AIMS

The aim of the Degree in Business Administration and Management is to produce professionals who can perform management, consultancy and evaluation tasks in organisations involved in production. These tasks may be carried out within the overall scope of the organisation or in any of its functional areas: production, human resources, financing, marketing, administration or accounting.

Graduates should understand how the functions of these areas relate to the general aims of the production unit and how these aims fit into the overall economic context, and be able to contribute to corporate operations and the improvement of results. Specifically, they should be able to identify and anticipate opportunities, assign resources, organise information, select and motivate personnel, take decisions, attain their proposed objectives and evaluate results.

• Degree Course Credits and Subject Types
• General  Course Programme
• Specialisations

DEGREE COURSE STRUCTURE - CREDITS AND SUBJECT TYPE

Subjects in the Degree in Business Administration and Management are organised into semesters, each subject being worth 6 European ECTS credits. One ECTS credit represents 25 teaching hours. Accordingly, students need to take 5 subjects each semester in order to obtain 30 credits per semester and 60 credits per year, for a total of 240 credits over four years.

GENERAL COURSE PROGRAMME

The proposed Business Administration and Management Degree Programme is structured into modules, each module comprising a group of related subjects. This favours coordination of the course contents and of the skills students will acquire throughout their period of study.

More specifically, the proposal consists of 12 modules comprising core, compulsory and optional subjects, optional work experience and the final project:

1.      Accounting
2.      Business Organisation
3.      Financial Mathematics
4.      Corporate Finances
5.      Commercialisation and Market Research
6.      Law
7.      Economics and History
8.      Tax System
9.      Economic Policy
10.    Economic Analysis
11.    Mathematics
12.    Statistics and Econometrics

SPECIALISATION

Optional subjects have been grouped into four specialities to allow students, if they so wish, to build up one of the habitual professional profiles associated with Business Administration and Management graduates. These specialities also pave the way for professional specialisation, developed further in post-graduate studies. Accordingly, in their final year, students may choose a specialisation in order to obtain a professional profile which will increase their employment possibilities. These specialities are as follows:

To specialise, students must take the four subjects corresponding to a speciality. In order to make up their quota of optional subjects (36 credits), students may then choose freely from among the other subjects on offer. Students are also offered the possibility of undertaking work experience (12 credits) or participating in a range of cultural, sporting, student representation, charity and cooperation activities established by the University, for which they may obtain up to a maximum of 6 optional credits.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT (IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Students who study an undergraduate degree at the University of Alicante must confirm a minimum level of B1 in a foreign language (a B2 is recommended) in order to obtain the diploma.  

The required language level is in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. 

The language accreditation requirement can be obtained previously or at any time during university studies. However, the language requirement will be necessary in order to be able to assess the final year project.

The different forms of obtaining such language requirement can be consulted in the additional information in this section.  

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LANGUAGE TEACHING COMPETENCE CERTIFICATE

Students who want to have a career in non-university teaching when they finish their studies are recommended to obtain the teaching competence certificate (Valencian and/or foreign languages).

This certificate can be obtained by taking specific itineraries in your university studies or by taking the UA teaching competence course in Valencian, German, French and English.

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FINAL YEAR PROJECT (TFG)

All the official undergraduate degrees must be completed by preparing and defending a final year project, which must be done in the final phase of the studies and be aimed at the assessment of competences associated to the degree.

The final year project must be an original, independent and personal work. The elaboration of it may by individual or coordinated. Each student will prepare this project under the supervision of a tutor, allowing students to show the received training content in an integrated many, as well as the acquired competences associated to the undergraduate degree.

In order to register in the final year project, students must comply with the requirements established in the “Regulations for continuation studies for students registered in undergraduate degrees at the University of Alicante”. Among the requirements established to be able to register in the final year project, a minimum of 168 credits must be passed in undergraduate degrees with a total of 240 credits, and a minimum of 228 credits in undergraduate degrees with a total of 300 credits or more.

In order for the final year project to be assessed, a B1 level of a foreign language (B2 is recommended) must be confirmed.

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• Access routes
• Procedure for applying for admission
• Recommended applicant profile
• Number of places and pass marks

ACCESS ROUTES

Admission to this degree course is open to any applicant who meets one of the following entrance requirements:

1.     SPANISH BACCALAUREATE (LOMCE) UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM (PAU): Although students can access university by means of any Baccalaureate specialization, the recommended ones are Sciences or Humanities and Social Sciences.

Admission scores for this degree can be improved by taking the specific modules of the University Entrance Exam (PAU) as indicated in the table below with their respective weightings.

