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Introduction to the Business Management with Entrepreneurship and Innovation BSc (Hons) Programme

The Business Management with Entrepreneurship and Innovation BSc (Hons) programme is offered by the University of Surrey, with the University of Surrey serving as both the awarding body and teaching institute. This programme operates within the Framework of the Higher Education Qualifications Framework (FHEQ) at Level 6.

Programme Details

• Final Award and Programme/Pathway Title: BSc (Hons) Business Management with Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Subsidiary Awards:
  • Ord: Business Management with Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • DipHE: Business Management with Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • CertHE: Business Management with Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Professional Recognition: Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
• Modes of Study:
  • Full-time: 360 credits and 180 ECTS credits
  • Full-time with PTY (Professional Training Year): 480 credits and 240 ECTS credits
• QAA Subject Benchmark Statement: Business and Management (Bachelor)

Educational Aims of the Programme

The programme aims to:

• Develop ethical awareness and highlight the importance of diversity in local and global contexts
• Develop graduates with a wide range of interpersonal, team, leadership, professional skills, commercial awareness, and business acumen
• Foster critical skills for innovation thinking within established organisations and new business ventures
• Develop individuals recognised as professionals in their field
• Enhance students' adaptability and resilience through creative, entrepreneurial, and innovative approaches to business problems
• Equip students with necessary digital skills for business decision-making in the Digital Economy
• Support students in seeking and evaluating a range of business solutions for continuous growth and development as professionals

Programme Learning Outcomes

Upon completion, students will be able to:

• Critically evaluate relevant entrepreneurship and innovation frameworks, concepts, and tools
• Appraise and apply multi-disciplinary entrepreneurship and innovation frameworks to complex business problems
• Critically reflect on ethical, social, and sustainability issues in diverse cultural contexts
• Demonstrate professional digital competences relevant to new business start-ups and executives
• Evaluate and apply enhanced critical thinking, analysis, synthesis, and other transferable skills
• Apply relevant entrepreneurship, innovation, and business modelling approaches to real-world contexts
• Select and apply entrepreneurship and innovation techniques to well-defined problems
• Demonstrate awareness of and plan possible solutions for ethical, social, and sustainable issues in business practices
• Apply a range of professional and digital competences relevant to decision-making by managers and executives
• Demonstrate and apply analysis techniques, critical thinking, problem-solving, numerical reasoning, and communication skills
• Understand the theory and practice of management within their disciplines and chosen degree pathway
• Select and apply management techniques to simple problems, drawing appropriate conclusions based on data
• Recognise and demonstrate an awareness of ethical, social, and sustainability issues in business practices
• Demonstrate critical thinking, numeracy, presentation, report writing, and team skills
• For students undertaking the Professional Training Year, demonstrate key business skills, analysis of business operations, self-reflection, and awareness

Programme Structure

The programme is offered in two modes:

• Full-time: Studied over three academic years, consisting of 360 credits
• Full-time with PTY: Studied over four academic years, consisting of 480 credits, including an optional professional training year

Year 1 - FHEQ Level 4

• Compulsory modules include Operations Management, Accounting for Business Managers, Global and Sustainable Business Management, Personal & Professional Development, Organisational Behaviour and Analysis, Business Data Project, Marketing, and People Practices

Year 2 - FHEQ Level 5

• Compulsory modules include Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thinking, Finance, Business Modelling, Working in a Global Context, Digital Business Project, and Digital Coding
• Optional modules are available, including Management Information Systems, International Business, Human Resource Management, Fundamentals of Business Analytics, and Capturing Market Insights

Year 3 - FHEQ Level 6

• Compulsory modules include Social Media and the Digital Economy, New Business Creation, Project Management, and Managing Digital Innovation
• Optional modules include Applied Business Project, Leadership, Employment Law, Applied Analytics in Business, Global Financial Management, Global and Contemporary Human Resource Management, Managerial Decision Making, Fin Tech, Global Trade and International Markets, and Supply Chain Management with Analytics

Opportunities for Placements/Work-Related Learning/Collaborative Activity

• Associate Tutors/Guest Speakers/Visiting Academics
• Professional Training Year (PTY)
• Study exchange (Level 5)

Other Information

• Employability: The programme develops key digital and business skills highly valued in the workplace, with practical experience related to a business context.
• Global and Cultural Capabilities: Students develop their ability to work effectively in diverse groups, broadening their world view and cultural intelligence.
• Digital Capabilities: Students learn to navigate and use digital tools such as SurreyLearn, Zoom, MS Teams, Excel, Google Analytics, and create digital media and presentations.
• Sustainability: The programme aims to develop students' understanding, awareness, and capability to develop innovative solutions to key sustainability and ethically related areas.
• Resourcefulness and Resilience: Students' performance and progress are facilitated and assessed through formative and summative assessments, group work, and self-efficacy development.

Quality Assurance

The Regulations and Codes of Practice for taught programmes can be found on the University's website. Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change.