Course description
The best bits
- Combining two subjects boosts your employability and gives you the opportunity to develop knowledge and expertise in two subject areas, making you a more versatile graduate
- The course is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI)**
- You'll gain an extra professional qualification in Management and Leadership on top of your degree **
- Professional mentoring and access to CMI member benefits **
- Learn to use software used by leading professions in the financial sector such as our Financial Markets Lab
How you will learn
You’ll be taught through several learning and teaching methods, such as formal lectures, which will at times include expert speakers, and seminars.
Seminars can be tutor-led or student-led and can include critical analysis of reading, presentations, group work, debates and general problem solving, interaction with real businesses, case study analysis, computer lab work, practical analysis and formative assessment.
- Tutorials: one-to-one sessions with a tutor to discuss the development of assignments
- Formal lectures
- Work projects
- Self-directed study
In addition to direct teaching by faculty staff the University also makes use of blended learning through which students will be able to enhance and progress their learning. Through the university’s online portal; University of Derby Online (UDO) students can access the university virtual learning environment which forms an important part of the delivery of the programme and provide a facility through which tutors can supply lecture notes and presentations, links to learning resources and information and announcements pertinent to studies.
How you are assessed
For Business Management, we mostly assess you through practical coursework assignments — the sort of tasks you might undertake in a workplace. Sometimes these will be individual tasks and at other times, you will need to work in a group. Assignments could include:
- business reports
- research and consultancy projects
- presentations
- design of digital materials such as videos, blogs or augmented reality posters
- computer-based assessments
For Economics you’ll be assessed in several ways, including:
- computer-based assessments
- business reports
- applied economics projects to showcase your analytical and quantitative skills
- data retrieval and quantitative analytics using Bloomberg
- computer-based analysis harnessing Excel and SPSS
- poster presentations and reports to assess your research and consultancy skills
Who will teach you
You will be taught by our team of engaging, passionate and inspiring subject experts.
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