TABLE 1

2.     PREVIOUS BACCALAUREATES WITH OR WITHOUT A PASS IN THE UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM (PAU): Students who have completed their Baccalaureate under previous education systems and have passed the PAU will be able to use the mark obtained in their application.

However, students can take specific exam modules during the voluntary PAU exam period in order to improve their admission score as shown in table 1. They can also sit for the obligatory PAU exams, in which case they will have to take all the exams scheduled during this period.

3.     VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: Vocational educational qualifications such as senior technician, senior technician of plastic arts and design, or senior technician in sports is the preferred professional area although access to this degree may be through any professional field.

Admission scores can be improved by taking the PAU exam in up to 4 of the modules in table 1.

4.     STUDENTS FROM EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OR OTHER STATES WITH WHICH SPAIN HAS AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT: Accreditation is required and issued by Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED).

Students can sit for exams in subjects included in the Pruebas de Competencias Específicas (PCE), organised by the UNED, in order to improve their admission score up to 14 points as indicated in the weightings in Table 1.

5.     STUDENTS FROM FOREIGN EDUCATION SYSTEMS: Prior to applying for the validation of their foreign Baccalaureate, students may sit for up to 4 exams in subjects offered by the Pruebas de Competencias Específicas (PCE) organised by UNED (at least one subject from the core subjects).

The weightings indicated in table 1 will be applied to core and/or optional subjects.

6.     OTHER: University degrees and other similar qualifications. University entrance exam for students over 25 (preferential option: Social and Legal Sciences). Access on the basis of professional experience (applicants over 40 years of age). Access to applicants aged 45 years or more by means of an exam.

Weightings of the subjects of the specific phase of the Proof of Access to the University (PAU) in the previous years

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PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING FOR ADMISSION: PRE-ENROLMENT AND REGISTRATION

• Anticipated number of places offered during the first pre-enrolment session: 1000

• In order to apply for a place, the procedure and pre-enrolment periods established each year must be observed. Information concerning the application procedure  (Pre-enrolment).

• Applicants admitted to a course must formally register within the timescale established annually in the enrolment calendar. Registration Information.

RECOMMENDED APPLICANT PROFILE

Although admission is granted from any high school diploma route, it is recommended that students have studied Mathematics II or Mathematics Applied to the Social Sciences in the second year of the high school diploma course, and where appropriate, Business Economics.

Similarly, in order to facilitate new students’ assimilation onto the proposed course programme, students should have a reasonable knowledge of English, at least in terms of reading comprehension.

As regards the recommended educational background, new students should have a basic understanding of mathematics, together with good skills in logical reasoning.  Equally, they should have an interest in business economics problems, such as the reasons behind unemployment and inflation, how the market operates, and the importance of business strategy.  They should show an interest in using analytical tools in order to understand different aspects of business reality.  Moreover, they should be responsible, capable of working both individually and as part of a team, and possess good communication skills.

NUMBER OF PLACES AND PASS MARKS

• "Pass marks" indicated correspond to the results of the first adjudication of June.
  
• The definitive marks can be inferior to the here collected.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILES

The four major functional corporate areas (Business Organisation, Accountancy and Auditing, Finances, and Marketing Management and Research) provide a range of professional profiles, each in great demand in the business world: Administration of Private Companies and Public Bodies; Financial Analyst; Auditor; Corporate Organisation Consultancy; Commercial Consultancy; Accounting Consultancy; Business Creation; Commercial Management; Accounting Management; Production Management; Human Resources Management; Financial Management; Teaching and Research; and Study Services.

The new Economics and Business Sciences Degree Courses will be implemented year by year.

TIMESCALE

Once a course has been phased out, the subjects corresponding to the course will no longer be taught. Students who do not wish to take the new degree course subjects will have four opportunities to sit the relevant examinations at the end of the following two academic years. Any students wishing to continue their studies after sitting and failing these examinations will be required to follow the new plan, according to the adaptation system established in the new course programme.

CREDIT EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN THE FORMER AND THE NEW BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT DEGREES

This section explains the credit validation system between subjects being phased out and new subjects.

Credit validation between the new Business Administration and Management Degree and the Diploma in Business Science

DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. SYLLABUS SUMMARY

Internal Quality Assurance System (SGIC) of the Title

• Structure of the Centre for Quality
  • Comission of Internal Quality Guarantee
  • Other Commissions  
• Handbook SGIC
• Procedures
  • Strategic (PE)
  • Key (PC)
  • Support (PA)
  • Measurement (PM)

• Management of the SGIC (Access to ASTUA)

Follow-up of the Title

• Self-reports UA
• External reports AVAP 
• Other reports
• Improvement Plans
• Progress and Learning Outcomes