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Business with Enterprise
BSc(Hons)

  • Course summary and entry requirements

    Course duration Help

    Full-time: 3 years

    Part-time: 4 years

    Sandwich: 4 years

    UCAS code N190 (campus code U)

    About the course

    This exciting new course will equip you with the skills and knowledge required to be aconfident and effective business professional,able to run your own business or take on an entrepreneurial role in a company.

    - From the start, you are encouraged to develop a career plan and identify what you will needto do to achieve your career goals. This helps give real focus and meaning to your learning.
    - Much of the learning is centred on practical business problems. This makes learning more relevant and effective as it helps you appreciate how theory relates to business practice.
    - The course provides many opportunities to develop transferable skills (such as self reliance, working in teams, research, analytical and entrepreneurial skills).
    - You will work on live business projects ina supported learning environment. Local entrepreneurs provide practical input.

    The course can be studied part-time or full-time.The part-time route has been designed to fit around your personal and professional commitments. Full-time students will have the opportunity to take a work placement so they will graduate with a qualification and real experience on their CV.

    This course is run at our Hastings campus offering you access to a superb range of new study facilities and a wide range of social and leisure activities in the local area.

    Typical entry requirements Help

    The entry requirements listed here are for students starting their course in 2013. Individual offers may vary

    A-levels:
    BBB. Applicants with only two full A-levels or a double award will be considered on an individual basis. Excludes General Studies.

    ND/C (Level 3):
    DDM.

    International Baccalaureate:
    32 points including 16 at Higher level.

    GCSE (minimum grade C):
    at least three subjects including English language and mathematics.

    Foundation degree/HND
    direct entry to year 2 may be possible with relevant subjects.

    For non-native speakers of English:
    IELTS 6.0, with 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in the other elements.

    Other:
    This course is particularly suitable for non-A level entrants, such as those who have studied BTEC, IB or French Baccalaureate, or mature students with relevant experience.

  • Course content

    Areas of study

    The course will help you develop:
    - an advanced understanding of howorganisations operate
    - commercial awareness
    - the ability to use business decision tools
    - an appreciation of the effects of the globalbusiness environment
    - marketing knowledge and skills
    - your own business ideas.

    Building on this knowledge you will conductresearch into systems analysis, operationsmanagement, the legal issues and humanresources. You will also and have otheropportunities to build strong business networksand experience for your CV.

    Syllabus

    Year 1
    Solving Business Problems and BusinessAnalysis, part one (global business environment,organisational behaviour, marketing, commercialawareness)
    - Business Enterprise
    - ContinuingProfessional Development

    Year 2
    Solving Business Problems and BusinessAnalysis, part two (systems analysis, operations,consumer behaviour, product design, law)
    -Business Enterprise
    - Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment

    Optional placement year (full-time students)

    Final year
    - Placement Report (or organisation report)
    -Business Proposal
    - Business Project
    - BusinessEnterprise
    - Strategic Practice
    - ContinuingProfessional Development

    You can view the programme specification for this course as a PDF file by clicking on the link below:

    Programme Specification

  • Fees and costs

    The fees below are for students enrolling on the Business with Enterprise BSc(Hons) in the academic year 2012-13. 
     

    Fees for the part-time course:

    UK/Europe student - £7,500
    International student - £8,750

    Further tuition fees are payable for the subsequent years of part-time study. Fees listed above are for the first year of a 4 year part-time course. 

    Part-time students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan.

    If you have any questions or would like to apply for the part-time route please contact A.Benn@brighton.ac.uk


    Fees for the full-time course:
    BSc(Hons) Business with Enterprise  [J1EG010]
    UK/EU 9,000 GBP
    Island Students 9,000 GBP
    International 10,500 GBP

    If you choose to take the professional placement (sandwich) year offered on this course you will pay a reduced fee during this year. Our fee for the professional placement year is currently £750 for Home and Island Students and £1,760 for International students. This fee may be subject to small increases, in line with inflation.

  • Location

    Location Help Hastings

    Our Hastings campus is in the city centre, just three minutes south of the station and about the same distance from the seafront and the shopping district. It is a small and friendly campus of about 700 students.

    Living in Hastings

    The historic town of Hastings has been described as the south coast’s best kept secret. The town combines natural beauty with an exciting cultural centre and close knit student community.

    Social scene

    The up-and-coming social scene has seen a rise in pubs and bars opening in the town centre. From the quaint taverns in the old town to the slick town centre bars, there is something to suit every taste.

    Arts

    Hastings has a long established thriving art community with a large number of small galleries and art groups. The Electric Palace cinema in the Old Town is a small, independent cinema that also runs the annual ’Shot by the Sea’ film festival.

