Undergraduate Programmes in the Business School

Dr Sarah Cooper (

Director of Undergraduate Programmes)

Why study in the Business School at the University of Edinburgh?

Excellent university and vibrant Business School Challenging, varied, flexible & interesting degree programmes Great university and city in which to be a student Preparation for career in organisations and management Circa 200 Business students join as undergraduates each September 2

Choice of degrees

Business Studies Business Studies and • Accounting, Economics • French, German, Spanish, Italian (& other languages) • Geography, Psychology • Law, Economic History International Business International Business with a Language Accounting and Finance 3

Edinburgh’s degree model

2 + 2 structure

Two Year Foundation Two Year Honours

1 st Year: A taste of the subject

‘Core’ subjects studied

Flexibility

You choose – Build your own degree within programme – but also get assistance in choices

Also may take some outside subject(s ) And there is also the ‘ year abroad ’ (Year 3)

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Sample course structure: Business Studies

First and Second Years:

1st Year

Business Studies 1

,

Accounting

and outside course 2nd Year

Business Research Methods I

, Marketing, Organisation Studies, Principles of Finance, more BS

or

other course(s)

Third and Fourth Years:

3rd Year

Business Research Methods II

,

Strategic Management

, Investment & Securities Markets, Financial Services Marketing, International Employment Relations, Entrepreneurship 4th Year

Dissertation

, Carbon Management, Advertising, Business Ethics, Corporate Finance (3 rd and 4 th year: choose from 45 courses) 5

Opportunities to study abroad Third Year:

 Exchange partner institutions in nineteen countries  14 ERASMUS partners, including in France, Germany, Spain and Turkey  24 other International partners, including in N. America, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Korea and Australia  3rd year abroad is

compulsory

for International Business and Business + Language degrees 6

Exchange Schools

              European: Wirtschaftsuniversiteit Wien (Vienna) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven University of Economics (Prague) Copenhagen Business School HEC (jouy-en-josas) Université de Paris IX (Dauphine) Mannheim University Universita Commercial L. Bocconi (Milan) ESADE (Barcelona) Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid IFI – Group ESC Rouen IEP Sciences Po (Paris) Navarra University Istanbul University International: International:               University of Alberta (Edmonton) McGill University (Montreal) Queen's University (Kingston) Carleton University (Ontario) University of Toronto University of Hong Kong University of Texas at Austin Emory University (Atlanta) Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand State University of New York (Binghamton) Babson College, Massachusetts University of Miami (South Florida) University of Richmond University of Melbourne           University of Queensland University of Sydney Keio University (Tokyo)

(this exchange is for IB with Japanese students only)

Korea University (Seoul) Ohio State University (Fisher College of Business) Nanyang Business School (Singapore) University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) Peking University (Beijing)

(this exchange is for IB with Chinese students only)

The University of Nottingham Ningbo (China)

(this exchange is for IB with Chinese students only)

National Taiwan University, Taipei

(this exchange is for IB with Chinese students only)

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Approach to teaching

Functional

Human Resource Management, Accounting Systems

Theoretical

Organisational Behaviour, Managerial Accounting

Traditional vs new

Research-led focus to teaching Focus on employability and employer engagement

All

delivered through: lectures, tutorials, industry speakers, self-study New for this year:

Innovative Learning Week

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

Tools for life: What you’ll learn

BS1 – academic skills, posters CforB – technical & study skills CDP – career planning, presentation skills, corporate engagement BRM I – quantitative analysis skills SM – groupwork, presentation skills, corporate engagement BRM II – research skills

Careers Service

Workshops Dissertations Workshops 9

Student engagement

Students fully involved in the Business School and in their degrees

Mechanisms:

Directors of Studies/Student Support Officers/Year Heads Student Representatives for all classes Staff-Student Liaison Committee

Student-led society

~ Social ~ Careers ~ Mentoring 10

Careers

Latest data on destinations of graduating students in business studies and international business (including joint degrees) and showed that:

78.6%

were in employment

7.1%

were undertaking further study/training

7.1%

were not available (e.g. travelling/taking year out)

2%

were doing voluntary work

5%

were seeking employment

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Thank you for listening

Any questions?

My email: [email protected]

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