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Undergraduate Prospectus 2011 www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/undergraduate
Went to Lancaster. Loved it.
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Contents
Why choose Lancaster University Management School?
06 Welcome to Lancaster University Management School
08 Teaching and learning
10 Employability and careers provision at LUMS12 Placement year
14 Study abroad
16 Information for international students
18 Degree structure
Which LUMS course is right for me?
22 Accounting & Finance24 Accounting, Auditing & Finance
The Ernst & Young Degree
26 Business Studies
28 Economics
30 European Management (BBA)
32 Management (BBA)
34 Management & Entrepreneurship
36 Management & IT38 Management & Organisations
40 Management Science & Operations Management
42 Marketing & Advertising
44 Project Management
Whats it like being a student at LUMS?
48 City life & surrounding area
50 Campus life52 Eight colleges one university
54 Student support
56 Student union
58 Fees, scholarships & bursaries
60 Entry requirements
61 Campus plan
Lancasters excellent
academic facilities,
teaching staff, student
societies and sports
facilities - coupled with
a beautiful campus and
collegiate system -
provides a vibrant
student life.
Hassan Mahbub, BBA
Management, 2010
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Why chooseLancasterUniversity
Management
School?
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Welcome toLancaster University
Management School (LUMS)Key Facts
Rated very
highly in theNational StudentSatisfaction
Survey every year
One of the bestin Europe forresearch and staff
expertise
Rated excellentfor quality of
teaching
Consistently in
The Times Top 10
The programme, the extra curricular activities andthe support the LUMS staff offered me throughout
my studies, have all shaped me for the future.
Not only have the courses provided me with therelevant knowledge to enter the business world,
they have challenged me and allowed me to develop
the skills required to be successful.Sophie Kelly, BSc Business Studies, 2009
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Andreas BlumBBA Management NorthAmerica/Australasia
Besides the unique degree structure
of the BBA, I chose LUMS mainly for
its reputation as a leading European
Management School and for its diverse
student body and faculty, which Ideemed a good preparation for a
future career in an international
business environment.
I am now in my final year and I have
gained enormously from studying at
LUMS. The year of studying abroad,
the placement year in industry and the
excellent environment at LUMS equip
you with the tools and skills you need
for a successful future career in
management.
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Why study at LUMS?
Because we offer a variety of world-
class degrees in a stimulating
and friendly environment.
The government has consistently rated
us one of the very best in the UK for ourstaff expertise across the whole field of
Business and Management. This ensures
that all our degrees are highly relevant
and up-to-date, covering a wide choice
of challenging modules, which examine
theory and practice from national and
global perspectives.
More importantly, our students also regard
us highly. The National Student Survey,which surveys final year students, has rated
us very highly every year of its existance.
What do our students like about studying
at LUMS? According to the survey results,
our courses:
are intellectually stimulating and taught
with great enthusiasm
help them to tackle unfamiliar problems
encourage the development of
presentation skills
massively improve teamwork and
communication skills (essential to any
employment)
are extremely well run, with highly
effective communication, and staff who
are easy to contact
Employers like us too. Although there are
more UK graduates than ever, employers
still often struggle to find the sorts of
graduate they need but they like LUMS
graduates for their sharp, critical minds
coupled with essential personal skills that
single them out as leaders for the future.
In this prospectus you will find out aboutthe wide variety of degrees on offer at
LUMS. These include generalist degrees
which cover the whole spectrum of
management and business topics as well
as more specialist degrees which focus
mainly on particular subject areas. They
include a degree delivered in conjunction
with Ernst & Young, one of the worlds
leading employers, the BBA in European
Management, which is in fact two degrees,
one from Lancaster and one from another
top international university. No other
leading management school can match
what we have on offer.
You will read about our innovative and varied
teaching methods; great facilities;
stimulating international mix of both staff
and students; opportunities to take salaried
work placements and the opportunity
to spend time studying at a top-quality
university abroad. Throughout this
prospectus we will also be sharing with
you the views of our current and recent
students. They are the ones who know
what its really like to study as a LUMS
undergraduate.
Coming to Lancaster
has been the best thing
to happen to me its
a fantastic preparationfor your business career.
Sophie Mazur, BBA
European Management,
2008
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Teaching and learning
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The teaching isabsolutely first class
and I have learntmany varied skillsin my time here.
Stuart Rae,
BBA Management
2009
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Our overall teaching and learningphilosophy is simple.
We treat you as adults.
We dont tell you what to think. If all you
can do is repeat what weve told you in
lectures, then weve failed.
This requires a varied style of learning.
As well as lectures, you will also discuss
issues in smaller groups with each other and
your tutors, this helps really understand the
issues introduced in lectures. Depending on
your precise degree, you may also be
involved in classes, computer workshops, etc.
Much of your work you will have to organise
for yourself outside timetabled hours. This
will involve research in the library and on
the internet, so that you can discover a
range of opinions and insights on the topics
you are studying, and, most important of
all, come to your own critically considered
views. You will have to produce items of
coursework throughout your time with us,
and you will be expected to keep to
deadlines time management is a veryimportant skill you will learn! And you will
have to take exams at the end of it all; your
performance in these will serve to sum up
everything you have learned.
But you wont just be working on your
own the whole time. We believe that team
work is absolutely essential. It is not only
vital for your future employment; it is also
a key life skill.
If you cant work productively with other
people you will be denying yourself all
sorts of opportunities in the future.
So, in addition to your individual work, you
will frequently be working in teams on all
manner of projects, undertaking research,
writing reports, giving presentations,
taking part in role play, etc. Sometimes you
will be allowed to choose your fellow team
members, but at other times you may be
put into teams with people you have never
met before often a challenge, but one
that will stand you in very good stead for
future employment.
Expert Teachers
Our teaching staff have world-class
expertise in a very wide variety of fields of
management and business. So you can be
sure that everything you are taught isextremely well-researched and up to date.
This is of course crucial in the world of
management and business, which can
change very quickly.
At LUMS we believe that all of our students
should reap the benefit of our expertise,
right from the first year. So, for example,
you may find yourself being taught
first-year economics by a professor who isinternationally renowned for his work in the
economics of labour and education; and
then in your operations management
first-year class you may be taught by a
world-class expert in the management of
risk and organisational reliability. These
established staff will be joined by young
and enthusiastic academics near the start
of their careers the stars of the future.
Just as important as all this, you will find
that the LUMS staff are willing to help you
achieve your maximum potential. Lecturers
and tutors are easy to contact and many
have an open-door policy. We are also
fortunate to have a superb team of
administrative staff who ensure that
everything runs as smoothly as possible.
Everything and everybody is geared up for
you to succeed, to fulfil your potential and
achieve more than you ever thoughtpossible before you started at LUMS.
Facilities
All this requires top-class facilities. Our
lecture theatres and small seminar rooms
are very well equipped with the latest in
audio-visual equipment, and even the
seating has been recently renovated. There
are numerous computer labs with all the
software you need, and if you have your
own laptop you will find plenty of wireless
internet areas within LUMS and on other
parts of campus.
You will have your own email account, and
every single module in LUMS has its own
intranet area to aid clear and speedy
communication between staff and students.
To facilitate our growing use of team work,
there are new break-out areas, where
you can get together with your team
members and go through your reports,
presentations, etc., in comfortable and
bright surroundings. These are very popular
with students and also form an important
part of the life of LUMS. Beyond LUMS,
there is an excellent university library withaccess to almost all the books, journals
and databases you could ever need and,
if you cant find what you want, the library
staff are always very helpful in trying to get
hold of it for you.
