Global Business BA (Hons) top-up
City of London, United Kingdom
BA
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Learn how successful businesses operate on a local and global level to prepare you for wide-ranging careers in business management.
Course Overview
Gain a holistic understanding of management through core subjects such as strategy, marketing, finance, sustainability, project management, entrepreneurship and human resource management.
- Think like a manager from the offset by enhancing your knowledge and skills, which may make you more attractive to future employers.
- Improve your communication, interpersonal and life-long learning skills designed to increase both your academic proficiency and employability.
Why you should study this course
- Opportunity to choose a one-year or a two-year top-up
This course is aimed at students who want to complete their undergraduate studies at Coventry University London and have completed one or two years of a subject-related degree (see entry requirements section for further information). - London location
A university in the City of London, one of the world’s premier business locations and a leading financial centre. You will find a diverse range of exciting businesses, from innovative start-ups to huge multi-nationals. - Industry insight
Evaluate real-life business challenges with industry professionals at guest lectures (subject to availability), simulations and live projects. - Global learning experience
This course is considered from a global perspective to help you understand international management issues, with the aim of preparing you for your career prospects upon successful completion. - Prepare for your future
The course aims to develop you as career-ready, globally aware graduate with management, communication, numerical and information technology skills. If you’re interested in starting your own business, you could get business start-up advice and support from our Enterprise Hub.
Year One
The first year (level 5) of this course aims to help you develop key skills in business management. It also reinforces the main concepts and skills in business and communication, global business, business sustainability, human resource, accounting and finance. You will be encouraged to develop your knowledge, and business English and communication skills especially in report writing, critical thinking, evidence gathering and interpretation; employability and work-based skills.
Modules:
- Academic and Professional Skills
- Global Business Issues
- Cultural Management in Business
- Business Sustainability
- Accounting and Finance for Business
- Human Resource Management
Year Two
Modules:
- Global Business Strategy
- Digital Marketing for International Business
- Business Research Methods
- Project Management in Practice
- Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
Choose one of these two options:
- Business Research Project
- Work Placement
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.
This course aims to give the flexibility to help you build a career in one or more of a wide range of business functions, and to work confidently internationally. It will also aim to help you develop the entrepreneurial skills you will need to start your own business or run an innovative project within a large organisation.
On successful completion of this course, you will:
- be able to understand and apply core business functions and processes in the global context.
- develop knowledge, skills and experience necessary to manage people, physical and financial resources.
- evaluate and provide data in order to make informed business management decisions and manage complex strategic and management issues of global and local businesses.
- be equipped with investigative and analytical skills in order to examine impact of risk on global companies.
- develop international management competencies required to operate in multicultural environment and diverse community.
- be able to appraise, critically analyse and apply contemporary theories to real-world scenarios.
- be able to analyse specific global business situations in to identify areas of good practice and use creative solutions.
Where our graduates work
Our previous graduates have gone on to work at NatWest, Jaguar, Nestle and Amazon.
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