B.Sc. Business Studies

Course Content

Successful completion of the programme requires students to complete (or gain exemption from) 360 credit points of study and students can complete up to 45 credits of study in any one semester. The programme structure consists of 120 credit points at level four (equivalent to year one within the full-time programme); 120 credit points at level five (equivalent to year two); and 120 credit points at level six (equivalent to final year).

Programme Structure Level four (120 credit points) Four Compulsory modules (80 credit points):

• Introduction to Management (20 credit points)
• Management Skills (20 credit points)
• Business Accounting (20 credit points)
• Fundamentals of Marketing (20 credit points)

Plus any 40 credit points chosen from the following optional modules:

• Business and the Economy (20 credit points)
• Brands and Branding (20 credit points)
• Communication (20 credit points)
• Business Law (10 credit points)
• Business Statistics (10 credit points)
• Introduction to Personal Finance (10 credit points).
• Employability through Work Experience (10 credit points)

Level Five (120 credit points) Three compulsory modules (60 credit points)

• Accounting for Business Decisions (20 credit points)
• Operations Management (20 credit points)
• Managing People (20 credit points)

Plus three optional modules (60 credit points) chosen from the following:

• E-Business (20 credit points)
• Behavioural Sciences (20 credit points)
• Organisation Design (20 credit points)
• Marketing Communication (20 credit points)
• Research Methods (20 credit points)

Level six (120 credit points) Three Compulsory modules (60 credit points)

• Management of Change (20 credit points)
• Enterprise Development (20 credit points)
• Business Strategy (20 credit points)

Plus three optional modules (60 credit points) chosen from the following:

• Marketing Management (20 credit points)
• Marketing Research(20 credit points)
• Global Marketing (20 credit points)
• Management of Business Finance (20 credit points)
• Public Sector Accounting (20 credit points)
• Supply Chain Management (20 credit points)
• Total Quality Management (20 credit points)
• Occupational Psychology (20 credit points)
• Managing Equality and Diversity (20 credit points)
• Human Resource Management (20 credit points)
• Issues in Corporate Governance (20 credit points)
• Effective Organisations (20 credit points)
• Dissertation (20 credit points)