Compulsory modules

Responsible Management Practice

The aims of this module are to:

  • Explore the origins and concepts of responsible management practice (RMP).
  • Examine RMP within a range of contemporary contexts.
  • Develop expertise in key academic skills for university life and beyond.

Business in the Digital Age

The aims of this module are:

  • To prepare students with a sound foundation of information and digital business for subsequent information management modules.
  • To prepare students for further information management modules in their second and final years.
  • To prepare students for their Industrial and Professional Studies placements.
  • To develop relevant transferable skills.

Management and International Business Fundamentals

The aims of this module are to:

  • Prepare students with a foundation of various management perspectives and concepts; Examine some of the local, national and international factors and actors which impact businesses and organisations.
  • Gain an understanding of the complexity of doing business in the international business environment.
  • Develop an understanding of how managers and workers work individually, in groups and in teams within organisations.
  • Encourage an openness to new ideas and an awareness that in many situations there are a range of alternative perspectives that might be taken and courses of action that should be evaluated.

Principles of Business Analytics

The aims of this module are to:

  • Explore the origins and concepts of business analytics.
  • Examine the position and role of the business analyst in the organisation.
  • Explore business analytics within a range of exciting contemporary contexts.

Ethics and Professional Skills

The aims of this module are to:

  • Explore the origins and concepts of ethical business in practice.
  • Examine ethical dilemmas from a range of exciting contemporary contexts.
  • Develop expertise in collaborative project work, professional skills and preparedness for the world of work.

Programming Fundamentals

Modern firms rely on advanced programming and data analytics. This module is an introduction to the topic of programming business systems that aims to build a base level of knowledge that can then be taken forward in further learning beyond the module. Through this, students will be able to understand and practice a core capability of modern firms, especially technology firms. The module will give a base level of understanding of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and general Data Analytics.

Plus, one of the following:

Quantitative Business Skills A

The aims of this module are:

  • Introduce students to a variety of mathematical and statistical tools that are used in management and its professions.
  • Ensure that students have the requisite mathematical, statistical and modelling skills that will be necessary to study the quantitative business and management techniques presented in subsequent parts of their management education.
  • Develop confidence in, the use of industry standard packages for business and management purposes.
  • Develop relevant transferable skills.

Quantitative Business Skills B

The aims of this module are:

  • Introduce students to a variety of mathematical and statistical tools that are used in management and its professions.
  • Ensure that students have the requisite mathematical, statistical and modelling skills that will be necessary to study the quantitative business and management techniques presented in subsequent parts of their management education.
  • Develop confidence in, the use of industry standard packages for business and management purposes.
  • Develop relevant transferable skills.

Optional modules

International Business and Culture in Different Contexts

This module offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of comparative and cross-cultural management. It aims to guide students with diverse types of business and management systems around the world with a specific focus on cross-cultural differences at the national level. It will provide a critical analysis of issues and assumptions underlying various approaches to studying national cultures and equip students with cross-cultural understandings and attitudes to manage the core aspects of cross-cultural management.

Introduction to Accounting

The aims of this module are to:

  • Provide an introduction to financial accounting, its key concepts and context.
  • Develop students' skills in preparing and interpreting financial statements.
  • Explore the subjective nature of financial reporting, its benefits and its limitations.
  • Develop students' analytical and written presentational skills.
  • Develop and enhance transferable skills.

Organisational Behaviour

The aims of this module are

  • Prepare students with a sound foundation of behavioural and organisational concepts for subsequent management modules.
  • Develop an understanding of individual, group, and organisational characteristics and processes and their influence on organisational outcomes.
  • Develop an understanding of contextual influences on individuals and groups at work.

Principles of Finance

The aims of this module are:

  • To provide an introduction to core issues in corporate finance.
  • To provide an understanding of how corporate finance relates to other corporate managerial activities.
  • To develop relevant transferable skills.

Principles of Law

The aims of this module are:

  • To introduce basic legal concepts relevant to commercial activity, and to explain their relevance as a parameter of business decision-making.
  • To explain how legal principles are created by both case law and statute.
  • To illustrate their relevance to all aspects of business activity.

University-wide Language Programme

This is a 10 credit module from the University-wide language programme.