The BSc Management provides students with a strong grounding in management and specialist knowledge of business and management. The BSc Management provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to be effective managers in a changing world. Students take modules in management, organisational behaviour, human resources management accounting, finance, managerial economics, marketing, international marketing, corporate governance, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, research methods and international business strategy, together with specialist modules that draw on SOAS’s knowledge of management and finance on Japan, China, Korea and Middle East and North African as well as optional language and cultural modules.

Why study Finance and Management at SOAS?

• we expertly apply theoretical concepts to real issues facing organisations operating in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and North Africa
• programmes are delivered by a multicultural and international teaching body, who regularly publish in top international journals
• you will develop an excellent understanding of key issues shaping international business strategy
• we are specialists in the delivery of languages. Your command of a language at SOAS will set you apart from graduates of other universities
• as the economies of the Global South continue to expand, knowledge of another language and other cultures will be a big asset in the world of commerce and international trade
• you will be able to flexibly structure your programme using our Open Options modules to take advantage of the expertise of our other departments

Apply now via UCAS or visit our upcoming Open Day.

Find out more about how to apply.

Visit our Finance and Management department page to find out more.

Programme Code: 4G55

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Start of programme: September

Mode of Attendance: Full-time

Phone: 020 7898 4487

PLEASE NOTE: If you are a current student and enrolled on this programme in 2017/18 or before, you can find the relevant programme structure here. 

Students take 120 credits per year composed of core and optional modules, which allows for students to design their own intellectual journey while maintaining a strong grasp of the fundamentals.

The programme has been designed so that second and third year modules build on modules taken in earlier years. In their final year at SOAS students undertake an independent study project or dissertation.

Programme Specification

• BSc Management Programme Specification (pdf; 605kb)

Important notice

Teaching & Learning

Contact Hours

All full-time undergraduate programmes consist of 120 credits per year, in modules of 30 or 15 credits. They are taught over 10 or 20 weeks. The programme structure shows which modules are compulsory and which optional.

As a rough guide, 1 credit equals approximately 10 hours of work. Most of this will be independent study (see Approaches to teaching and learning at SOAS). It will also include class time, which may include lectures, seminars and other classes. Some subjects, such as learning a language, have more class time than others. In the School of Finance and Management, all undergraduate modules have a two-hour lecture every week and also, starting in the second week of teaching, a one-hour seminar every week.

More information is on the page for each module.

Further Information

Modules are taught through a combination of lectures and tutorials, usually one hour a week of each. Sometimes, one follows the other in a two-hour bloc. Sometimes, the tutorial is at a different time or on a different day than the lecture.

Tutorials are sessions in which students are expected to present reports and take a lead in discussions.

Depending on the size of the class, some intermediate and advanced level modules are less strictly divided between a formal lecture and a tutorial discussion, and instead, the topic is briefly introduced by the lecturer, followed by a seminar discussion. Advanced level modules, which are usually taught in one two-hour bloc, often take this format.

The Independent Study Project (ISP)

These can be taken by final-year students only. Like the Special Subject dissertation, its aim is to provide an opportunity for students to conduct original historical research on their own initiative, to engage in in-depth analysis of particular subjects and to use a range of primary historical sources. It too involves no formal classes and is assessed by a single 10,000-word dissertation (including notes but excluding bibliography).

Learning Resources

SOAS Library is one of the world's most important academic libraries for the study of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, attracting scholars from all over the world. The Library houses over 1.2 million volumes, together with significant archival holdings, special collections and a growing network of electronic resources.

Studying this programme will provide students with a firm grasp of management disciplines.

Skills gained include:

• a coherent and solid knowledge of management and finance, with direct reference to the Asian, Middle East and North African (MENA) regions
• a broad knowledge and understanding of the regional culture
• statistical and computing skills
• the ability to think laterally and employ critical reasoning
• analytical skills
• communication and presentation skills

Graduates from the Department have pursued successful careers in business, banking, consulting, media and other industries, especially in companies or organisations that operate in, or do business with Asian, Middle East and North African regions.

Find out more about Finance and Management Graduate Destinations.

Graduates have gone on to work for a range of organisations including:

• Deloitte
• Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
• KPMG
• Euro Monitor International
• Santander
• Investec
• HM Treasury
• Western Securities Co. Ltd
• Nomura
• UBS

Types of roles that graduates have gone on to do include:

• Trainee Chartered Accountant
• Business Relationship Manager
• Financial Analyst
• Market Research Executive
• Management Consultant
• Vice-President
• Foreign Exchange Trading Business Manager
• Deputy Chief Executive Officer
• Events Manager