Business Studies or Information Management or Marketing “Top-up”

Why take this course?

Ø Opportunities for students from all over the world to earn highly recognized Honours degree from a top British University

o The “Top-up” BA Course provides opportunities for students from all over the world having qualifications equivalent to that of second year of a British University Undergraduate programme in Business / Management / Marketing/ Information Management / Computing.

o Your current qualification should be acceptable by the University of Wales to allow access for Final Year “ Top-up” degree in Business Studies / Marketing / Information Management.

Ø BA Bridging Course for those students with acceptable previous qualifications, but do not gain direct entry to the Final Year “Top-up”

o If you have acceptable qualifications from other educational systems both within the UK and other parts of the world such a Higher National Diploma or an Associate Degree or equivalent, it is possible to transfer to BA (Hons) Final Year Course by way of completing a KCB BA Bridging Course, subject to approval by the University of Wales.

o The duration of the BA Bridging Course can be as short as 3 months depending on your previous qualification’s acceptability to the University of Wales. This allowing you to complete the full BA (Hons) Course within a further period of 9 months, meaning that you can earn the full BA (Hons) degree qualification within a period of a year.

Ø The “top-up” degree enables you to gain a top British degree at lower financial costs

o Your financial costs of completing only the “Top-up” degree in the UK will be significantly lower than that of the other students who pursue the full three years of their studies in the UK.

o KCB has a scholarship system for meritorious students.

Ø It provides a strong foundation for further study

o A University of Wales BA degree will give students the opportunity to progress to an MBA programme at KCB or another UK university.

o Alternatively students can decide to obtain a specialist professional qualification such as CIM or ICSA for which they will obtain significant exemptions

COURSE CONTENT AND ASSESSMENT

The course contains six modules with either 2 and 4 Options or 5 compulsory modules and one optional module. The assessments are exams and course work based as shown below

Students have to pass all 6 modules to be awarded the BA. in Business or Information Management or Marketing with Honours (BA Hons) but can be awarded an Ordinary degree (BA) if they pass 14 modules.

Each Module is marked out of 100 (%mark) with the pass mark being 40% and is assessed by means of both one coursework and one exam per module.

When a student passes 6 subjects the Honours degree classification will depend upon the Grade point average (GPA) of the 6 modules studied

Course Duration and structure

The course duration is 12 months of full-time study, with 3 possible start dates in January, April, or October every year.

The 1 year (12 months) Course is divided into 3 terms and students study 2 modules per term.