The aim of the First Cycle Degree Programme inBusiness Economics is to produce business consultants qualified to work asaccounting, administrative and legal experts or managers in companies and otherorganisations, as well as to work as freelance accountants or statutoryauditors.

 Thedegree programme has a dual objective.

 On theone hand, the programme consolidates the accounting, administrative and legalstudies undertaken by the students with a view to preparing them to work asaccountants and statutory auditors. Students gain the necessary skills andabilities to professionally deal with problems inherent to the following areas:

 i) thedesign and management of information systems for external reporting andinternal control

ii) auditing the financial statements

iii) using flows and indices to analyse thebalance sheet

iv) the formulation on a rational basis ofcorporate financial decisions (investment and financing decisions), based alsoon knowledge of the services and of the evaluative and operational processesput in place by financial intermediaries.

 On theother hand, the programme seeks to produce business experts able to manage anddirect companies for which they must have strategic, organisational, controland management skills. They must also be market oriented and have an integratedvision of the different functional areas of the business.

 In thefirst year, students are introduced to the fundamental theories of economicsand mathematics, with a particular focus on business economics, in addition tolanguage and IT studies.

 In thesecond year, the programme continues to take a generalist approach while alsoseeking to increase the level of theoretical and operational learning.

 In thethird year, following specialist study in the field of finance, students maychoose their professional career path through further investigation of theaccounting, legal or managerial disciplines, with a particular focus on themanagerial disciplines.

 Theprogramme is distinguished by the numerous optional course modules andinternships on offer that enhance the curriculum and are aimed at preparingstudents for the world of work.

Admission to the First Cycle Degree Programmein Business Economics requires possession of a secondary school diploma awardedafter five years of study or a foreign qualification recognised as suitable.

 Additionally, knowledge and competence in thefollowing areas are required:

 -Logical reasoning and mathematical skills

 -English language skills at a level of (at least) A2, based on the CommonEuropean Framework of Reference for Languages, are also required.

 Themethods for verifying the knowledge required for admission are defined in thedegree programme teaching regulations.

 If theresults of the assessment are not positive, additional learning requirementswill be specified.

Completion of the learning requirements is thesubject of a separate test. The relevant testing method is also set out in thedegree programme teaching regulations.

Students who do not complete the additionallearning requirements by the date established by the competent bodies and, inany case, by the end of the first year of the degree programme, will be unableto sit exams in the following years.