Information Technology Management for Business, BSc Hons

This degree has been designed around criteria established by e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for IT and Telecoms, and is supported by some of the leading businesses in this country. It provides a mixture of IT, business and personal development that makes it a combination of traditional degree and graduate training programme.

As a key part of the degree, students spend around 25 per cent of their time working on real business problems. They spend another 25 per cent on IT, and a further 25 per cent working on the business side. The remaining time is spent in developing interpersonal and other transferable skills that will make the students invaluable members of any business they choose to work in.

The uniqueness and relevance of the ITMB programme is recognised by over 50 international and national companies, many of which are household names. This number is continuously growing as new companies learn about and join the programme. In this way they help the ITMB students develop the skills and knowledge required to enable them to secure good jobs in the IT world - hopefully within one of their companies. At time of going to press some of the employers involved are: Accenture, BA, BBC, CA, Capgemini, Cisco, Delooitte, Ford, Fujitsu, HP/EDS, IBM, ITV, Logica, Micro Focus, Morgan Stanley, Network Rail, Proctor & Gamble, Sainsbury's, SAS and Unilever.

Throughout the programme, representatives from the supporting companies visit to share their experiences in the form of 'Guru lectures' and each year all the students across the country on ITMB programmes gather for two days working with the employers and each other.

UCAS code

GN52 M BSc/ITMB

School

Centre for Business Information Technology & Enterprise (BITE)

Location

Medway Campus

Attendance

3 years full-time
4 years sandwich

Entry requirements

Applicants should have:

260 UCAS points

PLUS at least three GCSEs (including English and mathematics) or equivalent qualifications.

Assessment

Students are assessed through exams, coursework, projects, presentations and dissertation.

Career prospects

Placement options

Students can take the option for applying for one of the many opportunities provided by the ITMB programme Employer Forum to undertake a short summer placement (8-12 weeks) or longer placement (9 months) to gain the industrial and practical experience from the respective environment.

Graduate options

Graduates can enter a variety of business careers. Many of the employers linked to the degree offer graduate recruitment schemes. These can give you an idea of the kind of role that a successful ITMB student could progress into.

Year 1

Systems Thinking (30 credits)
Introduction to Business and Management (30 credits)
Information Technologies (30 credits)
Business Project 1 (Contexts and Frameworks) (30 credits)

Year 2

Data, Information and Knowledge (30 credits)
People and Organisations (30 credits)
Operations and Information Technology (15 credits)
Project Planning (15 credits)
Business Project 2 (Value Chain Management) (30 credits)

Optional Sandwich Year (Work Placement)

Final Year

Dissertation Project (30 credits)
E-Business Innovation Evolution (30 credits)
Strategic Analysis and Strategic Management (30 credits)
Enterprise Information Architectures and Leadership (30 credits)

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