Communication and Business BA (Hons)
University of Liverpool
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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SEP-25

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3 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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SEP-25

Duration

3 Years

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Combined DegreesMost Combined Degrees allow you to adapt the weighting of each by 25% after the first year, helping you to keep your options open. Please note, however, students studying either a Business or Economics pathway in combination with another subject cannot increase from 25% to 50% or from 50% to 75% and it is not possible to transfer from a 50% to 75% Law. To find out more about your programme choice, please go first to our Combined Degrees webpages: ...Read more

Combined DegreesMost Combined Degrees allow you to adapt the weighting of each by 25% after the first year, helping you to keep your options open. Please note, however, students studying either a Business or Economics pathway in combination with another subject cannot increase from 25% to 50% or from 50% to 75% and it is not possible to transfer from a 50% to 75% Law. To find out more about your programme choice, please go first to our Combined Degrees webpages: liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/combined-degrees.If you wish to study this programme with a Year in Industry please put the option code YI in the Further Choices section of your UCAS application form. You will be supported in finding and applying for a placement in an organisation which could range from a local small and medium-sized enterprise to a global blue chip company. Recent placements have been taken in organisations including Deloitte, IBM, KPMG, L’Oreal, Microsoft, Unilever and Walt Disney Studios.This programme is available with either a Year in China or a Year Abroad. The Year in China offers undergraduate students the opportunity to spend one year at our joint venture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), following XJTLU's BA China Studies degree classes. XJTLU is a fully English-speaking university, located in Suzhou. The Year Abroad offers students the opportunity to spend a full academic year studying at one of our partner universities around the world, following a mixture of culture and/or discipline-related modules. If you wish to study this programme with a Year in China or a Year Abroad you will have the opportunity to apply after you arrive at Liverpool.Please note it is not possible to study both a Year in Industry and a Year Abroad on this programme.

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What students say
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Abbie
05 Feb 25

nice lecturers close to city..Read more

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Sarah
05 Feb 25

I’m an exchange student and I think it would be better to have more information when arriving..Read more

Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

ABB Grades / Points required

Scottish Advanced Higher:

ABB Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:30,M:15 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

33 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

H1,H2,H2,H2,H3,H3 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DDD Grades / Points required

T Level:

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):

A Grades / Points required

No subject specific requirements. Applicants offering more than one Science subject may be required to submit a sample piece of work demonstrating analytical/critical skills.

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45 level 3 credits in graded units in a relevant Diploma, including 30 at Distinction and a further 15 with at least Merit

33 with no score less than 4

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DDD in a Business related subject. BTEC Applicants may be asked to submit a sample piece of work demonstrating analytical/critical skill.

Considered on a case-by-case basis

Accepted including two A levels at BB

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