BA (Hons) Management and Entrepreneurship

UCAS code: N222

Overview

Entrepreneurship is increasingly being recognised as an important area of management study and practice. Its relevance is not confined to the context of new venture creation or the management of small businesses. Organisations of all sizes, and in all sectors, are requiring people to respond in ways that could be characterised as ‘entrepreneurial’.

Placement year

"When you're on placement, what you've learnt really comes to life."

Third-year students Becky Oliver (left) and Carl Hagensen reflect on their experience during their year in industry – and how this will help them when they complete their final year.

The four-year BA in Management and Entrepreneurship and the three-year Etrepreneurship (with Management)* degree schemes provide a broad appreciation of management theory and practice from a number of different perspectives combined with specialist knowledge of entrepreneurship.

The degrees place entrepreneurship in a broad social and historical context, exploring the nature of the relationship between the entrepreneur and the society from which he or she emerges. Central themes of the courses include entrepreneurial behaviours, processes and skills and how these relate to new venture creation, corporate enterprise, social entrepreneurship and the management of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In demonstrating the links between managerial and entrepreneurial activity, the courses provide students with the opportunity to develop valuable analytical and practical skills.

The integration of theory and practice is a key aim of the degree. Students on the four-year Management and Entrepreneurship degree scheme spend their third year in employment, and throughout both degree schemes students are introduced to many visiting practitioners from businesses across the region.

* Please use UCAS code N212 for the three-year Entrepreneurship (with Management) degree scheme.

Study Abroad

During your degree, you may also wish to take an optional year, term or summer abroad: to spend a term or year abroad, you apply in your first year. Or you can opt to take part in the Summer experience in China - you apply in your second year for this.

Requirements

Typical entrance requirements:

A/AS-levels: AAB. One (but only one) A2 grade may be achieved by either from the average of 2 AS grades or from an AVCE. Every contributory grade must be in a different subject.
AS-levels: may be included in the offer - see above
General Studies: Accepted as one of 3 A-levels
AVCE: up to 6 units can come from AVCE - see above
Preference: Three A-levels
Key Skills: Not included in offer
GCSE: Maths and English Language at grade B or above (or equivalent) are also essential.
Scottish Highers: AAAAB
Irish Leaving Cert: 510 pts
International Baccalaureate: 31 overall (with 17 points from the best three higher level courses)
Mature students: Applications welcome

NB - these are guidelines rather than fixed rules to be applied mechanistically in all circumstances. Applicants with non-UK and other qualifications are treated on their individual merits.

The admissions tutor will also examine closely the rest of the application form, especially the reference and the personal statement.

First Year

The first year aims to provide a foundation in entrepreneurship and management and an appreciation of the role that businesses – large and small – play in the economy and within society at large. Alongside a full-year introductory course studying the myths and misconceptions of entrepreneurship, students take an introduction to statistics and computing in the first term, and an introduction to management, in common with those studying for the BBA in Management, in the second and third. Students then choose two other introductory courses from the following:

- Accounting and finance
- Business history
- Economics
- Management and organisation
- Management science
- Marketing
- Operations management

Throughout their degree, students will have many opportunities to meet with a variety of local entrepreneurs and business practitioners, to hear about their experiences and discuss their businesses. In some instances this will be on an informal basis, at other times students will be expected to interview entrepreneurs as part of their course work.

Second and Final Years

In the second and final years, students take a number of core courses in entrepreneurship and small business management, focusing on both theory and practice and on the inter-relationship between the two.

Compulsory courses

Second year:

- Management and consulting: Practice and critique
- Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship
- Small business and the SME sector
- Research@Work: Placement Dissertation Preparation

Final year:

- New venture planning
- Entrepreneurial behaviour and learning
- Work placement dissertation
- Innovation
- Social Contexts of Entrepreneurship

Plus one of the folowing:

- Franchising (second or final year)

- Family Business (final year)

Optional courses

In both the second and final years students can choose from a wide range of courses from within the Management School and have the option to select modules from within the social sciences. Examples include:

- Strategic management
- People in organisations
- Business simulation
- Human resource management
- Introduction to financial accounting for managers
- Business enterprise in the modern world
- Marketing analysis
- Approaching complex issues in management
- Business law

And many others. The option list is subject to frequent review.

Third Year Placement*

Students on the four-year Managament and Entrepreneurship degree scheme will spend the third year in paid employment. This valuable aspect of the course emphasises the integration of theory and practice and enables the analysis and application of your studies in a practical context. This experience will provide unique insights into entrepreneurship that will enrich final year studies and appeal to potential employers. To support you in your search for a placement the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development has extensive and long-standing relationships with both the small business community and national and regional small business support agencies.

* Students may opt to study the three-year BA (Hons) Entrepreneurship (with Managament) degree scheme, which does not require a work placement year. Please use UCAS code N212.

Further information

How to apply

All applications must be made through the UCAS system (course code N222).

Further information

For more information, please contact the Admissions Tutor:

Lola Dada
Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development

Lancaster University Management School
Lancaster
LA1 4YX

Tel: 01524 510711
Fax: 01524 594743

Assessment

A wide variety of innovative teaching and learning methods are used, to support the course’s overall aim of integrating theory and practice. In addition to lectures, tutorials and seminars students will participate in team work and role-play exercises, analyse case studies, prepare business plans, write management reports and give oral presentations. Assessment is equally varied, typically involving a mixture of coursework and formal examinations.

Management & Entrepreneurship