Course Outcomes and Course Structure

Course Outcomes

The aim of the BA (Honours) in Business Administration course is to give students an education in the key areas of the discipline of business, providing understanding of underpinning theories, tools and techniques, fitting them to gain employment in a business environment or to proceed to further study. 

The aims of the course are:

·      To produce graduates who understand the rapidly changing world of business and its role in the wider society

·      To develop the knowledge, skills and capabilities graduates require to respond proactively to contemporary issues and the challenges of the business environment

·      To equip graduates with the knowledge, understanding and academic skills to continue to post-graduate study

·      To produce graduates who are confident in developing the personal and intellectual attributes necessary for success in employment

·      To encourage students to reflect on the knowledge, values and assumptions that underpin their understanding of business and business management

·      To encourage students to reflect on the impact of their own actions and that of others on the world of business and the wider society

·      To provide students with the opportunity to specialize in a functional area of business within a broad-based business context

·     To promote the practical skills of processing information, identifying and formulating problems, analysing business environments and applying business management skills

·     To introduce, explain and apply the functions of the marketing, human resource, information management, and finance departments within a modern business environment.

Course Structure

There are 24 modules, 15 core and 7 optional plus a dissertation.  The optional modules are designed to enable students to focus one or more of the following directions: marketing, finance and accounting, and management.

At the time of publication the core modules are:

  • Business Communications
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  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Law for Business
  • Fundamental of Financial Accounting
  • Business Data Analysis
  • Introduction to Marketing
  • Human Resources Management
  • Management Accounting Applications
  • Business Economics
  • Financial Management
  • Creating and Delivering Customer Value
  • Management Research Methods
  • Business Strategy
  • Contemporary Business Issues
  • Business Project (double module)