BBA European Management (Spanish)

UCAS code: N2R4

Overview

The BBA in European Management is a unique four-year degree programme that gives students the opportunity of spending two years at Lancaster and two years studying and working in another country. At the end of the four years students are awarded two degrees, the Lancaster BBA in European Management and the Graduado Superior en Ciencias Empresariales from Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid in Spain.

Comillas - ICADE

The Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE), Madrid

As a student on the BBA European Management (Spanish) (N2R4) programme, you will probably spend your first two years at Lancaster studying various aspects of management, as well as Spanish. If you are already fluent in Spanish, you may study a different language. You will be joined on the Lancaster part of the programme by students from our other three European partner institutions and by those students taking the Euro BBA with German (N2R2), Euro BBA with Italian (N2R3) and the Euro BBA with French (N2R1), thereby ensuring a truly European body and making it a truly international experience.

At the beginning of the third year the entire cohort of students transfers to one of the three European partner business schools. At ICADE in the Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid in Spain you complete your management studies as well as carrying out a six-month work placement.

The reputation of this joint degree programme is well established among European employers. It aims to provide students with a sound professional and technical knowledge of management disciplines, practical managerial skills and experience and informed insight into the culture and customs of other European countries, as well as fluency in at least one other European language.

The big advantage of joining this double-degree international programme is that you will be part of a community of European students who exchange ideas and information and organise social activities. The students have formed a society, LUSIPBS.

First Year at LUMS

Students must take:

MNGT110 - Introduction to Management
AC.F111 - Introduction to Financial Accounting for Managers
MSCI102 - Introduction to Operations Management

Students then take:

MSCI110 - Introductory Statistics and Computing for Management

and either Economics or Marketing:

ECON101 - Principles of Economics I
ECON102 - Principles of Economics II
MKTG101 - Introduction to Marketing

In addition, students must take and pass an appropriate language course with the Department of European Languages and Cultures.

Students must achieve a pass mark of 10.3 in each course.

Over the summer vacation in Year 1 and/or Year 2 students undertake approved work placements for approximately 10 weeks.

Second Year at LUMS

Students must take:

AC.F263 - Introduction to Finance
AC.F213 - Management Accounting for Business Decisions
MNGT200 - Management and Consulting: Practice and Technique
One option from the Management School

Students then take:
MNGT213 - Data Analysis for Management

and either Economics or Marketing:

ECON224 - Introduction to Economics for Managers
ECON225 - Further Topics in Economics for Managers
MKTG222 - Introductory Marketing
MKTG227 - Marketing Management Essentials

Students must also take an appropriate language course, normally a continuation of the language taken at Part 1. Students who are bilingual (i.e. speak English and the language of their chosen link) will be permitted to replace the language with one optional unit from the Management School.

Third Year at LUMS

Students must take:

ECON207 - Managerial Economics
MNGT360a - Employability Workshops and Placement
MSCI231 - Introduction to Operations Management
OWT.223 - Human Resource Management I
One option from the Management School

Fourth Year at LUMS

Students must take:

MNGT301 - Strategic Management
MNGT302 - Strategic Management 'Airline'
MNGT314 - Ethical Responsibility in Business
MNGT360b - European Management Dissertation
MSCI203 - Introduction to Business Information Systems
Four options from the Management School

Years 3 and 4 at the Partner Institution

Students starting the degree programme at Lancaster spend the following two years at ICADE, comprising one and a half years of academic study (worth six units) and a half-year work placement. At the partner institution students study similar subjects to Years 3 and 4 at Lancaster.

Assessment

The work both at Lancaster and abroad is assessed by means of both coursework and examinations. The coursework takes a wide variety of forms, including group presentations, dissertations, technical exercises, reports, essays, use of computer packages, etc. Successful students therefore need to be versatile and flexible.

Careers

Recent graduates have found high-paid employment with, among many others, BMW, Lufthansa, McKinsey & Co, Alcatel, Boston Consulting Group, Siemens, GE, Accenture and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Some are working in the UK and others in continental Europe.

Applications continue to be accepted until June each year and we also consider candidates for deferred entry.

European Management