Business and Management (top-up)

One year full-time. 

The course provides coverage of the key aspects of business and management practice and theory and aims to produce graduates with enquiring minds. The programme emphasises the development of individual and group skills and graduates find that they have the knowledge and skills required for starting careers in business/management or going on to postgraduate study.

Students can follow a range of pathways in constructing their programme of study depending upon their previous course, individual interests and career aspirations. The course aims to build upon prior academic work in marketing, finance, human resources or business generally enabling HND students to top-up to an honours degree in a further year of study. It also offers a modular curriculum which enables the student to experience a wide range of learning and teaching strategies. Teaching takes place in state-of-the-art facilities and the course features students from a range of countries enabling student groups to engage in well grounded discussions about global business. Student feedback is very positive and complimentary about the caring and supportive approach to diverse student groups. Teamwork and sharing of good practice is strong in the business area.

Students on all routes must study a module on strategic management and complete a business dissertation based upon independent research. This independent study work is conducted throughout the year. Three optional modules must also be studied. Students may choose modules from the fields of business and economics, accounting and finance, human resource management and organisational behaviour, marketing and entrepreneurship and information systems.

• Enables students with HND (or equivalent) to top-up to an honours degree in one year
• Full-time route offers a wide range of option choices in vocational areas studied previously such as marketing, human resources management and accounting

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Typical modules include:

• Advanced Accounting and Finance
• Business dissertation
• Cross Cultural Management
• Global Business Development
• Information Systems
• Marketing Management
• Social Responsibility of Business
• Strategic Human Resources
• Strategic Management

Programme statistic

90 per cent of students were in work or further study in the six months following the course.

Source: University of Northampton 2011-2012 Annual Programme Review.

Students will encounter examinations, individual and group written work, presentations and extended independent work. The emphasis of much of the work will be upon developing skills in independent study.

Many graduates go into managerial and administrative roles in both the public and private sector, depending on their chosen specialisations. Others, particularly those from overseas, use the course as a bridge into postgraduate study.