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Course Code: N740
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Course Code: N471
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Why choose the School of Leadership and Management
This course was developed in partnership with leading technology companies including Accenture, Amazon Web Services, BAE Systems, IBM, Network Rail, NHS Digital, BT, Cisco and Deloitte.
Our new business analytics suite features £500K of industry-standard hardware and software including Vensim simulation software for immersive skills practice.
Over 95% of our full-time UK business and management graduates are in employment or further study, 15 months after graduating (source: HESA Graduate Outcomes for 2020/21, pub 2023).
About the course
Employment trends show a growing gap in the market for graduates who are as comfortable in the world of IT as they are in management. This course develops your understanding of business management practice as well as offering you the opportunity to design technology solutions for business. You engage with live projects and real business issues, using an IT-driven approach to problem solving across a range of regional small/medium enterprises.
Facilities and specialist equipment
- New, state-of-the-art business analytics suite to support data analytics, 'big-data', data mining, digital marketing, SEO and other management skills
- Harvard Business Publishing -international learning resources providing advanced business simulations in areas such as sustainability and digital processes
- Our Reuters trading room, reacting to live ‘stock-market’ data
- Software includes Microsoft Power BI, Vensim simulation and VR immersive experience
- Access to Sage, Refinitiv Workspace and the econometrics software STATA
Your student experience
You explore core IT and data analytics areas and how to use a range of emerging IT platforms, making links between IT and business management.
Learn from research-driven academics actively involved in consultancy work.
Take up opportunities for consultancy experience during the second year of the degree, assisting businesses – from start-ups to established corporations - to solve problems, up-skill and innovate.
Benefit from masterclasses from industry experts so you learn from their experience and keep at the leading edge in your field.
Access virtual business-management simulation software that allows you to participate in running a business and experience collaborative working.
with Professional Practice Year
This course has the option to be taken over four years which includes a year placement in industry. Undertaking a year in industry has many benefits. You gain practical experience and build your CV, as well as being a great opportunity to sample a profession and network with potential future employers.
There is no tuition fee for the placement year enabling you to gain an extra year of experience for free.
*Only available to UK/EU students.
with Foundation Year
A Degree with a Foundation Year gives you guaranteed entry to an Undergraduate course.
Whether you’re returning to learning and require additional help and support to up-skill, or if you didn’t quite meet the grades to pursue an Undergraduate course, our Degrees with Foundation Year provide a fantastic entry route for you to work towards a degree level qualification.
With our guidance and support you’ll get up to speed within one year, and will be ready to seamlessly progress on to undergraduate study at Bedfordshire.
The Foundation Year provides an opportunity to build up your academic writing skills and numeracy, and will also cover a range of subject specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree.
This is an integrated four-year degree, with the foundation year as a key part of the course. You will need to successfully complete the Foundation Year to progress on to the first year of your bachelor’s degree.
Why study a degree with a Foundation Year?
- Broad-based yet enough depth to give you credible vocational skills
- Coverage of a variety of areas typically delivered by an expert in this area
- Gain an understanding of a subject before choosing which route you wish to specialise in
- Great introduction to further study, and guaranteed progression on to one of our Undergraduate degrees
The degrees offering a Foundation Year provide excellent preparation for your future studies.
During your Foundation Year you will get the opportunity to talk to tutors about your degree study and future career aspirations, and receive guidance on the most appropriate Undergraduate course to help you achieve this; providing you meet the entry requirements and pass the Foundation Year.
What will you study?
Studying our Information Technology Management for Business BSc (Hons) course is designed to address the rapidly changing technological business environment and to equip you with the technical and soft skills needed for career opportunities in various organisational settings. Your learning journey will begin in Year 1, where you will learn about the transformative nature of business through units such as Data Centric Organisations to develop an awareness of how data is being created and used in a business decision context and understand the evolution of data analytics. Computer systems are an integral part of our daily life, and in Computer Systems Structure you will learn about the organisation of data and computer architecture offering fundamental grounding in computing. You will use various programming languages and architectures that are contextualised during the course with lab-based practical sessions that will provide you with hands-on experience.
Building on the foundation of your first year, Year 2 will develop your understanding the current business and management complexities in units such as Systems Development and Modern Database Practices which appreciates the need for the deployment of real-world information systems that comprise data centric (database) systems. This includes the practical creation and interrogation of RDBMS databases using Structured Query Language (SQL). In Managing Business Complexity, you will also work with real companies on consultancy projects where you will apply the knowledge and skills gained during previous units into practice. Similarly, in Business Intelligence, you will analyse the challenges facing a business and how agility and innovation can support evidence-based decisions through data.
You will work with a live business case by identifying their data needs and providing them with effective strategies. Furthermore, you will evaluate sources of threats and strategies to prevent and protect against cyberattacks in our Cyber Defence and Automation units. In your final year, you will design business solutions through units such as Building Business Agility which looks at the increase reliance and insights derived from data analytics resulting in data centric organisations seeking to be adaptive and responsive. You will develop an understanding of agile business process models and link them to innovation and critically evaluate business processes to develop risk averse decisions that will lead to transformational change. In Data Driven Business, you will gain in-depth knowledge on the decision-making process exploring the uses of data information and tools and techniques within various context of business functions.
