Business Management BA (Hons)
Coventry, United Kingdom
BA
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
This course aims to help you develop leadership and management skills through understanding the processes of business management.
Course Overview
Learn how you can mobilise your creativity and innovation to deal with business complexities and change, both ethically and sustainably.
You’ll have opportunities to develop your leadership and management skills suited to competitive, multi-disciplinary and dynamic global business environments. These skills will be valuable in organisations of all sizes and sectors, from start-up social enterprises to large multinational corporations, making you attractive to a wide range of employers.
The January start for this course is condensed in Year 1.
Why you should study this course
This course aims to create future business leaders by providing a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the processes of business management, through:
- problem-based learning with integration of our Business Simulation Suite.
- working with expert staff with industry insight and opportunities to network with global business leaders.
- exploring different cultures and examining different business practices found across the globe.
- the provision of an end-to-end understanding of the processes of business management, focussing on how leaders need to ensure that creativity, innovation and change are central to the processes of business sustainability and adaptability.
- learn from real-world examples, and work on live case studies with access to industry speakers that put theory into practice.
If you choose to start this course in January you will study exactly the same course but over a slightly shorter timescale in Year 1. This is ideal if you missed the September start, want to transfer from a different university or course or just need a bit more time to prepare for life at university.
Year One
Modules:
- Entrepreneurial Thinking
- Entrepreneurial Ideation
- Foundations of Management
- Marketing, Digital and Social Media
- Business Decision-Making using Data Analysis
- Organisational Behaviour
Year Two
Modules:
- Innovation in Practice
- Designing a Research Proposal
- Principles of Business Accounting
- Managing People in a Global Context
- Managing Change
- Economy, Society and Environment
Placement Year
There’s no better way to find out what you love doing than trying it out for yourself, which is why a work placement can often be beneficial. Work placements usually occur between your second and final year of study. They’re a great way to help you explore your potential career path and gain valuable work experience, whilst developing transferable skills for the future.
Modules:
- UK Work Placement
- International Study/ Work Placement
Final Year
The final year aims to bring you to the level to enter the world of work by consolidating your knowledge and skills from years one and two. You could also work on a large final project in an area of your interest, with the support of a mentor.
Modules:
- Final Year Project
- Strategy in Action
- Ethical Leadership
Choose two from the following six optional modules:
- Project Management
- Critical Issues in Globalisation
- Business Process Management
- Managing Global Organisations
- Purchasing and Procurement
- Strategic Entrepreneurship
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
Where our graduates work
Recent graduates have gone on to join graduate schemes at National Grid, Ford, Opel and Royal Mail. Others have secured graduate positions as a commercial analyst for TNT, a commercial manager at Marks & Spencer, an assistant manager at Mitchells and Butler and a programme analyst at Jaguar Land Rover.