Applied Management (Joint Honours, minor only)

Three years full-time, may also be a useful subject for those studying Joint Honours part-time and who are in work.

This subject is only available as a minor subject in the Joint Honours programme, so students must choose their other subject as a major subject.

The course offers the opportunity to understand and reflect upon the context within which students are working and to link this experience as appropriate to their main subject area.

Applied Management requires the student to be in work on a part-time paid basis or have involvement in a regular voluntary activity. The workplace is used as a vehicle for learning and assessment with support from the employer. The work experience is supported by the Centre for Work-based Learning who organise workshops and supervision from a University tutor. The modules offer considerable scope for students to negotiate their own learning objectives.

Students that are moving to Northampton for the course will be given four weeks to find suitable part-time work. The University also offers a job-shop facility to match employer vacancies with students.

Regardless of the student's specialist subject area or intended career path, this degree will enhance personal and professional skills, develop confidence and enhance graduate employability prospects.

The majority of students are involved in work of some nature during their period of study. The nature of the work is not defined but considered on an individual basis. Students may be working in an area that reflects their major subject or alternatively students may treat this subject as an applied business education in its own right.

Stage one

At stage one the student is involved in the development of their subject and professional knowledge and skills via studying their host organisation and business sector.

Stage two

Students are involved in more complex studies involving the development of aspects of student's job roles and undertake more independent project work.

Stage three

The final stage pulls together the skills and knowledge developed at stages one and two and involves a project related to the workplace experience.

• Can be used to create a part-time degree with Joint Honours
• Class contact reduced to around eight hours per week for full-time students
• Earn while you learn
• Encourages independent thinking and learning
• Gives students more flexibility in their work-study balance
• Learning in the work place supported by the University

Since this subject is a 'minor' subject it must be studied in combination with a major subject from the Joint Honours programme. The degree title is derived from the two subjects.  

Click here for a detailed list of modules.

Typical modules include:

• Analysing the Environment
• Learning through Work
• Project and Individual Performance Analysis
• Reflections of Work
• Measuring Organisational Success
• Professional Development in the Workplace
• Strategic Issues in the Workplace

Variety of work-based assignments including portfolios, projects, reports and presentations.

The benefits of work experience are widely recognised by both academics and employers in all sectors and specialisms as a mode of learning that encourages and allows the student to take more responsibility for their own learning and development. The evidence available supports the fact that students who have undertaken work experience within their course improve their employability status on graduation.