Develop your business skills to lead innovative and fast-evolving organisations – enhancing your knowledge of sustainable, responsible management practice.
Gain knowledge of core business areas, such as strategy, leadership, management and financial performance.
Develop the skills you need for the business career you want.
Learn how to lead change and innovation ethically and responsibly.
Gain real-world experience in a diverse and exciting range of roles and sectors.
Join a global community where business leaders, researchers and students network and collaborate.

Our course produces talented business leaders, influencers and organisational change agents who can make a real difference in organisations. You will study at one of the few UK Universities with direct links to the Institute of Leadership and Management. Not only can you access a vast range of learning resources, but you will also gain Professional Membership status on top of your degree.

If you don't meet the entry requirements for our BA (Hons) course, or you’d like extra preparation before starting degree-level study, we recommend you join the foundation course – which has been designed to encourage exploration and experimentation.

Work placements

You will be actively encouraged and supported to take up a placement year. You are offered the chance to undertake placements nationally and internationally. Many students do placements each year with corporations in New York, California, Florida, Dubai, Australia, Hong Kong, the Maldives and other destinations. You may also study a language and you are offered a chance to study in more than 40 European institutions for either a year or semester.

Networking opportunities

As a student at Sheffield Business School you benefit from being part of a vibrant community and you are part of the student-led Business and Management Society for peer support and networking opportunities. We also pay for you to be an associate member of the Chartered Management Institute during your course, giving you access to their networking events and helping you build up your LinkedIn contacts for when you start your career.

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

The course is suitable if you don't meet the entry requirements for our BA (Hons) Business Studies course, or you want extra preparation before starting degree-level study. You share the first year with other Sheffield Business School foundation year students, then move on to the degree.

The course content is delivered using a variety of teaching techniques. You are assessed using a mixture of innovative coursework tasks and exams.

You learn through

• traditional academic-led lectures
• case-study based workshops
• assimilation to create an experimental environment of learning

In the foundation year, you'll study wider business topics, while specialising in your chosen subject area. You'll learn useful skills such as academic writing, work in diverse teams and learn to utilise a wide variety of data sources. In doing so, you'll fully prepare yourself for undergraduate study.

This course prepares you for a career in:

• multinational or domestic business organisation
• public or charitable sectors

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for:

• Allianz
• Bloomberg
• L'Oreal
• Centrica
• Honda
• Renault
• Gripple (UK)
• Cummins
• Fujitsu
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Kent County Council
• GE Money
• IBM UK
• Janssen Pharmaceuticals
• Norwich Union
• Pirelli
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• SAP
• SSE
• Telefonica UK (O2)
• Tesco
• Westfield Health

 

UCAS points

• 64

This must include at least 32 points from one A level or equivalent BTEC National qualifications excluding general studies For example:

• CC at A Level
• MPP in BTEC Extended Diploma.
• A combination of qualifications, which may include AS levels and EPQ.

You can find information on making sense of UCAS tariff points here and use the UCAS tariff calculator to work out your points.

GCSE

• English Language at grade C or 4 or equivalent
• Maths at grade C or 4 or equivalent

• Access to HE Diploma from a QAA recognised Access to HE course. Normally we require 15 credits at level 2 and 45 at level 3. At least 15 level 3 credits must be at merit grade or above from a QAA-recognised Access to HE course, or an equivalent Access to HE certificate.

If English is not your first language, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or equivalent. If your English language skill is currently below IELTS 6.0 we recommend you consider a Sheffield Hallam University Pre-sessional English course which will enable you to achieve an equivalent English score.

Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 or over at the point of enrolment.

Important notice:

The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information.

Year 1 Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Going Global	20	Coursework
People, Decisions And Behaviours	40	Coursework
Preparing For Success	20	Practical
Sustainable Innovation	40	Coursework

 

Year 2 Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Business Innovation And Creativity	20	Coursework
Contemporary Business	40	Coursework
Foundations Of Business	40	Coursework Practical
Understanding People And Cultures	20	Coursework

 

 

Year 3 Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Developing Your Impact As A Business Leader	40	Coursework
Leading And Managing Organisational Change	40	Coursework
Managing Business And Financial Performance	20	Coursework

 

Elective modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Business In Emerging Markets	20	Coursework
Developing Your Business Idea	20	Coursework
Experiential Marketing Events	20	Coursework
Foreign Language (French, Spanish, Italian)	20	Coursework Practical
Managing And Developing People In Diverse Contexts	20	Coursework
Managing Operations And The Supply Chain	20	Coursework
Responsible Human Resource Management	20	Coursework
The Corporate Customer	20	Coursework
The Digital Customer Experience	20	Coursework

 

Year 4 Optional modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Placement Year

 

Final Year Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Consultancy Project In Business Studies	40	Coursework
Responsible And Ethical Business Practice	40	Coursework
Strategy In The Global And Digital Environment	20	Coursework

 

Elective modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Consumer Psychology	20	Coursework
Contemporary Leadership In Context	20	Coursework
Dynamic Issues In International Business	20	Coursework
Employment Relations And Law	20	Coursework
Global, Ethical And Responsible Management Approaches	20	Coursework
Marketing In A Global Context	20	Coursework