Business Studies

Why take this course?

Ø A two year programme is both cost and time effective

o By taking a two year degree programme rather than the normal 3 year degree courses students obtain 2 main benefits

o Firstly Financial. Students both save money by reducing their living costs by a year and also gain an extra year of work and so salary The total value of these benefits will differ but must be at least a minimum of £20000 and probably much more!

o Secondly Career. The intensive 2 year degree programme gives an experience far more like the work environment with tight deadlines and need to be results driven and the extra year of work experience helps accelerate promotion and career prospects further.

Ø It provides an excellent broad-based grounding in all aspects of business

o The modules on the University of Wales degree are specially designed for tomorrow’s Business professionals with a focus on

o Firstly Knowledge. Students within the degree will learn about all the main management functions including Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, IT and Production.

o Secondly Skills. As importantly students will acquire the practical skills needed in the work place today including leadership, group working, project management and presentations.

o Case studies and real company examples will encourage students to hone their knowledge and apply the theory to practice so ensuring what is learnt is always relevant

Ø Wide choice of Financially rewarding career opportunities

o The broad coverage of the Business Degree will prepare students to either

Work in General management and so eventually hopefully reach the top highly paid position in a firm of Managing director

o Specialise in one area of management after graduation in which role the general knowledge of other aspects of Management will be extremely useful.

o In either circumstances the graduate will be in a challenging and financially rewarding position

Ø To run one’s own business

o To run their own business successfully the owner will need to know about all aspects of Management.

o Firstly at the start of the Business he/she will have to perform a variety of different management roles as specialist managers could not be afforded

o As the Business grows it is essential the owner also understands all that goes on in order to have proper controls in place for every part of the Business

Ø It provides a strong foundation for further study

o A University of Wales BA degree will give students the opportunity to progress to an MBA programme at KCB or another UK university.

o Alternatively students can decide to obtain a specialist professional qualification such as CIM or ICSA for which they will obtain significant exemptions

COURSE CONTENT AND ASSESSMENT

The course contains eighteen modules with fourteen compulsory modules and four optional modules. The assessments are exams and coursework based as shown below. Students have to pass 18 modules to be awarded the BA Business Studies with Honours (BA Hons) but can be awarded an Ordinary degree (BA) if they pass 14 modules.

Each Module is marked out of 100 (% mark) with the pass mark being 40%. When a student passes 18 subjects the Honours degree classification will depend upon the Grade Point Average (GPA) of modules studied at levels 5 and 6.

The class of the Honours Degree is very important for the students future career and/or further study.

Course Duration and structure

The course duration is 24 months of full-time study, with 3 possible start dates in January, April or October every year.

The 2 year (24 months) Course is divided into 7 terms and students study 3 modules per term for the first 4 terms with 2 modules per term for the final 3 terms.