Business and Data Management BA (Hons)

Course overview

This broad-based degree gives you a comprehensive understanding of business concepts and models with specialist knowledge of data management. Recent estimates suggest that each day companies around the world generate as much as 2.5 billion gigabytes of data. Thorough analysis of big data can provide organizations with important insights into their current and future activities.

You study business, management, leadership and enterprise combined with specialist modules specific to the management of data. You explore issues of data representation and data quality, information architecture and scale alongside tools and configurations available to defend network technologies. Cryptographic techniques and systems are used to analyze and compare business requirements and cloud-based systems.

You study at both Teesside University Business School and the School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies, giving you complete a business and computer science learning experience. An optional work placement year is included, at no extra cost.

Career opportunities

Due to the diverse nature of the degree our students progress to a range of careers in business and data management, both nationally and internationally.

We provide an environment that allows you to develop the extra practical employability characteristics that will make you more attractive to employers in the job market in the years to come.

All programmes are designed to incorporate employability skills development alongside your degree course. Our staff use their extensive business connections to provide many and varied opportunities to engage with potential employers through fairs, guest lecture sessions, live projects and site visits.

We offer a series of workshops and events in the first, second and third years to ensure you are equipped with both degree level subject knowledge plus the practical skills that employers are looking for in new graduate recruits. We also offer extensive support for you to find and secure industry year placements which have been shown to make have significant positive impact on a student’s career prospects on graduation.

Our award-winning careers service works with regional and national employers to advertise graduate positions, in addition to providing post-graduation support for all Teesside University alumni.

Through collaborative projects with our international partners, you gain the skills and confidence to succeed in the world of work on a global scale. You work with SMEs and large corporate organizations, developing practical business skills by formulating solutions to real-world challenges. We ensure that you acquire a unique mix of ability, knowledge and experience to secure the perfect role.