Business Management and Sustainability, BA (Hons)

Overview

This course offers a thorough academic and practical grounding in a range of business and management skills and it has helped graduates go on to enjoy fantastic careers in a range of roles in the private and public sectors.

It is delivered by a highly qualified lecturing team with experience in retail, accountancy and law, and it offers considerable scope for engagement with industry via guest lectures, live case studies and networking opportunities.

Course length:

Full-time: 3 years (2 days a week)
Part-time: 5 years (1 day a week)

Start date:

13th September 2021

Location:

Knightstone Campus

Course codes:

Institution: W47
Course: BMS1
Campus: -

Awarding institution:

UWE Bristol

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Course detail

You will cover content in core areas including financial management, planning, how to analyse businesses from organisational and operational viewpoints, and traditional and social media marketing.

The programme has a work-based focus throughout to prepare its participants for employment or starting their own enterprises.

UCW’s commitment to great graduate outcomes is also underpinned by our students having access to a Careers Coaching service for the whole time they are enrolled with us.

Subject to coronavirus restrictions, you will also be invited to undertake optional day trips to real businesses and go on longer residential visits to enhance your learning experience, both at an additional expense.

In the past students from this course have spent the day at Land Rover and also gone to Belgium, for example.

It is taught at the new teaching and learning facilities at the multimillion pound University Centre in the Winter Gardens on Weston seafront.

Please contact the course leader Jason Hillyard or our HEART student services team if you have any questions. It would also be great to see you at our next Open Day, where you can see our facilities and also meet the team.

*This course is subject to approval.

Full-time year 1:

Introduction to Research Methods (30 credits)
Introduction to Marketing (15 credits)
Operations Management (15 credits)
People and Organisations (15 credits)
Sustainable Venture Creation (15 credits)
The Business Environment (15 credits)

Full-time year 2:

Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship (15 credits)
Human Resource Management (30 credits)
Innovation and Managing Change (15 credits)
Sustainable Business Case Development (30 credits)

And

Digital Communications (30 credits)

Or

Work-Based Learning (30 credits)

Full-time year 3:

Global Strategic Management, Contemporary Issues in Business, Managing Projects, Managing Sustainability, Business Plan (optional), Dissertation (optional).

Contemporary Issues in Business (30 credits)
Global Strategic Management (30 credits)
Managing Projects (15 credits)
Managing Sustainability (15 credits)

And

Business Plan (30 credits)

Or

Dissertation (30 credits)

This course is taught via a combination of lectures, seminars, skills practice, presentations, case studies and group workshops. UCW’s Higher Education Library Plus (HE.LP) team also deliver a series of sessions on degree-level research and academic writing to all first-year students. When not in scheduled lecturers and seminars, students are expected to continue learning through independent self-study. This involves reading relevant literature, working on individual and group projects, and undertaking research in preparation for coursework and exams.

This course has an average of 12 hours of scheduled teaching per week and a work placement element totalling 100 hours.

Please click on the Course Handbook button to find out more, including how the course is delivered on a part-time basis.

Assessment

Written Exams

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Coursework

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Practical Exams

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Quick Stats

This new and exciting degree allows students to examine contemporary issues in Business and assess strategies for sustainable business development in diverse contexts.

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Quick Stats

This new and exciting degree allows students to examine contemporary issues in Business and assess strategies for sustainable business development in diverse contexts.

Find out more