Business (BSc): 4-year, part-time

Birkbeck, University of London

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 6,935 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    4 Years

BSc Business is a highly flexible course designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of business management, while providing you with a range of practical skills to enable you to succeed in the workplace.

The first year introduces the key areas in the study of business. In the second year, you choose to either remain on the BSc Business or opt to specialise with a pathway in accounting, human resource management or marketing, while also developing core skills required for a career in business management.

Based in the Department of Management, this programmes takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, offering you an innovative way of learning about topics that cannot be pigeonholed into one particular area.

Birkbeck has a diverse student community, which creates a stimulating and supportive learning environment. You will interact with peers, many of whom will have come from directly relevant jobs, possessing a broad range of experience, to develop a more detailed and nuanced insight into business.

Our graduates begin new careers or accelerate along their current career path because what we teach in the evening can be applied almost instantly. For this reason, alumni from the Department of Management include chief executives, senior business leaders, notable academics and public figures.

This course is also available for full-time evening study over three years.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Malet Street, WC1E 7HX

Start date

On request

About this course

You will develop key skills such as:

analytical skills that will enable you to critically appraise and challenge existing managerial or business practices
an understanding of how decisions are made in organisations
quantitative skills that can be applied in the analysis of management and accounting problems
communication and interpersonal skills.

Graduates can pursue careers in business, management, accounting or human resources management. This degree may also be useful in becoming a human resources officer, management consultant, corporate investment banker or marketing executive.

We offer a comprehensive Careers Service to help you advance your career, while our in-house, professional recruitment consultancy, Birkbeck Talent, works with London’s top employers to help you gain work experience that fits in with your evening studies.

We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential.

Awarding Body
University of London

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Subjects

  • People Management
  • International Business
  • International
  • Buyer Behaviour
  • Innovation
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Operations Management
  • Business and Management
  • Business Accounting
  • Financial Accounting
  • Information Systems
  • Management Information Systems
  • IT Project Management
  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Business Operations
  • Marketing
  • Financial
  • Public
  • Private
  • Project
  • Systems
  • Part Time
  • Business Marketing
  • Resource Management
  • Project Management
  • Employment Relations
  • Management Accounting
  • Financial Training

Course programme

COURSE STRUCTURE

In the first year, all students take shared core and compulsory modules worth 90 credits.

You can then either complete the BSc Business or choose a pathway in accounting, human resource management or marketing.

You can take any option module offered by the Department of Management, subject to the Programme Director's approval.

BSC BUSINESS

In Year 2, you take five compulsory modules and an option module worth 15 credits.

In Year 3, you take two compulsory modules and option modules worth 60 credits.

In Year 4, take two compulsory modules, including a business project, and choose option modules worth 45 credits.

BSC BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING

In Year 2, you take four compulsory modules and choose an option module worth 15 credits.

In Year 3, you take two compulsory modules and choose option modules worth 45 credits.

In Year 4, you take three compulsory modules, including a research project.

BSC BUSINESS AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

In Year 2, you take five compulsory modules and choose an option module worth 15 credits.

In Year 3, you take four compulsory modules and choose option modules worth 30 credits.

In Year 4, you take two compulsory modules, including a research project, and choose an option module worth 15 credits.

BSC BUSINESS AND MARKETING

In Year 2, you take five compulsory modules and choose an option module worth 15 credits.

In Year 3, you take four compulsory modules and choose option modules worth 30 credits.

In Year 4, you take two compulsory modules, including a research project, and choose an option module worth 15 credits.

ALL BSC BUSINESS PATHWAYS - YEAR 1
  • Business Information Systems
  • Introduction to Accounting
  • Management Studies I
  • Management Studies II
  • Personal and Academic Skills for Success
  • Quantitative Methods
BSC BUSINESS - YEAR 2
  • Critical Perspectives on People Management
  • Macroeconomics for Business
  • Management of Innovation (level 5)
  • Microeconomics for Business (Level 4)
  • Principles of Marketing (Undergraduate)
BSC BUSINESS - YEAR 3
  • Buyer Behaviour
  • International Business (level 5)
BSC BUSINESS - YEAR 4
  • Business Project
  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business
BSC BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING - YEAR 2
  • Financial Reporting (level 5)
  • Macroeconomics for Business
  • Microeconomics for Business (Level 4)
  • Principles of Marketing (Undergraduate)
BSC BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING - YEAR 3
  • Management Accounting (30 credits)
  • Research Methods in Management (Undergraduate) (level 5)
BSC BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING - YEAR 4
  • Auditing
  • Research Project: Management
  • Taxation
BSC BUSINESS AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - YEAR 2
  • Microeconomics for Business (Level 4)
  • Motivation, Engagement and Job Design
  • Organizational Behaviour
  • Organizational Change
  • Principles of Marketing (Undergraduate)
BSC BUSINESS AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - YEAR 3
  • Critical Perspectives on People Management
  • Introduction to Corporate Governance and Ethics
  • Macroeconomics for Business
  • Research Methods in Management (Undergraduate)
BSC BUSINESS AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - YEAR 4
  • Contemporary Perspectives in Employment Relations
  • Research Project: Management
BSC BUSINESS AND MARKETING - YEAR 2
  • Critical Perspectives on People Management
  • Macroeconomics for Business
  • Microeconomics for Business (Level 4)
  • Operations Management
  • Principles of Marketing (Undergraduate)
BSC BUSINESS AND MARKETING - YEAR 3
  • Buyer Behaviour
  • Management of Innovation (level 5)
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Research Methods in Management (Undergraduate)
BSC BUSINESS AND MARKETING - YEAR 4
  • Brand Development
  • Research Project: Management
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT OPTION MODULES
  • Advanced Management Accounting
  • Auditing
  • Brand Development
  • Commercial Law for Business
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Groupwork in Practice
  • International Financial Management
  • International Marketing
  • Introduction to Corporate Governance and Ethics
  • Investing in Securities Markets
  • Management of Innovation
  • Marketing Communications
  • Marketing Simulation
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Operations Management
  • Personal Effectiveness (Level 5)
  • Services Marketing
  • Strategic Management (Undergraduate)
  • Sustainability and Stakeholder Marketing
  • Taxation
Birkbeck makes all reasonable efforts to deliver educational services, modules and programmes of study as described on our website. In the event that there are material changes to our offering (for example, due to matters beyond our control), we will update applicant and student facing information as quickly as possible and offer alternatives to applicants, offer-holders and current students.

Additional information

FEES
Part-time international students: £10710 pa

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