4.5
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Bachelor's degree

In Plymouth

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Plymouth

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Start date

    October

This course marries the academic and the vocational in order to maximise your career and lifetime opportunities. We’re very proud of our National Student Survey (NSS) 2017 return showing that 94 per cent of students agreed staff were good at explaining things and 94 per cent of students were satisfied overall. According to the 2016 DLHE survey, 89 per cent of students were in work/study six months after finishing.

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Location

Start date

Plymouth (Devon)
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Portland Villas, Plymouth PL4 6DX, UK

Start date

OctoberEnrolment now open

About this course

If you hold a BTEC qualification it is vital that you provide our Admissions team with details of the exact modules you have studied as part of the BTEC. Without this information we may be unable to process your application quickly and you could experience significant delays in the progress of your application to study with us. Please explicitly state the full list of modules within your qualification at the time of application.

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Reviews

4.5
  • The university is lovely and we are provided with all sort of facilities at good level.
    |
  • The experience is the best by far and I met a lot of different people and they all made a positive impact and it was great.
    |
50%
4.8
excellent

Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

Student

4.0
08/12/2018
What I would highlight: The university is lovely and we are provided with all sort of facilities at good level.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

5.0
09/01/2018
What I would highlight: The experience is the best by far and I met a lot of different people and they all made a positive impact and it was great.
What could be improved: It was great
Would you recommend this course?: No
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This centre's achievements

2019

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 5 years

Subjects

  • Mandarin
  • IT Law
  • Staff
  • Business Accounting
  • Business Economics
  • Marketing
  • International
  • Law
  • Communication Training
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Business Decisions
  • Digital Skills
  • Communication for Business

Course programme

Year 1

In your first year, you’ll examine all aspects of the business world, its operations and the strength and limitations of its disciplines. Choose an elective from a range of business modules, including languages, and learn how to get the most out of your degree and your time at university.

Core modules
  • ACF103 Business Accounting

  • ECN1013 Introduction to Business Economics

  • ENT1001PP Entrepreneurial Thought and Action

  • HRL100 Organisational Behaviour

  • STO100 World of Enterprise

Optional modules
  • ELC102 English for Academic Purposes

  • FREX01 French 1

  • FREX02 French 2

  • FREX03 French 3

  • FREX400 French Advanced 1

  • GERX01 German 1

  • GERX02 German 2

  • HRL101 Digital Skills and Communication for Business

  • HTM137B The Tourism Industry

  • LAW1211 Business Law

  • LNG100 International Communication

  • MANX100 Mandarin 1

  • SPNX01 Spanish 1

  • SPNX02 Spanish 2

  • SPNX03 Spanish 3

  • SPNX400 Spanish Advanced 1

  • STO101 Information for Business Decisions

Year 2

Your second year will give you the skills to assess how and why businesses innovate and determine why enterprise is critical to success. Discover how different areas of business require different managerial approaches. You will explore subjects such as operations and people management and have the opportunity to choose another supporting business topic, such as marketing fundamentals and professional development planning.

Core modules
  • ENT200 Enterprise and Innovation

  • EPIE200 Placement Preparation

  • HRL200 People Management

  • HRL201 Professional Development Planning

  • MKT215 Marketing Fundamentals

  • STO200 Introduction to Operations Management

Optional modules
  • ACF203B Corporate Governance

  • ECN2008B Contemporary Business Economics

  • ELC202 English for Academic Purposes

  • FREX01 French 1

  • FREX02 French 2

  • FREX03 French 3

  • FREX400 French Advanced 1

  • FREX500 French Advanced 2

  • FREX600 French Advanced 3

  • FREX700 French Advanced 4

  • GERX01 German 1

  • GERX02 German 2

  • LAW2225 Commercial Law

  • MANX100 Mandarin 1

  • SPNX01 Spanish 1

  • SPNX02 Spanish 2

  • SPNX03 Spanish 3

  • SPNX400 Spanish Advanced 1

  • SPNX500 Spanish Advanced 2

  • SPNX600 Spanish Advanced 3

  • SPNX700 Spanish Advanced 4

  • STO204 Business Ethics

  • STO205 An Introduction to International Business

  • STO206 Shaping the Future: creating sustainable organisations

Placement year (optional)

Gain valuable on-the-job experience through an optional placement year. Supported by a dedicated team, you can undertake a paid position within a public or private sector organisation relevant to your interests. While following a training programme agreed with your employer, you’ll also be supervised by academic staff throughout the year. You may even decide to set up your own business. If you choose to undertake a placement, you can do so after either your first or final year.

Core modules
  • EPIE300 Placement Year

  • EPIE301 The Placement Project

Final year

In your final year, you'll focus on strategy and wider business activities and their effects on business management. Take the opportunity to practice your new consultancy skills on challenging operational or strategic real-life projects. Choose your own route from our wide range of specialist elective modules.

Core modules
  • STO302 Strategic Analysis and Research Methods

Optional modules
  • ACF312B Financial Management

  • ECN3013A International Trade and International Finance

  • ECN3023 Markets and Industries

  • ELC314 International Business Communication

  • ELC315 Professional and Academic Communication

  • ENT300 Enterprise Creation

  • FREX01 French 1

  • FREX02 French 2

  • FREX03 French 3

  • FREX400 French Advanced 1

  • FREX500 French Advanced 2

  • FREX600 French Advanced 3

  • FREX700 French Advanced 4

  • GERX01 German 1

  • GERX02 German 2

  • HRL300 Organisational Leadership

  • HRL301 Managing Change

  • HRL305 Human Resource Management

  • HRL306 Leadership Practice

  • HRL308 Gender at Work

  • HRL310 Equality and Diversity in the Workplace

  • HRL313 International HRM

  • LAW3233 Commercial Law

  • MANX100 Mandarin 1

  • MAR330 Procurement Management Processes

  • MKT315 Marketing Management

  • SPNX01 Spanish 1

  • SPNX02 Spanish 2

  • SPNX03 Spanish 3

  • SPNX400 Spanish Advanced 1

  • SPNX500 Spanish Advanced 2

  • SPNX600 Spanish Advanced 3

  • SPNX700 Spanish Advanced 4

  • STO301 Operations Management for Competitive Advantage

  • STO306 Current Issues in Management

  • STO308 Current Issues in Information Technology

  • STO310 Project

  • STO312 Business Management

Every undergraduate taught course has a detailed programme specification document describing the course aims, the course structure, the teaching and learning methods, the learning outcomes and the rules of assessment.

Additional information

International - £13,000

BA (Hons) Business

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