Bachelor's degree in Business Sciences

Presentation

Teaching goals

• To obtain a sound grounding which enables graduates to interpret and understand the changes taking place in organisations and to anticipate them, in order to design and implement business strategies that ensure that corporate objectives are met.
• To develop the capacity for leadership necessary to efficiently manage and co-ordinate the various physical and human resources in an organisation.
• To be aware of and have a good grasp of the analytical tools necessary to be able to take decisions in various business spheres.
• To have the ability to interact with other social agents, both inside and outside the company, in order to create the necessary agreements and conditions to attain the objectives of the organisation.

Description of the course

Basic and compulsory subjects such as Mathematics, Business Organisation and Management, and Economics and Company Law, among others, which are essential to knowledge of the business sciences, are taught during the first year of the degree. Various business areas are covered in more depth during the second year, including subjects such as Marketing, Accounting, Human Resources and Strategic Managements, among others. In the third and fourth year, students must obtain a total of 120 credits in both compulsory subjects (Business Creation, Foreign Trade and Financial Management, among others) and optional subjects in the various fields of economics and business.

Up to 40 university mobility credits can be counted as optional credits or, providing that they have been recognised beforehand, as compulsory third and fourth credits or the end-of-degree dissertation, and can be taken in the third and fourth years. The structure of the studies in the final two years is designed to facilitate this mobility.

The external internship is optional, can be undertaken in the third or fourth year and is worth up to 13.5 credits. The end-of-degree dissertation, with a value of 6 credits, must be undertaken in the fourth year, and is classified as synthesis credits for the progress made.

Skills acquired by graduates in Business Sciences

At the end of their course, all students must have the following skills:

• Be able to reason independently.
• Have consolidated habits of self-discipline, and self-imposed standards of excellence and thoroughness.
• Be able to work as part of a team.
• Lead individuals and teams, motivating them and managing changes.
• Have a command of computer tools and their main applications in academic work, and have a good grasp of the language of statistics.
• Identify the key factors in a problem.
• Be able to take decisions in risk situations.
• Develop an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit.
• Identify situations for optimising resources and costs.
• Understand the various contextual factors affecting their work.

Career prospects

• Market analyst
• Auditor
• Head of sales
• Business consultant
• Sales manager
• Business administration and management
• Accounting expert
• Marketing expert
• Expert in business management and administration
• Expert in business financing and management
• Taxation expert

Tracks

No tracks are defined in the degree, as one of the main objectives of the syllabus is to enable the highest level of flexibility by means of a significant number of credits in optional subjects. This will enable students to increase and broaden their knowledge in the areas in which they want to specialise.