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From the humble corner shop to multi-national corporations, local government to global charities, every organisation needs effective, knowledgeable and skilled managers. The University of Bolton's BSc (Hons) Business Management degree taught by The Growth Company in Manchester offers an excellent start to a career with global opportunities.
Key information
Award:
BSc (Hons)
Mode of Study:
Part-time
Duration:
54 months
Location:
The Growth Company
UCAS points:
80
UCAS code:
N390
Start date:
To be confirmed
Course Details
Business management qualifications open doors and are considered essential whether you are looking to pursue a business career or achieve higher responsibility levels in your current work. This BSc (Hons) in Business Management offers a strong grounding in an essential range of contemporary business management subjects.
Developing your employability is a key focus of this dynamic and flexible programme. Real-life case studies, guest speakers, and industry visits are designed to help you understand the business environment and employers' needs in local, national and international contexts. We’ll support you to develop sought-after skills such as communication, data analysis, time management, team working and problem-solving.
We also aim to help you develop lifelong learning skills so that you can take ownership of your professional development for the future, maximising your potential for success.
Highlights
Our team of highly knowledgeable and enthusiastic business management lecturers offer face-to-face sessions, online classrooms and one-to-one support, ensuring you can access help and advice when you need it.
You’ll be exposed to key concepts in areas such as people management, business law, marketing, strategic management, information systems and big data, project management, finance, innovation and enterprise, and have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of specialist modules in your final year that allow you to tailor your degree to areas of personal or professional interest.
Our team of highly experienced and enthusiastic lecturers who have worked in a wide range of businesses ranging from multinational organisation to SME’s offers face-to-face sessions and one-to-one support.
The Growth Company in Manchester offers excellent IT facilities, WiFi and well-appointed teaching, learning, and study areas.
Key Features
The Growth Company is a well-established partner of the University of Bolton, based in Manchester, focusing on business, early years, and initial teacher training courses.
We use small group and tutorial teaching, so you have the opportunity to benefit from the excellent support offered by our teaching staff.
We regularly invite guest speakers who hold senior positions in industry and practice, enabling you to benefit from their knowledge and advice.
Course materials are available online, allowing you to prepare work in advance and make the most of the highly interactive in-class tuition.
Contemporary research findings are woven into our teaching. We offer a robust academic underpinning to your studies of business management.
Our dedicated team will support you as you develop critical thinking and research skills and apply these during your final year dissertation.
A link tutor provides academic communication between The Growth Company and the University of Bolton’s academic school so that the experience you receive as an off-campus student is equivalent to that of an on-campus student.
As an off-campus student, you'll also have access to the support of the University’s dedicated Off-Campus team and resources, to help make you truly feel part of the institution.
You’ll also have access to the University’s e-learning resources, an extensive e-library and the support of University librarians.
80 UCAS points. We accept a full range of qualifications that carry UCAS points, including A-levels, BTECs and T levels. Please see our guide to the UCAS Tariff for examples of how to achieve these points. For most courses, we are also able to consider non-tariffable qualifications.
Any subjects are acceptable at Level 3.
You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent), including English and Mathematics.
If you have non-traditional entry qualifications and relevant experience, or a suitable portfolio of work that we consider a reasonable substitute for the qualifications we typically accept for this course, then we will be happy to consider your application.
You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.
If English isn’t your first language, you’ll also need IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band (or equivalent). We also accept a range of other English language qualifications – please visit our English Language Requirements web page for more details.
Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.
This BSc (Hons) Business Management course is designed to provide a broad understanding of business functions within the business and commercial world.
The course offers you a route into general management and specialist areas, such as business accounting and finance, enterprise, human resource management, business law, marketing, retail or supply chain management, so you can tailor your skills and knowledge to pursue your chosen career.
In addition to nurturing academic and sector-specific knowledge, the programme aims to support your development of key employability skills, such as critical thinking, problem-solving and data analysis. Overall, the course aims to give you an essential appreciation of the skills needed to thrive and adapt to the changing world of work.
What can I do with this qualification?
