Business Courses - BTEC HNC Diploma in Business (QCF Level 4)

BTEC HNC Diploma in Business (QCF Level 4)

Course Contents:

The Edexcel BTEC Level 4 HNC programme must contain a minimum of 65 credits.

Mandatory Units:

• Business Environment
• Managing Financial Resources and Decisions
• Organisations and Behaviour
• Marketing Principles

Specialist / General Optional Units

(Students need to take at least 60 credits of the given modules)

• Business Decision Making
• Research Project
• Management Accounting: Costing and Budgeting
• Financial Accounting and Reporting
• Managing Business Activities to Achieve Results
• Managing Communications, Knowledge and Information
• Marketing Intelligence
• Advertising and Promotion in Business
• Human Resource Management
• Managing Human Resources
• English Legal System
• The Internet and E-Business
• E-Business Operations
• Business Events Management

Assessment:

Assessment is delivered via bringing together a combination of seminars, online and self-guided learning, course work, individual and group presentations. In order to ensure that effective learning has taken place and desired learning outcomes have been achieved, assessment is done against the set criterion. For each unit, assessments are completed against set learning out comes. It focuses on not only learning and understanding of the contents, but also their application. The assessment of the evidence relates directly to the assessment criteria for each unit, supported by the generic grade descriptors by the awarding body.

All the students on this programme have to take four mandatory modules and four specialist modules worth 60 credits. In order to successfully complete the course, students are expected to pass all the entire four mandatory modules and achieve at least 120 credits in total at this level.

Awarding body:
Edexcel

Course duration:
9-12 months

Mode:
Full Time

Entrance Requirements

Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and possess at least 4 GCSEs, one GCE A level with a good command of the English Language. Equivalent overseas qualifications are also accepted. Applicants over 21 years of age without formal qualifications with appropriate work experience may also be accepted. All candidates will be asked to provide evidence of their proficiency in English Language.