Business Management BA Honours (N200)

Our degrees are divided into stages. Each stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

• ACC1003 Introduction to Accounting and Finance (for Business School Students)
• BUS1015 Management and Organisation
• BUS1011 Case Studies in Business Management
• MAS1403 Quantitative Methods for Business Management
• BUS1002 Global Business Environment
• BUS1004 Critical Perspectives on Business Growth

• BUS2029 Operations Strategy and Management
• BUS2010 People, Management and Workplaces
• BUS2018 Research Methods
• BUS2019 Understanding Work and Organisations

You choose 40 credits from the following list:

• BUS2005 Business Game/Case Studies in Management
• BUS2011 Business Enterprise
• BUS2017 Introduction to Innovation and Technology Management
• BUS2030 Current Affairs, News and Organisations
• BUS2031 Managing Change
• ACC2000 Interpreting Company Accounts
• BUS2035 HR for Line Managers
• ACE2012 Managerial Economics
• LAW1054 Introduction to Business Law
• ACE1000 Introduction to Marketing and Consumer Behaviour

With the approval of the Degree Programme Director, you may select ONE of the modules below INSTEAD of one of the modules above:

• NCL2007 Career Development for Second Year Students
• SPA1001 Business Spanish

You can spend the year between Stages 2 and 3 studying at one of our partner universities in Europe or on a 12-month work placement in a UK or European business.

You complete the following modules:

• BUS3025 Intercalating Year Personal Learning Record
• BUS3026 Intercalating Year Reflective Learning Account

The Business School has a dedicated Placement Officer who can help you find a suitable work placement.

We have recently placed students in companies including Heinz, IBM, Nestlé, Nissan, L’Oréal, Reuters and Xerox.

You will take 80 credits from the following compulsory modules:

• BUS3053 Management Consultancy Project OR
• BUS3051 Management Studies Dissertation AND
• BUS3054 Strategy, Organisations and Society
• BUS3035 Contemporary Issues in International and Comparative Business

You will take 40 credits of modules from the following list:

• BUS3004 Electronic Business
• BUS3033 Critical Organisation Studies
• BUS3019 The Representation of Management and Organisation in Popular Culture
• BUS3024 Critical Perspectives on Human Resource Management in Britain
• BUS3021 International Human Resource Management
• BUS3027 Innovation and Creativity
• BUS3015 Management Practice Seminars
• BUS3031 Management Practice Business Game
• BUS3049 Understanding Enterprise
• ACC3000 Case Studies in Finance, Accounting and Business
• BUS3017 Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics
• BUS3016 Managing and Governing Public Services
• ECO3000 Topics in Applied Macroeconomics

With the approval of the Degree Programme Director, you may select 20 credits of the modules below INSTEAD of 20 credits of the modules above:

• NCL3007 Career Development for Final Year Students
• SPA2001 Business Spanish 2

At Newcastle University Business School, we provide an extensive range of opportunities to all students to enable you to develop personal, employability and enterprise skills and to give you a real edge in the employment market after you graduate.

The success of our graduates is reflected in the globally recognised list of companies within which a number have found employment, including:

• Ipsos Mori
• L’Oréal
• Accenture
• Media Comm
• Microsoft
• Sainsbury’s
• Von Essen Hotels
• Shell
• Nestlé
• HSBC International

Business School graduates go into a wide variety of careers, including financial services, accountancy, management consultancy, business development, marketing, retail management, and human resource management.

Find out more about the career options for Business Management and Marketing from Prospects: The UK's Official Careers Website.

The Business School runs a Career Development Week for all Business School students to give you an insight into possible career options. We also have a dedicated Placement Officer who can help you find a work placement in your area of interest.

For more information about the careers support available for Business School students, visit the Business School website.