Business Management Degree

• Admission profile

  From an academic and training point of view, students entering the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management must have the prior knowledge that will allow them to integrate the learning outcomes of the study plan in an appropriate way. To this end, they must have knowledge of mathematics, economics and statistics, and skills that enable them to perform numerical calculations with ease, to understand causal relationships and their effects, and to adopt a holistic perspective that allows them to approach problems. In addition, they must have a concern for the socio-economic environment and the business world, and an interest in adding worth through good practices based on ethical and sustainable principles in the institutions and companies in which they will develop their professional careers.
  To study the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management, a B1 level of English and a command of as many languages as possible is recommended.
  Whilst this knowledge and skills may be incorporated and should be improved throughout the degree, it is essential that incoming students are aware that they should undertake the degree with a responsible attitude and interest in lifelong learning in order to obtain a competitive formation in the field of business management and administration.

• Minimum number of ECTS enrollment credits per student and school period

  From an academic and training point of view, students entering the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management must have the prior knowledge that will allow them to integrate the learning outcomes of the study plan in an appropriate way. To this end, they must have knowledge of mathematics, economics and statistics, and skills that enable them to perform numerical calculations with ease, to understand causal relationships and their effects, and to adopt a holistic perspective that allows them to approach problems. In addition, they must have a concern for the socio-economic environment and the business world, and an interest in adding worth through good practices based on ethical and sustainable principles in the institutions and companies in which they will develop their professional careers.
  To study the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management, a B1 level of English and a command of as many languages as possible is recommended.
  Whilst this knowledge and skills may be incorporated and should be improved throughout the degree, it is essential that incoming students are aware that they should undertake the degree with a responsible attitude and interest in lifelong learning in order to obtain a competitive formation in the field of business management and administration.

• Tutorial action and reception

  Every year, at the beginning of the academic year, the USC organises Welcome Days, organised by the Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs, which take place in all the University Centres during the first fortnight of the academic year, with the aim of introducing new students to the opportunities, resources and services offered by the University.
  Welcome events in the centres, attended by both the Dean’s team and course coordinators, are also a means of providing information about courses so that new students can familiarise themselves with them.
  The centres also have student tutors who provide information throughout the academic year.

• Title suspension rules

  When an official degree is suspended, the USC guarantees the effective development of the studies started by its students until their completion. To this end, the Governing Council approves the criteria related, among others, to:
  • The admission of new enrolments in the degree programme.
  • The gradual suppression of teaching.
  • If the extinct degree is replaced by another similar one (modifying the nature of the degree), it establishes the conditions that facilitate students’ continuity of studies in the new degree and the equivalences between the subjects of one and the other plan.

• Access and admission rules

  The general requirements for access to degree programmes are set out in article 15 of Royal Decree 822/2021, of 28 September, which establishes the organisation of university education and the procedure for quality assurance. More information can be found at the following link:
  Access to Degree

• To provide students with the knowledge that defines Business Administration and Management as a scientific discipline, including its theories, history, methods, techniques and areas of application.
• To qualify students to elaborate and defend arguments on economic issues at a general level, as well as to solve problems on these issues, making use of their knowledge of the business reality, theories, models and specific scientific methods.
• To prepare students to identify, gather and interpret relevant data on business-related issues, incorporating the pertinent considerations on their social, scientific or ethical dimension in the elaboration of judgements and proposals.
• To provide students with the ability to communicate information, ideas, problems and proposals for solutions to business-related issues to both specialised and non-specialised target audiences, employing verbal and written language as well as the means and techniques for the representation of relations and the display of data used in the discipline.

• Competencies

  1. To elaborate reports and projects of the different functional areas of the company, of global management or on specific market situations for decision making.
  2. To draw up the financial, fiscal, accounting and non-financial information required of the company by the legislation in force or by the different interest groups.
  3. To apply the legal foundations of the economic and/or fiscal system that affect the economic-business activity.
  4. To develop the strategic analysis of the company and/or its environment in order to make decisions in the business sphere.
  5. To design the human resources strategy, promoting the development of the necessary managerial competences.
  6. To evaluate and record the accounting transactions of a company, managing its costs.
  7. To plan and assess the financial decisions of the company, analysing operations, products and financial markets.
  8. To produce studies and reports based on the analysis and modelling of economic-business data, using mathematical, statistical and econometric tools and techniques.
  9. To act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, gender equality, diversity and democratic values.
  10. To assess the social, economic and environmental impact of business activity.

