Transform your learning through innovative teaching methods. Prepare for your career with an industry led curriculum. Gain highly employable skills and knowledge in all areas of business.
Overview
The BA (Hons) Business and Management suite of programmes gets you ready for a career in business while giving you the flexibility to focus your studies on an area that interests you. With an employer embedded within every module, you’ll interact with industry at every step of your journey.
You’ll learn the fundamentals of business, management, and leadership through the context of digital and sustainable business practices. Whether it’s setting up your own business or working as part of a multi-national corporation, the Business and Management course will equip you with the skills and capabilities to be an effective manager whatever the organisation.
Why us?
- This course has 95% Overall Satisfaction according to the National Student Survey 2021
- Our Business and Management courses are ranked best in the North East for course satisfaction, teaching satisfaction and feedback satisfaction in the Guardian University Guide (2023)
- Our management courses share a common first year, which enables you to focus on your chosen specialism of Management, HRM, Finance or Marketing
- Course content has been carefully designed with students and employers to enhance your employability
- This course is dual accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and upon successful completion, you’ll also gain an additional qualification in Management and Leadership
- The Sunderland Business School is a member of ‘The Association of Business Schools’
- Every module has a link to industry so that you can apply your learning in authentic business scenarios
- Cutting-edge topics are covered such as issues around Sustainability in Business and Digital aspects of Business in the 21st century workplace
Course structure
With an innovative mix of experiential learning and knowledge development in terms of the role, function and influence of managers and leaders in a changing business world, the course provides you with opportunities for creative, reflexive, innovative and entrepreneurial skills development in live work environments.
Examples of experiential learning methods include live projects, placement opportunities, workplace shadowing and panel presentations.
The course features innovative teaching methods and learning by doing and reflecting. This includes problem-based learning, where you’ll work within a small team to explore issues or decide how to manage a situation. This helps you to dissect, challenge and debate issues.
Other learning techniques include company visits, guest speakers and cutting-edge e-learning technologies. These are in addition to a combination of lectures, seminars, debates, tutorials and workshops.
Assessment methods include: Narrative reports, e-portfolios, consultancy projects, negotiated assessments, case studies, reflective statements, audio journals, posters, digital storyboards, blogs, podcasts and YouTube videos.
Facilities
You’ll be based at The Reg Vardy Centre, at The Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter’s. This is home to Sunderland Business School and St Peter’s Library which has thousands of books related to business, economics, management, human resources, marketing and strategy.
Career ready
Our students graduate with sought-after skills and knowledge across all areas of business and management. You'll understand how businesses create success, how to manage business operations, how to make informed decisions, and how to lead change in organisations.
The employability focussed curriculum of the course has been designed in collaboration with a range of employers including: CDC Wealth Management, Caterpillar, Nissan, Network Rail, NCC Education, NHS, Enterprise Rent a Car, Uplift Associates, Sedgefield SSP CIC, Castle Howard and NRL Ltd.
Paid placements
The faculty-based employability team will support you in securing an optional paid work placement to further enhance your employability between your second and final year. It effectively becomes a third year of a four-year course, and you’ll earn an average salary of £14,000-£18,000 a year depending on your location.
Placements are an excellent opportunity to put your learning into practice and understand the context for your new knowledge. The contacts made during placements can also be valuable for future job offers.
Guest speakers
Our regular programme of guest speakers from industry allows you to listen to people who are already in the type of management position that you may one day hold. Recent speakers include Maurice Duffy, CEO of Global Blackswan, Mike Johnson, CEO of Castrol and Executive Vice President of BP, Uday K. Dholakia, Senior Partner of Global Consulting, Neil Stephenson, CEO of ONYX, James Ramsbotham, CEO of the North East Chamber of Commerce, as well as other representatives from a number of our region’s largest employers.
Student Business Society
The University supports student-led initiatives that help you gain practical experience of management. The Student Business Society organises events and guest speakers, as well as attending tours of various companies. With its professional approach, it’s a great way to put into practice the lessons about how to make organisations function effectively. There is something for every student who is studying a subject related to business.
Top-up route
A top-up entry option is available to those who have already successfully completed a Higher National Diploma (HND) or Foundation Degree and wish to progress onto the final year of the honours degree course. Topping up your existing HND or Foundation Degree will take one year of full-time study and may open up future career options to you depending on your chosen career path.
Contact us to find out how you can get credit for your previous learning and top-up your qualification to a range of degrees.
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