Business and Marketing Management with Sandwich placement (Hons) University of Wolverhampton

Overview

The  Business and Marketing Management with Sandwich placement (Hons) programme from University of Wolverhampton  provides valuable workplace experience and significantly improves your employability on graduation. On a sandwich course, your third year will be a supervised placement, giving  you the opportunity to apply and develop the knowledge and skills gained in the first two years of your course, before you move on to your final year.

Key facts

• This exciting and innovative general business programme is designed for students who want to embark on an in-depth study of business and management to develop analysis and evaluation skills that can be applied to real-world situations.

• Innovation and enterprise; sustainability; responsibility and professionalism; and digitalisation underpin this programme: You will explore the functional areas of business, such as management, marketing, human resources, finance and operations, through the lens of these four main themes which run throughout the programme.

• Entrepreneurship is a key force for successful economic growth and entrepreneurial thinking is at the heart of this programme in which you will develop knowledge and understanding of a range of management and business practices and the ability to apply them effectively in an entrepreneurial and innovative manner.

Studying this course will allow you to:

• develop and apply research, writing, numerical, digital and personal skills within a business context

• critically appraise relevant knowledge and understanding of organisations, the external environment in which they operate and management theory when assessing and solving problems in different business scenarios

• apply relevant transferable skills to a career in business and management (for example, managing projects, communication, working in teams, research and appropriate technologies and critically reflect on the effectiveness of your own skills and knowledge in such application

• examine contemporary and strategic issues through the application of relevant analytical concepts, models and theories