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BSc Engineering & Business Studies

BEng Engineering Business Management

Briefing to 2nd YearsSpring 2011

Topics covered

• BSc Engineering and Business Studies• BEng Engineering Business Management

• Accredited courses with some business that could lead to chartered engineer status– BEng Engineering, Civil Engineering, Manufacturing &

Mechanical Engineering or Systems Engineering– MEng Engineering, Civil Engineering, Manufacturing &

Mechanical Engineering or Systems Engineering with Business Management elective

Engineering Business DegreesEBM E&BS

Year 3

Engineering 50%

Business & Management

50% 100%

Overall

Engineering 50% 33%

Business & Management

33% 50%

Other 17% 17%


• Only available as a 3-year degree

• Warwick Business School briefing, 4th May 1-2pm, LIB1

• Need 2ii (>50%) in ES2A6

• Transfer for 3rd year to WBS with many other science students

• Assigned a new personal tutor in WBS – keep in contact informally with Engineering tutor for 2nd referee


• A broad course providing an introduction to both engineering and business

• 3rd year – all taught modules for 120 CATS

– no individual project

• Final degree classification – 50% for 2nd year, 50% for 3rd year


• Career options include

– Any non specialist graduate trainee position

– Any sector, but more attractive to non engineering industries than EBM

– MSc courses in business & management

• Career options do not include chartered engineer, the course is not accredited by any Engineering Institution


Recommended Core Modules for 2010

Code Title CATS IB123 Understanding Organisational Behaviour 12 IB117 Markets, Marketing and Strategy 12


Module Restrictions

• 24 CATS core (IB123 and IB117) • 96 CATS from non core• No more than 60 CATS from year 1 (IB1xx or EC1xx)• Options to take some modules as either 12 or 15 CAT• Options to take some modules as either 24 or 30 CATS

WBS Modules offered in 2010• EC131 Economics for Business 1 12 CATS• EC229 Economics of Strategy 12 CATS (requires EC131)• IB215 Principles of Finance 24 or 30 CATS• IB219 Quantitative Methods for Multivariate Analysis 12 CATS• IB220 Quantitative Methods for Resource Management 12 or 15 CATS• IB233 Financial Reporting 1 12 or 15 CATS • IB234 Financial Reporting 2 12 or 15 CATS (requires IB233 Financial Reporting 1)• IB238 Managing Organisations 12 or 15 CATS• IB239 Changing Organisations 12 CATS (requires IB238 Managing Organisations)• IB240 Understanding Industrial Relations 12 or 15 CATS• IB241 Managing Industrial Relations 12 or 15 CATS (requires IB240 Industrial

Relations - Context & Participants)• IB243 Business Systems Development and Implementation 12 or 15 CATS • IB244 Managing Customer Service 12 or 15 CATS• IB246 Operations Excellence 12 or 15 CATS• IB247 Improving Process Performance 12 or 15 CATS• IB251 International Perspectives on Enterprise and Small Business 12 or 15 CATS• IB2A5 Web Applications Development 12 or 15 CATS• IB320 Simulation 12 or 15 CATS • IB321 Forecasting 12 or 15 CATS• IB326 Buyer Behaviour 12 or 15 CATS• IB327 Personnel Management 24 or 30 CATS or IB362 Managing Human

Resources 12 or 15 CATS• IB337 Business Taxation 12 or 15 CATS • IB349 Operational Research for Strategic Planning 12 or 15 CATS• IB361 Equality and Diversity 12 or 15 CATS

• IB365 Marketing Communications 12 or 15 CATS• IB368 International Business Strategy 12 or 15 CATS• IB370 Strategic Information Management 12 or 15 CATS• IB378 Corporate Tax Planning 12 CATS• IB384 Supply Chain Management 12 or 15 CATS • IB385 Marketing Analysis (for finalists) 24 or 30 CATS • IB387 Marketing Strategy 12 or 15 CATS• IB388 International Marketing 12 or 15 CATS• IB389 Decision Efficiency Analysis 12 CATS• IB395 Finance in New Ventures 12 or 15 CATS• IB3A5 Marketing Management 12 or 15 CATS• IB3A7 The Practice of Operational Research 12 CATS• IB3A9 Managing the Design Process 12 CATS• IB3B0 e-Business and Value Chains 12 or 15 CATS • IB3D8 Corporate Strategy Part A 12 or 15 CATS• IB3D9 Corporate Strategy Part B 12 or 15 CATS (Requires IB3D8 Corporate Strategy

Part A)• IB3E3 Advanced Issues in Strategy 12 or 15 CATS• IB3E4 Business System Integration 12 or 15 CATS• IB3E5 Managing IT Enterprise Architecture 12 or 15 CATS• IB3E6 Ethical Issues and Social Responsibility in Contemporary Business (may not be

taken if previously registered for ES179) 12 or 15 CATS• IB3E9 Managing IT Solution Architecture 12 or 15 CATS• IB3F0 Auditing, Governance and Accountability 12 or 15 CATS• IB3F1 International Corporate Tax Planning 12 or 15 CATS• IB3F3 Managing Complexity in the Networked World 12 or 15 CATS• IB3F6 Macro Perspectives on Entrepreneurial Theory 12 or 15 CATS• IB3F7 Individual Perspectives on Entrepreneurship 12 or 15 CATS• IB406 Management Information Strategies and the SME 12 CATS


