Overview
Business Management and Psychology each have their own theoretical underpinning and academic conventions and the study of both disciplines provides a valuable opportunity to develop more versatile skills and perspectives as well as an appreciation of interdisciplinary connections.
Aspects of Business Management such as human resource management and marketing draw much of their theory from Psychology, so applying ideas from one discipline should also enhance the student’s understanding and enjoyment of the other.
Combining the study of two subjects is both challenging and rewarding, increasingly appealing to self-motivated, independent-minded students who are intellectually and vocationally ambitious.
Each discipline has its own specific aims and learning outcomes but there are aims and outcomes common to all and these are described here:
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to provide an intellectually satisfying and worthwhile experience of studying and learning within the distinctive frameworks of Business Management and Psychology.
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to encourage the development of intellectual maturity, openness of mind and an imaginative and creative approach to problem-solving
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to enable students to develop a capacity for sophisticated analytical thinking and judgement
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to enable students to develop a range of subject specific and transferable skills of value in employment including high-order skills in oral and written communication and in the gathering, interpretation and presentation of information
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to provide the opportunity for students to gain confidence in working both independently and as members or leaders of a group or team
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to prepare students to undertake further study in any of the five disciplines or in related fields.
Graduates of combined honours degrees have the advantage of a broader academic viewpoint, having developed valuable transferable skills as well as sound knowledge of Business Management and Psychology, providing excellent preparation for a wide range of careers. Graduates are now far more likely to change jobs during their working life, so having two areas of expertise and skills can pay dividends. Employers are increasingly prioritising the need for people who have a range of subject knowledge and skills and are not necessarily looking for a particular discipline.
Content and Modules
First year modules:
Business Management
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Personal Development
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Principles and Functions of Management
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Social, Cultural and Ethical Dimensions to Business
Psychology
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Foundations of Biological-Cognitive Psychology
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Foundations of Social-Developmental Psychology
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Social Science Research Skills
Second year modules:
Business Management
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Human Resources Management
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Managing for Innovation and Creativity
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International Business
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Research Skills and Problem Solving (Compulsory for Business Management Major students and joint honours students intending to do a Business Management dissertation)
Psychology
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Biological-Cognitive Psychology
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Social-Cognitive psychology
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Quantitative Data in Social Science
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Qualitative Data in Social Science (Compulsory for Psychology Major students and joint honour students intending to do a Psychology dissertation)
Third year modules:
Business Management
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Business Ethics
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Employment
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Strategic Management
Psychology
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Abnormal Psychology
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Personality and Intelligence
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Emotions
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Lifespan Development Psychology
Note
UCS Bury St Edmunds reserves the right to withdraw optional module choices within each discipline at levels five and six. Optional choices in appropriate subject-designated modules may be also available at UCS Ipswich.
Read the full Programme Specification for this course here:
Further Information
What is included in your tuition fees
At UCS your tuition fees provide access to all the usual teaching and learning facilities that you would expect. However, there may be additional costs associated with your course that you will need to budget for.
Read full details of the included and additional costs for Business Management and Psychology|.
Please note, UCS reserves the right to change this information as and when required.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
The course team have a commitment to high quality teaching and learning. They use a range of different assessment strategies to assess and facilitate student learning and include: unseen examinations; seen, open-book or take-away examinations; essays and reports; critical reviews, book reviews, workshop reports, analytical exercises; individual or group presentations; a dissertation, computer-based assessments and informed discussion and debate via module seminars and blogs.
Most modules are delivered in a structured week by week format from September to June. The teaching is divided into two semesters and the University year usually finishes for students by early June. A full-time student is expected to take six modules each year. A part-time student will take one to four modules each year.
Lecture and seminar sessions for the modules usually run in the daytime between 9am and 6pm. Students can expect to have to attend for at least three hours per module per week and to spend at least an equivalent amount of time per week in independent study. This study requirement will often be higher when assessments are due.
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