City University Bsc Business Studies

Hello, i was wondering if anyone would add any details about the Bsc Business studies undergraduate degree. Information about the modules would be extremely helpful

Thanks

Reply 1

SamanthaBH

Also what is some of the books you read for the Bsc Business Studies degree?

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Reply 2

Lorenzo.S

As far as I know Business Studies at City University (Cass Business School) is a very general degree, although you get the chance to specialise in finance from the 2nd year onwards. Unless you are still undecided about which career path you want to follow, I would advice you not to take this course (also because it does not have a particularly great reputation compared to, say, Bsc Management at LSE or Warwick or Manchester or BSc Business Management at KCL/Durham/Nottingham).
If you are set on studying at City go for other courses there (Accounting and Finance, Banking and International Finance, Investment and Financial Risk Management are much more specific but arguably better in my opinion).
If you do the BSc Business Studies (btw the course title sounds like an 'associate degree') bear in mind that you would need to do a good master's degree to make yourself marketable for big firms.

Reply 3

gr8wizard10

Original post by SamanthaBH

What career path are you looking to go down?

I currently study as a first years at Cass Business School (BSc Investment & Financial Risk Management) and can perhaps offer an insight.

Original post by Lorenzo.S

If you do the BSc Business Studies (btw the course title sounds like an 'associate degree') bear in mind that you would need to do a good master's degree to make yourself marketable for big firms.

Not entirely sure how you came up with this conclusion. This course has pretty good employment statistics with the mean starting salary quite above the national average.

Also some of the comparisons you made are somewhat laughable. I take it you have 0 experience of the graduate job market.

http://university.which.co.uk/city-university-c60/business-studies-3-years-9000-n100

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Reply 4

Lorenzo.S

Although I am a first-year student I have already completed three summer internships at real estate companies in Italy, France and China. So I would definitively disagree with your statement "I take you have 0 experience of the graduate job market". I did not take a gap year so the most I could do was two to three months internships over the summer. They were all fantastic experiences that taught me loads though.

You are a first year student as well so I really do not see where your confidence about the graduate job market comes from. If you believe checking "unistats" and "whichuniuk" or going to a few career events and fairs makes you knowledgeable about the job market I am afraid you are on the TOTALLY WRONG track mate. Real knowledge comes from years and years of study and experience at workplace.

As for the comparisons I made I do not think they are laughable whatsoever. All the unis I mentioned for their undergraduate business/management courses have entry requirements higher or far higher (except Nottingham perhaps) than City University, that means they attract much better students overall (there might be exceptions obviously). Cass might have a good reputation for postgraduate courses but for undergraduate ones is still behind or far behind LSE, Warwick, Durham, Manchester, Nottingham and KCL for Business Management). Even for postgraduate courses Cass is behind LSE, Warwick and Manchester, which do not only have top business schools but are also great as universities overall, ranked very high both nationally and globally. City all has got is a good business school but as a university does not even appear on international rankings. Even as a business school is behind many others both in the UK and Europe (Bocconi, Rotterdam School of Management, IE Business School, ESADE, HEC, just to name a few).

With regard to the BSc Business Studies I was actually planning to apply to it. I went to an open day at City and was clearly told by staff and current students that it is an acceptable GENERAL course. That's why I said a master's degree would surely be needed for getting into a specific field.

Reply 5

Lorenzo.S

0 experience of the graduate job market? I'm afraid your is an incredibly laughable statement!

Where is City (Cass)? http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/global-employability-university-ranking-2013/2008497.article

Where is City (Cass)? http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/10/20/education/20iht-SReducEmploy20-graphic.html?ref=education

Where is City (Cass)? http://www.highfliers.co.uk/download/GMReport14.pdf

Where is City (Cass)? http://emerging.fr/rank_en.html

Where is City (Cass)? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/11280576/Top-universities-for-graduate-employment-in-full.html

Where is City (Cass)? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9474901/University-rankings-Ten-most-competitive-business-degree-courses.html

NOWHERE, THAT'S WHERE CASS IS! Redimension yourself mate..you have no idea about what you are saying.

Reply 6

Lorenzo.S

Original post by Anonynous

What career path are you looking to go down?

I currently study as a first years at Cass Business School (BSc Investment & Financial Risk Management) and can perhaps offer an insight.

Not entirely sure how you came up with this conclusion. This course has pretty good employment statistics with the mean starting salary quite above the national average.

Also some of the comparisons you made are somewhat laughable. I take it you have 0 experience of the graduate job market.

http://university.which.co.uk/city-university-c60/business-studies-3-years-9000-n100

Check the links I posted and you will clearly find out that CASS AND CITY DO NOT EVEN APPEAR EITHER IN LEADING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYABILITY INDEXES.
All the other unis I mentioned - LSE, KCL, Manchester, Durham, Nottingham ALL DO.

As to the BSc in Business Studies which, according to you, guarantees graduates salaries "well above the national average", does not even appear in the "top 10 most competitive undergraduate business courses in UK" - LSE, KCL, Warwick, Exeter, Durham, Bath ALL DO.

No surprise after all...why should a company hire people who studied 'business studies' or 'banking' at Cass when they can get people who read Economics at Warwick/LSE/Durham/Edinburgh or Management at KCL/Nottingham/Manchester FOR THE SAME PRICE?

Essence of the story: support your arguments with real evidence mate, not just with weak statements.