• Abilities and skills

  1. To critically examine data from a variety of sources in order to acquire additional knowledge and use it to solve problems and make decisions.
  2. To effectively communicate orally and/or in writing, with precision and clarity, in order to convey knowledge, methodologies, data, results, difficulties and solutions.
  3. To work in a team, collaborating in a synergetic way.
  4. To develop the ability for self-learning.
  5. To foster creativity, proactivity and an enterprising and innovative mentality.
  6. To organise and plan tasks considering the objectives and resources available.
  7. To master different mathematical, statistical and econometric techniques and computer programmes for the visualisation, analysis and modelling of economic-business data.
  8. To handle computer programmes and tools for analysis and decision making in the different functional areas of the company.

• Knowledge

  1. To understand the theoretical foundations of economics from the point of view of microeconomics or macroeconomics.
  2. To understand the socio-economic environment, the processes of economic development, the role of economic institutions and the design and elaboration of economic policies.
  3. To interpret the historical, social and institutional environment of the company.
  4. To understand the key elements for the social and environmental sustainability of business activity.
  5. To identify the trends in the international economy and their impact on business activity.
  6. To interpret the fundamental quantitative tools and techniques (mathematics, statistics, econometrics) for the diagnosis, analysis and economic-business prospection and for decision making.
  7. To identify the legal system that revolves around the reality of the company and the market and the legal and fiscal regulations in business management.
  8. To identify the basic processes in the field of operations, administration and/or management of the company.
  9. To distinguish the accounting regulations and the different accounting statements, as well as the cost calculation procedures for business decision making.
  10. To identify the fundamentals for the direction and management in the financial sphere of companies and other institutions.
  11. To identify the key factors that affect people’s behaviour at work and describe the main interventions to manage them.
  12. To understand the character, the environment of exchange relations, the strategy and the marketing operations of the company.

Mobility

The mobility of own and host students is regulated at the USC by the Regulations for inter-university student exchanges, approved by the Governing Council on 26.10.2012, and amended in 2019, the content of which can be consulted at the following link:
https://www.usc.gal/en/institucional/goberno/area/normativa/alumnado

Internships

The study plan for the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management includes external internships as an optional subject of 9 ECTS. In addition, students can carry out extracurricular internships (between 7 and 30 credits). The main objective of the external academic internships is for students to develop the results of the training and learning process acquired in the degree subjects through immersion in a work environment representative of their future professional context.

• Graduates profile

  Management, advisory and evaluation functions in economic activities in general, both in the public and private sectors.
  Graduates of the programme can carry out their professional activities in the following fields:
  - In the field of management and administration of companies and institutions:
  o Business direction and management.
  o Human resources management, training and development. o Marketing management.
  o International management.
  o Production and operations management (procurement, logistics, quality).
  o Business management control.
  o Preparation of financial and non-financial information.
  o Compliance with applicable regulations.
  o Financial direction and management.
  o Risk analysis.
  o Internal audit.
  o Market research.
  o Corporate social responsibility.
  - Entrepreneurship and business creation.
  - In the area of Advisory, Auditing and Consultancy.
  - In the area of Banking, Insurance and Stock Markets
  - In the area of public service such as local development agent, civil administrator of the State, tax inspector or technician, General State Comptroller’s Office.
  - In the area of teaching in university and non-university education.

The centres organise and manage the students’ final dissertations, guaranteeing their quality, academic recognition and achievement. The definition, completion, defence, grading and administrative processing of the Final Dissertation is carried out in accordance with the regulations in force at the university and the specific regulations of each centre. The Final Dissertation has been planned with a total of 6 ECTS credits, offered in the last semester.