Statistics with Business BSc(Hons)

Why choose this course?

Studying statistics in combination with business provides a good knowledge of how organisations work, along with an understanding of the statistical methods used for business planning and reporting. Roughly a third of the curriculum will focus on business topics, while the remainder of the course explores core themes in statistics, with some computing topics.

The course is designed as a flexible programme of study. You can take an option module from the Kingston Language Scheme and choose to spend the third year of the course on a professional placement.

What will you study?

This course places an emphasis on career skills and progresses from foundation statistics modules in Year 1 to a range of more exploratory subjects in Year 3.

Introductory statistics studies in Year 1 explain the fundamental theories and techniques, from organising, summarising and presenting data to using a sample to gain inferences about the population from which it was taken. Likewise, the business modules aim to provide a firm foundation of knowledge. You will examine the internal workings of organisations and the relationship between their internal and external environments. You can also take a language module.

Year 2 statistics studies widen to cover specific areas of statistical science, while the business modules examine some of the major disciplines within the subject – accounting, marketing and human resources.

Year 3 gives you a wide degree of choice in your studies. You can choose from a range of statistics modules plus business options such as Business to Business Marketing, Financial Resource Management, International Business, Management Accounting, or a project or dissertation.

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Year 1

• Introduction to Probability and Statistics
• Mathematical Studies 1 and 2
• Fundamental Programming Concepts
• Introductory Statistical Inference
• HTML Programming and Internet Tools OR Object-Oriented Programming with Java
• Business Environment
• People and the World of Work

Year 2

• Regression Modelling
• Statistical Distributions
• Web Technologies OR Software Development with Java OR Artificial Intelligence and its Modern Applications
• Statistics options
• Accounting in a Business Context
• Marketing Management
• Human Resource Management

Year 3

• Optional professional placement year

Year 4

• Corporate Strategy
• Statistics options
• Business options