BA (Hons) International Business and Communication (Top-Up)
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-01-01 | - |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
| 2025-01-01 | - |
| 2025-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
This top-up program in International Business and Communication equips students for careers in international organizations. It provides a comprehensive understanding of business needs and solutions, emphasizing cross-cultural competence and the functions of management in international contexts. Delivered through blended learning, the program fosters collaborative learning and develops skills in sustainability, creativity, employability, and enterprise.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This programme will equip you for a career in diverse international organisations. It provides a holistic view of business needs and solutions encompassing a broad range of functional specialisms. The emphasis is on building on your existing competencies to achieve graduate level skills and attributes. Over the programme, you will develop the knowledge, skills and aptitude to work across local, regional, national and international (especially cross-cultural) boundaries. Consideration is given to the functions of management across international business, human resources and marketing activities.
Outline:
Year one
- Coaching, Mentoring and Empowering
- International Marketing
- Intercultural Business Communication
- Global to Local Business Futures
- Career Management
- Advanced Business English
Assessment:
Each module on this course is assessed via a coursework method.
Teaching:
Primarily our BA (Hons) International Business and Communication (top-up) is delivered via a blended learning approach. Good use is made of the University’s virtual learning environment and other learning resources such as e-portfolio to support teaching and learning. Our academic team uses a wide range of teaching methods including lectures, seminars, workshops, fieldwork, work-based learning, employer based case studies, live projects, guided learning, simulations, discussion groups including virtual forums and other digital formats. You will also be asked to work in small groups which encourage collaborative learning.
Other:
The themes of ‘Sustainability’, ‘Creativity’,’ Employability’ and ‘Enterprise’ are embedded within the BA (Hons) International Business and Communication (Top-Up). Through a programme of individual modules you will develop an appreciation of common challenges that have a daily impact on business and organisational life. This award provides an internationalisation of the syllabus including cross-cultural awareness and engagement creates a ‘fertile ground’ for the interchange of ideas and develops stakeholder theory as applied to multinational and global settings. You will work both individually and in groups. Working with a diverse range of team members provides authentic scenarios and challenges that you will face in your future career.
Tuition Fees and Payment Information:
- Tuition Fees 2024 - 2025 £9,250 - UK £13,575 - International The figures above don't include accommodation and living costs. Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or Government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.
