BSc (Hons)Business Management

Core modules

Innovation in Contemporary Management

This module prepares you for a management career by covering leadership, ethics, corporate culture, and strategy. It emphasises creating new ventures, managing innovations strategically, and developing practical communication skills for stakeholders.

Data Analysis and Cyber Essentials

This module equips students with essential data analytics and cyber security skills. Learn to manage and protect business data, safeguard sensitive information, and apply data-driven insights to support smart, informed business decisions.

Marketing Principles with Financial Tools for Business

You’ll explore how businesses engage stakeholders, plan budgets, and manage costs, while gaining practical insights into marketing strategies, market research, and more. This module equips you with the skills to make informed, impact-driven decisions in current markets.

Developing Professional Practice

This module empowers students to transition smoothly from academia to employment by developing essential professional and academic skills, fostering reflective practice, employability, and lifelong learning. It prepares students to confidently enter the job market, equipped with practical skills, career insights, and an effective professional mindset.

Core modules

Project and Operations Management

This module integrates project and operations management, equipping students with skills in planning, leadership, process optimisation, and risk management. Through real-world scenarios and industry cases, students learn to manage projects and streamline operations to deliver strategic value across diverse business environments.

Optional modules

Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.

Values Driven Talent Management and Workforce Planning

This module equips students with strategic skills in values-driven talent management and workforce planning. Focusing on recruitment, retention, and development, it emphasises inclusive, sustainable practices.

Real-World Skills in Action: Elevate Your Expertise

This module is crucial as it elevates your professional knowledge, skills, and behaviours through real-world employment. It enhances your CV by integrating practical experience, supports self-awareness, and aligns with professional standards.

Enterprise, Ideation and Market Trends (Entrepreneurship pathway)

A successful entrepreneur or intrapreneur understands how customer problems are identified, discovers openings for new business solutions that match customer needs, and uses that information and inspiration to generate something real and meaningful.

Innovation Management (Entrepreneurship pathway)

By recognising that innovation is a key driver of competitive advantage, resilience, and sustainable business growth, students will critically examine how innovation can be successfully implemented and managed across a range of business sectors and sizes of enterprise from local to global.

Cyber Resilience and Governance (Cyber Security pathway)

This module empowers students to design governance frameworks and lead operational resilience strategies. Learn how to protect critical business functions, navigate regulations, and maintain stakeholder trust in a fast-changing digital environment.

Cyber Risk Management and Compliance (Cyber Security pathway)

This module explores industry frameworks, compliance strategies, and risk assessment tools—equipping you to create practical, business-aligned solutions to safeguard business operations and meet legal and ethical obligations.

Consumer Behaviour (Marketing pathway)

This module equips you with insights essential for crafting effective campaigns and understanding consumer needs, fostering skills for careers in marketing, advertising, and business strategy.

Marketing Analytics (Marketing pathway)

Discover key marketing metrics, critically evaluate data-driven marketing strategies, apply analytical tools effectively, and develop evidence-based recommendations for marketing initiatives.

Financial Technology for Business (Finance pathway)

The module provides the theoretical and practical knowledge of FinTech applications, enabling students to analyse real-world problems and propose innovative solutions.

Business Finance for Decision Making (Finance pathway)

This module equips you with practical tools to analyse financial data, assess investment options, and make informed strategic choices. Ideal for future managers and entrepreneurs seeking to enhance financial literacy and drive business success through data-driven financial decisions.

Digital Enterprise Management (Digital Innovation pathway)

On this module you will examine the integration of technology within business operations, exploring digital transformation strategies, enterprise systems, and data-driven decision-making.

AI Powered Innovation (Digital Innovation pathway)

This module introduces foundational concepts of artificial intelligence and its transformative role in driving innovation. You will discover AI applications across industries, focusing on problem-solving, creativity, and ethical considerations.

Work Placement

A work placement gives you the chance to gain valuable experience and 'test drive' a career; to explore whether a particular role, company, or industry is the right fit for you. It’s a low-risk, high-reward opportunity to shape your future with confidence and clarity. A work placement is also a powerful way to stand out in the job market.

Study Abroad

Studying abroad gives business students a global perspective, cultural intelligence, and adaptability - qualities highly valued by employers. It builds confidence, expands professional networks, and enhances communication skills. Exposure to international markets and diverse business practices prepares you to thrive in global roles and stand out in a competitive job market.

Core modules

Strategic Management

This module is crucial as it equips you with the ability to critically assess and apply strategic management models and theories to real-world organisational challenges.

Global Supply Chain Management

The module combines theoretical frameworks with real-world case studies from different industries including manufacturing, retail, food, fashion and electronics to enhance students' analytical and problem-solving skills in supply chain decision-making within the global context.

Consultancy Project

The Consultancy Project lets you lead your own research into a real world business issue of personal or professional interest. Develop critical thinking, problem solving, and consultancy skills while showcasing your initiative and creativity. Tackle real challenges and boost your employability with a project that sets you apart.

Optional modules

Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.

Campaign Management

The module offers the opportunity to experience two key agency roles in campaign management marketing communications strategy, that is, a campaign that uses advertising and promotion to meet communications objectives and the creative development of campaign artefacts to deliver consistent message.

AI Innovation Lab

You will be guided to gain practical experience of AI tools and to develop innovative solutions through AI tools, emphasizing problem-solving, creativity, and ethics. Prepare for future-focused careers by mastering AI integration across industries, fostering technical expertise, and strategic thinking in real-world contexts.

Applied Corporate Finance

Students will assess investment options, analyse financial performance, and consider the impact of funding choices, applying financial tools to real-world scenarios to build practical skills for roles in management, consultancy, and finance.

Cyber Security Incident Response

Cyber Security Incident Response module equips students with the skills to detect, manage, and recover from cyber attacks. Learn how to lead incident response teams, protect business assets, and ensure business continuity in an increasingly digital world.

Navigating Ethics for Organisational Success

This inspiring module equips students to navigate global management challenges through critical exploration of leadership, culture, power, diversity, and ethics, all through a cross-cultural lens.

Business Start-up

This module will equip students with key methods for success, and critical frameworks that are essential for understanding the preliminary stages of bringing a new business into existence.

Real World Skills in Action: Mastery Unleashed

This module enhances management and leadership skills, supports professional growth, and provides valuable work experience. By utilising your part-time job, you can balance work and study effectively, adding real value to your CV.