What you'll study on this BA (Hons) Business Management and Entrepreneurship degree
Each module on this course is worth a certain number of credits.
In each year, you need to study modules worth a total of 120 credits. For example, 4 modules worth 20 credits and 1 module worth 40 credits.
Modules
Year 1
Core modules
Business Accounting – 20 credits
Study accounting as it relates to the financial management of a business entity.
Business Innovation Development Project – 0 credits
Explore and develop business skills (entrepreneurial and employability) through a simulated-working group project.
Business Operations and Systems Management – 20 credits
Develop knowledge and understanding of the role and process of operations management in contemporary business.
Economics for Business – 20 credits
Study the key concepts of economics, as they relate to business.
Managing People in Organisations – 20 credits
Study the relationship between theory and practice within an organisational context.
Marketing Principles And Practice – 20 credits
An introduction to the discipline of marketing and the main tools and models used in marketing decision making.
Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis – 20 credits
You'll develop key graduate skills. These include diagrammatical and numerical communication skills, numerical understanding, statistical analysis, quantitative data analysis, problem solving and logic skills, and IT/Information skills.
Year 2
Core modules
Business Analysis And Decision Making – 20 credits
Deal with real business problems and improve your entrepreneurial knowledge.
Business Venturing – 20 credits
This module integrates world class research and real entrepreneurial experience.
Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship – 20 credits
An introduction to the field of entrepreneurship, including the creation of independent new business, and the formation of corporate and social enterprises.
Innovation Management – 20 credits
Study issues around the successful development of new products and services.
Managing Product Portfolios – 20 credits
Focus on the process of product management and the management of a portfolio of products.
Business and Law Undergraduate Work Placement Event Group A – 0 credits
Scheduled within the timetable for placement events.
Strategy Enterprise and Innovation Level 5
Study Abroad (Year Long) – 120 credits
Spend a year abroad, developing your inter-cultural, personal, linguistic and academic skills, as well as subject knowledge, at an overseas partner university.
Optional modules
Business And Employment Law – 20 credits
Examine the law relating to contracts, negligence and employment.
Developing Individual and Team Creativity – 20 credits
Identified as one of the most essential skills for modern employees, creativity is seen as integral to the strategy and success of organisations such as Amazon, Google and Apple.
Electronic And Mobile Commerce – 20 credits
An introduction to electronic (e-commerce) and mobile commerce (m-commerce) from organisational and technological perspectives.
Professional Selling – 20 credits
Study academic theory supporting the practice of selling.
Year 3
Core modules
Business Consultancy Project – 20 credits
Work in a consultancy team with other students on projects with local organisations.
Contemporary Issues in Product and Service Development – 20 credits
Focus on the management of new product/service development processes within firms.
Entrepreneurial Development – 20 credits
Focus on your entrepreneurial development and critical personal reflection as well as preparing a portfolio to prepare you for your chosen career pathway.
Strategic Management – 20 credits
Gain the knowledge and skill you need to understand and apply strategic management concepts and framework.
Business and Law Undergraduate Work Placement – 0 credits
You'll do an approved work placement, ending in the submission of work for assessment and and the option to receive a Certificate of Professional Practice from the faculty of Business and Law.
Strategy Enterprise and Innovation Tutorial Level 6
Optional modules
Business Improvement and Creativity – 20 credits
Examine factors that contribute to sustainable and resilient Organisational Excellence (OE) within complex and rapidly changing business environments.
Negotiation For Entrepreneurs – 20 credits
Negotiation is an important mode of social interaction and an essential business skill for entrepreneurs, leaders, managers, and professionals.
Project Management For Enterprise – 20 credits
Develop your business project management skills.
Responsible And Sustainable Business – 20 credits
You'll be introduced to the fundamental concepts, views and practices of responsible and sustainable business.
Sales Management – 20 credits
Develop your understanding of the latest theory and academic thinking in the sale profession as well as practical transferable skills.
Work Based Learning – 40 credits
If you chose an industrial placement in the previous year, you can take this module.
