BSc Information Technology Management for Business / Course details

Developed in collaboration with leading global blue-chip employers, this course aims to create `the ideal graduate' whose skills cover the challenging middle ground between business and IT.

The uniqueness of the course is recognised by more than 40 employers who maintain its quality and relevance to their sectors.

Accenture, BBC, BT, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, IBM, Unilever, and many other companies help to deliver the course through project work, student mentoring and a range of professional development activities.

This course is also available with a one-year work placement - see  BSc IT Management for Business with Industrial Experience  for more information.

Information Technology Management for Business is home to future leaders of the IT industry.

Together with your outstanding fellow students from around the world, you will learn the application of technology within the modern workplace across diverse industries.

Everything on the IT Management for Business course is focused on the application of practice, enabling you to understand the real-life challenges faced by industry.

No previous technology experience is required to join the course, only a passion for harnessing innovation and creativity to improve the management of IT.

• Complete team projects set by employers such as Procter and Gamble and Credit Suisse. 
• Bi-annual on-campus ITMB  showcase and recruitment events  - present your project work to the likes of Amazon, Bank of America, Barclays, Fujitsu and Procter & Gamble, just a small selection of the 40+ employers who support the degree. 
• Other events include business challenges, competitions, graduate and placement student panels, and skills sessions delivered by companies such as KPMG, Fujitsu, and Bank of America.

You will normally study four or five course units per semester.

Each week there are usually two hours of lectures for each course unit and a one-hour workshop in alternate weeks, although this varies slightly.

You are expected to double this in private study.

Group work and group or individual presentations will form a regular part of your assignments.

Essays, multiple choice tests, project reports and presentations, in-class tests, and weekly assignments constitute the coursework component of assessment, although the nature and proportion of coursework varies across course units.

The remainder of assessment is by unseen examination.

Depending on the degree course, in your final year you can choose to do a research-based dissertation or project.

We aim to strike a balance between examinations and assessed coursework as well as providing opportunities for feedback on progress through non-assessed work.

Hear from current ITMB students over on our YouTube channel.

• Srishti  is originally from the UAE. She talks about her transformative experience on the course, including the integrative team project and volunteering initiatives at the University. 
• Ioana  is originally from Romania. She talks about her experience on the course, including her full-year work placement at Procter & Gamble.  
• ITMB graduate  Ellis  works at Amazon Web Services as an account manager. He talks about why he chose to study ITMB at Manchester and how the skills honed during his degree are relevant to his graduate role.  
• ITMB graduate  David  works at the Bank of America. He talks about how his work placement at the Bank of America led to a graduate position.

Resources

John Rylands University Library is renowned as one of the most extensive libraries in the world.

This is complemented by our specialist business and management Eddie Davies Library which provides a dedicated service to Alliance Manchester Business School undergraduates.

There is increasing provision of information via various web-based services and much of your reading material will be available through e-journals.

These and other standard computing services, such as access to the internet and word processing, are available through computer clusters across campus in departmental buildings, libraries and halls of residence.

Many buildings in and around the campus are also equipped with free Wi-Fi access.

Personal development plans

PDPs are aimed at helping you develop awareness of generic transferable and subject-specific skills, improve independent learning and provide a record of your academic learning and achievement.

Academic advisors

All new Alliance Manchester Business School students are allocated an academic advisor who you will meet in regular sessions as part of a first-year course unit.

Where possible, you will keep the same academic advisor throughout your time here.

Your advisor will support you throughout your studies on matters of an academic nature, from providing feedback on a practice essay in preparation for your `formal' assessment at the end of each semester to discussing your PDP or writing you a reference.

We also have a dedicated undergraduate assessment and student support centre within the School, who will be your first point of contact for any ill health or other personal problems which are affecting your work.

Student mentoring

We operate a peer mentoring scheme which aims to provide you with a second or final year 'mentor' to provide practical assistance with orientation and induction as well as advice and information on any aspect of student life.