Business Administration BA (Hons)

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This Business Administration course runs in 2016/17.

Do you enjoy organising people, understanding what is happening and keeping your head when everyone else is losing theirs? This degree course will prepare you for your ideal career in business administration and management.

WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE?

Our Business Administration course offers a flexible degree with a choice of study options and an emphasis on professional skills development, which can help make you an attractive prospect to businesses. The course has been designed for those with a passion for business and an aptitude for management, and will help you to develop expertise in strategy, team-building, leadership, general problem-solving and research.

If you choose this course you will benefit from:

• Coventry Business School’s current membership of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS);
• links with a wide variety of employers over a number of years;
• guest lectures from professionals and industry experts, which in the past have included representatives from NHS Trusts and Capita;
• placement opportunities to apply for with organisations that in the past have included Coventry City Council, E.ON, National Grid and Barclays Bank;
• commercially-aware academic staff with expertise in all the business disciplines and who are engaged in research activities with associate companies and who bring this expertise to their teaching;
• an Academic Partnership which establishes and arranges a wide range of exchange programmes and operates a scheme to place students in European organisations.

Accreditation

Memberships

European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)

Accreditations and memberships shall be renewed in accordance with the relevant bodies’ standard review process and subject to the University maintaining the same high standards of course delivery.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

Your study will be based on real business practice and not just the theory. Case studies will be used to give you an in-depth understanding of how the different parts of an organisation support one another. As you progress through year two and your final year, you will develop your ability to research independently and understand how your growing specialisation can enhance your learning and future career.

HOW WILL THIS COURSE BE TAUGHT?

Your course will be based on a series of lectures, with associated seminars and workshop practical classes. In addition, your personal tutor will review and discuss your progress with you and will be available for advice.

If you are interested in part-time study (which is taught during the day) please contact the Part-time Admissions team on +44 (0) 24 7765 4321 or email part-time.uni@coventry.ac.uk for further information, but please note that not all courses have a part-time option.

HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?

An estimated percentage breakdown of how your final grade is assessed is as follows: formal examinations 40%; coursework, tests, essays 30%; practical or project work 10%; group work etc.10%; presentations, posters etc.10%.

A compulsory Add+vantage module must also be completed: please see the page on the Add+vantage scheme for more details.

TEACHING CONTACT HOURS

In a typical week you will have up to 14 contact hours of teaching and this will break down as:

Personal tutorial/small group teaching: 1 hour tutorial on a regular basis

Medium group teaching: 5 hours of workshops or seminars each week

Large group teaching: 8 hours of lectures each week

Personal study: 25 hours of study and revising in your own time each week

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