International Business Degrees Online

Our Business Analysis Minor Allows You To
Learn how to guide your business decisions with quantitative analysis
Gain skills in interpreting business statistical information
Enhance your major in another field with the ability to gauge the health of your business
Business Analysis Minor (21 credits)

In today’s complex business environment, more and more managers use quantitative techniques and analysis to increase their decision process effectiveness. The business analysis minor develops skills in quantitative management, which uses operations research, statistics, operations management, accounting, economics and information aids to support managerial decision-making. The main objective of this minor is to help students understand the importance of quantitative analysis in business and to give them a good training in the more frequently used methods.

Application code: UU-P2120 Notification
Eligibility: Bachelor 120 p/180 hp 60 p/90 hp business. Moreover, 10 p/15 hp in Business Legal overview course or equivalent and 10 p/15 hp tax law or its equivalent. Very good language skills in English is a prerequisite to absorb education. For those who choose deepening the audit, very good language skills in English.
Sample: Parallel: URVALSGRUPP I: 100 hp p/150 completed and the registration of a further 30 credits at the time of application in order of number of points with VG (150-0); URVALSGRUPP II: Bachelor: 1. Applicants with VG candidate on paper, in order of number of points with VG (180-15) ¸ 2. Applicants who do not have VG on paper, in order of number of points with VG (165-0); URVALSGRUPP III: Bachelor’s degree with at least 40 p/60 hp VG + at least 5 years of work after graduation.
If the training: The two-year master’s program SUMA is built around the courses of 7.5 credits in which two courses per semester provided by Uppsala University and two courses are taught by University of Stockholm. The courses during the first two semesters are common to all students admitted to the master program in the student for the third semester select one of two advanced approaches - deepening the audit or deepening the accounting and business analysis.

The first semester focuses on corporate and business analysis from several perspectives. The semester begins with the course Advanced accounting analysis which deals with analysis of economic efficiency and statistical analysis of financial statements. This course is followed by rate risk analysis in which various aspects of risk and risk analysis impact on accounting and auditing are treated. During the third semester course, Financial distress analysis, study participants insolvency from both a business and a trade law perspective during the semester fourth and final course, Responsibility analysis,
dealing with the public and various organizations, and sometimes conflicts of, types of responsibility from a broad perspective.

The second semester begins with an introductory course in auditing, Audit Regulation, which the audit and the auditor’s roles in businesses and public organizations are treated. Second semester course consists of course Public sector accounting and auditing. It is aimed at students should understand the principles and requirements for accounting and auditing of public organizations and various efficiency requirements imposed on such activities. Third course this semester, Mergers & Acquisitions, dealing with issues in the case of transfers and mergers, including the transfer agreement, net acquisitions and values transfer. The semester ends with the course intellectual property assets which deals with intangible assets and rights.

Third semester begins with the common course Accounting and capital markets (UU), after which students choose advanced targeting, whether for audit or accounting and business analysis. The semester ends with a joint research-related course which deals with current accounting research. Throughout the fourth and last semester the students write an essay of 30 credits.

During the course students acquire knowledge in accounting, auditing and business analysis that complements the knowledge obtained in candidate training. As a student in the program, you will gradually get a thorough knowledge and obtain more advanced färdighetsträning in selected focus. Master Training emphasizes integration between theory and practice, which means that the courses developed in close cooperation with the knowledge area actors and based on the specific role of knowledge in society.

International Business
Type:
Major, Minor

Location:
City West

International business studies is available for students seeking business knowledge in a broad range of disciplines necessary to conduct business in an international environment. Studies in international business prepare students for a wide range of positions in Australia and overseas where knowledge and skills are required in the fields of economics, finance, property and management. This will thus complement the professional majors of the Bachelor of Arts, particularly international and regional studies by providing augmenting business studies with the international setting.
Courses that are in majors, sub-majors and/or minorsCourse name Area +
Catalogue No. Units Level
MAJOR
Microeconomics ECON 1006 4.5 1
Governance and Regulation in the Global Market ECON 3005 4.5 3
Finance and Investment BANK 2005 4.5 2
Forecasting and Business Analysis ECON 2007 4.5 2
International Economics ECON 2009 4.5 2
International Currency and Banking Markets BANK 2006 4.5 2
Applied Business Econometrics ECON 3004 4.5 3
Competitive Strategy BUSS 3046 4.5 3
MINOR
Microeconomics ECON 1006 4.5 1
Macroeconomics ECON 1007 4.5 1
Plus any two courses from the above Major

