BA (Hons) Business and Law

At the end of this course you, the student, will be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the issues involved in business and the management of organisations including their external environments and the interrelationships and interconnectedness between these areas.
Demonstrate the ability to evaluate the issues surrounding effective business policy and strategies including those covering markets, customers, finance and pervasive areas such as globalisation and corporate social responsibility showing awareness of relevant legal and regulatory frameworks.
Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental concepts, principles, theories and procedures of business and the fundamental doctrines, sources and principles which underpin the Law of England and Wales including how it relates to ethics and the concept of justice and the institutions within which the law is administered and how Law is made and developed.
Apply knowledge to problem situations and demonstrate the ability to provide solutions to unresolved issues over a wide range of legal and business matters demonstrating critical thinking analysis and synthesis.
Demonstrate a range of intellectual and practical business and legally focused skills including communication and research skills, recording and summarising information together with argument analysis and commentary.
Act independently in planning and managing tasks with limited guidance; presenting information including quantitative and qualitative data and numerical data (where relevant) with analysis in a form appropriate to the intended audience.

Graduates may enter a range of occupations including those closely aligned to the subject discipline including; Management, Finance, Marketing, Trading Standards, Health & Safety, Local Authority, Civil Service, Banking, Insurance or work in public or private sector management. Graduates may also opt to continue their study undertaking a postgraduate degree i.e. LLM Common Professional Examination and the Legal Practice Course (LPC).

Many of our graduates have gone on to become lawyers, although as well as the list above, you could also consider careers in banking, finance, insurance or work in public and private sector management.

Typical entry requirement: 96 UCAS points

A Levels - grades CCC / BCD
BTEC L3 Extended Diploma or OCR Cambridge L3 Technical Extended Diploma - grades MMM
BTEC L3 Diploma - grades DD
Access to HE Diploma: 45 L3 credits at Merit