Business Management (Top-up), BA (Hons)

Program Overview

This 16-month part-time Business Management (Top-up) program, delivered online by UCLan, enhances business knowledge and skills, empowering graduates for careers across industry sectors. It emphasizes practical learning with a choice of optional modules like Leading and Learning Through Change and Contemporary Issues in Sustainability. The program offers opportunities for project-based learning, professional body qualifications, and internships.

Program Outline

Business Management (Top-up), BA (Hons) - UCLan

Degree Overview:

This 16-month part-time top-up program is delivered entirely online. It is designed for students who have already completed a Foundation Degree or HND (or an equivalent international program) in a business-related discipline. The program builds on previous knowledge of business and management, further developing understanding of contemporary business strategy. It emphasizes practical learning, allowing students to develop core business skills in areas such as problem-solving, decision-making, team-working, and communications.

Outline:

Modules:

Compulsory Modules:

• Business Strategy: This module introduces strategy and various models and theories, exploring their use in different contexts.
It focuses on strategy development and strategic concerns, recognizing the link between strategy and the nature, structure, and success of business. (Module code: BM3001)
• Dissertation: This module enables students to further develop their discipline-based knowledge and skills by undertaking research on a topic relevant to their course.
It provides the opportunity to plan and manage their own research, integrating and applying knowledge from their studies. (Module code: BM3005)
• Contemporary Issues in Business and Management: This module explores the evolution of management practice.
Students chart the development of management theory throughout industrial history and observe how management has responded to contemporary drivers. They use this knowledge to take a critical approach to management practice in various organizations. (Module code: BM3031)

Optional Modules:

Students select one of the following four optional modules:

• Leading and Learning Through Change: This module examines the role of professionals as change agents in their organizations.
It covers the drivers for change, the process of change, and the impact of change on stakeholders, particularly those internal to the organization. (Module code: BM3002)
• The Future of Work: This module explores contemporary issues in international labor markets, including ongoing changes to the labor market landscape.
It reflects on topical research themes based on theoretical and applied policy studies. (Module code: BM3007)
• Contemporary Issues in Sustainability: This module examines key issues in sustainability and ethics.
It encourages students to apply this knowledge to critically assess the complex interactions and trade-offs between environmental, economic, and social objectives. (Module code: BM3009)
• Consumer Psychology and Neuromarketing: This module provides an in-depth evaluation of applied psychology in the consumer context and introduces basic methods in the emerging field of consumer neuroscience and neuromarketing.
(Module code: BM3022)

Teaching:

• The program is delivered entirely online, allowing students to study from home, work, or anywhere in the world.
• A virtual learning environment provides access to resources, communication with other students, and support from tutors.
• Assessment methods include essays, reports, and group tasks.

Careers:

• The program equips graduates to succeed in various business areas across industry, commerce, the public sector, and non-profit organizations.
• The University Library provides a Distance Learning Service, offering access to book loans, online journals, and study support throughout the course.
• Guest speaker events are organized in conjunction with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).
• The program offers internships, placements, live projects, and mentors to provide practical experience.
• Students can take on additional modules to gain professional body qualifications.

UK

Distance Part-time £1,540 per 20 credits

International

Distance Part-time £1,540 per 20 credits