Business and Management BA (Hons)

About the course

This is a career-focused and practical course, allowing you to study a range of subjects from different disciplines within the Business School. You can follow a general business pathway or choose specialist modules in Marketing, Human Resource Management or Finance and Accounting.

• Optional paid placement year offers invaluable professional experience with major employers such as IBM, Intel, Audi, VW, HSBC, M&S and Siemens
• Flexible part-time routes for students with work and/or family commitments
• Staff provide learning opportunities of the highest standard through their teaching and research

You also have the opportunity to take a double module in New Business Creation, granting the opportunity to experience running a company as a director.

Key facts

UCAS course code: NN12

Duration: Three years full-time, four years with a placement

Institution code: D26

Entry and admission criteria

• Typical offers 280 UCAS Points. You need to study at least two subjects at A Level and achieve one grade B or above in one subject
• Five GCSEs at grades A–C including English Language and Maths
• International Baccalaureate: 28+ Points.

We welcome applications from mature students with non-standard qualifications and recognise all other equivalent and international qualifications.

International students:

If English is not your first language, we require an English language level of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.

Teaching and assessment

Through lectures, tutorials and seminars, group work and self-directed study. Assessment includes coursework (such as presentations, essays and reports) and normally an exam or test.

You will normally attend around 15 hours of timetabled taught sessions (lectures, tutorials etc) each week, and are expected to undertake at least 15 further hours of independent study to complete project work, research etc as required.

Course modules

First year

• Business Communications and Creativity
• Business Environment
• Financial Decision Making
• An Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Enterprise
• Understanding Organisations
• Principles of Marketing

Second year

• Operations Management
• Contemporary Management

Third year

• Contemporary Business Issues
• Strategic Management

Second and third year options:

• e-Business
• Brand Management
• Marketing Communications
• Forensic Accounting
• Service Operations Management
• HRM in the Workplace
• Business Law
• Issues in Internet Sales Law
• The Creative Art of Selling and Negotiation
• New Business Creation.

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Work experience and placements

Optional paid placement year offers invaluable professional experience.

Graduate careers

You will be prepared for a career in business in the public or private sectors. Our graduates are highly rated by industry and have an excellent employment record consistently above the national average. Give yourself a competitive edge in the graduate job market by completing the optional placement year.

Fees and funding

UK/EU Fees: £9,000

International Fees: £10,750

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Facilities

Our new £35 million building offers state-of-the-art teaching and computer lab facilities.