BSc Business and Management (N200)

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Course summary

Our BSc Business and Management degree will equip you to become a business leader and covers finance, business law, and strategy, as well as business statistics and data analysis.

Our course will help you to think critically and creatively about business and management. You'll gain a solid understanding of how organisations and managers operate in a global environment. Along the way, you'll develop analytical, problem-solving and people skills that are sought by all employers.

Our teaching includes real industry case studies to help you apply theory to practice.

You will learn about management practice in the global business environment, as well as finance and marketing. Our wide range of optional units allows you to customise your degree to your interests and career ambitions. Options include areas such as strategy, business law, and human resource management.

This three-year course will equip you for a successful career in roles from Financial Manager to Management Consultant. For more information on the flexible study options our BSc Business and Management course offers, watch our video.

The first two years of this course are taught at our vibrant Clifton Campus, where you'll gain a thorough understanding of your subject. From your third year, you'll benefit from teaching delivered at our cutting-edge Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus. Here, enhanced links with businesses will provide you with real-world knowledge, networks and skills to succeed once you graduate.

Course structure

Year one

You'll study several core units that will help you build the foundation for furthering your studies in whichever aspect of business or management you choose to focus on later. These core units introduce you to different areas of business and management, such as marketing, management, accounting and finance, as well as statistics.

Year two

You'll study four mandatory units to strengthen your knowledge and practices in business and management. You'll also have the opportunity to tailor your study by choosing optional units that interest you.

Year three

In your final year, you'll undertake a dissertation as a core unit, and select optional units to develop your specific interest and passion in areas including:

  • human resource management
  • corporate social responsibility (CSR)
  • management accounting
  • management consultancy
  • brands
  • cultural strategy in areas ranging from human resources, corporate responsibility, management accounting for strategy, management consultancy, brands and many more.


Full details about the course structure and units for this course can be viewed in the programme catalogue.

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Entry requirements

We accept a wide variety of qualifications and welcome applications from students of all backgrounds. Below is a guide to the typical offers for this course.

AAA or A*AB
DDD in any Applied General BTEC National Level 3 Extended Diploma

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36 points overall with 18 at Higher Level
32 points overall with 16 at Higher Level

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Advanced Higher: AA, and Standard Higher: AAAAB
Access to HE Diploma in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, Psychology, Law or History (or similar titles). The 45 graded Level 3 credits must include at least 30 credits at Distinction and 15 at Merit or above.

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Requirements are as for A-levels, where you can substitute a non-subject specific grade for the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales or the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate at that grade.
Requirements for principal subjects are as for A-level, where D1/D2 is A*, D3 is A, M1/M2 is B, and M3 is C.
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