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The workshops pertaining
to work permits and
international students
really aided me during my
application process. Theadvice given in thesesessions really helped me
to understand the UKsystem better.Aliya Jabbar,
BSc Accounting and
Finance, 2008
Employabilityand careers provision
at LUMS
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The Get that Job workshop made memore aware of the application process and
assessment day and helped to prepare mefor the recruitment process.Joanna Rogers,
BA Advertising and Marketing, 2007
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If you choose LUMS you are doing so at an
exciting time. A recent 2.7m investment
has resulted in one of the most innovative
careers services in the UK, which hosts
the biggest independent careers fair in the
country. In addition our dedicated Careers
Resources Room in the Management
School will help you discover the vast array
of options open to you, provide drop-inclinics to help you at every stage of the
recruitment process and offer one to one
careers advice when you need it.
At LUMS academic and careers professional
staff work as a team to ensure that when
you graduate you will be equipped with
academic excellence and the best possible
set of skills to enjoy success in your future
life, study and career.
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LUMS is at the forefront of
research into graduate
employability so we understand
the potential challenges you will
face entering a highly
competitive graduate labour
market. Our close contact with
graduate employers also helps usto understand the knowledge,
skills and personal attributes
they seek in potential employees.
At LUMS you will have a unique opportunity
to develop your employability. Through your
course you will gain specialised subject
knowledge, learn how to work in teams,deliver professional presentations, develop
your managerial and leadership qualities,
solve real business problems and become
much more globally aware.
You will have the opportunity to widen
your experience by selecting from a vast
array of activities which include business
games run by major graduate employers,
personal and career developmentcourses, work experience, volunteering
and membership of student clubs and
societies. So whatever your career
aspirations working for a large blue chip
organisation, a small or medium sized
enterprise, a not-for-profit organisation
or even setting up your own business
we will help you to realise them.
If it all seems a bit daunting or you have no
idea yet of what you will do at the end of
your study, dont worry our flexible
degrees and dedicated careers support are
designed to let you explore your interests
and learn more about the different options
open to you.
A business and management degree from
LUMS is highly regarded by regional,
national and international employers and will
open the door to a vast range of careers.
The majority of our graduates enter careers
directly related to business and management
in a wide range of organisations including
Accenture, Arcadia, Astra Zeneca, Barclays,
BMW, Civil Service, Co-Op, Deloitte, Ernst
& Young, Home Office, IBM, Johnson and
Johnson, KPMG, Marks & Spencer, NHS,
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Tesco.
Others go on to postgraduate education,
academic research and teaching or start
their own businesses.
The 1-1 nature of the support available was invaluable.Throughout the job application process, having someone
to provide advice and assistance enabled me to
successfully secure an excellent graduate job.Rebecca Oliver, BA Management and Entrepreneurship, 2008
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Placement year
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The year in industry is great
the school gives you a lot ofsupport in getting your placement.
Laurie Borlace, BBA Management
North America/Australasia 2008
I couldnt imagine
leaving university and
starting a job without
having the experience
I gained on my
placement year
Melanie McKay, BBA
Management 2008
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Stuart RaeBBA Management 2009
Placement employer: Johnson & Johnson
My placement search was one of the
hardest things Ive ever done
however, Lancaster has fantastic links
with many top employers like Johnson
and Johnson where I accepted aplacement. I was given real
responsibilities and treated as an
employee. I worked in Customer
Development and was given direct
contact with some of the UKs largest
pharmaceutical wholesalers. I was the
first ever placement student to receive
an award at the end of year
conference. It was awarded by the UK
Managing Director to recognise my
efforts during the first six months.
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Every year over 100 LUMS
undergraduates take a period of
paid managerial employment as
part of their degree usually for
the third year of a four-year
degree. For some of our degrees
the placement is an integral
component of the degree, butyou may also be able to take an
optional placement year in most
of our other degrees.
Why should you take a placement year?
Well, its not for everyone. We know that
many students prefer to finish their studies
in three years. But if youre not in a greathurry you could find it really beneficial. The
experience will give your employment
prospects a massive boost you will not
find it hard to secure graduate job interviews.
And it helps you decide on your career
direction and the kind of organisation in
which you want to work. Our students tell
us that its very enjoyable as well!
There are always plenty of really goodplacements available, in all sectors of
employment banking and finance, retail,
service, manufacturing, government, etc.
and covering all sorts of roles, including
Marketing, Sales, Human Resources,
Finance, Events Management, Logistics,
Consultancy and many more. We ensure
that you find a placement that really suits
you, and where you will flourish and
develop professionally at a fast rate.
Many students tell us that they have done
things on their placement that they never
dreamt they would be capable of.
Recent placements include:
Knowledge Management for Amadeus
in Nice
Human Resources for Warner Brothers
in London
Sports Marketing for Reebok in Bolton
Financial Analyst for Aston Martin in
Warwickshire
Events Management for Fujitsu in
London
Whatever your role and whoever your
employer, you will be doing a real,
responsible job. Youll be paid a good salary
and will be expected to earn it! But youll
also remain a LUMS student and thus still
eligible for a student loan and other
benefits. You will also have a LUMS
supervisor who will visit you on placement
to ensure that everything is going well and
that you are gaining as much as possible
from the experience.
Your placement experience will be really
useful when you come back for your final
year. You will be able to see the
connections between theory and practice
and your final year studies will benefit a
great deal. Nearly all students get much
higher marks in their final year and a large
proportion every year end up with a
first-class degree.
Mark AllinBSc MarketingManagement, 2008
Placement employer: Reebok UK
My placement year at Reebok has
proved to be beneficial in a number of
ways: It helped to improve mysubsequent university work on my
Marketing Management degree.
It was also invaluable when applying
for graduate jobs as it provided a
broad, relevant and influential set of
examples that allow you to demonstrate
key qualities and techniques during the
application process. The experience
was fantastic and continues to provide
benefits it led directly to my job
at Reebok UK in Horwich after Igraduated from Lancaster.
You have the opportunity to put into practicethe theory you have learned at university,and then return to university with a wealth
ofpractical experience which often helps toconceptualise the theories taught in lectures.Ben Dickinson, BSc Accounting, Auditing and
Finance, 2009
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Study Abroad
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The help and support
network to guide
students through the
exchange process is
very well established
at Lancaster makingthe planning and
preparation processvery easy and hassle-
free. Karl Duffill,BBA Management, 2010
Studying abroad not only opens your eyes
to different people and cultures but also to alternative
teaching methods which I believe have enriched
my university experience as a whole. Andreas Blum,
BBA Management North America/Australasia, 2009
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Smita PatelBBA Management-NorthAmerica/Australasia, 2008
Study Abroad Destination:
University of New South Wales, Sydney
I have had many amazing experiences
and Ive managed to travel to Fiji,
Australia and New Zealand. I have
become a much more independent
person, able to change and adapt to
new situations. It has been an amazing
experience and Id advise anyone who
has the opportunity to study abroad to
grab it with both hands it is a life
changing experience!
The Experience
We encourage students to gain experience
of study outside the UK and many of our
degree programmes include a year spent
studying at top US, Canadian, European,
Australasian or Asian universities.
Lancaster has an exceptionally well
developed and exciting range of
opportunities for Study Abroad.
The flexibility of our degrees means that, in
most cases, even if you are not admitted toa scheme with a compulsory year abroad,
you could still choose to compete for a
place on the Study Abroad scheme during
your first year, subject to good first-year
academic performance.
