IMPORTANT: BA (Hons) Business Induction Information here...
Whether you are interested in enterprise and entrepreneurship, marketing, finance, economics, law, or human resources, this programme provides the opportunity to learn many important business disciplines.
Many of the course core module skills are in line with the requirements for graduate trainee programmes, helping you to prepare for a career in national and international organisations.
The document below details the programme, its aim, learning outcomes, and assessment strategies.
Programme Specification
The document below is a copy of current programme specification for the BA Business (Hons) programme. You can find out more about your programme structure and content from this. For example, if you are a new student joining in first year, look for level 7. If second year look for level 8, the third Year look for level 9, and for fourth Year look for level 10. You can find out more about the modules at PSMD.uws.ac.uk and clicking on module A-Z.
The programme comprises of the following business related themes and disciplines:
Accounting & Finance
Business Ethics
Business Studies
Change Management
Economics
Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
Equality & Diversity
Events & Tourism Management
Honours Dissertation
Human Resource & People Management
International Business
Knowledge Economy and Work
Knowledge Management
Leadership Studies
Marketing
Operations Management
Organisational Culture
Organisational Studies
Personal and Professional Development
Project Management
Research Skills
Strategy
Sustainability
and others.........
Essay
Report
Group Presentation
Verbal Defence (Viva-style)
Case Study
Reflection (Journal or Log writing)
Digital Forms – Blog / Vlog / Webpage
It is important to review and progress both your academic writing and referencing. To pass any module (except ASPIRE module) a pass mark of 40% must be achieved, provided no individual assessment that counts towards the module has a mark of less than 30% (note that professionally accredited modules carry different pass requirements and you should read the module's Aula site to check on the rules for any such modules.
The forms of assessment listed (left) are discussed in a short video, within the Modules page.
Please refer to the module handbook and assessment briefings for module-specific requirements.
Over the course of a trimester, there will be opportunities for students and student representatives to attend sessions or events, and talk about modules and the programme, etc.