BA (Hons) Business And Finance (Top-up) (Full Time)

This one-year top-up course is specifically designed to convert your existing qualifications to degree level (Level 6). It will broaden and strengthen knowledge and experience gained from your earlier studies at HND or equivalent.

You will have the opportunity to improve your general business subjects, develop your own study of management through a dissertation and turn your diploma (or equivalent) into a broad-based business degree.

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Industrial focus

Many of the teaching staff have professional and industry experience in business and management and feed their knowledge and skills into the course, ensuring that all the study units reflect current developments in the workplace.

Course content

Five core units and one option:

• Business Project Skills OR Business Project Skills with English where English is not your first language
• Business Project Report
• Personnel Management
• Strategic Marketing Management
• Accounting for Decision Making (Business).

Options:

• Contemporary Business Issues
• International Financial Reporting and Analysis
• Personal Finance.

Why choose Solent?

Solent provides the opportunity to top up your existing qualification to a full degree within a short time frame. The course has the benefit of attracting students from a number of destinations both in the UK and overseas. This creates a strong cross-cultural environment in which to learn and prepare students for the outside world.

• This course gives you the opportunity to progress your current studies to degree level in just one year.
• Students will be given current issues to grapple with and encouraged to make decisions and provide recommendations.
• This course allows you to look at a number of business, management and financial issues which are relevant to many career opportunities.

Assessment

A mixture of coursework, projects and exams, with the emphasis being on coursework and projects.

Projects/work experience

Coursework and projects focus on real business issues and the application of skills and knowledge to current matters.

Key career skills

Presentation, project management, communication, evaluation and problem solving.

Graduate quote

Sarah Hodgett, HND alumnus and ex-BTEC Student of the Year

“It’s quite a big jump from the HND to the top-up, but being familiar with my lecturers made it that little bit easier for me. They are very approachable and supportive anyway. “The top-up degree is very interesting and offers various options such as business and marketing or business and finance, so that you can tailor it to suit your own specialism. I wanted to graduate with a BA (Hons) in Business and Finance as it opens up a wide variety of work opportunities in banking, finance or investment, for instance.

“I’m currently working in accountancy; that’s what I’m good at and I enjoyed every module we covered over the years. It was my favourite subject! I work as a trainee accountant at Solent University which has allowed me to work within a range of services across the campus to improve my skills. I am also working towards my ACCA qualification which will allow me to become a chartered accountant.

"It was a challenging course but the staff and lecturers offer so much support that there is always someone to turn to for help in times of need. I had no business experience before coming to university and I still managed to do the course and gradually build upon my knowledge. I could never have got where I am today without my degree and the great support of Solent!”

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