Ask any student on our Study Abroad
programme and he or she will tell you that
it is the experience of a lifetime. As well as
the opportunity to study at a leadinguniversity you will also have the chance to
experience life in another culture and meet
new people from all over the world. Students
who Study Abroad not only have a fantastic
time but also learn about themselves,
becoming more independent, gaining
confidence and achieving the ability to adapt
to the environment around them. There is
some evidence, too, that students who haveexperienced contrasting education systems
and cultures are more attractive to employers.
However, this is not a years holiday, and
you do need to be strongly motivated,
flexible and ready for a challenge. Its not
just the culture, the people, the environment,
the weather and the food that will be
different study styles and expectations
also vary greatly across the world and youwill be expected to adapt quickly and take
your work seriously. The year abroad
normally replaces your second year at
Lancaster, and so you will need to choose
your studies carefully. Your Study Abroad
Adviser will help you decide on a relevant
study programme for your year abroad that
fits in well with your studies at Lancaster,
and will be a constant contact on hand to
help and advise at any point during the year.
Your host university will also provide an
International Student Adviser to help you
out with any practical difficulties.
In addition to the formal degree schemes
offering a years Study Abroad in North
America and Australasia, LUMS also has
an extensive network of partners in Europe
and Asia. We can offer a term or a year, or
2 years (see BBA European Management)
depending on your degree scheme, in top
Business Schools and you may not have
to speak the local language to take
advantage of them. This opportunity
again is competitive and will only be given
to those performing well at their studies
at Lancaster.
Exchange Partners
LUMS has exchange agreements with
prestigious universities all over the worldand in recent years students have studied at
Boston College, the University of California,
the University of British Columbia (Canada),
Hong Kong City University, La Trobe
University (Australia) and very many more.
Further details of all our partner institutions
can be found on the LUMS website at
www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/international.
Fees and expenses
The cost of a year abroad varies by location.
As a general guide, around 6,000 covers
living expenses (including accommodation
and meals). You pay half fees to Lancaster
University for your year abroad and do not
pay any tuition fees to your host university.
If UK students spend a full year in an
EU partner institution on the Erasmusprogramme their tuition fees are waived.
However please note that this is under
review. International and EU students
currently pay half fees to Lancaster when
they spend a full year in an EU country.
Irene LamBSc Marketing Management(Study Abroad), 2008
Study Abroad Destination: Hong Kong
Ive always been passionate about
travelling around the world and chose
Lancaster University as it gave methe opportunity to spend two of my
four years abroad, both studying
and working.
After the first year I studied in Hong
Kong as an exchange student which
gave me the chance to explore my own
cultural roots. The friends I have made
are irreplaceable and its an experience
that will last a lifetime.
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Informationfor international
students
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LUMS is a friendly and diverse
community with students from
all over the world. We have long
experience of teaching internationalstudents and welcome the
contribution they make to the
academic and social life of LUMS.
There are over currently 700 non-UK
undergraduates at LUMS: 250 from Europe
and 500 from outside the EU. You will
therefore be joining a highly cosmopolitancommunity.
Applications and admissions
Are you qualified for admission? Do check
our entry requirements on the LUMS
website www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/about/
international.
We welcome students from a wide
range of countries directly on to year one
of our programmes and also accept good
performance on selected Foundation Year
programmes as meeting our entry
requirements. The programmes we
consider include those validated and
recognised by Lancaster University,
such as the Study Group Programme
taught on our campus.
Need advice before you apply?
In many countries you can meet a LUMSstaff member at an Education Fair before
you apply see www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/
events/ugfairs for the full schedule. We
also have agents who can give personal
advice on your application to LUMS in
countries such as China, Cyprus, Greece,
India, Japan, Nigeria, Norway and Taiwan
a full list is on www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/
international.
The experience
of living with
so manypeople from so
many different
nationalities
is very enriching
it helps you
to build your
social skills and
develops your
character.
Zarina Khaliq, BA
Economics, 2007
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Vidisha KhaitanBSc Business Studies, 2006
Country of origin: India
Employer:City Capital
The three years I have spent at
Lancaster University have been a most
challenging and exciting experience.
I would recommend the LancasterUniversity Business Studies degree.
In addition to gaining a strong
theoretical background, certain courses
such as Entrepreneurship, for
instance give you a great insight into
how you would approach things if you
were an entrepreneur or manager in
a real business. However, it has not
been always just work there is
ample opportunity to get involved
in student societies.
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We also recommend that you contact a
former LUMS student for firsthand
information about our degrees and life onthe Lancaster campus. A full list of alumni
advisers is on www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/
masters/contacts/alumnicontacts.
Need extra language preparationbefore starting your studies?
We usually ask non-native speakers for an
English Language qualification (such as
IELTS 6.5). For those who do not quite
meet this standard, we offer 4-week and
8-week pre-degree courses in English for
Academic Purposes. An extra fee is required
for this course, but during your degree we
also provide excellent study skills support
for international students for no extra fee.
For programmes which include a placement,
or a year abroad, we may ask for IELTS 7.0to ensure that you have the necessary skill
level to be effective in a work situation.
Accommodation and lifeat Lancaster
We guarantee non-EU students a single
room on campus for the full period of
study. EU students are guaranteed a room
in year one, but may have to live offcampus in year two. We offer a safe,
supportive and attractive environment. In
the Universitys Student Support Office
there is a specialist International Student
Adviser who helps any students who might
have visa and financial problems and
organises a range of events off campus
trips and visits especially for international
students.
There is also a very wide range of
University societies for different nationality
groups, such as Hellenic, CSSA (Chinese),
Malaysian and Asian, through which
different activities are organised.
An international curriculum
Our programmes have been developed
with the needs of international students
in mind, including for example our BBA
in European Management. There is a
special compulsory first year course in
British Society and Business Environment
for non-EU students to help them adjust
and adapt to studying business and
management in the UK.
Fees and scholarships forinternational students
We charge reasonable tuition fees, and we
would expect to offer special scholarships
on an annual basis to students who select
Lancaster as their first choice and whose
performance slightly exceeds our entry
requirements.
Useful web sites:
UCAS special pages www.ucas.com/
students/nonukstudents/index
English for Academic Purposes
www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/eap
Pre-arrival Information
www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/
studentsupport/international/
prearrival
In-sessional study skills programme
www.lancs.ac.uk/celt/sldc/
courses/Elis
University Support services -
www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/studentsupport
Lancaster University Colleges
www.lancs.ac.uk/colleges/colleges
Students Union support facilitieswww.lusu.co.uk
Student societies
www.lusu.co.uk/societies
Andy Bohong ChenBA Accountingand Finance, 2006
Country of origin:China
I enjoyed the time I had at Lancaster
University. Here, you study, you do
sports and you can join in many socialevents where you can make lots of
good friends.
On the academic side, lectures and
tutorials were very well arranged.
Tutors were approachable and always
willing to provide help.
I believe that it was a very wise
decision to choose LUMS one of the
best management schools in this
country. I will definitely come back tovisit Lancaster University.
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Lancasters
undergraduatedegree structure
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The flexibility
at Lancaster
means you
can switch
to a different
degree scheme
if you find
your interests
changing.
Yun Yue, BA
Accounting &
Finance, 2008
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LUMS offers a large number of
degrees, many of which may be
new to you. You may feel a little
worried about committing
yourself to a particular degree in
these circumstances. However,
help is at hand!
Lancasters flexible degree structure means
that you are able to switch the focus of
your degree as both your interests evolve
and career opportunities develop. On
successful completion of Part I (the first
year), you make your final selection of the
degree scheme you wish to study in Part II
(subsequent years). At this point you are
able to choose from a wide range of degrees,regardless of the specific scheme you were
admitted to study in Part I. This flexibility is
a valuable asset, for several reasons.
