BSc Management with Marketing

Programme structure

2025/2026 academic year

Our BSc Management with Marketing course allows you to specialise in marketing whilst developing your general business and management knowledge and skills. You will be able to choose from industry-aligned elective modules focused on key marketing career areas:

  • Agency & Communications
  • Marketing Analytics
  • Brand Management (Client-side)
  • Marketing Consultancy & Strategy

If you choose to study BSc Management with Marketing and with Placement Year you will complete your work placement within your third year.

Term one

You will study 4 core modules introducing you to the key areas of business.

  Term two

You will study 3 core modules and 1 elective where you can choose between Business Analytics, Digital Ventures, Management of Global Risks, or a language.


Term three

Revision and exams.


How you will be assessed

Throughout the course you will be assessed by a range of different methods including examinations, class tests, essays, reports, presentations and group work.

CORE: Foundations, Skills and Debates

Foundations, Skills and Debates is a pivotal module for all first year students which supports the transition from formal education to the business school environment.

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Principles of Marketing

Explore, define and evaluate the key principles of marketing within the world of business.

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Accounting for Business

Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of financial and management accounting and its broad range of users

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Foundations of Financial Management

Compare and contrast the main sources of financing for a company.

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Economics for Business

Apply analytical techniques to real world problems and gain an understanding of fundamental concepts in micro and macroeconomics.

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Foundations of Data Analysis for Management

This module will provide you with the basic knowledge of statistics and probability.

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Management, Organisations & Society

Explore the historical emergence of large organisations, management and of the 'organisational society'. 

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Business Analytics, Management of Global Risks, Digital Ventures or a language

In this module you will choose to study either Business Analytics, Management of Global Risks, Digital Ventures or a language.

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Terms one and two

You will study 3 core modules and 5 electives.


Term three

Revision and exams.


How you will be assessed

Throughout the course you will be assessed by a range of different methods including examinations, class tests, essays, reports, presentations and group work.

CORE: Global Business Strategy and Sustainability

Understand the business responses of global firms to the features and influences of the business environment.

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Entrepreneurial Mindset

Develop your entrepreneurial mindset, attitude and skills.

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Operations Management

Analyse the challenges that organisations face in effectively managing their operations,

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Elective modules x 5

Choose five elective modules from a range of subject areas.

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Terms one and two

You will study one core module, and 7 electives.


Term three

Revision and exams.


How you will be assessed

Throughout the course you will be assessed by a range of different methods including examinations, class tests, essays, reports, presentations and group work.

CORE: Critical Issues in Management

This module will present you with a range of contemporary business-related issues in the management of modern organisations.

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Elective modules x 6

Choose seven elective modules from a range of subject areas.

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Elective modules

These are indicative elective modules that may vary year-on-year.

Accounting

  • Financial Reporting
  • Accounting for Sustainability, People, Planet
  • Advances in Management Accounting
  • Auditing and Accountability

Digital Business

  • Digital Business
  • Design Thinking for Digital Innovation
  • Artificial Intelligence for Business
  • Programming for Business Applications

Entrepreneurship

  • Venture Capital
  • Decision Making in Entrepreneurship
  • Corporate Entrepreneurship
  • Law for Entrepreneurs

Finance

  • Fundamentals of Finance
  • Investment Management
  • Banks and Financial Systems
  • Mergers and Acquisitions

Marketing

  • Marketing Research
  • Global Issues in Marketing
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Consumer Behaviour

Strategy and Organisation

  • Work in the Digital Era
  • Managing Human Resources
  • International Business Strategy
  • Leadership

Other electives

  • Behavioural Economics
  • Managing People in a Complex World
  • Project Management
  • Images of Creativity
  • International Trade Law
  • The Economics of Wellbeing.

 

Teaching methods

We will introduce you to Warwick with an induction programme to familiarise you with our teaching methods, and with WBS and the University. Throughout your first year you will attend modules with other WBS students from across our other degree courses to widen your social and academic network. You will usually take two hours of lectures per module per week. Smaller seminars, usually one hour per module per week, are designed to allow you to discuss related topics in more detail in a supportive environment.

You will be expected to prepare work in advance for your seminars and carry out around 15-20 hours of independent learning per week. Some of our more creative modules will include interactive workshops and online videos, podcasts or reflective journals that you will need to complete.

Online platform my.wbs

Our unique online learning platform my.wbs houses all of our teaching materials, spaces for interactive quizzes and forums and online classroom: wbsLive. Easy to use, my.wbs enables interaction in live lectures, discussions and syndicate groups. It also allows students to track their progress, test themselves, submit assignments and to connect with other students and academics. 

Collaborative learning 

Some of our modules are assessed by group work. You will work in small groups with students from different backgrounds typically producing a report, or creating and delivering an assessed presentation. Collaborating with students from across the world will help you to prepare for working in teams within a global environment, this can also be beneficial if you decide to complete a work placement or year abroad as a part of your undergraduate studies. 

Year abroad

Give yourself a head start in today's global job market by taking a placement year abroad as part of your studies.

You will have the opportunity to experience a different culture, improve your employability skills and build your global network in preparation for your future career.

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Your support network

We take the wellbeing of our students very seriously. You will be allocated a personal tutor to support you throughout your degree with both academic and pastoral concerns. All faculty have student support and feedback hours when they can be approached to help if you wish to understand a topic better, or just want to discuss what you have learned. 

You could also get involved in the Student Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC). The SSLC are forums in which students can voice their opinions about their time at the University of Warwick and WBS, make suggestions for improvement in areas such as teaching and feedback, and work with WBS to enhance the experiences for the whole student body. Each course elects Course Representatives at the beginning of the academic year. You will be informed via my.wbs of how to get involved in the SSLC. You can find out more about the SSLC by reading our student blog