BSc (Hons) Business and Data Analytics with Foundation Year

This course has been designed to equip students with advanced knowledge, critical understanding and applied skills to respond to the growing demand for graduates who can combine strong business understanding with advanced analytical capability. Teaching is both industry-led and informed by current research across a range of business sectors, emphasising innovation across business domains while critically engaging with data, models and intelligent systems.

Throughout the course, you will learn how business processes and strategic initiatives are informed by contemporary analytics practice to support interpretation, evaluation and decision-making within organisational contexts. The programme is delivered through a research-informed and practice-focused approach, encouraging you to engage with real-world organisational challenges and to develop transferable skills valued across the private, public and third sectors.

The final year Undergraduate Major Project gives you the opportunity to independently integrate and apply everything you've learned through an evidence-based investigation relevant to contemporary business and data analytics practice — sharpening your research, analytical and professional skills ready for graduate employment or further study.

Key Features

• Access to a contemporary curriculum covering core topics set out in the QAA benchmark statements for Business and Management.
• Develop cross-cultural competence and global awareness to make effective, ethical and data-informed contributions within diverse, analytics-driven industries.
• Apply a range of conceptual, analytical and data-driven tools and techniques, including those informed by artificial intelligence, to enhance employability and professional practice.
• Build employability skills essential to business and data analytics careers, professional communication, analytical and critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration and influence.
• Appreciate the social, political, ethical, environmental and global contexts in which business and data operate.
• Develop and apply evidence-based, data-driven approaches that integrate core business concepts with data analytics techniques in real-world organisational contexts.
• Study a curriculum informed by academic research, industry practice and market requirements, referencing frameworks including the UK Government DDaT Capability Framework, BCS, CMI and the CFA Institute.

In today's tough jobs market, graduates need to stand out from the crowd to successfully secure that all important first full-time job after university. We believe your degree from UCLan London will enhance your employability.

Associated Jobs:

• Business Analyst
• Data Analyst
• Marketing Analyst
• Financial Analyst
• Operations Analyst
• Business Intelligence Analyst
• Management Consultant
• Data Visualisation Specialist
• Insights & Decision Analyst

Business & Data Analytics graduates have the opportunity to pursue diverse career paths across a wide range of industries. They can find roles in sectors such as financial services, technology, retail, consulting, and the public sector. A degree in Business & Data Analytics will provide a foundation of knowledge, preparing graduates for roles that require a strong grasp of data, analytical tools and evidence-based decision-making. With a Business & Data Analytics degree, graduates will develop a data-driven business mindset and essential analytical skills that are highly sought after by employers worldwide.