Why study this course?
The four-year Business Management (including foundation year) BA (Hons) degree has a built-in foundation year (Year 0) that provides you with an alternative route into higher education if you don’t have traditional qualifications or can’t meet the business management entry requirements.
During your foundation year you will engage with business challenges in a stimulating environment, while boosting your confidence and acquiring crucial academic skills. This acts as excellent preparation for your subsequent three years of study, which will allow you to specialise in more specific and advanced areas of business.
You will share your foundation year with students on other business-related foundation year courses. This allows you to share ideas and insights with your classmates before going on to specialise in your subsequent years of study. Should you decide during your foundation year that you’d like to specialise in a different area of business, there is also some flexibility to allow you to do this.
Following your foundation year, you’ll study the same course content and get the same choice of modules as those who study the Business Management BA (Hons) course. Here you’ll have the opportunity to explore decision-making, leadership, organisation design and management, with a range of optional modules to choose from. Alternatively, you can choose to transfer Music Business BA (Hons) course if you’d prefer.
Accreditation of Prior Learning
Any university-level qualifications or relevant experience you gain prior to starting university could count towards your course
Modular structure
The modules listed below are for the academic year 2022/23 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.
Year 0 modules include:
Development for Success in Business (core, 30 credits)
Orientation for Success in Higher Education (core, 30 credits)
The Context of Business (core, 30 credits)
Using and Managing Data and Information (core, 30 credits)
Year 1 modules include:
Digital Business Management and Emerging Technology (core, 15 credits)
Financial Accounting (core, 15 credits)
Learning Through Organisations (core, 15 credits)
Managing People in Organisations (core, 15 credits)
Principles of Management (core, 15 credits)
Principles of Marketing (core, 15 credits)
Understanding and Managing Data (core, 15 credits)
Understanding the Business and Economic Environment (core, 15 credits)
Year 2 modules include:
Fundamentals of Project Management (core, 15 credits)
International Selling and Negotiation (core, 15 credits)
Leadership in Practice (core, 15 credits)
Organisation Design and Management (core, 15 credits)
Creating a Winning Business 1 (alternative core, 15 credits)
Learning through Work (alternative core, 15 credits)
Problem Solving: Methods and Analysis (alternative core, 15 credits)
The Practice of Consultancy (alternative core, 15 credits)
Artist Management (option, 15 credits)
Company and Business Law (option, 15 credits)
Developing Inclusive Organisations (option, 15 credits)
Field Trip (option, 15 credits)
Marketing Communications (option, 15 credits)
Principles of Finance (option, 15 credits)
Risk and Crisis Management (option, 15 credits)
Sustainability, Business and Responsibility (option, 15 credits)
Year 3 modules include:
Financial Decision Making for Managers (core, 15 credits)
Leading Innovation (core, 15 credits)
Practising Business Strategy (with simulation) (core, 15 credits)
The Practice of Management (core, 15 credits)
Consultancy Project (alternative core, 30 credits)
Dissertation (alternative core, 30 credits)
Creative Media Practice and Music Business Models (option, 15 credits)
Marketing Communications in Practice (Context Fashion) (option, 15 credits)
Organising and Managing Across Cultures (option, 15 credits)
Personal Finance (option, 15 credits)
Service Excellence for Creative industries (option, 15 credits)
Social Marketing (option, 15 credits)
Strategy in Tourism and Travel (option, 15 credits)
Where this course can take you
Graduates of business degrees have gone on to develop careers in leading international corporations, management, government, consultancy and business research.
Some have also gone on to set up their own businesses or have continued their academic study through a postgraduate degree.
