Business and Economic Sciences

Business and Economic Sciences

UdGFaculty of Business and Economic Sciences

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Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Administration Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance Bachelor’s degree in Economics

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Index Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Administration/ 5 Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance/ 11 Bachelor’s degree in Economics/ 17

Adaptation to the European Higher Education Area represents a model that is more focused on your learning, designed according the competences you will acquire, and placing more emphasis on practical instruction. It also means that your degree and competences can be more easily compared and homologated throughout Europe, and will therefore facilitate mobility and improve your opportunities to enter the job market. All in all, you win!

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Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences – Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Administration – Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance – Bachelor’s degree in Economics

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Business and Economics suit you.

Because you will enjoy PERSONALIZED ATTENTION during the length of your studies.

Because you will be able to study abroad or in other regions of Spain through UNIVERSITY STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES and also participate in annual student encounters, such as EUROWEEK or the ETAP PROJECT. Because the Faculty offers ADVANCED COMPUTER TOOLS (teaching intranet, personal email account, foreign language self-access cabins) adapted to meet your training needs.

Because we will help you by following up on-site classes with PERSONAL TUTORIAL SYSTEMS and via ELECTRONIC DATA TRANSMISSION, on campus or from home.

You will enjoy personalized attention during the length of your studies.

Because the Faculty’s facilities and services will help you develop your learning activities (combining theoretical and practical classes) and enjoy RELAXING MOMENTS IN A MODERN AND PLEASANT SETTING. Because you will receive complete and rigourous training that will allow you to pursue postgraduate studies at any university in the world.

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– Lecture series, – in-company internships, – classes taught in English and – student exchanges in other European universities.

Because in the bachelor’s degree programmes in Business Management and Administration, Accounting and Finance and Economics, you will be able to register for MORNING OR AFTERNOON CLASSES, and in that way adapt the timing of your studies to your working and personal life.

Because you will be able to attend LECTURE SERIES PRESENTED

BY PROFESSIONALS, BUSINESS MEN You will receive complete and AMD WOMEN, TRADE UNION ORrigourous training that will GANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL allow you to pursue ORGANIZATIONS, to bring you closer to the reality of the working postgraduate studies at any world from various perspectives. university in the world.

You can also attend lectures given by recognized experts and promoting reflection on current topics and the relationships between the economy and the environment, culture and fundamental rights.

Because different public institutions and business sectors will offer you OPPORTUNITIES TO OBTAIN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE through internships.

Because the Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences offers you the CHOICE OF ENGLISH AS THE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION OF SOME OF THE SUBJECTS of the different degree programmes.

Because the External Relations Office of the Faculty offers various EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES WITH OTHER EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES leading to international experience studying and participating in other academic activities.

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Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Administration| I WANT TO STUDY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Because it is a degree that will provide suitable training in economics and business organization and will qualify me to successfully develop any business management task. Because it is a degree that will open doors to the world of work and because the unemployment rate among gradates with this degree is very low.

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What do you need to know?

Young people who are interested in business management or in gaining a general understanding of how economics works match the profile of the bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Administration. We recommend that students choose a baccalaureate option that emphasizes mathematics and languages, especially English.

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Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Administration (240 ECTS credits)

GENERAL STRUCTURE ECTS by type of course Basic training Compulsory courses Optional courses Internship Academic recognition Final project Total number of credits

Total 78 114 30 optional 6 12 240

STRUCTURE BY YEARS FIRST YEAR

60 CREDITS

Economic history Mathematics I Introduction to economics Tools of applied economics I Sociology Business fundamentals Quantitative methods and information technologies

SECOND YEAR Statistics Introduction to law Business economics Mathematics II Microeconomics Macroeconomics Introduction to accounting International economics Industrial economics

12 12 12 6 6 6 6

60 CREDITS 12 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

THIRD YEAR Business and public sector Econometrics Financial accounting Financial management I Human resources management Logistics and operations management Financial statements interpretation Commercial management Financial management II Optional course

FOURTH YEAR Cost accounting Strategic management Business plan and entrepreneurship Optional course Optional course Optional course Optional course Final project Credit recognition

60 CREDITS 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

60 CREDITS 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 12 6

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Instructional objectives The bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Administration can lead to a career as an economist. It qualifies graduates to practice freely as economists or to work in private companies or the public administration.

Career opportunities Graduates of this programme will have professional career opportunities as business managers in any functional area, consultants, auditors, public administrators or state economists.

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Acquired competencies This bachelor’s degree programme will prepare students to understand and manage economic and business information, synthesise and analyse it critically, and be aware of the multidisciplinary nature of business problems that might arise during professional practice.

Finally, it will make students capable of analysing complex business situations and responding appropriately to them.

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Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance| I WANT TO STUDY ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE Because it’s a degree that provides appropriate training for various business management careers. Because it’s a degree that will remove obstacles to finding work and because the unemployment rate among graduates is very low.