    Sports

    Alongside the university-run sports clubs, Hastings offers local sports clubs you can join, including football, rugby and netball. Or make the most of the location and take part in rowing, sailing and wind-surfing.

  • Staff profiles

    Business with Enterprise

    Dr Sue Greener BA, MBA, EdD, FHEA, Chartered Fellow CIPD

    Sue is Course Leader for Business with Enterprise BSc(Hons) at the Hastings campus.

    She has run her own consultancy, training and education business since 1988, worked with Chambers of Commerce, is a former Non-Executive Director of Sussex Enterprise, co-edits an academic journal (Interactive Learning Environments) and conducts research in human resource development, graduate employability, online learning and reflective learning.

    Sue is a Principal Lecturer at Brighton Business School where she teaches on undergraduate and postgraduate courses. 

    Blog: www.sueg1.wordpress.com
    Twitter: @suegonline

    Business with Enterprise

    Andrea Benn

    Andrea is a Senior Lecturer at Brighton Business School, having joined the University of Brighton in 2008 as course leader for the Business FdA programme. She is Deputy Course Leader for Business with Enterprise BSc(Hons).

    Andrea’s lectures include Information Systems, E-Business and Business Practice. She is currently researching in the fields of technology management and blending/online learning.

  • Student views

    The boys are back in town

    During their studies on Business FdA and Business Management BA(Hons) at the University of Brighton Campus in Hastings, two of our students were developing their own business ideas. They are now running exciting ventures here in Hastings. Here are their stories:

    Brian Adams – Business FdA

    “Not only was Hastings campus local which enabled me to study for a degree while undertaking daily responsibilities of a family, it enabled me to realise the opportunities Hastings as a small town has to offer. The all-round support and inspiration I was given during my time at Hastings campus, not just from my lecturers but also the library and technical staff, gave me the enthusiasm and confidence that I could start and run a successful local business. My only regret is that I did not realise sooner the plentiful opportunities Hastings campus has to offer.”

    Brian’s business idea, Booter Scooter, was developed during the course and was presented to a panel of employers.

    “Booter Scooter is an alternative way to travel, serving Hastings and surrounding areas. We offer to drive your car and you, to your chosen destination safely after a night out. Alternatively, should you be busy working or enjoying your leisure time, one of our drivers will take your car for you, should your car need to visit the garage. Your Car, We Drive.”

    Dermot McKeon – Business Management BA(Hons)

    “I really appreciate Brighton University opening a campus in Hastings – its location gave me the opportunity to carry on running my business while studying for a Business degree. The lecturers were very supportive and encouraging throughout my studies helping me to both enhance my business and achieve my degree”

    Dermot opened his business after his second year, but learned the art of delegation during his final year, as he passed the running of the business to his family.  Dermot is now emulating his success in his degree with his new business Apex Inventories:

     “Our role is to help regulate, maintain and enhance the important relationship between landlords and tenants by providing professional and unbiased reports on residential properties before, during and after tenancies, that are beneficial to all parties.”

    If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, and feel you can achieve what Brian and Dermot have, then our new Business With Enterprise BSc(Hons) is for you.

  • Career opportunities

    Career planning is central to this course. Youwill develop a career plan and put into place thebuilding blocks necessary to fulfil your careerambitions. You will be encouraged to use yourcareer plan throughout the course, identifyingand developing your own targets for learning,and specialising in your own entrepreneurialinterests and plans.

    Graduates will be able to choose from a wide range of career opportunities. Many are likely to use the entrepreneurial skills gained on the course to develop their own businesses, others will take an entrepreneurial role in a company.

    Former business students have gone on to start their own companies in areas such as property management, marketing consultancy and website development. Other students have chosen careers in the public, voluntary and private sectors.

    Visit the careers service website.

  • More...

    A practical approach

    The course adopts a practical approach. It uses real-world business decisions and problems as the starting point, and from this foundation goes on to cover the full range of business knowledge. 

    You will be encouraged from the start to develop a career plan and to put in place the building blocks to achieve your career goals.

    Real-world projects

    You will be actively involved in attending, organising and presenting to a business seminar/conference run annually in Hastings.

    You will also and have other opportunities to build strong business networks and experience for your CV.

    Teaching excellence

    You will be taught by an enthusiastic and committed academic team with strong experience in teaching, research and business. Local entrepreneurs also provide practical input to the course.

    Academic skills will be developed throughout the programme, but students need to bring with them a can-do, open mindset, prepared to work with staff from day one.

Sue Greener, Course Leader

Application process
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Find out more

08456 020607
Email a.benn@brighton.ac.uk

International students:
+44 (0)207 250 6749
international@brighton.ac.uk

 
 

This course offers:
- small group learning
- digital learning resources
- real business problems to study

 

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