BSc Economics and Management
Year 3
(Award available for year: Bachelor of Science)
Learning outcomes
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:- understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed subject knowledge and professional competencies some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in the disciplines;- deploy accurately standard techniques of analysis and enquiry within the disciplines;- demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;- describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;- appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in the disciplines;- apply their knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and carry out an extended piece of work or project;- describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;- collect and analyse data derived from a range of sources, making use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;- show a capacity for critical thinking and an ability to evaluate the value and relevance of data within the framework provided by available theory and practice;- demonstrate knowledge and understanding in chosen advanced specialist areas in Economics. - demonstrate understanding of business policy, and strategic management concepts, research and theories;- demonstrate understanding of employment law or of the changing context and process of personnel management, selection, training and development within contemporary work organisations;- appreciate the wide context in which business and management operate;- demonstrate relevant knowledge of technical procedures and systems which enable organisations to function;- understand how organisations are managed and how people react and respond within an organisational context;- demonstrate knowledge of the external environment in which the organisation operates; and- appreciate the inter-relationships among and the integration between these areas.
Transferable (key) skills
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:- the generic skills necessary for employment related to the areas studied; - the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;- information synthesis skills;- the deployment of decision making skills in complex and unpredictable situations;- the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;- the skills necessary to support future independent learning; and- lifelong learning skills such as time-management, group working, communication, planning and leadership.
Assessment
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:- demonstrating the ability top apply a broad range of aspects of the disciplines;- work that draws on a wide variety of material;- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;- evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the disciplines;- work that is typically both evaluative and analytical.