STUDYING BUSINESS Juliette Stephenson - Senior Lecturer in Economics Jane Knox - Admissions Officer

BUSINESS DEGREE PROGRAMMES  Accounting: such as Accounting and Finance, Business & Accounting, or Sponsored degrees such as the KPMG School Leavers Programme  Economics: such as Economics, Economics and Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Business Economics, Economics and Politics, Economics and International Relations  Management: such as Business, Business and Management, Management with Marketing/Tourism/ Language/IT/Human Resources, Marketing

What’s the Difference?  Accounting: BA Accounting and Finance – ideal for “wanabee” accountants – structured degree to meet ACCA or similar Professional Body accreditation  BA Business & Accounting – a specialist understand of accounting with a little more flexibility and general introduction to a broad range of business subjects  Sponsored degrees - follow a degree programme with built in work experience – fees paid by sponsor but usually require a return of service period of 4-6 years including the degree

What’s the Difference?  Economics: BA Economics, BA Economics and Finance, BA Economics and Econometrics – offers wide-ranging economics grounding with opportunity to apply to financial techniques or statistical concepts - requires good quantitative skills  BA Business Economics – very flexible programme that provides theoretical and practical understanding of economics decisions faced by business - less Maths and includes Management and Accounting modules

What’s the Difference?  Economics: Types of combined honours degree:  Economics and Politics  Economics and International Development  Applicants to Economics programmes usually need to have Maths GCSE grade A or offer at AS/A level, many Universities will require A level Mathematics

What’s the difference?  Management: BA Business and Management – ideal preparation for general management role in industry, commerce or the public sector  BA Management with Marketing/Tourism/Language/IT/Human Resources – offers opportunity to study a specialist area whilst still providing the general management background in management theory and operations such as accounting  Marketing – an emphasis on vocationally relevant Marketing skills

What’s the difference?  Management: Types of specialist programme  Sustainability: such as the new BSc Business programme to be launched in 2015 on the Penryn campus  BSc I T for Management and Business: offered jointly with the Department of Computing is an initiative by the e-skills council of the UK aimed at providing training for IT managers working in Business

 Launching 2015 A distinctive programme embracing the spirit of Cornwall  Core business with…….  A ‘spine’ of sustainability, social responsibility and innovation  Interdisciplinary in nature  Progressive employability /application of theory to practice: Volunteering, industrial placement, management consultancy  Career route examples: E-commerce, Marketing, Environmental consultancy, Social enterprise, Procurement/Logistics, Public Sector management “ BSc BUSINESS – PENRYN CAMPUS

Extras:  Summer internships, overseas summer schools, competitions  Volunteering, Students’ Unions, clubs and sport  Industrial Placement for a year – either Sandwich year (compulsory) or optional  Study abroad, elsewhere in the EU or beyond

APPLICATION AND OFFER We make offers based on three A-Levels, or equivalent qualifications. There are no specific subject requirements although do check other Universities particularly for Maths A level, and we will not accept General Studies as one of the 3 Required A levels:  Economics–A*AA to AAB– IB:  Management–AAA to AAB–IB:  Accounting – AAA to AAB– IB:  GCSE Grade B in English language and Maths (Maths grade A for Economics)

FURTHER INFORMATION AND LINKS For further information:  The Russell Group’s guide to A Levels and university application  Exeter’s Admissions Policy  The Business School’s degree programmes  Key Information Sets  KPMG -