Business and Management - BA(Hons)

In your first year, you will study modules which are common across a number of Business and Management courses. This offers you the flexibility to switch between courses at the end of the first year as your interests develop and change.

Year one

The first year provides a foundation for the development of the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary for future success.

You will study the following compulsory modules:

• Introduction to Business and Management
• Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
• Understanding Business and Financial Information (Business, International and Management)
• Understanding the Business and Economic Environment
• Understanding Organisations and People (Business, International and Management)
• Understanding the Principles of Marketing (Business, International and Management)
• Contemporary Business Issues
• Business Decision Making for Management.

Year two

In the second year, you will study modules relating to the main functional areas of business, including a range of specialist module options. You will also develop your research and enquiry skills.

You will study the following compulsory modules:

• Managing People
• Management Skills (Business and Management)
• Accounting Information for Business (Business, International and Management)
• International Business
• Research Methods for Business
• Introductory Research Project
• Managing Business Processes (Business, International and Management).

In addition, you will study one of the following optional modules:

• Market Analysis for Private Investors
• International Trade and Multinational Business
• Good Business, Bad Business and Sustainability
• Integrated Marketing Communications
• Management Communication and Decision-Making
• Employment Relations OR Equality Law and Diversity Management
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business
• Digital Business Management
• Credit Management: Theory and Practice.

All students are encouraged to spend their third year on placement and the curriculum in the second year provides support in securing this.

Final year

The final year will include a major project, along with modules requiring the integration of the knowledge and abilities gained in the earlier years of study. There are also a number of advanced business module options, which allow you to further 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 one of the following major projects:

• Work-based Enquiry Project
• Critical Business Enquiry Project
• Enterprise Project
• Applied Business Project
• Business Project.

In addition, you will study the following compulsory modules:

• Strategic Management (Business, International and Management)
• Managing Organisational Change
• Integrated Business Simulation

In addition, you will study three optional modules from the list below OR two if a Study Year Abroad (SYA) or Placement Year has been completed:

• International Financial Management
• Investment Management
• Personal Financial Planning
• The Economics of Developing Countries
• Sustainable Business
• Events and Festivals Management
• Global Marketing Management
• Public Relations
• Interactive and Digital Marketing
• Competing Through Quality
• Project Management
• Coaching in Organisations
• Organisational Leadership
• HR Development and Knowledge Management
• International HRM
• International Business in the Emerging Markets
• Business Innovation and Growth
• Entrepreneurship: Ideas and Practice
• Virtual Business
• Accounting for Managers
• Brand Management
• Work Integrated Learning.

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.

For the International variations of this course, modules may change.

The course is taught through lectures, seminars, workshops, group work, case studies, exercises online and simulation activities. Throughout, the learner is encouraged to undertake independent reading both to supplement and consolidate what is being taught/learnt and to broaden their individual knowledge and understanding of the subject.

For more details see our full glossary of learning and teaching terms.

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 to 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.

For more details see our full glossary of assessment terms.