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What do you need to know?

Young people who are interested in different areas of business management match the profile of the bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance. We recommend that students choose a baccalaureate option that emphasizes mathematics and languages, especially English.

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Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance (240 ECTS credits)

GENERAL STRUCTURE ECTS by type of course Basic training Compulsory courses Optional courses Internship Academic recognition Final project Total number of credits

Total 66 120 36 optional 6 12 240

STRUCTURE BY YEARS FIRST YEAR

60 CREDITS

Introduction to economics Business Mathematics Introduction to accounting Economic history Tools of applied economics Quantitative methods and information technologies Business fundamentals

SECOND YEAR Introduction to law Statistics Business economics Financial mathematics Financial accounting Commercial law Economic and financial theory Financial statements interpretation Commercial management Spanish and world economies

12 12 12 6 6 6 6

60 CREDITS 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

THIRD YEAR Labour law Business taxation Financial management I Operation and Services Management Human resources management Financial markets Cost accounting Financial management II Optional course Optional course

FOURTH YEAR Advanced accounting Financial planning Business organisation and administration Optional course Optional course Optional course Optional course Final project Credit recognition

60 CREDITS 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

60 CREDITS 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 12 6

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Instructional objectives The bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance qualifies graduates to practice freely as accountants or in other financial fields or to work in private companies or the public administration.

Career opportunities The most usual professional career opportunities for graduates of this programme are in business assessment and management, especially in the functional areas of accounting and finance, auditing, consulting and financial intermediation, and financial and management control.

Acquired competencies This bachelor’s degree programme will prepare students to understand and manage economic and business information, synthesise and analyse it critically, and be aware of the multidisciplinary nature of business problems that might arise during professional practice. Finally, it will qualify students in different aspects of business management, especially accounting and finances.

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Bachelor’s Degree in Economics| I WANT TO STUDY ECONOMICS Because it’s a social science with its own analytical framework, that studies important issues: Why are some countries rich and others poor? Why is there unemployment? Why is inflation a problem? Questions, in general, that analyse the conflict between unlimited human needs and limited resources to meet them.

Because, in addition to a strong intellectual component, it provides a wide range of professional career opportunities. And because the unemployment rate among graduates in economics is very low.

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What do you need to know?

Young people who are interested in understanding how economics works and in business management match the profile of the bachelor’s degree in Economics. We recommend that students choose a baccalaureate option that emphasizes mathematics and languages, especially English.

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Bachelor’s degree in Economics (240 ECTS credits)

GENERAL STRUCTURE ECTS by type of course Basic training Compulsory courses Optional courses Internship Academic recognition Final project Total number of credits

Total 78 114 30 optional 6 12 240

STRUCTURE BY YEARS FIRST YEAR

60 CREDITS

Economic history Mathematics I Introduction to economics Tools of applied economics I Sociology Business fundamentals Quantitative methods and information technologies

SECOND YEAR Statistics Introduction to law* Business economics* Mathematics II Microeconomics Macroeconomics Introduction to accounting International economics Industrial economics

12 12 12 6 6 6 6

60 CREDITS 12 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

THIRD YEAR Econometrics Public economics Economics of the environment and of natural resources Microeconomic analysis Economic policy I Topics in contemporary economic history Macroeconomic analysis Tools of applied economics II Optional course

FOURTH YEAR Economic policy II Trade and economic growth Analysis of the business cycle and the current state of the economy Optional course Optional course Optional course Optional course Final project Credit recognition

60 CREDITS 12 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

60 CREDITS 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 12 6

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Instructional objectives The bachelor’s degree in Economics can lead to a career as an economist. It qualifies graduates to practice freely as economists or to work in private companies or the public administration.

Career opportunities Graduates of this programme usually work as public administrators, public or private researchers, state economists, economists in international organizations, economic activity analysts, and advisors to labour unions, business organizations and other public and private entities.

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Acquired competencies This bachelor’s degree programme will prepare students to understand and manage economic and business information, synthesise and analyse it critically, and be aware of the multidisciplinary nature of business problems that might arise during professional practice.

Finally, it will make students capable of analysing complex business situations and will provide appropriate responses to them.

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At the UdG you will be able to take part, if you have an artistic calling, in the theatre group Aula de Teatre, with annual performances, spectacles, seminars and courses. You can also join the UdG Choir, which performs at all the academic ceremonies at the University and organizes exchanges with other cultural groups. The Xoriguers Human Tower Group of the UdG is also emblematic of our institution: it organizes human tower competitions with other university groups and it participates in civic and university event general.

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Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences

Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences Campus Montilivi

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UdGFaculty of Business and Economic Sciences Campus Montilivi 17071 GIRONA Tel 972 418 040 Fax 972 418 032 http://www.udg.edu/fcee deg.economiques@udg.edu

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