Graduates with specialist knowledge underpinned by a broader understanding of how businesses and managers operate have a competitive advantage when entering employment or self-employment. Graduates from this course will be equipped to enter a wide range of business and management roles in the public, private and voluntary sectors. Some typical employment opportunities could include retail management, human resources, marketing, customer service management, advertising, merchandising, logistics and supply chain management, accountancy and law.
Some graduates may choose to undertake further study in marketing, finance, human resources, computing, and international business management to develop their expertise in a particular area of business. Studying for an MBA is also another option.
Alternative career options
Graduates can also use the qualification as a stepping-stone into a range of other careers. For some of these roles, relevant experience and/or postgraduate study may be required. Some of these careers include:
Hotel and leisure management
Public relations
Financial management
Information systems
Market research analysis
Product management
Health policy and information
Purchasing
Teaching and education
Media (TV, film, online, newspaper, magazine)
Self-employment
Banking
Auditing and quality assurance
Project management
Risk and insurance
Course fees
Home students starting this course in the first year will be required to pay a Home fee of £5,500 for the academic year 2023/24.
Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2022-2023 academic year:
EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for 'Home' fee status.
If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for 'Home' fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement.
Please read the student finance for EU students web page on www.gov.uk for information.
The fees for a student's course of study will be set for the
normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in
March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.
For 2022-2023 entry, the maximum government approved undergraduate tuition fee for UK students is £9,250 per year.
The University is able to charge this fee subject to an approved Access and Participation Plan for 2022-2023 and its current rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework.
Admissions
University of Bolton
Deane Road
Bolton, BL3 5AB
United Kingdom
Tel: 01204 903903
Email: enquiries@bolton.ac.uk
International applications are not possible for this course
As an international student you are not allowed to study this course because of the
restrictions on your visa.
We offer a wide range of full-time courses in lots of different subjects, many of our courses start in
September and January. If you would like to see what courses are available please visit our
Course Search.
Admissions
University of Bolton
Deane Road
Bolton, BL3 5AB
United Kingdom
Tel: 01204 903903
Email: enquiries@bolton.ac.uk
Lectures introduce the core course content, while seminars allow you to explore subjects in greater detail. Tutorials offer you space to ask any questions you have, ensuring you understand the topics covered in the lectures and seminars. We use case studies and practical scenarios as a means to help you learn to apply academic theory to real-life practical scenarios, allowing you to gain insights into contemporary practice in a working business environment. You’ll also be expected to undertake considerable guided independent study, for instance, library research and background reading, preparing for seminar and tutorial activities, and working on assignments.
Furthermore, you’ll be expected to adopt work-based learning as part of your employment or during a work experience placement.
Guest lectures and presentations by visiting speakers from relevant employment areas will offer you the chance to develop your knowledge and understanding further.
You can expect time-constrained exams, essays, reports, presentations, portfolios, and others in terms of assessment. These contribute to your final module mark and demonstrate that you have met the learning outcomes.
We also use other assessment forms to help you learn, provide you with feedback, and inform your development. These do not, however, count towards your final module mark.
Modules
The modules listed below may be a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules shown as part of the course.
Professional and Academic Skills Development
Business Law
Business Environment
Contemporary Issues in Marketing
Information Systems and Big Data Analysis
People and Performance
Business Management and Career Development
Leading and Managing Teams
Project Management
Enterprise, Innovation and Creativity
Financial Management and Decision Making
Business Project
Dissertation
Strategic Management
Learning and Development
Work and the Employment Relationship
E Commerce and Contemporary Marketing Practice
Integrated Digital Marketing Strategy
Retail Management
Advanced Company Law
Financial Reporting for Management
Strategic Information Management
Assessment methods
Level
Assesment method
Level one
Coursework 42%, Practical exams 32%, Written exams 26%
Level two
Coursework 67%, Practical exams 25%, Written exams 8%
Level three
Coursework 66%, Practical exams 15%, Written exams 19%
Learning activities
Level
Learning activity
Level one
Guided independent study 66%, Scheduled learning and teaching activities 34%
Level two
Guided independent study 66%, Placement/study abroad 17%, Scheduled learning and teaching activities 17%
Level three
Guided independent study 77%, Scheduled learning and teaching activities 23%
Disclaimer
The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.
