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| Russell |
I reckon my course is one of the broadest, if not the broadest
programme offered by our Business School. Before making my selection I was
initially confused as to what I wanted to major in, my heart was tugging
towards business but my reasoning was tugging towards law. That’s when I had
the pleasure of doing some research and finding out if it was possible to have
a combination of the two and lo and behold, the answer lay right before me,
BUSINESS LAW!!! My research served me right as I began to discover the
intricacies involved in this course, and also, much to my delight, I found out
that Corporate Lawyers are the highest paid individuals involved in the legal
sector. That’s right, not judges, not barristers but corporate lawyer$. Let’s
be honest, the large majority of us want to make it big and get money right,
unfortunately it’s not always the best option to have a career in something you
love because that something might not be able to pay the bills or put the food
on the table for your family.
With Business Law, you have the flexibility of either choosing to
either decide to major in the corporate sector, or in the legal. As far as the
legal goes, you would however need to do an extra year of education known as a
Conversion Degree, in order to be classified as a qualified lawyer. Both
options are beneficial in the sense that you immediately become a cut above the
rest due to the duo of skills you would have obtained so if you choose business
for example, you will have the benefit of having a sound knowledge of some law
principles so this will immediately make you a more lucrative choice for
employers. All courses in the Business School offer the option of undertaking a
Sandwich Year which is essentially a work based placement year(after successful
completion of the second year) to gain some experience and undoubtedly attain
some golden contacts and links. I recommend whoever is reading this to
seriously consider this placement year because as a graduate, this is without a
doubt one of the best things you can have on your CV. It will show experience
and reliability in your chosen sector and graduates that undertake this
placement are more likely to gain employment right out of university more so
than their counterparts. I've had some graduates advise me on this matter and
they said that off all the decisions they made during university, a placement
year was by far the best, as it made them immediately more employable and gave
them some real experience and for any that had doubts about their career
choice, the year of work put it all into perspective for them. It goes without
saying that one should aim to obtain placement in an industry along the lines
of the programme they are studying and the career path they wish to take and
for a successful year of placement, in most cases if you worked well with your
employers they will guarantee you a position as soon as you finish, which
banishes the fears of immediate unemployment fresh out of university. HOWEVER,
if you do intend on taking a placement year, first year results will also be
fairly important, don’t listen to the “First year doesn't count” banter because
employers will review results from both your first and second year to assess
the fact that you’re well on your way to securing a 2:1. Besides, even if you
don’t end up taking the placement, doing well in first year also gives you the
required momentum to take on a considerably more challenging second year so the
only people that moan about second year being unbearable are mostly people that
partied away their first year. Don’t get me wrong, by all means, socialise,
enjoy yourself and live up the experience but remember that when it’s time to
work, you knuckle-down and get on with it, pass assessments, meet deadlines.
“Work hard, Play Hard” as they say.
Back to the course itself, it contains a rich mixture of business
management, ICT, accounting as well as law to give a very balanced three years
of study. The first year is primarily focused on the introduction to
accounting and legal principles with a larger influence from business logistics
and ideologies. The second year is mainly law based, however it maintains some
business modules as well to keep the balance and the third year is more or less
a choice really, it comes down to the title, business or law. Either way, I’ll
end up in a suit, and I couldn't be happier about that part!! The lecturer’s
and tutors really get stuck in in trying to further your education and make
sure that you grasp the concepts and the large majority of lecturers from the
Business School either own, or have owned their own businesses so when they are
teaching you and giving examples, examples are also drawn from personal
experiences to give depth to lessons given. Our lecturers and tutors will
support you all along the way, all you have to do is ask J.
So, all in all, I find this to be a well-rounded course and I make
the cliché reference of stating that it gives a person “The best of both
worlds,” you can’t go wrong with Business Law.
