**Overview**
Stand out in the job market with this BA (Hons) Business and Management degree that focuses on enterprise, ethical management, sustainability and global business.
This course takes an entrepreneurial approach to big business ideas. You'll learn by engaging with local small businesses and creating and testing ideas and theories in group work. If you take a placement year you can then apply these skills in the sector you're most interested in, whether that's a start-up, or a large, global business such as Rolls Royce or IBM.
Don't worry if you're not sure which industry you'd like to work in. This degree keeps your options open. You'll get a strong foundation in all the key business areas of management, marketing, accounting, operations and leadership. If you want, you'll have the chance to specialise as you progress through the course.
**Accredited by**
This course is accredited by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). This accreditation shows that your learning will have an international outlook, that you’ll engage with employers and that you’ll learn about ethics, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
**What you'll experience**
- The chance to explore lots of different areas of business and management to find the specialisms that interest you.
- Working in creative, small teams that replicate the working world.
- Lots of opportunities to apply your learning in the real world through our strong links with local businesses.
- Gaining an understanding of ethical and sustainable business practices.
- Finishing the course with skills that are in demand in the modern workplace, such as creative thinking, business innovation and decision making.
You can choose to:
- Get hands-on experience as part of our Business Consultancy Project, offering advice to local small businesses.
- Take an optional placement year or summer internship with a business such as L’Oreal or BAE Systems.
- Get support for setting up your own business from our Entrepreneurs in Residence.
- Spend a year abroad at one of our international exchange partner universities.
- Learn a foreign language as part of your studies.
**What can you do with a Business and Management degree?**
his degree will open doors to a wide variety of careers in the business world. Our graduate employment rate is 92% (HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey conducted in 2019).
Previous graduates have secured roles such as:
Personal banker
Trainee accountant
Talent manager
Business analyst
Sales executive
Product owner
Recruitment consultant
IT project manager
Marketing manager
Supply chain manager
Project management officer
Ship broker
Our graduates have gone on to work for companies such as:
Tesco
British Telecom
Accenture
HM Government
IBM
ADLIB
Walt Disney
HM Armed forces
Salesforce
GKN Aerospace
Lockheed Martin
BAE Systems
Colebrook Offshore
NHS
John Lewis Partnership
Estée Lauder
NatWest
Pernod Ricard
Kaplan Financial
This degree also offers options to improve your business research skills. You could go on to do a postgraduate qualification in a business-related area such as project management, digital marketing or human resource management.
Course Details - Modules
**Year 1 core modules**
Business Accounting – 20 credits | Business Operations and Systems Management – 20 credits | Economics for Business – 20 credits | Managing People in Organisations – 20 credits | Marketing Principles And Practice – 20 credits | Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis – 20 credits | Business Innovation Development Project – 0 credits
**Year 2 core modules**
Business Analysis And Decision Making – 20 credits | Leadership, Ethics, Governance and Sustainability – 20 credits | Employability, Research And Professional Development – 20 credits | International Business – 20 credits
**Year 2 optional modules include**
Business And Employment Law – 20 credits | Business Venturing – 20 credits | Developing Individual and Team Creativity – 20 credits | Enterprise Systems and Process – 20 credits | Human Resource Development – 20 credits | Innovation Management – 20 credits | Legal Issues in Procurement and Supply – 20 credits
**Placement year (optional)**
On this course, you can do an optional work placement year between your 2nd and 3rd years to get valuable experience working in industry. We’ll help you secure a work placement that fits your situation and ambitions. You’ll get mentoring and support throughout the year.
**Year 3 core modules**
Strategic Management – 20 credits
**Year 3 optional modules include**
Business Forecasting and Data Analysis – 20 credits | Business Research Project (HRM) – 40 credits | Business Research Project (Strategy) – 40 credits | Critical Leadership: Theory And Practice – 20 credits | Public Sector Economics – 20 credits | Trends in Technology – 20 credits
We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.
Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry and some optional modules may not run every year. If a module doesn’t run, we’ll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.
Course Details – Assessment Method
How you're assessed will depend on the modules you select.
As well as online assessments and coursework you may be assessed using:
- practical exercises
- written reports
- presentations
- portfolios
- research proposals
As a guide, students on this course are typically assessed as follows:
- Year 1 students: 58% by written exams and 42% by coursework
- Year 2 students: 32% by written exams and 64% by coursework
- Year 3 students: 24% by written exams and 76% by coursework
You'll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark.
We'll give you feedback on all practice and formal assessments so you can improve in the future.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
European Foundation for Management Development
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
NN21
Institution code:
P80
Campus Name:
Main Site
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Year 2
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
We welcome applications for advanced entry.
If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
We also accept other combinations equivalent to 120-128 Tariff points from 3 A levels.
120-128 points from 3 A levels or equivalent.
122-128 Tariff points from the Access to HE Diploma.
120-128 Tariff points.
Acceptable when combined with other qualifications.
29 points from the IB Diploma. 664 at Higher Level - 30 points from the IB Diploma. 665 at Higher Level.
Acceptable when combined with other qualifications.
Cambridge Pre-U score of 56-60.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.0
English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.
PTE Academic
54.0
An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill.
TOEFL (iBT)
79.0
79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing.
Cambridge English Advanced
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015.
An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162.
Cambridge English Proficiency
Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015.
An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162.
Trinity ISE
Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components
English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.
Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
0%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
0%
Go onto work and study:
0%
Fees and funding
EU
9250.0
Year 1
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
Republic of Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
International
16200.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
Students who are resident in EU countries: please note that the net fee is inclusive of the Transition Scholarship
Placement Year and Year abroad:
UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students – £925 |
EU – £925 (including Transition Scholarship)|
International (Non-EU) – £1,800.
Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Fees may also go up in later years, in line with inflation.
For more information about fees, go to port.ac.uk/ug-tuition-fees
Provider information
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP
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