Course summary

• Reinforce your ideas with a solid grounding of business theory.
• Gain real-world insights from enterprising leaders, innovators and experts.
• Apply your skills on a paid placement year, or embark on the Placement Year Enterprise Scheme. You may also be able to work or study abroad with the possibility of funding through the Erasmus+ programme (until 2023) or the Turing Scheme. 

Release your inner entrepreneur with this creative course and make your mark in the world of business. Focus not only on theoretics and technical analysis, but also modern business acumen. You'll graduate with confidence and empowerment, ready to join a great company or go it alone.

How you learn

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.

You’ll work with real businesses, developing solutions while building your profile with hands-on experience and industry interaction. You’ll tailor your learning through specialist and elective modules – taught in state-of-the-art facilities by experts in the world of business and academia.

You learn through

• lectures and seminars
• in-class discussions and debates
• field trips
• group tasks
• individual projects
• digital learning platforms
• case studies
• presentations to peers and businesses
• business plans
• reflective journals
• project reports
• gamification

Course leaders and tutors

Dean Maragh

Senior Lecturer

Lecturer, Strategic Management, Department of Management

Asif Majid

Senior Lecturer – Strategic Management, Enterprise and Innovation

Asif joined Sheffield Business School in April 2014 as a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management and Enterprise

Applied learning

Work placements

You’ll have the opportunity to arrange a year-long work placement in between your second and third years. This gives you a real-world experience to prepare you for your future career, as well as useful industry contacts. Previous placement years have taken place at organisations such as 3M, BAE Systems, Hoya Lens UK, Microsoft, River Island and Asda.

There’s also an opportunity to receive support in running your own business during this time. The Placement Year Enterprise Scheme allows you to receive a bursary from the University's Research and Innovation Office, alongside useful advice and facilities in the business centre. This support is also available for up to five years after you graduate.

Field trips

You’ll have the opportunity to attend field trips throughout your time on the course. Recent field trips include students running pop-up shops at Sheffield Maker’s Market in St Mary’s Church & Conference Centre, and working with local secondary schools to deliver creative activity workshops to pupils.  

Networking opportunities

You’ll have plenty of networking opportunities throughout the course – with frequent guest speakers, a placement year and a close relationship with the local business community and our alumni. There’s also extensive extracurricular activity in this field, particularly from the highly active, student-run Enterprise Society.

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• starting your own business
• working in innovative companies and industries
• management
• teaching
• consultancy

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• Nicholas Associates as learning and development consultant
• Hamptons International as sales negotiator
• 'Slaaw' healthfoods outlets as founder and owner
• Bayer Crop Science as purchaser
• NOW Pensions as technical support consultant
• Toyota
• Marks & Spencer
• NHS
• Barclays Bank
• BAE Systems
• GlaxoSmithKline

Accreditation

This course is accredited by the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE). Upon successful completion of the BA (Hons) Business and Enterprise Management degree, you will also receive an IOEE Diploma in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.

You will be entitled to activate your ‘Student Membership’ to the Institute and access a variety of digital resources to support you with course completion. Successful graduates can apply for full professional membership of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (all applications are subject to professional body approval and work experience).

Where will I study?

You study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.

City Campus

City Campus is located in the heart of Sheffield, within minutes of the train and bus stations.

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Location

Howard Street
Sheffield
S1 1WB

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Adsetts library

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Entry requirements

Modules

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.

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

Fees and funding

Additional course costs

This link allows you to view estimated costs associated with the main activities on specific courses. These are estimates and, as such, are only an indication of additional course costs. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.

Legal information

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