BA (Hons) Business Management (Top up)

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You can also start this course in January

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.

About the 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.

Find out more about what subjects and modules you'll be studying...

Your career

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

Michael Booth
BA (Hons) Business Management

"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