Course overview
If you are interested in the world of business and its many applications, this course allows you to further your achievements gained from either an HND (Higher National Diploma) in Business, a Foundation Degree, SQA HND, or equivalent qualification. This Top-Up programme gives you the opportunity to continue studying business at degree level, achieving a bachelors within one year of study.
Update for September 2020 intake: As a result of Covid-19 and social distancing requirements, we are intending to teach this course using a mix of on-campus and online teaching. For students unable to travel due to travel restrictions in place in their country, students will be able to start online and join us when travel to London is possible. Please check our website for the most up to date information regarding intakes and delivery.
Campus locations
Recognition
Study method
- In-class
- Blended
- Online
Locations
- England
- London
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Duration study load
- 1 year
Entry requirements
- An HND/Foundation Degree or BTEC/HND in a business-related subject with average merits/commendations in the final year, or study equivalent to 120 Level 4 and 120 Level 5 CATS points
English language requirements
Students require IELTS 6.5 (or above) with no single element below 5.5 or equivalent.
If you have IELTS 5.5 – 6.0, you may be eligible to join our Pre-Sessional English before starting this programme.
Assessment
Assessments take place through coursework only.
Delivery
Teaching on this programme is delivered through lectures, seminars and practicals, totalling 12 hours per week. You will also be expected to engage in independent study involving directed and self-directed learning, around 13 hours per week.
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) is embedded throughout the course with tools such as the ‘Blackboard’ eLearning Portal and electronic reading lists that will guide your preparation for seminars and independent research.
Subjects
- In this module you will study areas of academic skills which have been identified as useful to you, this includes academic English writing but also includes computer skills
- This module will develop your skills in critical thinking and reflection, develop your ability to undertake a critical review of existing literature on a contemporary issue within the business and management disciplines as well as be able to write a critical literature review
- This module is designed for level 6 students in completion programmes to equip them with the necessary knowledge and transferable skills for their future employability and career development
- Students will also receive support in extending their academic skills so that they can take a critical approach to this module and their wider studies
- The module provides a comprehensive guide to Organisation Theory, and offers practical guidance to the application of theoretical perspectives to organising practices. It offers an introduction to main theoretical perspectives dominant in Organisation Theory, i.e. modern, symbolic and contemporary perspectives. It highlights the implications of contrasting theoretical perspectives in practice, and further explores the latest development in organising practices.
- Through challenging conventional understanding of organisation and management, the module enables you to critically approach organisation as a field of theory and practice, and to construct your own knowledge and understanding of ‘management’. It helps you to situate yourself within this field as critical thinkers, and as capable and reflective practitioners. As such the module contributes to your enhanced employability, and informed employment decision making.
- This module is designed to equip students with the necessary knowledge, skills and techniques to be able to analyse, formulate, create and develop the strategy behind Logistics and Supply Chain Management practices and procedures
- This module is designed to learn the skills of research, critical evaluation and apply theory to a contemporary issue
- Conduct an extended literature review involving the critical evaluation of appropriate concepts, theories, models, frameworks and principles against business and management practice (i.e. synthesis of theory and practice)
- This module is designed for students who have entered completion programmes at Level 6
- The overall aim of the module is to teach students how organisations can compete successfully in economic terms while managing their social and environmental responsibility
About Northumbria University London
QA Higher Education works in partnership with Northumbria University to deliver courses at the Northumbria University London Campus. The London Campus offers industry-focused Business, Computing, IT, Cyber Security and Project Management courses amid the buzz of London’s business and financial district.
Our academic experts and professional support staff are committed to giving students an educational experience that will set them up for life. We offer cutting-edge courses that are at the forefront of current knowledge and practice and are informed by global perspectives.
In light of Covid-19, start dates may vary and these courses may initially be delivered online until a point where normal campus teaching can be resumed. Please check our website for the most up to date information regarding intakes and delivery.
