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BA(Hons) Business and Management
BA(Hons) Business and Management

BA(Hons) Business and Management

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  • Level:3-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

English requirements

  • IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).
 
 

Course Information

Why study business and management

  • Businesses have to constantly challenge and re-invent themselves to compete in the increasingly competitive global market.
  • As such, employers need graduates who can go beyond business theory with practical skills and real-world experience of how the business world works.

Why UWE Bristol

  • BA(Hons) Business and Management is driven by the needs of organisations, with an emphasis on skills development. It equips you with knowledge and experience you need to succeed in your career.
  • This course is for those who want a business career but aren't ready to specialise yet. It's flexible and practical, giving you lots of choice and the chance to hone interests through specialist modules.
  • This course is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
  • If you complete the 'Coaching in Organisations' module you'll also be awarded the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 3 Award in Coaching.
  • You'll learn about organisational functions like marketing, finance and human resource management from enthusiastic, research-active experts and supportive tutors.
  • Enterprise is at the heart of everything we do at Bristol Business School. We help our students to get their start-up ideas up and running with funding, support, desk space and our own in-house crowdfunding platform.
  • You'll gain real-world experience through placements and internships and get access to guest speakers, case studies, competitions and online simulations, ensuring you graduate ready for work.

Where can it take me

  • Business and Management at UWE Bristol is a broad, practical degree with many potential specialisms and a range of career pathways.
  • Our graduates hold management roles in retail, marketing, HR (human resources) and recruitment.

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Content

The optional modules listed are those that are most likely to be available, but they may be subject to change.

Year one

You will study:

  • Introduction to Business and Management
  • Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
  • Understanding Business and Financial Information (Business, International and Management)
  • Understanding the Business and Economic Environment
  • Understanding Organisations and People (Business, International and Management)
  • Understanding the Principles of Marketing (Business, International and Management)
  • Contemporary Business Issues
  • Business Decision Making for Management.

Year two

You will study:

  • Managing People
  • Management Skills (Business and Management)
  • Accounting Information for Business (Business, International and Management)
  • International Business
  • Research Methods for Business
  • Introductory Research Project
  • Operations and Supply Management.

Plus, one optional module from:

  • Market Analysis for Private Investors
  • International Trade and Multinational Business
  • Good Business, Bad Business and Sustainability
  • Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Employment Relations OR Equality Law and Diversity Management
  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business
  • Digital Business Management
  • Credit Management: Theory and Practice
  • Design Thinking.

Placement year (if applicable)

If you study on the four year (sandwich) course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a work or study placement after Year two.

Depending on which you choose, you'll either complete a placement learning or learning and development module.

See the Placements and Fees sections for more information.

Final year

You will study:

  • Strategic Management (Business, International and Management)
  • Managing Organisational Change
  • Integrated Business Management Simulation.

Plus one from:

  • Work Integrated Learning
  • Cross Cultural Learning and Development
  • Placement Learning
  • Learning and development on Study Year Abroad.

Plus optional modules from (the number depending on credit requirements): 

  • International Financial Management
  • Investment Management
  • Personal Financial Planning
  • The Economics of Developing Countries
  • Sustainable Business
  • Events and Festivals Management
  • Global Marketing Management
  • Public Relations
  • Interactive and Digital Marketing
  • Competing Through Quality
  • Project Management
  • Coaching in Organisations
  • Organisational Leadership
  • HR Development and Knowledge Management
  • International HRM
  • International Business in the Emerging Markets
  • Business Innovation and Growth
  • Entrepreneurship: Ideas and Practice
  • Virtual Business
  • Accounting for Managers
  • Brand Management
  • Retail Marketing and Management.

Plus, one major project from:

  • Critical Business Enquiry Project
  • Enterprise Project
  • Applied Business Project
  • Business Project.
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Pre Courses

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Pathway Courses

  • If you don't meet the entry requirements, you may be eligible for BA(Hons) Business and Management (with Foundation Year).
  • If you are an international student and do not meet the academic requirements to study this course, you can qualify by completing preparatory study at our International College.
  • If you are applying to study at UWE Bristol and require additional support to meet our English language requirements, you may be able to attend one of our pre-sessional English courses. Read more about our Pre-Sessional English Programme.
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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

This course opens up a diverse range of career pathways. These include management roles in retail, marketing, HR and recruitment.

Bristol has a strong labour market and employers highly value our course and students.

We have good links with organisations and past graduates have secured roles with multinationals, small to medium enterprises and the public sector.

Many students take up graduate management schemes, go onto further study or progress to teaching and research careers.

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Insurance-Single: 300 GBP/year

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