Increased options: Why commit
yourself to a single degree when you
can keep your options open? When you
select a Lancaster degree on your
UCAS form, you automatically gain
access to a broad range of degrees.
Deferred decision-making: Deciding
which degree to take is one of the most
important decisions youll ever make.
Your preferred subject choice may
sound great in principle but the reality
could be different. What if you dont like
it? What if youre not good at it? The last
thing you want is to be stuck on the
wrong degree. By delaying the final
decision on your preferred degree to
the end of your first year, we ensure
that youll know enough about the
subject to make the right choice.
Greater flexibility:Fashions and tastes
change rapidly. What excites you today
might bore you tomorrow. What looks
like a great career choice now might
seem less attractive in a years time.
Once you have made your choice at the
end of the first year, you will begin to study
your chosen subject in more depth,
including a selection of advanced options.
However, it will normally be possible to
take one or more additional options in
other subjects. The total number of options
available is very large, since LUMS is so
strong in many different areas ofmanagement and business. It will also
usually be possible to take options from
other parts of the university.
This flexibility is not absolute for example,
some degrees have extra entry criteria,
and some have to be taken from the start
of the first year. But there will definitely be
a choice of paths to follow for every
student who completes the first year withsatisfactory marks.
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I really liked the freedom to select the subjects
I was interested in and appreciated the highly
organised course management, from lecturersto course co-ordinators. The responsiveness of staff,
including lecturers, was incredible. Matiss Ansviesulis,
BSc Business Studies, 2009
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Which LUMScourse is
right for me?
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Degrees
BA/BSc Accounting & Finance
BSc Accounting, Auditing& Finance (The Ernst& Young Degree)
BSc Accounting& Management Studies
BSc Finance& Management Studies
BSc Finance
BA Accounting & Economics
BA Accounting, Finance& Computer Science
BSc Accounting, Finance& Mathematics
BSc Finance & Economics
BSc Financial Mathematics
The course was
really flexible andsupported and
facilitated my individualdevelopmentLucy Musgrove
Accounting and Finance
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We offer a range of degrees in Accounting
and/or Finance, all of which provide a
challenging and rewarding educational
experience second to none. Within our
standard three-year degree, there are
opportunities for you to focus solely on
Accounting and Finance or combine your
degree with other subjects such as
economics, maths, computing, etc. You
could study part of your degree in another
country such as the US or Canada.
Alternatively, if you wish to gain work
experience as part of a four-year degree,
you could take a year-long fully paid work
placement (LUMS will assist you in finding
a suitable work placement), or you could
choose to apply for a special degree in
partnership with the international
accounting firm Ernst and Young, which
combines studying at LUMS with eighteen
months of paid work placement andprofessional training that enables you to
fast-track your training as a chartered
accountant.
LUMS is widely regarded as one of the
premier centres in Europe to study
Accounting and Finance-related subjects.
If you study here, you will be in good
company. In addition to our large UK
student intake, the Departments
reputation for excellence attracts students
from all over the world. You will also benefit
from Lancasters internationally renowned
faculty, our generous library resources and
excellent IT provision, and our focused
career support to help you fulfil yourpotential as a Lancaster Accounting and
Finance graduate. There is a world of
exciting career opportunities open to you
when you graduate with a LUMS
Accounting or Finance degree. But dont
just take our word for it. See what our
graduates say.
The Accounting and Finance profession offers some of the moststimulating (and highly paid) career opportunities in business.
Our aim at LUMS is to ensure that you are fully equipped to
succeed in this exciting area.
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YuQin YangBSc Accountingand Finance, 2006
Lancaster has one of the best
management schools in the UK
which is one of the main reasons I
came here. I particularly valued the
integrated nature of the university
campus, which made it easy to find a
balance between work and social life.
David PurcellBA Accountingand Finance, 2008
Employer: Ernst & Young
Its a very flexible degree and very
attractive, especially for employment
as you have the opportunity to develop
a number of different skills. The broad
range of teaching in the first year
allowed me to acquire a wide range of
knowledge and the option to switch
degrees if I wanted.
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The staff are all really approachable. I was surprisedby how relaxed and informal they are. Theyve always got
time for your questions. Ben Dickinson
Looking back, I really enjoyed my time at Lancaster
University it provided me with a greatfoundation to progress my career further.
Having now started work for KPMG, within their
audit function, I can say that the knowledgeand experience I acquired during my degree
will be invaluable. Jan Corbridge
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Courses
The staff here are very
friendly and helpful; they
make time to talk to you
if you need any help or
have any problems.
Vijay Mistry
Degrees
BSc Accounting, Auditing& Finance (The Ernst & Young
Degree)
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BSc Accounting, Auditing and Finance (The Ernst & Young Degree)
LUMS prides itself on strong employer
relations that underpin a number of our
academic programmes including the BSc
Accounting, Auditing and Finance
(The Ernst & Young degree) launched in
2005. Through our partnership with Ernst
& Young and the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), this degree
offers you the opportunity to fast track your
chartered accountancy qualification
by completing vital work experience
and professional exams and gaining an
academic education all at the same time.
The degree is designed to challenge
and stretch you, giving you the opportunity
to start your career as a professional
accountant within a supportive and
stimulating environment.
During the four-year sandwich course,
you spend up to 18 months on salaried
placements at an Ernst & Young office and
receive a first-year bursary to help with
university and living costs.
After completing the work experience and
over half of their professional exams, you
are fast-tracked to qualifying as a chartered
accountant. Ernst & Young, LUMS and
ICAS are committed to ensure your
development and success, helping you to
achieve your potential. The combined
strength of the three partners bringstogether outstanding teaching and a
breadth of experience.
Ernst & YoungA global leader in assurance, tax, corporate finance and
advisory services.
Lancaster University Management School (LUMS)
A world ranked international management school, consistently
ranked amongst the top four in the UK.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
The first professional body of accountants in the world andprovider of the internationally recognised CA qualification.
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By taking the Ernst & Young
Degree, you wont just receive
one of the best business
degrees in the UK. Youll
receive the whole learning
experience. The degree has
been designed to prepare you
for your work placements,
ensuring that you are able tocontribute in full. Similarly, the
knowledge you gain on work
placement will enable you to
bring real-life examples to the
classroom and your
coursework.Barry Flynn,
Partner, Ernst & Young
Vijay MistryBSc (Hons) Accounting,Auditing and Finance, 2009
The Accounting, Auditing and
Finance degree (The Ernst & Young
degree) is one of the best ways to
accelerate your career. The 18 month
placement is beneficial, because we
will have that experience under our
belt after we graduate. Not manydegrees offer that!
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The Management School is great! Its one of the best inthe country thats one of the reasons why I came here!
Vijay Mistry
Learning
To be called a professional is to be
recognised as someone who has gained
significant knowledge and expertise in
their field. Chartered Accountants are
amongst the most highly regarded
professionals in the world of business
and finance. By combining university
studies and graduate-level work
placements the Ernst & Young Degree will
develop technical know-how and the
broader skills required in the globally
competitive sphere in which we operate.
The degree modules will give you a
thorough understanding of financial and
management accounting, auditing,
corporate finance, economics, business
law and accounting information systems.
Experience
Integral to the Ernst & Young Degree are
three work placements with Ernst & Young.
From the start Ernst & Young will give you
graduate level responsibilities in a fast-
paced, commercial environment. Within
teams of bright, diverse people you willwork on real clients that include some of
the biggest brand names in business.
