BSc Management
BSc Management (Specialism)
Dr. Ilias Petrounias
Programme Director
BSc Management/Management (Specialism)
The Starting Point
• Getting my A Level results
The End Point (?)
• Getting my BSc (Honours) Management
degree
The Journey
Three rewarding years
Intended Learning
Outcomes
• Intellectual Skills
• At the end of the Programme students should be able
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apply higher-level cognitive skills, including
analysis, synthesis and evaluation
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utilise both qualitative and quantitative problemsolving skills
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address arguments/ideas through multiple
perspectives
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identify inter-relationships between the subject
matter of management and integrate these as a
coherent whole.
Intended Learning Outcomes 2
• Transferable/Key Skills and Personal Qualities
• At the end of the Programme students should be able to:
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articulate ideas and arguments with clarity,
conciseness and rigour both orally and in writing
• learn independently
• manage time and prioritise workloads
• use IT skills
• operate effectively as a member of a group or team.
Your Programme
BSc Management & Management (Specialisms)
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Semester 1 – 6 x 10 credit compulsory courses
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BMAN10001: Microeconomics
BMAN10621M: Fundamentals of Financial Reporting
BMAN10801: Introduction to Work Psychology
BMAN10791: People and Organisations
BMAN10821: Quantitative Methods 1
BMAN10780: Business and Management Skills – full year
course (includes practice essay & fortnightly meetings with
your Academic Adviser)
Maths Revision sessions are available throughout both
semesters for support with QM1 and QM2
Your Programme
BSc Management & Management (Specialisms)
NOT A&F
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Semester 2 - 4 x 10 credit compulsory courses and 3 x optional courses
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BMAN10632M: Fundamentals of Management Accounting
BMAN10842: Law in a Management Context
BMAN10732: Quantitative Methods 2
BMAN10780: Business and Management Skills (full year course)
3 courses from:
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BMAN10002: Economic Principles - Macroeconomics
BMAN10522M: Financial Decision Making
BMAN10852: Management in Society
BMAN110812: Modern Corporation
You will be informed when and how to make your choices. It is important to
understand the implications of your choice for the 2nd (and 3rd) year
Your Programme
BSc Management (Accounting & Finance)
• Semester 2 - 5 x 10 credit compulsory courses and 2 x optional
courses
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BMAN10632M: Fundamentals of Management Accounting
BMAN10842: Law in a Management Context
BMAN10732: Quantitative Methods 2
BMAN10522M: Financial Decision Making
BMAN10780: Business and Management Skills (full year course)
2 courses from:
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BMAN10002 Economic Principles: Macroeconomics
BMAN10852: Management in Society
BMAN10812: Modern Corporation
You will be informed when and how to make your choices. It is important to
understand the implications of your choice for the 2nd (and 3rd) year
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Teaching, Learning &
Assessment: What to Expect
Semester 1 exams take place in January and semester 2 exams
take place in May/June
Some courses are assessed by exam only, some by coursework
and exams and some by coursework only
It is important that you attend all your classes – lectures, seminars and
tutorials
Information on Blackboard (more about this later) is not a substitute for
teaching in class
Ask if you need help – seminar leaders and lecturers can help
Don’t be tempted to copy work (plagiarism), buy essays from the
internet or cheat in exams – the penalties are severe, even for a first
offence…
Last year two students found cheating in first year
exams had to resit all their exams and had zero
marks on their transcripts
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Your First Year
You need to pass your first year to proceed to the second year –
your overall mark does not count towards your final degree
classification, but is still important
Pass everything (40%+ in 120 credits)
Pass 40%+ in 100 or 110 credits and a “compensatable fail” (3039%) in 10 or 20 credits
If you fail 30 credits or more (<40%) = RESITS
If you fail any course below 30% = RESITS
Resits take place in August/September; they are not a ‘second
chance’ to gain better grades, only the chance to gain credits lost
If you fail resits, this may mean that you are required to take
additional courses in your second year, have to retake exams
and wait a year to join the second year or have to leave university
Feedback
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Feedback from us to you: this can take many forms
including essays, presentations, online quizzes, etc
Feedback from you to us: via questionnaires, focus groups
and surveys
Further information in the MBS Undergraduate Welcome
Guide
General Information
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All courses have a space in the Virtual Learning
Environment (Blackboard)
IT Support in C13 in Welcome Week: Mon – Fri 10-12
Attendance at all workshops, seminars and labs is
compulsory and will be monitored
English proficiency – testing and language classes are
available
Medical, personal and other problems
MBS Student Support office (D14)
Current mobile phone number – so we can contact you
quickly (including lecture cancellations and changes)
Student Representatives
• Student representatives are the voice of
students on MBS committees
• Staff-student liaison committee
• Management Programme committee
• Nomination forms available from D20
(including self-nominations)
• Deadline 3 October 2011
Contacts for MBS Management
Programme
• Undergraduate Office (D20, MBS East)
• Email: undergraduate@mbs.ac.uk
• Assessment and Student Support Centre (D14, MBS East)
• Email: studentsupport@mbs.ac.uk
• Dr Ilias Petrounias, Programme Director (D30, MBS East)
• Email: ilias.petrounias@mbs.ac.uk
• Good Luck for the
forthcoming year(s)
Manchester Business School