Intercalated BSc

Before the start of your programme you will be expected to complete online pre-study modules which are delivered via The Hub, our bespoke virtual learning environment. You will complete two online primer modules, in maths (strongly recommended) and plagiarism awareness (compulsory), to get ready for the year ahead.

The programme starts with a comprehensive induction week, which includes sessions to support your transition to the field of business and management studies, such as workshops on the Fundamentals of Business, and Working with Case Studies.  

You will also meet and network with the rest of your cohort, as well as students from our Joint Honours programme, working together in small groups to compete in a non-assessed business simulation game. The week culminates with group presentations on what you have learned, and a programme social event.   

The aim of this module is to develop certain accounting related skills, by explaining the techniques of financial accounting and management accounting, and examining their relevance to the broader issues of financial decision-making and management control in organisations. The module gives you a basic insight into the way that business performance is measured, and how business decisions can be structured and analysed.

Global strategy is planning for an organisation to expand in the global environment. The success of a global organisation rests on its ability to create and activate a strategy for crossing country borders to optimise the configuration and coordination of the organisation. As such, this module focuses on understanding the global context, developing a strategy for choosing, entering, competing, and growing in new global markets, and forming an implementation plan for building a global organisation and configuring and coordinating its global activities. You will begin with an organisation and assess its market opportunities and resources and capabilities for addressing global customer needs and then develop a global strategy. Assessment will be based on case and global strategy assignments.

This module will give you an understanding of digital health, data and information systems in providing healthcare services and research. You will learn the theoretical aspects of implementing transformational change enabled by technology and the importance of evidence and ethics when designing digital systems.

The focus of this module is on developing your understanding of modern organisations and the tools you will need to contribute effectively in them. Much of your success as leaders, managers, and professionals will depend on how well you work with and get things done through others. The module places a strong emphasis on giving students the chance for assessing and improving their own competencies in dealing and interacting with others in organisations.

Entrepreneurship is the process of identifying and exploiting a new business opportunity. An entrepreneur must understand the competitive landscape, estimate the potential demand for their products or services, assess risks and returns, and develop and execute the possible ways to deliver their claims to the best set of consumers. The entrepreneur also needs to acquire resources (funding), compile a team, and generate a vision for the fledgling enterprise.

The Health Economics module covers the foundation of Economics in the health care context. The module analyses the main principles of micro economics, their application to health care and discusses the particular nature of health as an economic good. Great attention is given to the efficiency and equity issues, and their application to health care. The module also includes two lectures on economic evaluation in health care and you are required to do your own assessment using an economic evaluation framework.

This module has been designed to deliver the aims of providing both understanding of NHS structures, functions and challenges, and the knowledge, personal skills and strategic tools to work effectively in healthcare systems and organisations. Conceptual understanding and knowledge frameworks will be delivered in lectures that encompass topics such as: history and structure of the NHS; current NHS policy, trends and challenges; commissioning and the flow of money through the NHS; value-based healthcare; the workings of a NHS trust and the ICS; innovation in the NHS.

This module discusses fundamental topics of marketing decision making to demonstrate how a company can connect with and serve its customers better than its competitors and continue to do so over time. The overall aim of the module will be on understanding the role of marketing in the value creation process

The concept of Sustainable Business is at the forefront of contemporary global business practice and the development of business strategies for the benefit of people, planet and profit. Central is the establishment of medium to long term thinking, encompassing the needs of a broad stakeholder base, as opposed to short term commercial results for shareholders (a subset of stakeholders).The key objective of this module is to sensitise you to the interaction between global business, society and the planetary limits in which they operate within.

This year-long module offers the opportunity to develop skills in research methods so that you can design and conduct empirical research. You will acquire techniques in quantitative and qualitative analysis and interpretation to allow your results to be analysed and presented, and potentially have significant impact on real-world practice. This will also equip you to contribute to a major Group Project. 

The Group Project is a vital component of the programme that forms part of the Research Methods and Practice module. It is a challenging piece of work that aims to equip you, in a short period of time, with a solid basis of research skills. Focusing on a topical management issue within healthcare, your group’s research will culminate in the submission of a major written report and a presentation.