
BA (Hons) in Business and Management (Entrepreneurship)
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
GBP 15,750 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* international full time | UK part time: £4,625 | UK full time: £9,250 | professional placement year full time for UK: £1,850 international: £3,150
Key Summary
Introduction
Do you have an idea for the next big thing? Or are you looking to start your own business? This Business and Management course will give you the skills to develop, grow, and flourish as an entrepreneur by building your concept from the ground up.
We'll teach you core business values within this practically-focused pathway and provide you with chances to get first-hand, real-life experience. We'll empower you to develop your entrepreneurial flair whilst giving you a thorough grounding in business theory and practice. You'll work on fundraising and pitching skills and be encouraged to have your creative thoughts about business opportunities.
By working with our enterprise team at Bath Spa, as well as within the new "incubator space" at EMERGE, you'll be part of the University's creative business hub and learn from other students across the course and from wider degree programs.
Professional placement year
Overview
This optional placement year provides you with the opportunity to identify, apply for, and secure professional experience, normally comprising one to three placements over a minimum of nine months. Successful completion of this module will demonstrate your ability to secure and sustain graduate-level employment.
By completing the module, you'll be entitled to the addition of 'with Professional Placement Year' to your degree title.
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Curriculum
Year one (Level 4) modules
- The Business Environment
- Organizational Behaviour and Management
- Economics and Globalisation
- Managing Data
- Design Thinking for Enterprise
- Professional Practice
Year two (Level 5) modules
- Creativity for Business
- Innovation Management
- Accounting in Practice
- Entrepreneurship in Practice
- Festivals and Events in Practice
- Human Resource Management in Practice
- International Business in Practice
- Economics in Practice
- Law in Practice
- Marketing in Practice
- Tourism Management in Practice
- Fashion in Practice
- Operations and Project Management
- The Marketing Business
- Human Resource Management
- Financial Accounting
- Destination Management
- International Business
- Entrepreneurship
- Festival and Events Management
- Law for Business Enterprise
- Fashion Marketing and Management
- Applying Economics
- Work Placement
- Professional Placement Year
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Year three (Level 6) modules
- Business and Management Project
- Accounting Project
- Entrepreneurship Project
- Festival and Events Project
- Human Resource Management Project
- International Business Project
- Marketing Project
- Tourism Management Project
- Law Project
- Economics Project
- Fashion Project
- International Marketing
- Management Accounting
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Enterprise: Creating Your Business
- Organisational Strategy
- Managing Sustainability
- Cross Cultural Management in International Business
- Summer Placement
- Tourism: Contemporary Issues
- Creating and Hosting Festivals and Events
- Advanced Economics Issues
- Exploring Law in Business
- Business and Academic Skills
- Fashion Marketing Visualisation
- New Trends in Management
- Successful Freelancing
- Leadership and Management
Program Outcome
What you'll learn
Overview
On the Entrepreneurship pathway, you'll cover the key skills needed to build a successful business from scratch. You'll learn the importance of successful planning, considering all aspects of setting up a business and exploring funding options from crowdfunding to finding investors. You'll learn to pitch your ideas to maximum effect and see them come to life when you put on your fundraising event. We'll give you the chance to work as part of a team, teaching you valuable skills in leadership, interpersonal relations, and organization.
We'll introduce you to contacts from local and regional businesses, including Bath Spa alumni who have set up their successful enterprises, such as Cressida Bullock (Fun Science) and Ben Franks (Novel Wines). You'll develop the core skills you need to excel in all kinds of businesses and start to build a clear picture of exactly where those skills could take you. By networking and working with real-life businesses and organizations, you'll be ready to begin your entrepreneurial journey when you graduate.
You'll share ideas with other business and management students and peers from a range of creative courses at Bath Spa. You'll be able to bring in modules from areas outside the Entrepreneurship pathway if you want to explore issues around a particular ‘theme', such as sustainability or global affairs.
Course structure
Year one
Gain a broad understanding of today’s business environment – from the context that organizations operate into trends in economic thinking and the importance of data in business. Modules will cover topics such as organizations and the business environment, economics and globalization, and managing data.
Year two
Focus on the inner workings of organizations. Use business techniques to solve problems and start developing the skills that employers look for. Modules cover key themes including creativity and innovation in business. At the end of the year, you can choose to embark on a ten-month business placement or a ten-week summer placement – applying what you’ve learned so far in the real world.
Year three
Develop and explore your business learning, focusing on being enterprising and creating your own business. Undertake an in-depth business research project in entrepreneurship. You’ll also have a chance to set up a business on your own or with fellow students. Other topics to explore include: managing sustainability; organizational strategy; new trends in management; creating and hosting festivals and events, and strategic human resource management.
How will I be assessed?
You'll be assessed in a wide range of ways that will test your business knowledge and management skills. These could include presentations, work-related projects, group work, computer-based simulations, podcasts, examinations, essays, videos, and business reports.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Several previous students have set up their businesses and social enterprises in a range of sectors. Graduates have also found roles in areas such as:
- Crowdfunding
- Fundraising
- Charity management
- Social enterprises
- Business strategy
- Income generation (funding, crowdsourcing).
Facilities
Program delivery
How will I be taught?
We offer variety in the way we teach: sometimes we’ll set your problems so that you can find the answers for yourself; sometimes we’ll lecture.
Most modules use a mix of lectures and small-group seminars. There’s a good blend of online activities using our Virtual Learning Environment.
We invite business leaders to Bath Spa to talk about their experience and we arrange visits to local businesses. All of our teaching methods facilitate your development as a self-directed learner.
You’ll be given personal support in your study – we’re a friendly team of academics who are committed to helping students achieve their goals.
Course length
Three years full-time, or four years full-time with a professional placement year. Part-time available.
Program Admission Requirements
Show your commitment and readiness for Grad school by taking the GRE - the most broadly accepted exam for graduate programs internationally.