BA (Hons) Business Management (Top up)
Why choose this course?
- Top up your HND or foundation degree in business to a full honours degree.
- You'll be prepared for a career in an international and dynamic business management environment.
- Not only will you learn about business, we'll prepare you for the workplace through developing your teamwork skills, presentation and report writing skills, and CV preparation and interview techniques.
- Our lecturers and tutors are always available to help and support you throughout your studies.
Fact file
UCAS code: N200
Start date: September 2012
Course length: full time: one year, part time: one - two years
Campus: Kedleston Road site, Derby Campus
This course is available to international students
About this course
You will build on and develop the knowledge you've already gained on your HND or foundation degree in business with a further stage of study which results in a full honours degree - BA (Hons) Business Management.
Covering global and strategic management issues, you'll study the specialist areas of management and leadership and marketing. The module Issues in Global Business Consultancy is a case study of current business issues. It takes a discussion approach and is very practical. You'll be looking at where things are going wrong, what could be done, what would you do? You can select two optional modules which means you can choose areas that suit your own interests.
Throughout the course you'll be using current case studies and examples, and will also benefit from guest lectures from industry speakers and professional bodies. We'll prepare you for the workplace as you develop the skills employers are looking for in their graduate employees, from report writing and analysis through to presentation skills.
What you will cover
Final stage
- Issues in Global Business and Strategic Concepts - double module (Through*)
- Developing and Managing Performance (Autumn)
- Principles and Practice of Leadership and Management (Spring)
And you will choose two options from:
- Brand Impact and Popular Culture
- Consumer Behaviour
- Consumer Law for Business
- Delivering Winning Projects
- Enterprise Strategy and Concepts
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Improving Business Performance
- Information Systems
- International Entrepreneurship
- Global Talent Management
- International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
- Investing and Financial Markets
- Strategic Management of Human Resources
- Sustainable Development and International Business Law
* Through - this is a module that runs through the Autumn and Spring semesters.
Entry requirements
You need to have an HND or foundation degree in a relevant subject.
When you apply, please send us a transcript of the modules you've already studied so that we can make sure that your HND or foundation degree is compatible with the top up programme.
How to apply
Fees and finance
If you completed your foundation degree, DipHE, CertHE or HND in the 2011/12 academic year
You'll pay fees and receive funding under the existing fees system rather than the new 2012 system. You must continue studying in the same way ie if you were studying full time you must take this course as a full time course.
UK/EU students
- Full time: £3,465 (in total)
International students
- Full time: £9,700 (in total)
If you completed your course in the 2010/11 academic year or earlier
You'll pay 2012/13 fees and receive the new student financial support.
This is a classroom based course.
UK/EU students
- Full time: £6,995 (each year)
International students
- Full time: £9,700 (each year)
*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2012 and August 2013. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.
Careers and employability
- This degree gives you an excellent grounding in business, and you'll be ready for a career in a variety of areas. You could be an operations manager, business analyst, business development manager, HR officer.
- Past students now work for a wide range of companies from multinationals like Barclays and Shell, to small independent businesses. Some have even set up their own company on graduation.
- On completion you could choose to progress straight on to a masters degree which is just one more year of full time study, and you'll be eligible for a 10% fee discount as a Derby graduate.
What our students say
"Lecturers helped to make it interesting as they were passionate about their subjects and very knowledgeable, they also used up to date case studies and applied the lectures and theories to current topics and events."
Michael Booth