Business Management BSc(Hons)

Why choose this course?

In your first year you take core modules shared with our other Business Management degrees.

From your second year you can also choose to specialise in the area of business which interests you most: economics, finance, human resource management or marketing. This will help you to decide which area of business you would like specialise in, whilst also preparing you to be your own boss.

Students who achieve the required standard in year 1 may transfer to the four-year Business Management with Placement Year BSc(Hons), which includes a year in industry.

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. If you apply to us, you’ll be told about any new developments through Student View.

Year 1

All our Business Management degrees share the same first year core modules, giving you a broad understanding of business principles.

Core modules include aspects of economics, marketing, HR, organisational behaviour and finance, to give you a broad understanding of business principles and practice.

Modules

• Business Economics

  In this module you will develop your understanding of key economic concepts by applying them to contemporary issues within the world of business and through the application of quantitative techniques. You will also gain an understanding of how political, economic and environmental factors influence the world of business.

• Principles of Marketing

  This module introduces the role and function of marketing within organisational frameworks. You'll develop an understanding of basic qualitative and quantitative tools available for analysing and interpreting the marketing environment.

• Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

  This module will introduce you to a range of concepts, principles and theories that have been adopted within the study of organisational behaviour and human resource management.

  This module will provide you with a grounding for understanding how people are managed and organised in the workplace.

• Financial Knowledge and Skills for Business

  This module provides you with an introduction to fundamental concepts in the fields of financial accounting, management accounting, and finance. You will develop a basic understanding of an organisation’s financial position and performance through the application of appropriate analytical tools and procedures.

• Enterprise Project and Skills

  I this module you will create a business plan, a project plan and a marketing plan that include a digital presence.

  You'll integrate and apply skills and learning from other year one modules using project management skills to deliver a practical and applied business project, and will need to demonstrate a clear understanding of market dynamics, financial structures and HRM employment strategies.

  The module is underpinned with a strong skills component which develops quantitative, research, project, academic, team working, personal development and business skills.

• Managing Systems and Operations

  This module will introduce you to the use of digital technologies and operations management in business.

  The module will highlight how managers use digital technologies to measure and improve operations and systems performance, and will provide an understanding of the processes and the methods to improve them in both service-oriented and manufacturing-sector organisations. A range of contemporary issues, innovation and future trends in Information Systems (IS) and operations management will be showcased

Year 2

From your second year, through the module choices you make, you can either continue along a broad business management degree route, or specialise in HR, finance, economics or marketing.

Modules

• International Business Analysis
• Business Law
• Business Problem Solutions

Options*

• Creativity in Enterprise
• Design and Innovation
• Working in the Voluntary Sector
• Understanding Finance Theory and Practice
• Personal Financial Planning
• Gamification
• Sustainable Operations and Procurement
• Digital Marketing and Analytics
• Information Systems and Decision Making
• Leadership and Change Initiatives in an International Context
• Working Across Cultures

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Final year

You have the freedom to tailor your course to your interests through optional modules. In the final year these include entrepreneurship, financial markets, international business and corporate social responsibility.

Modules

• Strategy
• Managing and Developing People
• Developing Professional Practice in Business

Options*

• Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Social Enterprise: New Business Planning
• Game Theory in Economics, Finance and Business
• Financial and Capital Markets
• Digital Marketing
• Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Behavioural Economics
• The Digital Economy
• Globalisation and International Markets
• Current Issues in Finance
• International Finance
• Financial Management
• Understanding Employee Relations
• Employee Selection and Development
• Contemporary Issues in HRM and Organisational Behaviour
• Happiness: Work and Society
• International Human Resource Management
• Organisational Change
• The Intelligent Enterprise Through Innovation and Technology
• Employment Law
• Family Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Retail Marketing and Distribution 1 and 2
• Marketing Communications 1 and 2
• Marketing Planning and Strategy
• Consumer Psychology
• Social Marketing
• Contemporary Issues in Marketing
• Marketing Across Cultures
• Procurement and Supply Chain Management
• Project and Event Management
• Search Engine Optimisation and Content Marketing Management
• Current Issues in Strategic Management

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Staff profile

Dr Andrew Grantham, course leader

Andrew is a Senior Lecturer and course leader for the Business and Business Management with Economics, with Finance and with Human Resource Management degrees. Andrew is also an active researcher, working alongside colleagues in our Centre for Research in Innovation Management (CENTRIM) to explore contemporary innovation management issues.

Andrew teaches strategy to undergraduates on this course and innovation studies and research methods to masters students as a management pathway. He is lead author of the module Design and Innovation in which students develop their understanding of innovation concepts through the design of familiar products, services and symbols. 

You can read Andrew’s full profile here.

International requirements and visas

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Course fees

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The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2022–23.

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 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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