Management BSc Hons

at University of Kent

Stage 1

Your first year is a compulsory introductory year, designed to provide you with a solid foundation in the understanding of management and related functions, such as marketing, financial management and aspects of global management.

Compulsory modules currently include
 

• BUSN3120 - Introduction to Management (15 credits)

• BUSN3130 - Introduction to Statistics for Business (15 credits)

• BUSN3430 - Global Business Environment (15 credits)

• BUSN3640 - Business Analysis Tools (15 credits)

• BUSN3690 - Financial Accounting, Reporting and Analysis (15 credits)

• BUSN3700 - Introduction to Marketing (15 credits)

• BUSN3910 - Business Organisation, Issues and Skills (15 credits)

• ECON3130 - Economics for Business (15 credits)

Stage 2

Your second year allows you to develop your critical thinking of international business with greater emphasis on the key concepts and theories to develop intellectual agility and provides an opportunity to apply theory to practice. You will have a choice of optional modules here too, allowing you to focus on areas you wish to explore such as diversity, marketing research and consultancy.

Compulsory modules currently include
 

• BUSN5013 - Human Resource Management (15 credits)

• BUSN6120 - New Enterprise Development (15 credits)

• BUSN6760 - Strategy Analysis and Tools (15 credits)

• BUSN6770 - Financial Management for Decision Making and Control (15 credits)

• BUSN7330 - Business Ethics and Sustainable Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7500 - Project Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7860 - Operations Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7900 - Employability for Stage 2 Business Programmes (5 credits)

Optional modules may include
 

• BUSN5200 - Service Management (15 credits)

• BUSN5450 - Marketing Research (15 credits)

• BUSN6580 - Diversity in Organisations (15 credits)

• BUSN6880 - Decision Analysis (15 credits)

• BUSN7380 - Understanding Consumer Behaviour (15 credits)

• BUSN7570 - Research and Consultancy Methods (15 credits)

Stage 3

Your final year offers you flexibility around your interests and prepares you to take up leading roles in the innovative world of organisation . You take 60 credits of compulsory modules and 60 credits of optional modules that best suit your career aspirations. You can also take a pathway in either Business Analytics or People Management by choosing your optional modules from a more specialised list of options.

Compulsory modules currently include

• BUSN6003 - Leadership and Management Development (15 credits)

• BUSN6130 - Entrepreneurship (15 credits)

• BUSN6790 - Corporate and Business Strategy (15 credits)

• BUSN7880 - Technology-Driven Business Innovation (15 credits)

• BUSN7920 - Career Management for Stage 3 Business Programmes (5 credits)

Optional modules may include
 

• BUSN5200 - Service Management (15 credits)

• BUSN6004 - Employee Performance Management (15 credits)

• BUSN6007 - People Analytics (15 credits)

• BUSN6020 - Digital Marketing Applications (15 credits)

• BUSN6580 - Diversity in Organisations (15 credits)

• BUSN6780 - Contemporary Management Challenges (15 credits)

• BUSN6840 - Strategic Human Resource Management (15 credits)

• BUSN6880 - Decision Analysis (15 credits)

• BUSN7440 - Creativity and Innovation in Organisations (15 credits)

• BUSN7460 - Cross-Cultural Management (15 credits)

• BUSN7510 - Psychology of the Contemporary Workplace (15 credits)

• BUSN7550 - Business Management Project (30 credits)

• BUSN7940 - Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics (15 credits)

• BUSN7980 - Data Intelligence in Practice (15 credits)