You will help to deliver strong independentassurance that provides a timely and
constructive challenge to management,
a robust and clear perspective to audit
committees, and critical information for
investors and other stakeholders. Each
placement will begin with a focused
induction programme that will prepare
students for the experience ahead. You are
assigned a counselling manager and buddy
to ensure you get the personal support and
coaching you need to get the most out of
your placements.
Professional studies
The Ernst & Young Degree offers a
fast-track route to qualification as a
Chartered Accountant. Because you sit
two ICAS exams during your second
placement and as the degree gives you
exemptions from all the ICAS Test of
Competence exams you could qualify
earlier than a normal graduate. The ICAS
qualification is internationally renowned;
the high standards set by the institute
help to ensure that Chartered Accountants
provide strong independent assuranceservices. The three partners in the degree
have worked hard to ensure that you will
receive the support and guidance
necessary to be successful, and have
devised a programme that will reward
your efforts.
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Degrees
BSc Business Studies
BSc Business Studies (StudyAbroad)
Studying Business Studies at Lancaster
will expose you to teaching from
international experts in a wide variety of
fields and in whatever specialist areas you
choose. You will be able to choose and
refine your chosen directions based onyour increasing experience of what the
various subject areas are actually like.
Opportunities will open up for you in an
extensive and unfolding range of specialist
possibilities, based on your awareness of
your skills, interests and developing sense
of yourself.
We will engage you in a challenging,
supportive and friendly environment, andencourage you to reflect on core
management issues such as strategy,
leadership, ethics, sustainability,
globalisation, and the impact of business
on society. In addition to the big picture
overview, you can specialise mainly in one,
or more equally in two or three disciplines.
In your first year (Part I) you will take three
courses. A core course will introduce you
to business and management, relate it to
real-world issues, and develop your skills in
analysing, researching, interacting,
team-working, and presenting. Two furthercourses will introduce you to two
management areas of your choice from a
wide range of options, one of which will
continue through your degree.
During your second and third years (Part II)
you could decide to follow the generalist
form of the degree covering the core
aspects of a wide range of management
disciplines, or you could specialise muchfurther in one or two disciplines. Whichever
you decide on, all Business Studies students
will complete baseline competences in all
the key management disciplines.
The programme integrates your thinking
about your career into its design each year
exploring different, developing aspects.
Our graduates are employed by many
nationally and internationally known firms.
The three-year Business Studies degree prepares you for a careerin business and management. It gives you the big picture overview
of how businesses and managers operate in an international
environment and a coherent framework to help you to understand
why. This wide-ranging programme furnishes you with a working
knowledge of a broad range of management disciplines, and with
specialist knowledge in your chosen areas. It develops your
personal skills including group working, research analysis, report
writing, and presentation skills.
BSc Business Studies
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One of the things that makes
the Business Studies course so
popular is the opportunity to
experience all aspects and areas
of business, from marketing to
finance, and then being able to
specialise in the ones that interest
you most.Phil Boylan
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Jemma CostelloBSc Business Studies, 2008
Employer:HBOS (Halifax Bank of Scotland)
I thoroughly enjoyed the BSc Business
Studies, particularly the flexibility that
is offered in module choice. Core
management courses are worth a special
mention, as the lecturers of these
particular modules should be commended
for their style and approach to teaching.
After graduation I joined HBOS as a
Service Delivery Support Manager.
Jon OsgerbyBSc Business Studies, 2009
Employer:Graduate Trainee with Gist Ltd
Choosing the BSc Business Studies
degree was the best decision I have ever
made. It is an excellent degree with an
unparalleled range of courses. I have
gained a huge range of tools for my
new role in Operations Management
with Gist Ltd, a logistics organisation
partnering organisations such as Marks
and Spencer and British Airways.
www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/undergraduate/businessstudies/
You can also apply for the study year abroad
version of the degree in which you spend
your second year at one of our highly regarded
partner institutions, for example, in Australia,
Canada, Hong Kong, Europe, or the USA.
Every year a small number of well qualified
and suitably motivated Business Studies
students also join in the LUMS Placement
Scheme (see page 12).
For international students coming to LUMS
we have designed a special additional
introductory course, Business and British
Society which helps you to achieve your
academic potential much earlier by
sensitively guiding you within a discipline-
relevant context.
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First Year Structure Second and Third Year Structure
Introduction toBusiness andManagement
Statistics andComputing
Strategy, Managementin the 21st century,Leadership and Statistics
Introductory Accountingand Finance, Economicsand Marketing, if nottaken in first year
You might decide tochoose your specialisms:
1. Equally acrossthree departments(the generalist)
2. Equally acrosstwo departments(the joint specialist)
3. Mainly inone department(the specialist)
For example, inAccounting & Finance,Economics, Marketing,Entrepreneurship,Management Science,Organisation, Work &Technology
FromAccounting
and Finance,Economics,Marketing,ManagementScience orOrganisation,Work andTechnology
FromAccountingand Finance,
Economics,Marketing,ManagementScience orOrganisation,Work andTechnology or aEuropeanLanguage
BaselineCompetences
SpecialistAreas
CoreCourses
Subject 3
Subject 2
CoreCourse
Approx30%
Approx70%
The business studies programme is a very demanding as well as
an exciting course that provides coverage of all business andmanagement disciplinesKritika Agarwal
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Degrees
Single majors
BSc Economics
BSc Economics (Study Abroad)
BA Business Economics
BA Business Economics(Study Abroad)
Combined majors
BSc Finance & Economics
BA Accounting & Economics
BA Economics & Geography
BA Economics & Mathematics
BA Economics & Politics
BA Economics & InternationalRelations
BA Philosophy, Politics &Economics
I chose Lancaster University
because of its world-widerecognition, highly-rated
Management School andthe flexibility in terms of the
undergraduate degree course
structure. Vaiva Katinaite
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Economics is frequently studied alone in a
specialised single major degree scheme,
but it also lends itself to combination with
other disciplines. At Lancaster, you can
combine it with three levels of commitmentto additional subjects. Even as a specialist,
you can choose to benefit from our flexible
first-year course structure by combining
Economics with another subject from a
wide range of Lancaster departments.
One third of your time would be devoted
to this additional subject in the first year,
and you can continue your interest in it as
a minor course of study throughout Part II.
Alternatively, the flexible Business Economics
degree scheme takes advantage of the
natural links between our subject and other
management disciplines by allowing you to
focus on those areas of Economics thatcombine with a deeper study of, for instance,
Finance, Marketing or Management Science.
In its international variant, Business
Economics combines a similar commitment
to Economics with Politics/International
Relations or with a Modern Language.
Finally, should you wish to divide your time
at Lancaster equally between two subjects,
you can study combined major schemes
within the Management School (for instance,
Finance and Economics) or beyond
(Economics and Geography, Economics
with International Relations, and Economics
with Mathematics being examples).
Prices for some products vary little from one year to the next,although commodities like copper can hit new highs and lows from
month to month and stock markets can be volatile during a single
business day. You may be interested in learning why particular markets
behave so differently, or in the implications of their combined
behaviour for the world economy. In either case, Economics is
your subject and Lancaster the ideal location for developing your
knowledge of it. You will learn from staff who have established
reputations across the different dimensions of our subject, and whoshare the traditional Lancaster commitment to excellence in teaching.
Economics
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Paul HinzBA Economics, 2008
Employer:PricewaterhouseCoopers
The degree was challenging, interesting,
and required me to adapt and acquire
new skills to tackle the problems the
modules posed. After graduation I
joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in
Birmingham on their Assurance/
Forensics Graduate Scheme, which
involves studying for the ACA
accounting qualification.
