BSc (Hons) Business Management (Top-up) - Full-time

Bachelor's degree

In Bolton

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bolton

  • Duration

    1 Year

Business management qualifications open doors and are considered essential whether you are looking to pursue a career in business, or achieve higher levels of responsibility in your current work. We’ll support you to enhance your existing Foundation Degree or HND-level knowledge and skills, ready to achieve the status of BSc (Hons) Business Management (Top-up) graduate. You can study advanced aspects of business and management, enhance your professional skills, and boost your employability.

Building on your prior studies, we’ll guide you as you gain knowledge of strategic management, and develop critical inquiry and research skills that support your work and enhance its quality. This flexible Honours-level programme offers a wide choice of modules drawn from our Law, Enterprise, Finance, Supply Chain Management, People Management, Marketing or Retail specialisms, so you’ll have the opportunity to ‘zoom in’ on aspects of the subject you have personal interest and strengths in, or that support your career or further study goals. As a graduate, you’ll also receive the CMI Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management, and some of the modules you choose may offer exemptions from further professional qualifications from institutes such as ACCA and CIM.

Developing your employability is a key focus of this dynamic and flexible programme. Real-life case studies, guest speakers and industry visits are designed to help you to understand the business environment and the needs of employers in local, national and international contexts.

We also aim to help you develop lifelong learning skills so that you can take ownership of your professional development for the future, maximising your potential for success.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bolton (Greater Manchester)
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Deane Road, BL3 5AB

Start date

On request

About this course

Our dual award BSc (Hons) Business Management (Top-up) course is designed to consolidate and extend your understanding of business functions within the business and commercial world to Honours-level, and offers opportunities to pursue knowledge of specific areas of business.

The course offers you a route into general management as well as specialist areas, such as business accounting and finance, enterprise, human resource management, business law, marketing, retail or supply chain management, by allowing you to tailor your skills and knowledge to pursue your chosen career. The dual qualification gained on successful completion of this course is designed to enhance your employability in your preferred field of management.

In addition to nurturing academic and sector specific knowledge, the course aims to support your development of key employability skills, such as critical thinking, problem solving and data analysis. Overall, the course aims to give you an essential appreciation of the skills needed to thrive and adapt in the changing world of work.

Completing your Honours-level studies should prove valuable in helping you achieve your career goals.

Hotel and leisure management
Public relations
Financial management
Information systems
Market research analysis
Product management
Health policy and information
Purchasing
Teaching and education
Media (TV, film, online, newspaper, magazine)
Self-employment
Banking
Auditing and quality assurance
Project management
Risk and insurance

You’ll have successfully completed a Foundation Degree in Business Management, or another relevant qualification comprising at least 120 credits at HE4 and 120 credits at HE5, such as a Higher National Diploma (HND) or Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE).

We’ll also be happy to consider a professional qualification at an equivalent level.

Graduates of our BSc (Hons) Business Management (Top-up) course will receive a Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management from the CMI (Chartered Management Institute).

Key Features:
This course is offered within our vibrant Institute of Management environment in Bolton town centre.
We use small group and tutorial teaching, so you have the opportunity to benefit from the excellent support offered by our teaching staff.
We regularly invite guest speakers who hold senior positions in industry and practice, enabling you to benefit from their knowledge and advice.
Course materials are available online, allowing you to prepare work at home and make the most of the highly interactive in-class tuition.
Contemporary research findings are woven into our teaching. We offer a robust academic underpinning to your studies of business management.
Our dedicated team will support you as you develop critical thinking and research skills and apply these during your final year dissertation or work-based project (if you’re in suitable employment).

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Management
  • IT Management
  • Skills and Training
  • Financial Training
  • Financial
  • Marketing
  • Business and Management
  • Accounting
  • Accounting MBA
  • International
  • Systems
  • IT Development
  • Performance
  • Global
  • Employability
  • Management Accounting
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Sound
  • Resource Management
  • Information Systems
  • IT Law
  • Industry
  • Finance
  • Teaching
  • Law
  • Writing
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Project
  • School
  • Appreciation
  • Financial Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Strategic Management
  • Supply and Chain Management
  • Supply
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Economics
  • Business School
  • Operations Management
  • Team Training
  • Full Time

Course programme

Modules

Modules listed below are a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules as part of the course.

  • Financial Accounting and the Regulatory Framework
  • Professionals in Practice
  • Financial Reporting for Management
  • Advanced Company Law
  • Corporate Governance
  • Logistics and Operations Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Strategic Information Management
  • Retail Management
  • Integrated Digital Marketing Strategy
  • Global Consumer Behaviour
  • E Commerce and Contemporary Marketing Practice
  • Work and the Employment Relationship
  • Learning and Development
  • International HRM
  • Strategic Management
  • Dissertation
  • Business Project
Teaching, Learning And Assessment

Lectures will be used to introduce the core course content, while seminars will allow you to explore subjects in greater detail. Tutorials offer space for you to ask any questions you have, ensuring you understand the topics covered in the lectures and seminars. We use case studies and practical scenarios as a means to help you learn to apply academic theory to real-life practical scenarios, allowing you to gain insights into contemporary practice in a working business environment.

You’ll also be expected to undertake considerable guided independent study; for instance, library research and background reading, preparing for seminar and tutorial activities, and working on assignments.

Guest lectures and presentations by a variety of visiting speakers from relevant employment areas will offer you the chance to further develop your knowledge and understanding.

In terms of assessment, you can expect time constrained exams, essays, reports, presentations, portfolios, and others. These contribute to your final module mark and allow you to demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes. We also use other forms of assessment to help you learn, provide you with feedback, and inform your development. These do not, however, count towards your final module mark.

Disclaimer

The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up to date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.

Additional information

International Fees - £12,450

BSc (Hons) Business Management (Top-up) - Full-time

£ 9,250 VAT inc.