Transmenu powered by JoomlArt.com - Mambo Joomla Professional Templates Club

You will be able to study for the BA degree over a period of 3 years by completing 2 modules per term. Therefore, you are able to enjoy a well paced approach towards completing your degree studies.

It is possible to work on a full-time basis over the summer holidays and gain valuable work experience either in the UK or back in your country. It is possible to earn a reasonable income during full time summer work and save towards the funding of your studies. The practical experience gained in the working environment will enhance student knowledge and add to their long term employability.

It is possible to seek work placements via certain “student work placement agencies” during your summer holidays. The College will be able to assist you in terms of approaching the correct “student work placement agency”.

2. It provides an excellent broad-based grounding in all aspects of business.

The modules on the University of Wales degree are specially designed for tomorrow’s Business professionals with a focus on:

· Firstly Knowledge. Students within the degree will learn about all the main management functions including Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, IT and Production.

· Secondly Skills. As importantly students will acquire the practical skills needed in the work place today including leadership, group working, project management and presentations.

3. Case studies and real company examples provided on the Course will encourage students to hone their knowledge and apply the theory to practice so ensuring what is learnt is always relevant.

4. Wide choice of Financially rewarding career opportunities.

The broad coverage of the Business Degree will prepare students to either work in General management and so eventually hopefully reach the top highly paid position in a firm of Managing director

Specialise in one area of management after graduation in which role the general knowledge of other aspects of Management will be extremely useful.

In either circumstances the graduate will be in a challenging and financially rewarding position

5. To run one’s own business.

· To run their own business successfully the owner will need to know about all aspects of Management.

· Firstly at the start of the Business he/she will have to perform a variety of different management roles as specialist managers could not be afforded.

· As the Business grows it is essential the owner also understands all that goes on in order to have proper controls in place for every part of the business

6. It provides a strong foundation for further study.

· A University of Wales BA degree will give students the opportunity to progress to an MBA Course at KCB or another UK university.

· Alternatively students can decide to obtain a specialist professional qualification such as CIM or ICSA for which they will obtain significant exemptions

COURSE CONTENT AND ASSESSMENT

The course contains eighteen modules. The assessments are exams and coursework based as shown below.

Students have to pass 18 modules to be awarded the BA Business Studies with Honours (BA Hons) but can be awarded an Ordinary degree (BA) if they pass 14 modules.

No	Modules level 4
1	Business Communications
2	Business Management
3	Business Accounting
4	Business Economics
5	IT Management
6	Marketing
No	Modules level 5
7	Company and Business Law
8	HR Management
9	Management Accounting
10	Financial Management
Plus 2 options (Modules 11 & 12) from the following:
Market Research
Marketing Communications
Systems Analysis and Design
E-Commerce
Financial Accounting
Taxation
No	Modules level 6
13	Corporate Strategy
14	Contemporary Issues in Management
Plus 4 options (Modules 15,16,17 & 18) from the following:
International Marketing
E-Marketing
Contemporary Issues in Marketing
IT Project Management
Strategic IT Management
Human Factors in Computing
Corporate Finance
Performance Management
Financial Reporting
Auditing

Each Module is marked out of 100 (%mark) with the pass mark being 40%.

When a student passes 18 subjects the Honours degree classification will depend upon the Grade Point Average (GPA) of modules studied at levels 5 & 6.

Grade Point Average[GPA]	Award
70-100	BA Honours First Class
60-69	BA Honours Upper second Class
50-59	BA Honours Lower second Class
40-49	BA Honours Third Class

The class of the Honours Degree is very important for the students’ future career and/or further study.

Course Duration and structure

The course duration is 36 months of full-time study, with 3 possible start dates in January, April or October every year.

Course Start Date	Course Finish Date	Course Duration
October 2009	October 2012	36 months
January 2010	January 2013	36 months
April 2010	April 2013	36 months

The 3 year (36 months) Course is divided into 9 terms and students study 2 modules per term for each of the 9 terms. From the list above the first 6 subjects are studied in Year 1 and another 6 in Year 2 and the remaining 6 subjects are studied in Year 3.

Term	Duration	Study
1	3 months	2 modules from Level 4
2	3 months	2 modules from Level 4
3	3 months	2 modules from Level 4
4	3 months	2 modules from Level 5
5	3 months	2 modules from Level 5
6	3 months	2 modules from Level 5
7	3 months	2 modules from Level 6
8	3 months	2 modules from Level 6
9	3 months	2 modules from Level 6
Total	36 months	18 modules

Entry Requirements

Entry onto the “BA Business Studies” Course is the standard University of Wales matriculation requirements. Applicants must be able to prove that their secondary qualifications are of A-Level standard or that they possess a relevant Diploma or professional qualification. Those with full and partial professional qualifications e.g. ACCA, CIMA, CIM, ICSA can apply for exemptions and will be considered on a case by case basis. Mature students without these formal qualifications are also invited to apply.

Candidates must have a minimum English certification comparable to an IELTS level of 6.0.