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The degree was challenging, interesting, and requiredme to adapt and acquire new skills to tackle the problems
the modules posed. Paul Hinz
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Vaiva KatinaiteBA Economics, 2008
Currently: MPhil in Economics at the
University of Cambridge
The Lancaster University Management
School provided me not only with
academic knowledge but also with
skills required in the job market. I
would recommend Economics study at
Lancaster to anyone looking for a
high-quality and flexible programme
led by world-class experts.
The programmes for single major Economics
and for Business Economics are summarised
in the accompanying figures. In joint major
programmes you will combine study of thetwo component subjects in the first year
with another of your choice (which may
include Applications of Economics). In the
second and third years, half of your time
is spent in each of the subjects of the
joint programme.
As well as the flexibility offered by the
Lancaster Economics programme, you may
choose to study abroad for your second
year at one of our partner institutions (inAmerica, Australia or elsewhere). Alternatively,
both Economics and Business Economics
are also offered as four-year schemes with
your third year spent acquiring practical
knowledge on a work placement. In summary,
you will have the opportunity at Lancaster
increasingly to create a course of study
that reflects your interests and chosen
career orientation.
Second and Third Year StructureFirst Year Structure
Introductory micromacro economicanalysis.
Core economicanalysis,applications andquantitativetechniques (plusoptional course)
Selection ofspecialist subjects
in economicsincluding industrialorganisation andstrategy, humanresourceeconomics ,economic growthand development,international trade,internationalbusiness andadvancedquantitativesubjects (plus
optional courses)
Integrateseconomic analysiswith quantitativemethods andeconomic dataanalysis.
This may be asubject you wouldlike to study as asupplement toEconomics in
Years Two andThree
EconomicPrinciples
Second Year
Third Year
Applicationsof Economics
Anothersubject drawnfrom theManagementSchool or
elsewhere
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You will spend two years at Lancaster and
two years at one of our top-class partner
universities in Europe, covering the whole
range of management subjects, including anawareness of business and commerce in the
European Union. Additionally, you will gain
practical work experience through industrial
placements both in the UK and abroad and
develop fluency in two languages.
Throughout your degree you will be part of
a community of students from Europe and
beyond who exchange ideas and
information and organise social activities
through the student society LUSIBPS,
which is a student society specifically for
European Management students and
organises everything from careers events to
socials and also events with student
societies at the partner institutions.
At the end of this degree you will be
everything an employer could possibly want.The combination of studying international
management theory and practice at two
top-rated universities, your international
experience of working and studying in a
multicultural environment and your fluency
in at least two languages makes you highly
desirable for all types of business-related
employment. Your CV will demonstrate
intelligence, practical skills, adaptability and
the sort of wide-ranging experience thatvery few students will be able to match
two full degrees. It is therefore no surprise
that our graduates get excellent jobs.
We currently have four partners:
Reims Management School, France(www.reims-ms.fr)
ICADE Business school, Madrid, Spain(www.upcomillas.es)
European School of Business,Reutlingen,Germany(www.esb-reutlingen.de)
Universit Cattolica del Sacro Cuore,Piacenza, Italy (www.unicatt.it)
All of these are among the very best in
their countries and are especially highly
rated by employers. We are all part of an
elite International Partnership of Business
Schools (www.ipbs-edu.net) which
meets frequently to ensure that the
education offered to you is of the highest
possible quality. No other leading UK
University offers anything like this.
This degree is unique! On this degree you will be a student at notone university but two, ending up with two high-prestige degrees
(but dont worry you will only be paying fees to one university).
Degrees
BBA EuropeanManagement (French)
BBA EuropeanManagement (German)
BBA EuropeanManagement (Italian)
BBA EuropeanManagement (Spanish)
BBA European Management
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Ive been working on a
group project developinga business plan for a real
company. Where elsecan you get that kind of
experience when stilla student?Sophie Mazur
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Chrystel Chanteloube
BBA European Management(French), 2008
Placement: Hotel (Monte-Carlo),
Fairmont (Mexico)
The BBA European Management
gave me an international practice-
oriented management education plus
valuable life skills. I am now at Frances
top management school, HEC in Paris,
taking a Masters degree in Sustainable
Development Management.
Robert CormackBBA European Management(German), 2006
Placement: Reebok & Adidas
Graduate Employer: Nike EMEA
I was looking for a business course
that would fulfil my ambition of
spending time abroad and also provide
the necessary skills enabling me to hit
the ground running when starting my
career. The BBA European Management
programme gave me this.
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I loved the Euro BBA program. I think that
the mixture between a university like Lancaster,
with its modern infrastructure and methods
of teaching, and the more traditional Spanish
method, has taught many valuable lessons.
Vanessa Campion
Third and Fourth Year Structure
(at the Partner Institution)
First Year Structure
Second Year Structure
Introduction toManagement, Statisticsand Computing,Financial Accounting,Operations Management
Strategy, InternationalBusiness, Ethics,Information Management,Operations Management,Human ResourceManagement andDissertation
Management andConsulting, FurtherStatistics, Finance,Management Accounting.Also Marketing orEconomics (if not takenin Year 1)
Marketing orEconomics
Options from the partnerinstitution
Options at LUMS can be taken in areas
such as Accounting & Finance, EconomicsEntrepreneurship, Law, Management
Science, Marketing and Organisational
Behaviour.
Compulsory 6 month paid workplacement
CoreCourses
CoreCourses
CoreCourses
Either
OptionsFrench, German, Spanishor Italian
Language
Continuation of Year 1language
Language
One option and if bilingual,two further options
Option
Theres an incredible spirit of excellence on the BBA inEuropean Management everyone has such high standards.
Floriane Blot
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Courses
10.5pt quote10.5quote bold
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If you take theopportunities on offer
there is little in yourway between you and
your dream career.Barbara Polak
Firstly, you will have the opportunity to
study a wide range of management subjects,
including economics, marketing, accounting,
operations, organisational behaviour,entrepreneurship, ethics and strategy, as
well as management itself and consulting.
All graduates of the BBA comment on this
great variety and choice which gives a
complete overview of what is needed to
work in business.
Secondly, you will spend your third year on
an industrial placement where you can
develop practical skills through taking on
real responsibility, whilst also being paid!
Students are located in organisations
throughout the UK and a small number even
go to Europe for the year.
There is also the opportunity for you to
take part in the Study Abroad Programme
during the second year, or the first half of
your final year we currently have final
year exchanges with top European
Business Schools such as Erasmus
(Rotterdam) and Mannheim where all
teaching is in English, and we are actively
seeking further top-quality partners.
A key focus of the BBA is developing
practical managerial skills in particular
team working, leadership abilities,
problem solving and effectivecommunication. In the second year you
will undertake a 10-week team project for a
local business, where you are consultants
looking at a real issue and feeding back
recommendations to the organisation. In
the final year you take part in a strategic
management simulation exercise where
your team is in charge of an airline
company. This is in competition with otherteams of BBA students and provides
experience of running a business.
A final point about the BBA is the strong
community spirit that exists amongst
students on the degree. Through the core
management courses that take place each
year at Lancaster, BBA students quickly get
to know each other, completing group
projects, undertaking presentations andenjoying team building events. As a 2005
graduate put it: the BBA is like an extended
family because everyone, not just the staff,
is there to help.
There are a number of things that differentiate the four-year BBA(Bachelor of Business Administration) in Management from
other degrees.
