Anyone do marketing or Business management at uni?

If so how do you find it ?
What’s the course like?
Is it mathematically challenging?
Would you recommend?
Also where do you to uni ?
Placement year or study abroad ?

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Reply 1

username4521132

I did a similar degree to Business Management. Imo BM and marketing are micky mouse degrees. With BM you learn about a lot of stuff but not enough about anything to make it worthwhile. It's like 3 years of glorified introduction classes. Employment is quite a safe though especially from a top uni you're eligible for all the gold dust grad schemes for instance. Would I do it again absolutely not. I would have studied economics or STEM or just not gone to uni entirely.

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Reply 2

Tashax2

Original post by yeetouttawindow

Yeah I’m a little worried about it but I did the a-z list of uni courses and they were the only things I liked so I’ve picked them . I’m either going to Leeds to study the mix ( if I get the offer ) or York ( already have the offer ) for BM. Yes I know the career prospects are quite good and I wanted something broad in terms of careers so I thought it would be a good pick I’m interested in PR or investment banking. What are you doing now in terms of the career ?

Reply 3

Tashax2

Original post by yeetouttawindow

Where did you go to uni ?

Reply 4

Tashax2

If so how do you find it ?
What’s the course like?
Is it mathematically challenging?
Would you recommend?
Also where do you to uni ?
Placement year or study abroad ?

Reply 5

username4521132

Original post by Tashax2

i'm in IT. what i'd say is that only go study it if 100% sure. the debt is very real and you're going to be paying it back for a very long time. plus for most folk its a one time only deal where going back isn't financially feasible and/or time limitations...
i went to a top 30 uni, it wasn't mathematically challenging i.e. didn't go beyond probably KS3 level. i didn't do a placement.

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Reply 6

University of Surrey Student Rep

Official Rep

Original post by Tashax2

If so how do you find it ?
What’s the course like?
Is it mathematically challenging?
Would you recommend?
Also where do you to uni ?
Placement year or study abroad ?

Hi! I'm a second year Business Studies (Marketing) Student at Surrey.
1. The course is very nice, and I like it very much. I've had interesting modules in both first and second year, but I am enjoying my second year modules more as I could choose the optional modules and I find the subjects really interesting.
2. The course isn't mathematically challenging. I didn't like maths at all at school and last year we had Financial Accounting and I did quite well in that one, it mostly just takes practice and once you get the grasp of the key concepts, you'll be fine.
3. I would definitely reccommend the course, The Surrey Business School is ranked 8th in the UK for business and economics.
4. The university is in Guildford, which is a 40 minute train ride from London. There is also a direct train for gatwick.
5. You have the opportunity to do both and there is lots of support. They even have a site just dedicated to placement opportunities and guidance.

Hope that helped.

Elena
Business Management

Reply 7

Mhezz

Hi

I recently graduated from Nottingham Trent University after studying a BA in Business Management and Human Resources. The Nottingham Business School is highly rated for its Business Management Joint Honours programme. All students study Business Management and then choose a second specialism subject from Human Resources, Marketing, Economics, Accounting and Finance and Entrepreneurship. You will study modules in all of these areas, however you will then go into ore depth for your chosen specialism, counteracting the argument that you never learn 'enough to make it worthwhile'. I wish business and economics were taught as compulsory, there is no other subject that relates to the real world and covers such a broad range of subjects. There is theory, psychology, maths, IT all encompassed.

At Nottingham Trent you do study accounting and finance as a compulsory module in year 1 and as an optional module in year 2 (of course if you choose that as your specialism, it wouldn't be optional in year 2 or 3). Yes it is maths based but I wouldnt say it is hard. There is also an element of maths within the economics module (compulsory in year 1) and within quantitative methods (this module was the one most non maths people struggled with the most).

There is an option to study a 4 year course with a one year placement year. I am a mature student who started the degree having worked for 7 years in HR so I didnt feel I needed to do a placement year. This course most certainly helped me within my career, but I went in knowing I wanted to specialise in HR. My course was also dual accredited and I got my HR accreditations at the same time, so it was win win situation for me. I am now doing a PGCE training to be a teacher teaching Secondary Business studies because I enjoyed studying business so much. Its up to you what you do with your degree and what you make of it.