Year 1
Students examine all aspects of the business world, its operations, and the strength and limitations of its disciplines. Students learn how to get the most out of their degree and time at university.
Core modules
- ACF103 Business Accounting
- ECN1013 Introduction to Business Economics
- ENT101 Entrepreneurial Thought and Action
- HRL100 Organisational Behaviour
- MKT110 Essentials of Marketing
- STO102 World of Enterprise
Year 2
Students gain the skills to assess how and why businesses innovate and determine why enterprise is critical to success. Students discover how different areas of business require different managerial approaches. Students explore subjects such as Operations, People Management and Enterprise and Innovation, and have the opportunity to choose 2 elective modules from a range of subjects; including languages.
Core modules
- ENT200: Enterprise and Innovation
- EPIE200: Placement Preparation
- HRL200: People Management
- HRL201: Professional Development Planning
- STO200: Introduction to Operations Management
Optional modules
- DEAS200: Academic Skills for International Direct Entry Second Year Students
- ELC203: English for Academic Purposes
- FREX01: French 1
- FREX02 :French 2
- HRL203: Project Management
- SPNX01: Spanish 1
- SPNX02: Spanish 2
- STO202: Management Decision Making
- STO204: Business Ethics
- STO205: An Introduction to International Business
- STO206: Shaping the Future: creating sustainable organisations
Placement year (optional)
Students gain valuable on-the-job experience through an optional placement year. Supported by a dedicated team, students can undertake a paid position within a public or private sector organisation relevant to their interests. While following a training programme agreed with an employer, students can also be supervised by academic staff throughout the year. Students may even decide to set up their own business. If students choose to undertake a placement, they can do so after their second year.
Core modules
- EPIE300: Placement Year
- EPIE301: The Placement Project
Final year
Students take the opportunity to practice new consultancy skills on challenging operational or strategic real-life projects, or carry out an individual research project. Students can tailor their final year to have a focus on a particular theme, such as human resources, or strategy, or a combination of subjects that are relevant to wider business activities.
Please note in semester two, students will need to complete either STO310 or STO312.
Core modules
- STO302 Strategic Analysis and Research Methods
Optional modules
- ACF312B Financial Management
- DEAS300 Academic Skills for International Direct Entry Final Year Students
- ECN3013 International Trade and International Finance
- ELC314 International Business Communication
- ELC315 Professional and Academic Communication
- ENT300 Enterprise Creation
- FREX01 French 1
- FREX02 French 2
- HRL300 Organisational Leadership
- HRL305 Human Resource Management
- HRL306 Leadership Practice
- HRL310 Equality and Diversity in the Workplace
- HRL314 International Human Resource Management
- HRL316 Managing Change
- LAW3233 Commercial Law
- MAR330 Procurement Management Processes
- MKT321 Marketing Management
- SPNX01 Spanish 1
- SPNX02 Spanish 2
- STO301 Operations Management for Competitive Advantage
- STO306 Current Issues in Management
- STO308 Current Issues in Information Technology
- STO310 Project
- STO312 Business Management
Every undergraduate taught course has a detailed programme specification document describing the course aims, the course structure, the teaching and learning methods, the learning outcomes and the rules of assessment. The following programme specification represents the latest course structure and may be subject to change:
The modules shown for this course are those currently being studied by our students, or are proposed new modules. Please note that programme structures and individual modules are subject to amendment from time to time as part of the University’s curriculum enrichment programme and in line with changes in the University’s policies and requirements.
