BSc (Hons) Business Management (3 years)

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  • Plymouth is the best university I have ever been to. The best ever I could ever land to.
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  • This place is good and Student Union is also great. You can expect an additional support from home university.
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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

In the 2016 National Student Survey, 86 per cent of students agreed staff were good at explaining things; 92 per cent were satisfied overall;85 per cent were in work/study six months after finishing and 86 per cent agreed they got sufficient advice and support.

Facilities

Location

Start date

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

Start date

OctoberEnrolment now open

About this course

Studying Business Management at Plymouth will stand you in good stead no matter what career path you follow. Our students graduate ready to face business challenges in all sorts of settings – from investment and finance to logistics, data and marketing.

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

5.0
  • Plymouth is the best university I have ever been to. The best ever I could ever land to.
    |
  • This place is good and Student Union is also great. You can expect an additional support from home university.
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Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

Student

5.0
05/08/2018
What I would highlight: Plymouth is the best university I have ever been to. The best ever I could ever land to.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Student

5.0
21/01/2018
What I would highlight: This place is good and Student Union is also great. You can expect an additional support from home university.
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

  • Business Law
  • Business and Management
  • Staff
  • Leadership
  • Business Accounting
  • IT Project Management
  • Accounting
  • Business Economics
  • Economics
  • Marketing
  • International
  • Project
  • Project Management
  • Communication for Business

Course programme

Year 1

In your first year, you’ll gain a solid understanding of management in a business and enterprise context, focusing on areas such as organisational behaviour, economics, accounting, entrepreneurship and marketing. You’ll also look into the ethical and sustainability issues of business, get the chance to study a language and complete a consultancy project.

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

  • MKT110 Essentials of Marketing

  • SPNX01 Spanish 1

  • SPNX02 Spanish 2

  • SPNX03 Spanish 3

  • SPNX400 Spanish Advanced 1

  • STO101 Information for Business Decisions

Year 2

In the second year, you’ll develop your employability skills further by focusing on the practical techniques for managing people, operations, resources and projects, and your own career. You’ll also develop your understanding of professional development and employment planning, and hone vital decision making and research skills.

Core modules
  • EPIE200 Placement Preparation

  • HRL200 People Management

  • HRL201 Professional Development Planning

  • HRL203 Project Management

  • STO200 Introduction to Operations Management

  • STO202 Management Decision Making

Optional modules
  • ACF203B Corporate Governance

  • ELC202 English for Academic Purposes

  • ENT200 Enterprise and Innovation

  • MKT215 Marketing Fundamentals

  • STO204 Business Ethics

  • STO205 An Introduction to International Business

  • STO206 Shaping the Future: creating sustainable organisations

Optional placement year

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.

Core modules
  • EPIE300 Placement Year

  • EPIE301 The Placement Project

Final year

By choosing from a range of modules covering topics such as innovation, entrepreneurship, human resources, leadership and ethics, in your final year, you can tailor your degree to your interests and graduate with a specialist named degree. You’ll also increase your understanding of strategic and topical management issues, completing a management-focused research or consultancy project. At the same time, you’ll continue exploring your professional development.

Core modules

  • STO305 Project (Management Report)

  • STO306 Current Issues in Management

  • STO313 Strategic Management: Theory and Practice

Optional modules
  • ECN3013A International Trade and International Finance

  • ECN3023 Markets and Industries

  • ENT300 Enterprise Creation

  • ENT301 Enterprise Portfolio

  • HRL300 Organisational Leadership

  • HRL301 Managing Change

  • HRL305 Human Resource Management

  • HRL306 Leadership Practice

  • HRL311 Sustainable Business through Project Management

  • HRL313 International HRM

  • MAR325 International Supply Chain Management

  • MAR330 Procurement Management Processes

  • MKT310 International Marketing

  • MKT315 Marketing Management

  • STO300 Global Enterprise

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

BSc (Hons) Business Management (3 years)

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