Overview
Approximately 5.51 million private businesses are currently in operation in the United Kingdom (Statista, 2022).
All big businesses and well-renowned companies once started with a simple great idea – take the first step towards a successful career either in business or as an entrepreneur with our business-focused master’s degree.
This programme will enable you to develop your broad business skills and build your professional identity, focusing on how to manage others, think strategically, and also learn project management. In the second semester, this course offers students the ability to specialise in entrepreneurship by taking two specialist modules.
Key facts
- Gain specialist knowledge in Entrepreneurship in the second semester.
- This course is specifically designed for non-business graduates, so no prior knowledge on the field is needed.
- Newcastle Business School is part of a select group of business schools worldwide, following accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in business and accounting – the first in Europe to gain the double accreditation.
- Upon completion of your programme, you will be eligible for the QA Professional Pathways programmes to further develop your skills with one of the UK’s largest providers of IT and project management training.
- This course is also available as an Advanced Practice option, where you’ll gain all-important work experience and professional skills that will enhance your overall employability.
What will I study?
The modules on this programme will cover key concepts of entrepreneurship, how to create a successful business plan that is ready for investment, and also help you to develop a digital entrepreneurial mindset. The aim of this course is to develop these skills as they will make you a highly sought-after candidate as employers are keen to recruit people who can achieve break-through change and lead new initiatives.
How will I be taught and assessed?
- Teaching is delivered through lectures, seminars, studios, tutorials, and workshops totalling around 12 hours per week.
- You’re expected to engage in independent study, around 30 hours per week.
- Assessment is based on a mix of assignments, presentations, group work, reflective reports, and portfolios.
- Taught by experienced lecturers and academics who use their industry experience to demonstrate how theories translate into real-life situations.
- Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) is embedded throughout the course with tools such as the ‘Blackboard’ eLearning Portal.
- Benefit from weekly academic support sessions designed to build your confidence and ability as a postgraduate learner.
- You will be assigned a guidance tutor at induction that you will have meetings with at regular intervals across your period of study.
MSc Business with Entrepreneurship
If you enrol on the 1-year Masters (non-Advanced Practice) your study duration will be 12 months long over the 3 consecutive semesters.
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