Degrees
BBA ManagementBBA Management
(Study Abroad)
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BBA Management
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Barbara Polak
BBA Management, 2007
Placement:IBM
Now: Postgraduate Study at LSE/Royal Bank
of Scotland
Lancaster has been a fantastic experience.
As part of my BBA degree I completed
a one-year work placement with IBM in
London which has really contributed to
my development. It has been a wonderful
experience to use what you have learned
at university in the business world.
Karl DuffillBBA Management NorthAmerica/Australasia, 2010
Country of origin:UK
Study Abroad Destination:
University of Alberta, Canada
Placement: Hewlett-Packard
I chose the BBA degree programme
due to its broad academic offering and
adaptability to todays business world.
Its flexibility allows you to tailor the
course to your own interests/strengths.
www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/undergraduate/BBA/
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Its a fantastic opportunity to both study abroad and havea placement year, which is a hard combination to
find elsewhere. Christopher Paul
The year out industrialplacement is a fantastic
opportunityand quite possibly
the most valuable part of theentire course. The amount of
self confidence gained and ability
to handle responsibilityis invaluable. Jason Yau
Third Year StructureFirst Year Structure
Second Year Structure
Fourth Year Structure
Introduction toManagement, Statisticsand Computing forManagement
Dissertation, StrategicManagement, AirlineSimulation, Ethics
The following areas mustbe covered at some pointduring the degree:Financial and Managerial
Accounting, Economics,Marketing and OperationsManagement
Options including anycompulsory areas notcovered in Year 1
Options can be taken in areas such as
Accounting and Finance, Economics,
Entrepreneurship, Management Science,
Marketing and Organisational Behaviour.
It is also possible to take up to 2 units
outside of the Management School in
subjects such as Law or Languages,
Compulsory 12 month paid workplacement
CoreCourses
Core
Courses
CoreCourses
Options
Options including anycompulsory areas notcovered in Year 1
Options
Options
Management and
Consulting, FurtherStatistics, HumanResource Managementand Placement andDissertation Preparation
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One of the best things
about this year is theconfidence Ive gained
through networking withpeople and learning to
interact with them.
Carl Haagensen
The degrees place entrepreneurship in a
broad social and historical context, exploring
the nature of the relationship between the
entrepreneur and the society from which
he or she emerges. Central themes of the
programmes include entrepreneurialbehaviours, processes and skills and how
these relate to new venture creation,
innovation, social entrepreneurship, family
business and the management of small and
medium-sized enterprises. You will develop
valuable analytical and practical skills across
a range of management disciplines as well
as an appreciation of the links between
managerial and entrepreneurial activity.
The integration of theory and practice are
key aims of these programmes. The
practitioner perspective is embedded in
our teaching. We actively encourage you to
engage with the business community, visit
practitioners and learn from their experiences.
The integration of theory and practice
is a key aim of the degree.The four year
Management and Entrepreneurship degree
requires you to spend a year on industrial
placement. During this year the emphasis
is on the practical application, evaluation
and enhanced appreciation of theories and
concepts learnt on courses. This provides
the opportunity for you to gain uniqueinsights that will enrich final year studies,
enhance your abilities and provide you with
skills and competences that are valued by
potential employers, as well as providing
experience for future business ventures.
In addition to its academic activities, the
Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise
Development (IEED) works closely and
directly with the business community. Inmany ways this is crucial to supporting
what we offer. Through its outreach team
the IEED is able to offer activities and
programmes to help owners/managers
deal with a range of issues whilst helping
to support the growth and development of
businesses. These external activities can
also provide invaluable opportunities for
student research projects.
Entrepreneurship is increasingly recognised as an important areaof study and practice. Organisations of all sizes, and in all sectors,
are seeking people who can respond in ways that could be
characterised as entrepreneurial. The four year Management
and Entrepreneurship and the three year Entrepreneurship
(with Management)* degree schemes are designed to provide
you with a broad appreciation of management theory and practice
from a number of different perspectives, combined with
specialised knowledge of entrepreneurship.
Degrees
BA Management& Entrepreneurship
Management and Entrepreneurship
34* 3 year degree scheme available on request.
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Becky OliverBA Management andEntrepreneurship, 2008
The modules are brilliant they really
push you. Its learning not just through
books it mirrors the learning you get
in an organisation, through working in
groups, and doing a variety of tasks.
When youre on placement, what
youve learnt really comes to life. You
can understand the merit of what
youre learning because you can see it
has practical use. When Im doing my
coursework there are so many differentcompanies I can now refer to. Ill be
able to differentiate why things might
work in one situation but not so well in
another. And its built up my personal
network, which is a great advantage
for the future.
I came to the open day, and made the
decision right away that Lancaster was
the place for me. It offered me
something practical, and I liked theEntrepreneurship degree as its a new
course thats really going to grab
peoples attention. Its a brilliant course,
and if I had to make the decision again,
I certainly wouldnt change it. I came
with the view that I would make these
years at Lancaster the best years of my
life and they have been.
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Im able to grasp new business strategies and concepts moreeasily through my new-found experience. The placement provides
a much better basis for understanding the theory.Carl Haagensen
The BA in
Management and
Entrepreneurship
course stood out as
it contained
all the basics of
a solid business
degree from a top
management
school and included
opportunities to
work with real
entrepreneurs.
Graham Everitt
Second and Final Year Structure
Core courses include Entrepreneurship, Small Business and the SMESector, Management and Consulting, Franchising, EntrepreneurialBehaviour and Learning, New Venture Planning, Innovation andFamily Business
You can choose your electives from a wide range of courses from withinthe Management School. For example, Management, Accounting &Finance, Economics, Marketing, Management Science, Organisation,Work & Technology
CoreCourses
ElectiveCourses
Approx 60%
Approx 40%
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Degrees
BSc Management& Information Technology
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The BSc Management and Information
Technology (MIT) looks at the development,
management, organisation and use of
information technology within and between
organisations. It offers an unrivalled platform
to launch your career in business
whether youre looking for a high-flying and
rewarding career in management or
consultancy, or as an IT professional. The
aim is to provide you with a head start by
making you employable from day one.
The degree is designed to give you the
ability to apply IT to business situations,
evaluate technical knowledge and confidently
take on project and team management
in IT-related business scenarios. It will
teach you to work independently, to work
in a team and to get a team to work for
you. And when to do which. It will also
teach you the skills to interpret andcommunicate complicated technical ideas
to those with less technical knowledge.
Endorsed by Industry
The MIT degree benefits from having been
designed in partnership with business
professionals the premier tier IT employers
shown below ensuring course content
that is relevant to todays, and tomorrows,
business world. The degree is run in
conjunction with E-skills uk(the government
IT and telecoms skills council) and is
supported by many major employers such
as British Airways, British Telecom, Deloitte,
Ford, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Logica, Morgan
Stanley, Norwich Union, and Unilever.
This unique degree offers high calibre,
highly motivated students an un-rivalled
platform to launch their business careers in
the IT departments of any large company,
irrespective of industry. Unilever, like all
companies nowadays, depends upon its IT
organisation to consistently give it a
competitive edge and the qualities inherent
in the BSc Management and Information
Technology will give graduates the perfect
opportunity to contribute and progressrapidly in this highly visible and challenging
environmentHelen J Toogood, VP IT
Academy, Unilever Global IT
Such employers are also part of a twice
monthly Guru Lecture series, where they
talk about a specific area of expertise, or
a contemporary management or
technological issue.
