American Student in Munich that Wants to Study in London

Hello

I am an American living in Munich Germany. I work for a very high profile American electronics company, however despite my position in the company I wish to finally finish my University Degree that I began in America prior to moving to Europe.

I wish to obtain a BBA (Bach. Business Admin.) in General Business. I have sent away for information from the University of London. However I have noticed on their website that there is no BBA offered under their distance learning classes. They offer an "Economics & Management" but nothing about a BBA. I was wondering if England calls their BBA something different than the American BBA? Is the English "Economics & Management" degree the same as the US BBA?

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Can ANYONE tell me where a great and easy University is in the UK for getting a BBA? ANd bz "easy" I mean, the over all process of studying, applying etc... not refering to ease of classes or grading slack. I am looking for a top notch school that offers an equivelent to the US's BBA.

Thanks in Advance,

Mike

P.S. This is my first time here and really, GREAT SITE!!!!!

 

The University of London offers a BSc. in Management, which is quite similar to an American BBA. The lead college is the prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science. The Economics and Management option is a blend of the BSc. in Management and BSc. in Economics programs, which would be more suitable for those who want to acquire solid background in Economics as well as Management.
I must warn you that the program is very demanding, but also very rewarding.

In my opinion, this is as good as it gets in business-related programs through distance learning

I wish you the best of lucks

 

Mike, if you have prior college credit from US schools, you may have an easier time by finishing with a US school. U of London is an excellent school, but I don't know if they will accept prior credit for their programs.

There are many, many US regionally accredited non-resident options for a Bachelor's in Business Administration. For starters, you can't go wrong with "the big three" of Thomas Edison State College, Excelsior College, and Charter Oak State College.

Edison: http://www.tesc.edu
Excelsior: http://www.excelsior.edu
Charter Oak: http://www.cosc.edu

Best of luck!

Bruce

 

The University of London has offered a number of choices in its BSc (Econ), including management, management and law, management and economomics, .......etc. BSc (Econ) in management may be equivalent to US BBA. However, the number of credits transfer is restricted. The program is structured into three parts, each has 4 subjects (foundation, intermediate and advance units). Maximum credits transfer (or exemption) is the foundation units (4 subjects).

The course structure of an UK degree program is quite different from that of US. It is not using a credit system and there is no 'general education' courses (e.g. humanity, philosophy, history, etc.) in the program. All 12 subjects are those related to the major of the program. Each subject has an 3 hour unseen written examination (all long essay questions) and each student has to pass the exam. within three attempts. So if you have quite a number of credits already, an US degree program may be more flexible.

 

Thank you all very much,

Those were great answers. I think that perhaps I should clarify my situation a bit more by giving a bit more information regarding my educational past and wishes for the future.

I majored in Visual Art (Painting) for 2 years. During those 2 years I was also working on my "core" classes (i.e. history, philosophy etc.) I then realized that I would be happier in a more acedemic field. I also developed a typical and unfortunately short lived interest in clinical psychology. In fact, the persuit of the foreign language requirement for psychology is what has brought me to live here in Munich. However, now after a year an a half in Munich and the international work place, I have found that I have a passion for Business, and a strong dislike for psychology.

NOW.... that I have finished telling of my wayward past (which should be no reflexion on my character), I will explain my future plans as well as my reasoning behind persuing a Univeristy degree from the Univ. of London.

I have decided to study business. And since I have taken so many TOTALLY unrelated classes (i.e. drawing, sculpture, art history, a whole pile of psyc. classes) So wheather or not I go to school in the US of England, I am staring down the barrel of 2 1/2 years of school. The only difference is that in the US I pay roughly 3 to 4 times the price that I would pay in England.

I have NO IDEA if English Univerities are considered better or worse than US schools???

I just know that they are cheaper and more focused on actually studying what you are majoring in, rather than taking 2 years of PE's, music appreciation, art appreciation, and philosophy (all nobel persuits but un necessary for a business degree).

Another concern of mine is...

A class credit from Univ. of London will most certainly transfer to the University of Georgia, should I ever need to finish up in the US, but US credits seem to be next to worthless when you try transfer into an English school.

OK... now that I have said all this. I am asking you guys to reavaluate my situation and see if your previous advice remains or has it changed? Anything that I am not aware of or not thinking of?

Again, thank you all for your help so far and thank you for any further help.

Mike

 

Mike,

From your academic background, I am afraid you may not get exemption (credits transfer) from the University of London - BSc(Econ) in management (or other options). The University will only grant exemption from a subjet based on the similar course content and syllabus one has studied.

As to course fees, the choices listed by Bruce are affordable. You may check those websites.

Good Luck,

Yan

 

London School of Economics and Political Science is as prestigious as the top US schools. I have been admitted to both LSU and Wharton school, and made an similar enquiry in this forum, which you can see by browsing the topics

 

Hi Mike,

nice to see that you made it here
Well, I am the girl you met in the company bus that morning, if you would like to discuss the subject and distance learning in general at some point you´ll find my email under Michaela Schuessler in the company address book.

I am sure you´ll get the advice here you are looking for.

Cheers,

Michaela

 

Hi Mike!

I have heard wonderful things about the University of London, but I don't have any personal experience with the school.

The reason I'm adding my comments here is that you seem to think your prior credits won't apply to your business degree because they are in unrelated subject areas.

When I started work on my bachelor's in business at Thomas Edison State College (which was suggested in an earlier post as a possible option for you,) I thought I would have trouble applying my liberal arts credits to my business program. When I investigated further, I discovered that almost all of my credits would apply toward my degree.

As I'm sure you already know, the first two years of many degree programs are almost the same -- "the basics" -- and there are almost always free electives as well (use your art classes!) Before you decide on UoL, you might want to check a few US schools for their course requirements. I'll bet you will discover that your "old" credits will be more useful than you think!

Good luck with your decision -- let us know how you're doing.

Have a nice weekend!

Regards,
Susan

 

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to apologize for quoting Mike's entire post in my response. I meant to delete it, but I forgot. Sorry!!!

Susan