Introduction

Business and trade are the lifeblood of the global economy. The future of any successful economy depends on the skill, imagination and the training of its own people – the entrepreneurs who make business grow. There is a perceived need internationally for professional men and women who can operate with confidence in an international business environment. This degree course aims to produce graduates who are well qualified in business studies and who are prepared to meet the challenges of international business in the 21st century.

In studying International Business, students explore a range of business disciplines that will enable them to understand and identify the needs of business operating in a global context. In the first two years of the course these include general business subjects including: Contemporary Business Analysis and Issues, Finance, Operations and Marketing. Moving on from this, in the final year students specialise in a range of International Business subjects that have a strong focus on international trade and related issues. Students also have the opportunity to study a modern foreign language.

The programme is designed to prepare students for a career in international business and to increase their geographical mobility. The programme is four years in length, allowing students to undertake a one-year study or work placement. International placements take place in the NAFTA region. This experience offers a unique opportunity for students to gain an international perspective of practical business and study that complements their course in the UK.

Level Two
Contemporary Issues in Business

The aim of this unit is to explore systematically a range of issues linked to, and arising out, of the Contemporary Business Analysis unit at Level One that emphasise that the increasingly international business environment with a set of ever-changing complex challenges. Given the contemporary nature of the unit topics will change but issues will be underpinned by appropriate theory so that students are able to explain and analyse these using appropriate conceptual tools.
For operational efficiency, the unit is split into two elements. The first focuses on the international business environment and the second focuses on domestic contemporary issues. This division reflects the needs of awards other than Business Studies.
Operations Management

This module is designed to respond to the core expectation that students be introduced to the issues surrounding the management of resources and operations.

The module sets these issues in the context of:
Understanding organisations as ‘systems’ seeking to remain viable within their environments.
The notion of ‘operations management’ as the act of aligning processes and systems to deliver an organisation’s overall strategy and its marketing objectives, in both the service and the manufacturing environments.
Modern European Language

Students continue on their chosen language route.
Marketing in Practice

This module considers the key influences on marketing, helping students to understand the issues involved in making marketing mix decisions, the relevance of competition to marketing decisions, the implementation of marketing in the organisation and selected applications of marketing.
It is both theoretical and applied in nature, requiring students to use relevant concepts, models and frameworks both in the analysis of case material and when developing their own product concept. The module is broad-based covering many marketing topics and providing for the steady progression of students from certificate level through to the more demanding and strategic subject material of higher level marketing.

Organisations rarely exist in a non-competitive vacuum therefore a key theme of the unit is the understanding and relevance of the concept of competitive advantage. This theme is developed throughout the unit by highlighting how marketing decisions at an operational level have a crucial part to play in delivering a unique and sustainable position for a company versus its competition. A second theme is the European flavour of the program which is developed throughout.
Management Finance

The unit includes study in financial analysis, cashflow planning, budgets and variance analysis, finance, and contemporary performance management. At the conclusion of the unit, students should have a solid understanding of the key elements of financial accounting, management accounting and finance that inform and affect the manager, whatever his or her specialist discipline may be. Furthermore, those students who are to progress to study finance at level 3 should have a platform in respect of principles, models and issues that underpin the advanced aspects of the subject area.
One Semester Study Placement or a One Year Study or Work Placement on the European Mainland

The exchange programme is a compulsory requirement for the award of the BA (Hons) European Business. On the three year version of the programme, students study in one of the School’s European partner institutions in the second semester of level 2.
During the semester abroad, students share classes with local students and will study in their target language. Students benefit from having the opportunity to examine the nature of business in their respective countries and to ‘socialise’ in another culture.

Students opting to complete their degree in four years may study for 12 months in a partner institution. This can provide students with the opportunity to gain a double degree award. Because students will acquire the necessary 360 CATS points through study in Lincoln, on the 4 year version it is also possible to complete the degree by undertaking a work placement in another European country.