• You have to manage your own timetable• With so many options expect timetable

clashes

BSc Engineering & Business StudiesAdvice

• Ask WBS personal tutor or WBS/Economics lecturers for guidance

• Review the WBS marks/feedback for ES2A6 as a possible guide

• Expect to have to improve your academic writing style– Take Careers course on writing for social studies students

• Remember once you have submitted coursework worth 10% or more of credit you cannot de-register.

– Select your modules carefully

• Try to build a network of engineering, science and business studies students to help you

– with minor timetable clashes

– gain advice on writing style, assessment techniques

Summary

• BSc Engineering and Business Studies– Credit 50% 2nd year, 50% 3rd year– Highest business content– Most choice of modules but most timetable

clashes– Does not lead to incorporated or chartered

engineer status


• Stay in School of Engineering• Retain existing personal tutor • A broad based course but with more focus on

Engineering• Includes an individual project• Final degree classification

– 30% for 2nd year, 70% for 3rd year


• Career options include

– Any non specialist graduate trainee position

– Any sector, but more attractive to engineering industries than E&BS

– Ideal for a business or management role in an engineering firm; logistics or supply chain management, procurement, marketing, human resource management

– MSc courses in business & management, some technical courses

• Career options do not include chartered engineer, the course is not accredited by any Engineering Institution


Core Modules• ES327 Project 30 CATS • ES382 Quality Techniques 15 CATS • IB384 Supply Chain Management 15 CATS


• Module List A Business Modules (30 CATS)– IB368 International Business Strategy 15 CATS – IB3A5 Marketing Management 15 CATS – IB3B0 e-Business and Value Chains 15 CATS – IB3D8 Corporate Strategy A 15 CATS

• Module List B Engineering modules (30 CATS)– ES372 Automation and Robotics 15 CATS – ES3A8 Design for Manufacture 15 CATS – ES3C4 Productionising Design 15 CATS

Summary

• BEng Engineering Business Management– Credit 30% for 2nd year, 70% for 3rd year– Restricted choice of modules but may be no

timetable clashes– Includes 3rd year individual project

• valued by employers and for postgraduate courses

– Does not lead to incorporated or chartered engineer status

Other BEng Options

• Accreditation by relevant Institute of Engineering for incorporated engineer status. – Further study required after graduation for chartered status.

• 30% for 2nd year, 70% for 3rd year

• Project options – BEng Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering has 30 CATS

individual project like BEng EBM)

– All other BEng courses have a 15 CATS individual design project (includes some group work)

Other BEng Options with some business

• BEng Engineering – Maximum choice on module selection but your responsibility to select modules

that have no timetable clashes

– Must select certain module combinations to gain accreditation

• BEng Civil Engineering – 15 CATS Construction Management in Practice

• BEng Manufacturing &Mechanical Engineering– 15 CATS on Quality Techniques

– 15 CATS on Design & Management of Lean Operations

– Only option with 30 CATS individual project as core, might get a business project

• BEng Systems Engineering– 15 CATS on Quality Techniques

– 15 CATS Systems Modelling & Control

MEng 4th Year Business Options

• Accreditation by relevant Institute of Engineering for chartered engineer status– no further study required after graduation

• MEng 4th year all courses offer:– 45 CATS Business Management elective

• Delivered by Warwick Manufacturing Group staff, drawing on material from their MSc taught courses in engineering management.

– 30 CATS group project, which require project management and business roles

– 45 CATS of engineering modules

MEng or BEng plus 1-year MSc?

MEng• Simplest way to become a chartered

engineer

• Better employment prospects compared to BEng only

• Sought after by Financial sector and Management Consultants due to

– group working & analytical skills, industrial knowledge relevant to future clients

• Stay in familiar environment

• UK students normally pay lower tuition fees for 4th year compared to 1-year MSc

• UK students have access to student loans for 4th year

BSc/ BEng plus 1-year MSc• Can still be chartered if

Engineering MSc is accredited by relevant Institute

• Probably better employment prospects than BEng only

– No HESA data available on this

• Greater choice of courses

• Chance to experience new environment

Review of Key Questions• Are EBS and EBM accredited by an Engineering Institution?

– NO

• Are EBS and EBM available as 4-year courses?

– NO

• What types of other student will you be taking modules with in WBS?

– Business Studies & Economics students from 1st, 2nd or 3rd years, other joint degrees i.e. Physics and Business Studies

• Who can EBS students approach for references?

– Personal tutor in WBS and Engineering

• Who can EBM students approach for references?

– Personal tutor and project supervisor

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