You build an awareness of the current and future trends related to various aspects of data and explore and understand the legal and ethical responsibilities associated with the collection, organisation, use, and analysis of data in the business context. Strategic Leadership will then explore the strategic role of technology in making strategic-level choices that enables strategy evaluation and implementation in business. You will use problem-solving strategies, methods and techniques to define, investigate and critically evaluate problems using information and data in complex and interrelated contexts. Finally, our Business Project unit establishes a framework for conducting academic research project leading to technology-based solutions for business problems informing an in-depth understanding and learning of the practical use of data in business and how it shapes critical business decisions.
How will you be assessed?
Assessment takes a variety of forms, including reports, portfolios, individual and collaborative tasks (individually assessed), research proposals, poster presentations, and exams. Many of the assessments tend to be focused on employability thus tend to be based on live businesses, studies, project work, and other employability focused activities.
Most units include elements of individual and group work to reflect the type of work undertaken in business and management. Assessment focuses on tasks that develop vocational skills, underpinned by subject knowledge, requiring higher levels of cognition in the later years of the course. Assessment becomes more nuanced and more demanding in Levels 5 & 6 with the expectation that students will be increasingly able to create their own subject specific knowledge.
Careers
The portfolio of skills you develop during the course will open opportunities for you to gain employment in business areas that require data/technology solutions such as IT management or digital marketing. The course also provides a thorough grounding in IT and data-analysis skills developing you to become a business manager who is able to make evidence based decisions on IT resource acquisitions and provide business solutions using a wide range of IT.
You also develop the skills required for lifelong learning meaning you are well prepared to keep up with the ever-evolving field of business information technology and ensure your future employability.
Entry Requirements
- 112 UCAS tariff points including 96 from at least 3 A-levels or equivalent
- GCSE grade 4/Functional Skills Level 2 Maths
Entry Requirements
- 112 UCAS tariff points including 96 from at least 3 A-levels or equivalent
- GCSE grade 4/Functional Skills Level 2 Maths
- 112 UCAS tariff points including 96 from at least 3 A-levels or equivalent
- GCSE grade 4/Functional Skills Level 2 Maths
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements
Fees for this course
UK 2024/25
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 2024/25 is £9,250 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees. You can also apply for a maintenance loan from the Government to help cover your living costs. See www.gov.uk/student-finance
Merit Scholarship
We offer a Merit Scholarship to UK students, worth £2,400* over three academic years, which is awarded to those who can demonstrate a high level of academic achievement, through scoring 120 UCAS tariff points or more.
Bedfordshire Bursary
If you aren’t eligible for the Merit Scholarship, this Bursary is there to help UK students with aspects of student living such as course costs. The Bursary will give you £1,000* over three academic years, or £1,300* if you are taking your course over four academic years (including those with a Foundation Year).
Full terms and conditions can be found here.
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the academic year 2024/25 is £15,500 per year.
There are range of Scholarships available to help support you through your studies with us.
A full list of scholarships can be found here.
Fees for this course
UK 2024/25
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 2024/25 is £9,250 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees. You can also apply for a maintenance loan from the Government to help cover your living costs. See www.gov.uk/student-finance
Merit Scholarship
We offer a Merit Scholarship to UK students, worth £2,400* over three academic years, which is awarded to those who can demonstrate a high level of academic achievement, through scoring 120 UCAS tariff points or more.
Bedfordshire Bursary
If you aren’t eligible for the Merit Scholarship, this Bursary is there to help UK students with aspects of student living such as course costs. The Bursary will give you £1,000* over three academic years, or £1,300* if you are taking your course over four academic years (including those with a Foundation Year).
Full terms and conditions can be found here.
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the academic year 2024/25 is £15,500 per year.
There are range of Scholarships available to help support you through your studies with us.
A full list of scholarships can be found here.
Fees for this course
UK 2024/25
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 2024/25 is £9,250 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees. You can also apply for a maintenance loan from the Government to help cover your living costs. See www.gov.uk/student-finance
Merit Scholarship
We offer a Merit Scholarship to UK students, worth £2,400* over three academic years, which is awarded to those who can demonstrate a high level of academic achievement, through scoring 120 UCAS tariff points or more.
Bedfordshire Bursary
If you aren’t eligible for the Merit Scholarship, this Bursary is there to help UK students with aspects of student living such as course costs. The Bursary will give you £1,000* over three academic years, or £1,300* if you are taking your course over four academic years (including those with a Foundation Year).
Full terms and conditions can be found here.
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the academic year 2024/25 is £15,500 per year.
There are range of Scholarships available to help support you through your studies with us.
A full list of scholarships can be found here.
Fees for this course
UK 2024/25
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 2024/25 is £9,250 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees. You can also apply for a maintenance loan from the Government to help cover your living costs. See www.gov.uk/student-finance
Merit Scholarship
We offer a Merit Scholarship to UK students, worth £2,400* over three academic years, which is awarded to those who can demonstrate a high level of academic achievement, through scoring 120 UCAS tariff points or more.
Bedfordshire Bursary
If you aren’t eligible for the Merit Scholarship, this Bursary is there to help UK students with aspects of student living such as course costs. The Bursary will give you £1,000* over three academic years, or £1,300* if you are taking your course over four academic years (including those with a Foundation Year).
Full terms and conditions can be found here.
Alternatively if you have any questions around fees and funding please email admission@beds.ac.uk
International
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the academic year 2024/25 is £15,500 per year.
There are range of Scholarships available to help support you through your studies with us.
A full list of scholarships can be found here.
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