Business Management
University of Cumbria
UCAS Code: N100 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
Must pass all 60 credits, 45 at level 3
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Higher
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About this course
Wish to pursue a career in domestic and global organisations or the not-for-profit sector?
Well, we’ve designed you a course - in consultation with industry and the professional bodies – so you can gain all the core academic and practical skills you’ll need to adapt and succeed in the globally changing business landscape.
**Why Choose University of Cumbria**
We’ll provide you with a firm grasp of operations management, economics and business management, while enabling you to develop core skills in problem-solving, decision-making, team-working and communications.
But you won’t just learn theoretically about business management - you’ll be doing it, thanks to our innovative teaching. From leading a lecture to turning the classroom into an office, you’ll get every opportunity to become the confident and effective manager that employers demand in today’s dynamic business environment.
- Use the latest technology and packages you need in the real business world
- Graduate with a solid portfolio of work - informed by academic theory and current thinking – to present to a future employer
- Great tutor support and we get to know you because our class sizes are small
- Taught by academic tutors who are current industry consultants and published experts
- Tutors are involved in international research, keeping your learning right up-to-date
- Study in a professional environment at our award-winning Business School on our friendly Lancaster campus
- Tailor-make your own courses to fit your future career path
- We’ll push you to your academic limit, so you graduate being the best you can be
- Opportunity to study abroad
- Access to new and modern social and study spaces, technology and facilities
You’ll be living in a vibrant student city of Lancaster by the spectacular north west coastline and within an hour of the Lake District National Park and the big cities of Manchester and Liverpool. So, whether you want lively or leisurely, you’re within reach of both.
Our campus is also home to the Centre For Regional Economic Development, where our academics work with local authorities together with large and small organisations to research and analyse contemporary issues affecting local and regional economies in the north of England. So, your studies will benefit from the latest research and best practices.
Our graduates have been snapped up by banks and major high-street companies for graduate schemes.
So, if you’re looking for a course that’ll give you an edge in business, a great employability profile and current industry-specific business knowledge – this is it.
**Modules**
**Year one**
Managing People and Organisations
The Business Environment
Introduction to Business Finance
Fundamentals of Business
Principles of Marketing
Management Accounting
**Year two**
Organisational Behaviour
Responsibility, ethics and sustainability in practice
Human Resource Management, Theory and Practice
Services Marketing
Managing Operations
International Economics
**Year three**
Strategic Analysis
Business Psychology
Global Business
Digital Marketing
Modules
Year one - Compulsory modules:
Managing People and Organisations,
The Business Environment,
Introduction to Business Finance,
Fundamentals of Business,
Principles of Marketing,
Management Accounting.
Year two - Compulsory modules:
Organisational Behaviour,
Responsibility, ethics and sustainability in practice,
Human Resource Management, Theory and Practice,
Services Marketing,
Managing Operations,
International Economics.
Year three - Compulsory modules:
Strategic Analysis,
Business Psychology,
Global Business,
Digital Marketing.
Optional modules (subject to availability and demand):
Applied Business Research and Analysis,
Independent Project,
Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Tuition fees
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Lancaster
Carlisle - Fusehill Street
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The number of business studies graduates fell significantly last year after a long period of increase. But there were still more than 14,000 degrees awarded and this is the third most popular subject for new graduates. Because so many graduates get business studies degrees, you can find them everywhere in the economy, and very few jobs are completely out of reach for a good business studies graduate. Around 40% go into jobs in finance, sales, recruitment, management (particularly retail) or marketing. There is also a small (but well paid) group who take their technical skills into computing and IT. Thousands of graduates from this subject go into professional jobs every year, and average starting salaries are above the average for all subjects and particularly healthy in London where they top £25k. Graduates with good degree grades in business studies are much more likely to get good jobs, so don’t be complacent, and keep a close eye on your grades.
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