda
• Renault
• Gripple (UK)
• Cummins
• Fujitsu
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Kent County Council
• GE Money
• IBM UK
• Janssen Pharmaceuticals
• Norwich Union
• Pirelli
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• SAP
• SSE
• Telefonica UK (O2)
• Tesco
• Westfield Health

 Modules

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.

You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information.

Year 1

Compulsory modulesModuleCreditsAssessmentContemporary Organisations20Coursework
Customers And Markets20Coursework
Exam
Data Analysis For Business Decisions20Coursework
Enterprise Change And Creativity20Coursework
People And Organisations In Context20Coursework
Exam
Elective modulesModuleCreditsAssessmentForeign

Year 2

Compulsory modulesModuleCreditsAssessmentBusiness In Practice20Coursework
Finance For Business Performance20Coursework
Leading Innovative Organisations20Coursework
Planning Your Own Business20Coursework
Responsible And Ethical Business Practice20Coursework
Elective modulesModuleCreditsAssessmentBusiness Law20Coursework
Exam
Foreign Language20Coursework
Language And Specialist Cultural Studies20Coursework
Leading And Managing Teams20Coursework
Managing International Business20Coursework
Service And Retail Marketing20Coursework

Global Business Elective modulesModuleCreditsAssessmentBusiness In The European Economy20Coursework
Exam
Business Operations And Project Management20Coursework
Consultancy Skills For Organisational Change20Coursework
Contemporary Issues In International Business20Coursework
Exam
Contemporary Issues In Marketing20Coursework
Exam
Customer Psychology20Coursework
Financial Performance Management20Coursework
Foreign Language20Coursework
Managing For Success20Coursework
Managing The Digital Enterprise20Coursework
Sustainable And Responsible Business In The C21 - Contemporary Challenges20Coursework