HND Business and Management (Full Time)

This is a well-established and highly regarded course and offers students a broad-based business knowledge whilst allowing specialisation in management.

The HND Business and Management degree at Southampton Solent University allows you to enhance existing skills that you may have, as well as developing new skills in a range of areas within a business environment, whilst specialising in management. You will develop skills, techniques, personal qualities and attitudes for effective performance at work.

The course has been designed to offer students flexible teaching and learning within the field of business whilst recognising the changing nature of the business environment and equipping students with the necessary core skills.

Members of the business community, as well as our own students, have had significant input in the development of this innovative, flexible and broad-based HND.

Through our experienced lecturers, you will gain a wide view of business and management, as well as being offered options in different areas.Like many of our students, you can progress from the HND to either a BA (Hons) degree – possibly directly into the second year – or a BA (Hons) Business Top-up programme, with a Merit profile at Level 5, or go on to study for qualifications with a professional body. Elements of the HND may be accepted elsewhere for partial professional accreditation exemption under the CATS scheme.

Industrial focus

This course will help you to develop the skills, techniques and personal qualities needed to enhance your job performance.

Course content

Year 1 will consist of six units that offer you a broad coverage of business issues and topics, as well as offering you a wide variety of assessment methods. All students, HND Business and Management or HND Business and Marketing, will take the same units in the first year and will specialise in the second year (Level 5) of their study.

Year 1

Six core units:

• Managing Business Finance
• People and Organisations
• Marketing for Business
• Business Environment
• Management Information Systems
• Business and Employment Skills.

Year 2

Five core units and one option unit:

• Principles of Business Law
• Business Consultancy Project
• Business Strategy
• Management Dimensions in Europe
• Business Operations.

Options:

• Understanding Your Market
• Finance for Business ManagersLanguages
• Managing e-Business
• Curriculum Plus.

Why choose Solent

• 66% of students transfer to a degree programme on completion of their HND.
• On successful completion of the HND, students can progress onto Level 6 of the BA (Hons) Business Top-up programme.

Assessment

A carefully selected mix of assignments, presentations, in-class tests (coursework) and examinations.

Projects/work experience

All students will have to complete a business consultancy project in Year 2, offering the opportunity to identify and solve business problems.

Key career skills

Communication, presentation, project management, teamwork, numeracy and IT.

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