BA (Hons) Business and Finance

"Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, examinations may be replaced by an alternative form of assessment during the academic year 2021/2022. Please refer to the Programme Specification on these pages for further details."

Why choose this course?

• Strengthen your knowledge on how to smoothly combine business and finance.
• Dive straight into understanding how the business operates.
• Benefit from our links with local industry and commerce.
• Enhance your experience through a work placement or study abroad year.

What's the course about?

Indicative course structure

A business degree is a powerful, career-launching qualification, and if you’re interested in a career in business, combining two subjects will give you sought-after skills, exciting experiences, and a whole world of future career opportunities.

This degree gives you an in-depth understanding of today’s business world. You’ll explore accounting, marketing, and human resources, as well as the fast-moving international financial sector – from financial markets and investments to banking and economics. It’s an ideal choice if you know you’d like a respected business degree and you’re interested in finance but perhaps not yet sure where you’d like to specialise. It enables you to bring both disciplines together and to understand how they interact and impact society.

Your main campus is de Havilland

You’ll share this campus with students from business, law, sport, education, and humanities subjects. The student housing is close to our Sports Village which includes a gym, swimming pool, and climbing wall. You can get breakfast, lunch, or dinner in our on-campus restaurant or bar (in the newly built Enterprise Hub) on days you don’t feel like cooking. You can also use the common room to play pool, video games or just to hang out with friends. Our Learning Resources Centres are open 24/7, which means you can study whenever suits you best. Want to pop over to the other campus? You can take the free shuttle bus or walk there in just 15 minutes.

This course includes the options of:

• Work placement
• Study abroad

What will I study?

Alongside traditional teaching methods of lectures, seminars, and tutorials, we operate a web-based student support system called StudyNet where you can expect to find a range of material and communications about every module.

The teaching method for most modules on the course is a one-hour lecture followed by a one-hour seminar. Typically, a new topic will be introduced in each lecture. The seminars provide an opportunity to discuss and obtain feedback on the topic introduced in the previous week's lecture. Usually, assessment is split between coursework and examination. Coursework may take a variety of forms and could be individual or group work.

Level 4

• Principles of Marketing II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Economics for Business II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Quantitative Methods for Business (UJH) II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• The Finance Professional II 30 Credits II Compulsory
• Principles of Finance II 30 Credits II Compulsory
• People and Organisations II 15 Credits II Compulsory

Level 5

• Managing People II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Macro Foundations for Finance II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Exploring Business Ethics II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Enterprise II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Financial Markets and Instruments II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Business Finance II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Analysing Financial Statements II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Enhancing Employability II 15 Credits II Optional
• Professional Development for Business II 15 Credits II Optional

Level 6

• Business and Commercial Awareness II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Money, Banking and Finance II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Leadership and Organisations II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Business Strategy II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Corporate Financial Strategy II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Financial Aspects of International Business II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Digital Economy II 15 Credits II Compulsory
• Advanced Financial Decision Making II 15 Credits II Compulsory

Study abroad

An opportunity for an amazing experience, which will help make you stand out from the crowd. With more and more companies working internationally, the experience of living in another country can make a great impression on future employers.

This course offers you the opportunity to enhance your study and CV with a sandwich year abroad. The University has partnerships with over 150 universities around the world, including the USA, Canada, Asia, Africa, Australia, South America, and closer to home in Europe.

If you study abroad between your second and third year of study, you’ll pay no tuition fee to the partner university and no tuition fee to us either. We’ll ask you to make your decision in your second year, so there is plenty of time to think about it.

Work placement

Graduate with invaluable work experience alongside your degree and stand out from the crowd.

This course offers you the opportunity to enhance your study and CV with a work placement sandwich year. It’s a chance to explore career possibilities, make valuable contacts and gain sought-after professional skills.

Our dedicated Careers and Employment team are here to help guide you through the process. In past years students have completed placements with:

• KPMG
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Clark & Co Accountants
• Lloyds TSB

If you take up a work placement between your second and third year of study, at the University of Hertfordshire you’ll pay no tuition fee for this year. We’ll ask you to make your decision in your second year, so there is plenty of time to think about it.