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, making 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. Students apply knowledge developed on previous courses and professional experience to contemporary business themes on the course.
• 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, simulations and live projects2.
• 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.

Careers and opportunities

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.

Upon successful completion of our?Global Business top-up BA (Hons) course, you may wish to continue to further your studies at postgraduate level. You can do that right here at Coventry University London, with our?Global Business MBA. ?You could continue to build on what you have learnt, further preparing you for a successful high-flying career in business leadership and management roles within an international context.

We also offer alternative postgraduate degrees if you decide to take a slightly different route. You can explore all of your options, including other locations within the Coventry University Group, using?our?postgraduate course search.?You may be entitled to an?alumni discount?on your fees if you decide to extend your time with us by progressing from undergraduate to postgraduate study.