Business Management BSc(Hons) top-up degree

How this course is delivered

COVID-19 has changed everything. We’ve made some changes to the way our courses are taught to keep everyone safe and that will help you stay connected and involved in university life.

From the start of term in September, you’ll learn through a blend of on-campus and digitally enabled remote learning that will provide lots of opportunities to interact and engage. Together with carefully managed access to libraries, labs, workshops and studios this means your studies are as collaborative, practical and flexible as possible.

Why choose this course?

• Upgrade your foundation degree or HND to a degree in just nine months
• Wide range of option modules so you can tailor your degree
• Close links with leading employers and industry specialists

Our Business Management BSc(Hons) will enable you to develop an understanding of the diverse areas of modern business management. It will help you to decide which area of business you would like specialise in, whilst also preparing you to be your own boss.

Core subjects include marketing, finance, management, strategy and business operations. Learning is delivered through a stimulating mix of seminars, academic and industry lectures, group projects and workshops.

You will develop confidence and expertise in analysis, business communication, teamwork, and transferable skills in preparing briefs, plans and reports, presenting, budgeting and evaluation.

Unlike other top-up courses, this is a nine-month course that runs from September to May. Courses at other universities tend to run for 12 or 18 months.

Syllabus

This course has three compulsory modules and two or three options, depending on your choices. Options give you the scope to tailor the course to your interests and career aspirations. Possible themes include finance and international trade; economics, marketing and events; organisational behaviour; retail management; entrepreneurship, and social marketing.

Modules

• Researching Contemporary Issues in Strategic Management
• People and Systems
• Developing Academic Knowledge and Skills

Options

• Research Project
• Research option, choose from a selection of themed modules
• Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Social Enterprise: New Business Planning
• The Digital Economy
• Game Theory in Economics, Finance and Business
• Financial and Capital Markets
• Globalisation and International Markets
• Financial Management
• Employee Selection and Development
• Understanding Employee Relations
• Happiness: Work and Society
• International Human Resource Management
• Hrm and Organisational Change
• E-Commerce and Online Behaviour
• Commercial Law
• Negotiation, Mediation for Law and Business
• Intellectual Property Law
• Human Rights and Business
• Employment Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Family Law
• Retail Marketing and Distribution
• Marketing Communications
• Marketing Planning and Strategy
• Consumer Psychology
• Public Relations: Principles and Practice
• Marketing Across Cultures
• Responsible Enterprise
• Procurement and Supply Chain Management
• Search Engine Optimisation and Content Marketing Management
• Contemporary Issues in Tourism or Events

International requirements and visas

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

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Course fees

What's included

You may have to pay additional costs during your studies. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. A summary of the costs that you may be expected to pay, and what is included, while studying a course in Brighton Business School are listed here.

• Students who choose to take an optional placement will have travel and living expenses. The cost of this depends on where and how long your placement is.
• Some courses include optional field trips for which the school pays – you may incur minimal costs such as for food and drink and should budget up to £15.
• You will be required to buy textbooks and should budget up to £150.

You can chat with our enquiries team through the Stay in touch panel at the end of this page if you require further information. Or check our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships, as well as more information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

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The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2020–21.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK/EU students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

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