Information Management for Business @UCL any good?

[Shimy]

So, DS has recently come across this course at UCL. Up till now, he's had his mind set on BSc Mgt.(elsewhere, not at UCL). His question to me is, is the above course better than just 'Management' and will open more doors for him? is this a more solid degree than a BSc in Mgt from the likes of Bath, Nottingham, Warwick? I have no idea. The Mgt. course seems pretty solid to me, but the information mgt course at UCL looks interesting too. (Pls note, this is purely about the subject, not the university town/environment etc just so you know).

I hadn't heard of this before so have had a look.

"Co-created with leading employers such as Accenture, British Airways, IBM, Morgan Stanley and Unilever, the BSc in Information Management for Business (IMB) is designed to respond to the needs of innovative employers, equipping students to respond to the challenges that lie beyond digital business transformation."

On the basis it has been developed with these names and UCL I would suspect it would be a pretty good one to go for if the contents of the course interest the applicant (notwithstanding UCL are also a highky ranked uni).

The trick will be to ensure that the personal statement covers applications for other regular management courses too if that is what the other 4 choices will be.

Season Thanks for taking time to look at the course. I was also impressed as you, by the array of businesses that contributed to creating the course content. DS is also wondering what kind of work it leads to as it seems you can't immediately see what the career path is?

Information Management as a degree was very popular in the 90s and those who did it, ended up in jobs like tech support, I.T training, project management, business analysis etc.I haven't seen it so much being offered now, wondering why that is.

I think nowadays though there is a lot less focus on what a degree is good for and education to a degree level is the important factor. That said I very much suspect that if those businesses have invested time and effort into helping develop the course there will be internship opportunities alongside the course too. I think if he is interested I suspect the admissions tutor for that course would be very happy to answer any queries. I have always found them more than happy to chat about their course and what paths it could lead to.

There are project management and consulting type roles that immediately spring to mind but I suspect there are useful elements to any form of "business" career and with the UCL name behind it.

I'm an information manager, it looks interesting, but if he's wanting a career in the digital/information management side he will need a postgraduate qualification, usually you have a core degree and then specialist post graduate. I'm not a fan of niche undergraduate degrees to be honest, I always think it's much safer to go for a core subject and specialise with work experience and postgraduate qualifications.

But the information studies department at UCL is excellent, if not expensive, so no doubt it would be a course with lots of connections.

Season ‘Education to a degree level is the important factor’,I suppose That’s a good point to remember and avoid overthinking the course and more the university. There’s no harm him adding it as one of his five all other things being equal.

User That’s an interesting angle to it, do you think the UCL course is niche? I thought it was quite generic. In my experience those who studied this degree have gone on to do professional qualifications where they specialised in a niche area, so the other way round.

I think it's still quite niche for undergraduate yes, also because it's such a technical fast developing area, it's a bit like IT in that the course content itself will date incredibly quickly.

The information dept at UCL seems excellent like you said so I think it will come down to whatever ds has more affinity for. I think it's an interesting course that will give room for other specialisms at PG level which I know he is planning to do, fingers crossed.