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DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

Code:
 C152

Credits:
 240
 
Publication date:
 22/03/2012

Title:
 Undergraduate 3-5 years (ECTS)
 
Fee:
 12,79
 1st-registration credits
 

FIELD OF STUDY

Social and Legal Sciences

SYLLABUS

DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

TYPE OF EDUCATION

Face-to-face

LANGUAGE / S THAT IS OFFERED

Valencian
Spanish
English

CENTRES WHERE IT IS TAUGHT

Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences

PROGRAMME JOINTLY SHARED WITH

Only taught at this university

EXAMINATION DATES

Enter the list of examination dates for this graduate programme.

SYLLABUS OFFERED

 

Legend: Not offeredNo teaching
FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
60 credits
 
Year
Title
Credits
Subject
 
FOURTH
ROUTE 1
24 credits
 
 
Once this block is approved, you get
ROUTE 1: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
ROUTE 2
24 credits
 
Year
Title
Credits
Subject
 
Once this block is approved, you get
ROUTE 2: MARKETING
ROUTE 3
24 credits
 
 
Once this block is approved, you get
ROUTE 3: ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
ROUTE 4
24 credits
 
 
Once this block is approved, you get
ROUTE 4: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

 

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.

 

COMPETENCES


General Competences (CG)

  • CG1:Capacity to find and analyse information.
  • CG2:Capacity to work in a team.
  • CG3:Capacity for self-learning.
  • CG4:Apply professional criteria based on using technical instruments to analyse problems.
  • CG5:Capacity to make decisions by putting theoretical knowledge into practice.
  • CG6:Obtain important information that is impossible for non-professionals to recognise from the data.
  • CG7:Ethical commitment and social responsibility at work, respecting the environment, being aware of and understanding the importance of respecting Fundamental Rights, Equal Opportunities for Men and Women, Universal Accessibility for the Disabled and respect for the Values of Peaceful Culture and Democratic Values.
  • CG8:Analyse problems using critical reasoning, without prejudices, precisely and rigorously.
  • CG9:Capacity to synthesise.

General Competences acquired at University of Alicante (CGUA)

  • CGUA1:Read and communicate in a foreign language in a professional environment, especially in English.
  • CGUA2:Use computer tools and information and communications technology as a matter of course throughout one's professional career.
  • CGUA3:Capacity for oral and written communication.

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE1:Manage and administrate a small, medium or large company, understanding its competitive and institutional positioning and identifying its strengths and weaknesses.
  • CE2:Integrate oneself in any functional area of a small, medium or large company or organisation and carry out all the management tasks involved without problems.
  • CE3:Use relevant computer records to evaluate the situation and possible evolution of a company.
  • CE4:Issue consultancy reports on specific business and market situations.
  • CE5:Draft overall management projects or projects dealing with functional areas of the company.
  • CE6:Understand economic institutions as the result and application of theoretical or formal representations of how the economy works.
  • CE7:Be able to apply different technical instruments for marketing and commercial research to analyse companies in their context.
  • CE8:Use accounts to analyse a company in its context by using different technical instruments.
  • CE9:Know how to use different technical instruments for financial analysis and assimilate knowledge on the working of national and international financial markets to be able to analyse a company in its context.
  • CE10:Know how to use different technical instruments for the analysis of operations and assimilate the main theories of organisations to be able to analyse a company in its context.
  • CE11:Understand the most common strategic analysis tools for analysing companies in their context.
  • CE12:Understand and apply different economic analysis tools to study companies in their context.
  • CE13:Use significant economic-social data to apply the appropriate statistical and econometric tools to analyse companies in their context.
  • CE14:Have a basic understanding of those elements of the legal code that allow this dimension to be included when analysing companies and their context.
  • CE15:Prepare decision-making in companies and organisations, especially at operational and tactical level.

 

 

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.


SUBJECT TYPE

CREDITS

Core (FB)

60

Compulsory (OB)

138

Optional (OP)

36

Final Project

6

Total Credits

240

 

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:

 

SPECIALISATION

SUBJECTS

Strategic Management

International Corporate Strategy and Management

Human Resources Management

Quality and Environmental Management

Creating Businesses

Marketing

International Marketing

Marketing Communications

Commercial Distribution

Sales Management

Accountancy and Finance

International Finances

Financial Auditing

Accountancy for Business Groups

Financial Instruments and Products

International Business

International Marketing

International Corporate Strategy and Management

International Finances

International Accountancy

 

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

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

BA

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

High School Diploma Subjects

Parámetros de ponderación
Análisis Musical II Biología Ciencias de la Tierra y Medioambientales Dibujo Artístico II Dibujo Técnico II Diseño Economía de la Empresa Electrotecnia Física Geografía Griego Historia de la Música y de la Danza  Historia del Arte Latín Lenguaje y Práctica Musical Literatura Universal Matemáticas Aplicadas a las Ciencias Sociales II Matemáticas II Química Técnicas de Expresión Gráfico Plásticas Tecnología Industrial II

