International Business Management - BA(Hons)

Year 1

In your first year, you will study modules that are common across a number of business and management courses. You will study three modules in each of the two semesters. The first year provides a foundation for the development of the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary for your future success.

• Meeting the Management Challenge (Business, International and Management)
• Understanding Business and Financial Information (Business, International and Management)
• Understanding Organisations and People (Business, International and Management)
• Engaging in Critical Business Enquiry (Business, International and Management)
• Understanding the Business and Economic Environment (Business, International and Management)
• Understanding the Principles of Marketing (Business, International and Management)

Year 2

In the second year, you will study modules relating to the main functional areas of business and you will develop your research and enquiry skills.

• Managing People (Business, International and Management)
• Managing Business Processes (Business, International and Management)
• International Business
• Methods of Enquiry (Business, International and Management)
• Accounting Information for Business (Business, International and Management)
• One optional module from the list below:

Optional modules:

• Market Analysis for Private Investors
• International Trade and Multinational Business
• Good Business, Bad Business and Sustainability
• Integrated Marketing Communications
• Employment Relations OR Law and Equality at Work
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business
• Digital Business Management
• Credit Management: Theory and Practice

Final year

The final year will include a major project, modules which require the integration of the knowledge gained in the earlier years of study and a number of advanced international business module options that allow you to develop your specific interests. The final year curriculum also includes a focus on managing change, both in organisational terms and in terms of your own career.

You will study:

• Managing Organisational and Individual Change (Business, International and Management)
• Strategic Management (Business, International and Management)
• Multinationals in the Domestic and Global Context
• Business Project, Critical Business Enquiry Project OR Applied Business Project*
• One optional module from the list below:

Optional modules

• International HRM
• Doing Business in Asia
• Economics of Developing Countries
• Global Marketing Management
• International Financial Management
• International Business in the Emerging Markets
• Economic Issues in International Business

*All projects must be in the field of International Business.

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved we will inform you.

National Economics University (NEU) students enter directly onto Level 3 of the BA (Hons) International Business Management. Students at National Economics University must study either the Critical Business Enquiry Project OR Applied Business Project.

The course is taught through a blend of learning activities - some tutor-led and face-to-face, some student-led and independent, some online, some in groups and some which require students to support each other's learning.

Lectures, workshops/seminars, group project working and tutoring account for 12 hours of contact per week. However you will be expected to spend significant additional time outside of classes in essential independent study, for example, in preparing for workshops/seminars, reviewing lectures, online working through the university's 'virtual learning environment', reading, conducting research, preparing assessed work and revising for end of module exams.

Our learning and teaching approaches are student focused with the emphasis on helping you to actively find out things for yourself. You will be expected to work with a mix of theory and practice, balancing academic rigour and a practical approach to your work, so that you can appreciate the relevance and application of concepts learnt.

You will be assessed through a mix of coursework and examinations, all of which aim to assess not only what you know and can do but also develop the graduate attributes that are valued by employers. These attributes include communication and presentation skills, IT and numeracy skills, team work, project and time management skills as well as the intellectual skills of problem solving, critical thinking, analysis and evaluation, creativity and innovation.

Coursework comes in many different forms: essays and reports; business plans and applied research projects; portfolios and weekly notes; assessed group and individual presentations and posters. You will also be required to reflect and comment on your own learning and personal development.