During your degree, you’ll get to grips with the knowledge and understanding of the theory and applications of financial management, and gain numerical, analytical, computing and report-writing skills. This course covers accounting fundamentals, financial management function, the financial environment, financial markets, raising and managing resources, financial risk and valuation.

BA (Hons) Business Management with Human Resources
Modules
Year 1
- Concepts of Management
- Principles of marketing
- Accounting and Finance for Managers
- People and organizations
- Business economics
- Management and information systems
Year 2
Core modules:
- Managing the principles of e-business
- Managing business and innovation
- Managing business logistics and negotiations
- Business ethics today: social and legal foundations
- Human resource management
Optional modules:
- Business contracts
- Diagnostic analytics
- Emerging markets, and the Asia-pacific business environment
- Entrepreneurial mindset – business discovery and development
- Environmental economics and sustainability
- Financial accounting and analysis
- Fundamentals of finance
- Fundamentals of project management
- Marketing research
- Retail operations
- Social media in a business context
- A foreign language and applied research report
- Creative and media planning
- The customer experience manager
- Luxury!
- The media relations manager
Year 3
- Strategic management and leadership
- Leading and managing SMEs
- Resourcing and Reward
- Aspects of UK Employment Law
Plus two options from:
- Management accounting for decision making
- Practical analytics
- Mobile applications – from idea to mass adoption
- Entrepreneurial finance
- Individual and organisational learning and development
- Legal protection of business creativity
- Brand management
- PRINCE2® – methodologies for project management
- Retail boutique and shopper behaviour
- Business research methods
- Professional placement module
Modules are assessed by a mix of coursework assignments, presentations, and exams.
Employability
You’ll be prepared when you graduate for a career in business, management, and HR. All the way through the course, employability skills are promoted – with guest speakers from industry, business insights, graduate start-up, and entrepreneur schemes. Graduates have gone onto jobs such as:
- Administration Assistant at NHS
- Talent Intelligence Manager at Talent Intelligence
- CEO at BoxUp Crime
- HR Advisor at UK National Audit Office
- Operations and Administration at The Rose Theatre
- Assistant Events Officer at Birkbeck, University of London
- Customer Service at Santander UK Corporate & Commercial
- Administration Assistant at Mars Capital
- National Manager at Elevation Networks
- Business Controller at L’Oréal Luxe Travel Retail Monde
Key Facts
Requirements
- A Level BCC or:
- BTEC National Diploma DMM or:
- Access to HE qualifications with 9 Distinctions and 36 Merits or:
- Equivalent Level 3 qualifications worth 112 UCAS points
- Applicants must hold 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths and English, or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above).
- English language qualifications for international students: IELTS score of 6.0 or Cambridge Proficiency or Advanced Grade C.
Duration options
3 years
4 years
Start date
January, September
Fees and Applying
3-year full-time online £9,250 (UK/EU/International)
4 & 4.5 years online £6,935 (UK/EU/International) – a deposit of £250 payable on acceptance
Full-time fees for the academic year 2020-21 for International students -from £14,470
If you need to fund your studies with a student loan you can apply via Student Finance.