Academic Years 2010-11

2011-12

0.1                                          
0.2 x x
x
x x x x x
x x x x x x x x x
x
x
x x

Academic Years

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

0.1 x
x
x
x
x
x

 

 x  x  x  x x
x
 
 x  x  
0.2             x    x x
            x
 x      



PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING FOR ADMISSION: PRE-ENROLMENT AND REGISTRATION

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


COURSES

NUMBER

OF

PLACES

PASS MARKS

GENERAL

OVER 25

OVER 40

OVER 45

GRADUATES

SPORTSPEOPLE

DISABLED

2010-11

1000

6,140

5,900

5,950

5,700

5,920

---

---

2011-12

800

5,000

6,238

5,000

5,000

5,000

---

---

2012-13

800

5,000

5,490

5,000

---

5,000

---

---

2013-14

800

5,000

5,000

5,000

---

5,000

---

---

2014-15

800

5,000

5,000

5,000

---

5,000

---

---

2015-16

800

5,000

5,412

7,250

5,230

6,570

---

---

2016-17

750

5,000

5,000

5,000

5,000

5,000

---

---

  2017-18    650   5,000   5,000    5,000    5,000    5,000   ---   ---
 
  • "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

Academic Year

Implementation  of the new Degree in Business Administration and Management

Phasing out of the former Degree in Business Administration and Management and Diploma in Business Science

2010-2011

1st year

1st year BAM and DBS

2011-2012

2nd year

2nd year BAM and DBS

2012-2013

3rd year

3rd year BAM and DBS

2013-2014

4th year

4th year BAM

 

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.


New Business Administration and Management Degree

 (Grado)

Former Business Administration and Management Degree

(Licenciatura)

SUBJECTS

ECTS

Type

SUBJECTS

Creds.

Type

Financial Accounting I

6

Core

Financial and Analytical Accounting

12

Core

Financial Accounting II

6

Compulsory

Accountancy Planning

4.5

Compulsory

Financial Accounting III

6

Compulsory

Financial and Corporate Accounting

4.5

Compulsory

Management Accounting

6

Compulsory

Management Accounting

4.5

Core

Analysing Accounting Statements

6

Compulsory

Analysing Accounting Statements I

6

Core

Financial Auditing

6

Optional

External Auditing

6

Optional

Accountancy for Business Groups

6

Optional

Consolidation of Accounting Statements

6

Optional

International Accountancy

6

Optional

Intenational Accountancy

4.5

Optional

Foundations of Business Economics

6

Core

Foundations of Business Economics

6

Core

Operations Management

6

Compulsory

Business Economy (Production and Design)

9

Compulsory

Organisational Design

6

Compulsory

Strategic Corporate Management I

6

Compulsory

Strategic Management and Corporate Policy I

6

Core

Strategic Corporate Management II

6

Compulsory

Strategic Management and Corporate Policy II

6

Core

International Corporate Strategy and Management

6

Optional

Strategy for Corporate Internationalisation

6

Optional

Human Resources Management

6

Optional

Human Resources Management

6

Optional

Quality and Environmental Management

6

Optional

Quality Management

6

Optional

Creating Business

6

Optional

Not offered under new degree course

X

X

Mathematics for Fianancial Transactions

6

Compulsory

Mathematics for Fianancial Transactionss I

Mathematics for Fianancial Transactions II

4.5

 

6

Core

 

Compulsory

Financial Instruments and Products

6

Optional

Fixed Income Markets

6

Optional (Econ)

Finances

6

Compulsory

Financial Management I

6

Core

Corporate Finances

6

Compulsory

Financial Management II

6

Core

Financial Management

6

Compulsory

Financial Management of Current Assets

6

Optional

International Finances

6

Optional

International Corporate Financial Management

 4.5

Optional

Introduction to Marketing

6

Core

Introduction to Marketing

6

Core

Market Research

6

Compulsory

Commercial Management II

6

Core

Marketing Management

6

Compulsory

Commercial Management I

6

Core

Strategic Marketing

6

Compulsory

Strategic Marketing

4.5

Optional

International Marketing

6

Optional

International Marketing

4.5

Optional

Marketing Communications

6

Optional

Marketing in Commercial Communications

6

Optional

Commercial Distribution

6

Optional

Commercial Distribution

6

Optional

Sales Management

6

Optional

Sales Technqiues and Promotion

4.5

Optional

Business Law

6

Core

Business Law

4.5

Core

International and Spanish Economic History (19th and 20th Centuries) 

4.5

Compulsory

International and Spanish Economic History (19th and 20th Centuries) (9085)

6

Compulsory

World Economy

4.5

Compulsory

World Economy (9002)

6

Core

The Spanish Economy

6

Core

The Spanish Economy (9097)

6

Core

Financial Institutions and Markets

6

Optional

Financial Institutions and Markets (9068)

4.5

Optional

Tax System I

6

Compulsory

Tax System II (9111)

6

Compulsory

Tax System II

6

Compulsory

Tax System I (9106)

