Information Management

The benefits of studying over a period of three years

o You will be able to study for the BA degree over a period of 3 years by completing 2 modules per term. Therefore, you are able to enjoy a well phased approach towards completing your degree studies.

o It is possible to work on a full-time basis over the summer holidays and gain valuable work experience either in the UK or back in your country. It is possible to earn a reasonable income during the full time work over the summer holidays and save towards the funding of your studies

o It is possible to seek work placements via certain “student work placement agencies” during your summer holidays. The College will be able to assist you in terms of approaching the correct “student work placement agency”.

There are tremendous career opportunities in Information Technology for business.

o The benefits from the commercial applications of Information Technology have been and will continue to be immense in the new millennium as IT has changed the way we do business altogether!

o Almost all Businesses today require IT to run their businesses efficiently and so there will continue to be significant demand for suitably qualified IT Professionals. Exciting career (competitive advantage)

o IT is changing the way we do business and often gives competitive advantage.

o Business IT Graduates can be vital to the success of a business in developing new strategies etc and so very exciting career as at the forefront of development of the firm as the very rapid growth of e-commerce and e-marketing have shown

o IT staff are now amongst some of the highest paid in business as their role can be so crucial to success and are at the very least needed in all firms.

o In addition there are lucrative contracts available to those who work as IT Consultants.

To start your own business in a low cost high reward industry

o In IT new businesses open all the time and are started often with only an idea and without the need for significant capital.

o If the business is successful it is possible for the founders to become multi-millionaires when it is floated on the Stock Exchange.

COURSE CONTENT AND ASSESSMENT

The course contains eighteen modules with seventeen compulsory modules and one optional module. The assessments are exams and coursework based as shown below.

Students have to pass 18 modules to be awarded the BA. Business Studies with Honours (BA Hons.) but can be awarded an Ordinary degree (BA) if they pass 14 modules.

No Modules level 4 Assessment

1 Business Accounting 1 Examination
2 Business Management 1 Coursework
3 Business Economics 1 Examination
4 Business Communications 1 Coursework
5 Marketing Management 1 Coursework
6 IT Management 1 Examination

No Modules level 5 Assessment

7 Business Law 1 Examination
8 Management Accounting 1 Examination
9 Strategic Management 1 Coursework
10 Financial Management 1 1 Examination
11 Human Resource Management 1 Coursework
12 Reflecting on Practice 1 Coursework

No Modules level 6 Assessment
13 Contemporary Issues in 1 Coursework +1 Examination
Management
14 Corporate Strategy 1 Coursework +1 Examination
15 Human computer interaction 1 Coursework +1 Examination
16 IT Project Management 1 Coursework +1 Examination
17 Strategic IT Management 1 Coursework +1 Examination
18 1 option from Marketing 1 Coursework +1 Examination
or Finance

Each Module is marked out of 100 (%mark) with the pass mark being 40%.

When a student passes 18 subjects the Honours degree classification will depend upon the Grade Point Average (GPA) of modules studied at levels 5 and 6

Course Duration and structure

The course duration is 36 months of full-time study, with 3 possible start dates in January, April or October every year.

The 3 year (36 months) Course is divided into 9 terms and students study 2 modules per term for each of the nine terms.

From the list above the first 6 subjects are studied in year 1 and another 6in year 2 and the remaining 6 subjects are studied in year3