Courses / BA (Hons) Business Management
BA (Hons) Business Management
- Provider
- University Campus Suffolk
- Course ID
- N100 BA/BM
- Summary
- This course develops creativity, enterprise, problem solving and decision making abilities through a range of skills and knowledge relevant to modern business. The course is designed to meet employers' needs and to create graduates who have a sound grasp of business and good transferable skills.
About the Course
- Target
- The BA (Hons) Business Management programme is intended to meet the needs of both students and employers in terms of the understanding and application of a range of business disciplines.
- Entry requirements
- 2011 entry:
240 UCAS tariff points (or equivalent)
2012 entry:
280 UCAS tariff points (or equivalent)
Applicants are normally expected to have GCSE Maths at level C or equivalent.
Applicants may be expected to attend an interview as part of the application process. - Outcome
- BA (Hons) Business Management
Upon graduation students can progress to employment in a professional area. This degree also helps those individuals already working in the business sector to gain promotion and become more confident with the decisions they make in the work place. Many also enter programmes of further study for advanced professional qualifications or postgraduate courses such as the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) at University Campus Suffolk - Content
- Students normally study up to six modules in each year. Almost two thirds of these modules will be compulsory, providing a solid core of business amd management subjects. The remaining modules are chosen from a range of options.
Bury St Edmunds Centre
First year modules include: Personal Development, Economic Environment, Business Law, and Principles of Management.
Second year modules include: Marketing Management, Human Resource Management, Management Information Systems, Research Methods, and International Business.
Third year modules include: a dissertation, Employment Law, Ethics, Strategic Management, and International Marketing.
Ipswich Campus
First year modules include: Business in Context, Finance and Data Analysis, Management Skills Development, Business Law, and Entrepreneurship.
Second year modules include: Business Environment, Research Methods, and Organisational Behaviour.
Options include: Innovation and Creativity, Marketing Practice, Financial Accounting, Personal and Career Development, Managing Information and Activities, and a work-based project.
Third year modules include: a dissertation, Strategic Management, and Managing Change.
Options include: Employment Law, International Marketing, Managing Human Resources, Marketing Communications, Financial Strategy, and Management Accounting.
Assessment
Students are assessed through a mixture of written assignments, case study reports, presentations and examinations. - Cost
- Please contact the course provider for details.
- Enrolment
- Please contact the course provider for details.
- Website
- www.ucs.ac.uk
Availability
- Starts
- Each September at the discretion of UCS.
- Duration
- Three years full-time or four and half to nine years part-time.
- Timetable
- The teaching is divided into two semesters, semester one runs from September to January and semester two from February to June. A full-time student is expected to take three modules each semester, making six modules in one year. A part-time student will take one or two modules each semester. Students can expect to have to attend for four to five hours per module for the twelve weeks of the semester and to spend at least an equivalent amount of time per week in independent study. Students will be provided with timetables when they join the course. University Campus
- Provider
- University Campus Suffolk
Venues/Contact
UCS Main Campus (View map)
Waterfront Building
Neptune Quay
Ipswich
IP4 1QJ
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone 01473 338000
Email info@ucs.ac.uk
Website http://www.ucs.ac.uk
Venue (View map)
UCS Bury St Edmunds
IP33 3RL
Website http://www.ucs.ac.uk
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