BSc Management and Information Technology
Give yourself a head start
The BSc Management and Information Technology (MIT) degree
combines up to date business-relevant content with the academic
rigour of a challenging degree at a first class university.
What makes this degree so
exciting from an employersviewpoint is that it delivers
practical business skills from
day one.Tracey Upton, UK HR
Manager, Business Consulting
Services, IBM Global Services
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The combination of corporate and academic input in thedevelopment and delivery of the degree has created a unique,
highly relevant and exciting experience. Andy Puttock
The Management and IT Advantage
Lancasters degree scheme differs from all
the other degree schemes endorsed by
e-skills ukrun at other universities due
to its strong management orientation.
The programme considers information
technology management as being as much
a management and organisational change
issue as it is a technical issue.
The first year courses cover: Management
and Organisation, Introductory Computer
Science, Disciplinary Perspectives of
Information Systems and Financial
Management. The following years of study
require you to complete a number of core
subjects, while also allowing you to specialise
in either Management or Technology subjects.
The core subjects provide you with
a substantive grasp of the concepts,
debates and issues in areas such as
change management, managing people,
management information systems
organisation studies, project management,
systems development, software engineering
and human computer interaction.
Further, LUMS has one of the largest
and most highly rated faculty that teach
and research in the area of information
systems and management.
In addition to the strong academic content,the MIT degree programme also recognises
that relevant process skills such as problem
structuring, project management and group
working are vital.
Working in Industry
There are two versions of the MIT degree
scheme. Both schemes involve working
within industry to varying degrees.
A standard three-year degree includes a
12-week company project to be completed
as part of the third year.
A four-year degree includes a one-year
industry placement. This allows you to see
the relevance of what you have studied in
a practical context and also enriches your
final year studies. Such experience greatly
enhances first employment prospects and
helps you decide the type of career to pursue
and the type of organisation in which you
wish to work. It is likely that you will spend
your year with one of the employers
endorsing the programme.
Careers
We expect our students to be highly desirable
in the job market due to our emphasis on
employability throughout the degree
programme and our close contact with
some of the top employers in the UK. We
believe that you are likely to work for one of
the employers endorsing the programme,
or another high calibre organisation. You
should be recruited into a variety of careers
such as:
Business ConsultantsSoftware EngineersIT ConsultantsIT ManagersBusiness AnalystsProject ManagersBusiness Managers in non-IT areas
The Market Leader
We believe that this very distinctive
focus of the MIT degree, coupled with
the close link to industry, as well as
LUMS reputation as a centre of academic
and teaching excellence provides theessential ingredients for a very rewarding
programme.
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What will it mean to join the
Department of Organisation
Work and Technology as an
undergraduate student?
Three years (or four if you opt to take an
industrial placement in your third year) of
stimulating and challenging study alongsidea group of internationally renowned teachers,
writers and researchers who will share with
you ways to understand the often strange
and contradictory world of management
within contemporary organisations.
Will undertaking a degree in the
Department of OrganisationWork and Technology show me
how to be a manager?
A degree in this department will seek to
do something just as valuable it will
equip you with a multi-disciplinary
conceptual toolkit designed to help make
sense of contemporary organisation.
Rather than attempting to show you how
to be a Human Resource Manager we
challenge you to consider other questions,
e.g. what are the theories and practices
that make up Human Resource
Management?
Is this just another name for
a business studies degree?
LUMS provides an excellent BSc
in Business Studies but our focus is
somewhat different. As a multi-disciplinary
department (you will be expected to
engage with work from across the social
sciences and the humanities) we work
within an integrative framework which
recognises the interdependence of people,
tasks, technology, organisations, cultures
and society. The range of interests and
topics are much wider than businesses
or corporations.
These degrees are run by the Department of Organisation Workand Technology. They aim to provide an understanding of the way
organisations are structured and the ways they function,
investigating how their decisions and actions determine much
of the quality of life in contemporary societies. Our degrees utilise
a variety of relevant approaches such as psychology, philosophy,
history and sociology.
Degrees
Single major degrees
BA Management& Organisation
BA Management& Organisation (HRM)
BA Management& Organisation (Study Abroad)
Combined major degrees
BA Organisation Studies& Psychology
BA Organisation Studies& Sociology
Management and Organisation
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The staff in the department
are very supportive andalways encouraged me to
challenge myself whilstproviding support andassistance whenever
required.Dan Conboy
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Asta Ramonaite
BA Management andOrganisation, 2007
My degree course gave me invaluable
knowledge about societal laws that
underlie fundamental changes not only
in our workplace environments, but
also in the way we perceive events in
the contemporary world. I recommend
this course to anyone who seeks to be
challenged and wishes to learn much
more than just managerial tricks.
The international mix of students makes learning herereally stimulating. You can immerse yourself in other cultures.
Simon Burnett
What kinds of careers and jobs
do graduates go on to do?
Many and varied graduates go into a
wide array of jobs and careers, from
mainstream Human Resource Management
and Graduate Management positions in
both public and private corporations to
management consultants, media and
marketing managers. Others become
more entrepreneurial and free-spirited,
setting up businesses on their own, both
home and abroad. Another aspect of
career development which we take very
seriously is the development of the next
generation of academics and researchers.
To this end the department has a very
strong and diverse group of PhD students,
many of whom began as undergraduates
within the department.
Can I undertake work experience?
Yes, but it is not compulsory. We offer a
four-year degree option where you spend
the third year on an industrial placement
in a major organisation (recruitment is
competitive) before returning to complete
your studies in the fourth year.
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Sarah GreavesBA in Management andOrganisation, 2003
Sarah won the prestigious Whitbread
Young Achievers award for 2005.
After leaving Lancaster, Sarah set up
ARC (Art Reaching Communities), a
voluntary organisation which runs art
projects for children in deprived
countries. ARC is dedicated to bringing
art and creativity to children in
developing countries.
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Management Science and
Management Mathematics
The Management Science degree
programmes provide you with the logical,
mathematical, project management,
systems thinking, information systems and
technology skills that are much in demand
and are suitable for people with an
analytical frame of mind who like tackling
challenging problems.
Our graduates move on to careersspanning general management, technical
positions, project management and
information systems management. These
include positions with consultancy firms
such as Accenture, management science
groups within British Airways or in
specialised management roles: credit
analysts for HSBC, forecasters for British
Telecom or information systems architects
for IBM.
Management Science is concerned with
the use of models to support decision
making. The models involved are often
mathematical, statistical or computer-based.The department is actively involved with many
business and government organisations
ensuring that the courses are up-to-date and
relevant to the needs of employers. The
Management Science and Management
Mathematics degree programmes are
ideal for students who expect to achieve
reasonable grades in maths, statistics or
a hard science and who wish to developinto problem solvers with good
communication skills.
The activities of the Department of Management Science centre on
problem solving: developing and using models to solve real
problems that arise in business, industry and government. The range
of problems and issues to which management science has contributed
insights and solutions is vast. Problems include scheduling for airlines,
both planes and crew, deciding the appropriate place to site new
facilities such as a warehouse or factory, managing the flow of water
from reservoirs, identifying possible future development paths for
parts of the telecommunications industry and establishing theinformation needs and appropriate systems to supply them within
the health service.
Degrees
Single majors
BSc Operations Management
BSc Operations Management(Study Abroad)
BSc Management Science
BSc Management Science
(Study Abroad)
Combined majors
BSc Business Computing& Information Systems
BSc Business Management& Information Systems
BSc ManagementMathematics
Management Science and Operations Management
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LUMS has a really
friendly environment andan excellent reputation
for developingtomorrows leaders.
Amy Benstead
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