BSC (HONOURS) Business and Digital Technology at Sheffield Hallam University

• Learn the essential skills of business management and the role of IT.
• Increase your employability through industrial placements.
• Experience a strong sense of community and outreach through various student led social initiatives.

You will develop a solid background in the commercial applications of technology and gain good general business skills, enabling you to pursue a broad choice of careers.

Work placements

You will have the opportunity to arrange a year-long work placement in between your third and fourth years. We highly recommend a placement year as it helps your personal and professional development through real-world experience, and enhances your career prospects on graduation. Be it a local, national or international industrial placement, you get personal and pastoral support from your allocated tutor during your placement year.

Previous students have taken placements with various organisations ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises to large multinational corporations including IBM, BMW, Boeing, DHL, Intel, Xerox, Bentley and Texas Instruments.

Future careers

You graduate from this course a technically literate business professional. You will be able to appreciate not just the issues of business management or impact of information and communication technology, but also the opportunities and methods of implementation offered. The hybrid curriculum of the course, combined with an optional industrial placement, opens doors for you into any industry or sector.

This course prepares you for careers such as

• business analyst roles
• project management roles
• pre-sales (strategy)
• general business administration (marketing, finance, human resources)
• IT consultancy

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• Plusnet
• Xerox
• Accenture
• IBM
• Fujitsu
• BT
• Babcock
• Ford
• BMW