6

Compulsory

Economic Policy

6

Compulsory

9116 Instrumental Economic Policies

6

Compulsory

Foreign Trade Policies and Techniques

6

Optional

9136 Foreign Trade Economy and Techniques

4.5

Optional

Prediction and Trends

6

Optional

9059 Economic Prediction and Trends

6

Optional

Introduction to Microeconomics

6

Core

Microeconomics I (9087)

7.5

Core

Intermediate Microeconomics

6

Compulsory

Microeconomics II (9093)

7.5

Core

Introduction to Macroeconomics

6

Core

Macroeconomics I (9088)

6

Core

Intermediate Macroeconomics

6

Compulsory

Macroeconomics II (9096)

9

Core

Mathematics I

6

Core

Mathematics (9081)

15

Core

Mathematics II

6

Core

Mathematics (9081)

15

Core

Game Theory for Business

6

Optional

Industrial Organisation (9140)

4.5

Optional

Introduction to Statistics

6

Core

Introduction to Statistics (9089)

6

Compulsory

Statistics and Introduction to Econometrics

9

Compulsory

Statistics and Introduction to Econometrics (9090)

Econometrics I (9102)

12


6

Core


Core

Sampling and Data Analysis

6

Optional

Statistics Applied to Marketing (9137)

4.5

Optional

Work Experience

12

Optional

Work Experience (*)

12-18

Optional

Final Project

6

Compulsory 




(*) Recognition of Work Experience is done through the Commission on Recognition and Credit Transfer Center.


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


New Business Administration and Management Degree

(Grado)

Diploma in Business Science

SUBJECTS

ECTS

Carácter

ASIGNATURAS

Cdtos

Carácter

Financial Accounting I

6

Core

Financial Accounting

9

Core

Financial Accounting III

6

Compulsory

Corporate Accounting

4.5

Optional

Management Accounting

6

Compulsory

Cost Accounting

6

Core

Analysing Accounting Statements

6

Compulsory

Analysing Accounting Statements

6

Core

Financial Auditing

6

Optional

Financial Auditing

4.5

Optional

Accountancy for Business Groups

6

Optional

Consolidation of Accounting Statements

4.5

Optional

Basics of Business Economics

6

Core

Business Organisation and Administration I

6

Core

Operations Management

6

Compulsory

Business Organisation and Administration II

6

Core

Organisational Design

6

Compulsory

Cannot be validated

X

X

Strategic Corporate Management I

6

Compulsory

Not offered in Business Science

X

X

Strategic Corporate Management II

6

Compulsory

Not offered in Business Science

X

X

International Corporate Strategy and Management

6

Optional

Not offered in Business Science

X

X

Human Resources Management

6

Optional

Not offered in Business Science

X

X

Quality and Environmental Management

6

Optional

Corporate Environmental Management

4,5

Optional

Creating Businesses

6

Optional

Business Creation and Organisation

4,5

Optional

Corporate Finances

6

Compulsory

Financial Management

9

Core

Financial Management

6

Compulsory

Short-Term Financial Management

4,5

Optional

International Finances

6

Optional

International Finances

4,5

Optional

Introduction to Marketing

6

Core

Commercial Management

9

Core

Marketing Research

6

Compulsory

Marketing Research

4,5

Optional

Marketing Management

6

Compulsory

Commercial Management

9

Core

International Marketing

6

Optional

International Marketing

4,5

Optional

Marketing Communications

6

Optional

Advertising and Promotion

4,5

Optional

Commercial Distribution

6

Optional

Commercial Distribution

4,5

Optional

Sales Management

6

Optional

Sales Management

4,5

Optional

Business Law

6

Core

Commercial Law

4,5

Core

World Economics and Economic History. 19th and 20th Centuries

4,5

Compulsory

World Economic History (7247) or

Economic History of Spain

4,5

4,5

Compulsory

Optional

World Economy

4,5

Compulsory

World and Spanish Economy (7220)

6

Core

The Spanish Economy

6

Core

World and Spanish Economy (7220)

6

Core

Financial Institutions and Markets

6

Optional

Financial Systems I (7282) and

Financial Systems II (7283)

4,5

4,5

Optional

Optional

Tax System I

6

Compulsory

Corporate Taxation II (7290)

4,5

Optional

Tax System II

6

Compulsory

Corporate Taxation I (7290)

4,5

Optional

Introduction to Microeconomics

6

Core

Economics I (7221)

4.5

Core

Intermediate Microeconomics

6

Compulsory

Microeconomics (7265)

6

Optional

Introduction to Macroeconomics

6

Core

Economics II (7222)

4.5

Core

Intermediate Macroeconomics

6

Compulsory

Macroeconomics (7259)

6

Optional

Mathematics I

6

Core

Mathematics (7262)

9

Core

Mathematics II

6

Core

Mathematics (7262)

9

Core

Introduction to Statistics

6

Core

Statistics I (7226)

Statistics II (7227)

4.5

4.5

Core

Work Experience

12

Optional

Work Experience (*)

12

Optional

Final Project

6

Compulsory 




(*) Recognition of Work Experience is done through the Commission on Recognition and Credit Transfer Center.

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