BA (Hons) Business Management (Top-Up)
University of Derby
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Covering global and strategic management issues, and advancing your knowledge to a full honours level, this top-up course puts you in the shoes of a decision-maker and asks how you’d do business. Depending on your existing qualifications, you can join this programme at stage 2 or 3.Course descriptionThe highlightsThis top-up degree builds on and embellishes the knowledge you’ve already gained to give you a full honours degree in BA (Hons) Business Management. You can join at stage 2 or 3.From ...Read more

Covering global and strategic management issues, and advancing your knowledge to a full honours level, this top-up course puts you in the shoes of a decision-maker and asks how you’d do business. Depending on your existing qualifications, you can join this programme at stage 2 or 3.

Course description

The highlights

  • This top-up degree builds on and embellishes the knowledge you’ve already gained to give you a full honours degree in BA (Hons) Business Management. You can join at stage 2 or 3.
  • From the get-go, you'll be thinking about how to apply what you're learning, through topical case studies, business simulations and real consultancy projects.
  • Covering global and strategic management issues, you’ll study the specialist areas of management and leadership and marketing.
  • You can also select optional modules that cover areas to suit your own interests and career aims.
  • You'll benefit from the inside perspectives of guest speakers from industry and professional bodies.

Careers

By the end of the course you will have sound business acumen and a wide range of practical skills. This astute business focus and depth of insight offered by this course means you emerge prepared for a career in a variety of areas, such as operations manager, business analyst, business development manager, HR officer and many, many more.

Because this is such a broad degree, lots of different job roles will be open to you, in areas such as project management, analysis, consultancy, accountancy, operations, human resource management, marketing, sales, logistics and finance. Previous students have gone on to work for prominent employers - including Deloitte, PwC, Capita, the BBC, DHL, Barclays, Tata, Mott MacDonald and IBM - while others have set up their own businesses.

On completion, you could go straight to a Masters degree, which is just one more year of full-time study, and you’ll be eligible for an alumni fee discount as a Derby graduate.

Our Careers and Employment Service will provide you with support from day one of your course to ensure you leave Derby as a ‘work-ready’ graduate – industry aware, motivated and enterprising. Throughout your studies, you’ll also benefit from our Personal Development Planning (PDP) scheme which enables you to reflect on your learning and develop your career ambitions.

The support continues once you’ve completed your course too: you are entitled to further help and guidance from the Careers and Employment Service for up to three years after leaving our University.

Part-time: 2 years

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83rd
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95th
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£9,250 per year

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£14,900 per year

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£14,900 per year

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