Program Overview

Business Management and English, MA

Introduction

Business Management and English at Aberdeen adds extra value to your strong business grounding and people skills. You will graduate with a combination of analytical, technical and communication skills and perspective, which will appeal strongly to employers in business and many fields.

Study Information

At a Glance

• Learning Mode: On Campus Learning
• Degree Qualification: MA
• Duration: 48 months
• Study Mode: Full Time
• Start Month: September
• UCAS Code: QN32

What You'll Study

Year 1

• Compulsory Courses:
  • Academic Writing for Language & Literature (AW1008)
  • The Economics of Business and Society (EC1006)
  • Acts of Reading (EL1009)
  • Accounting and Entrepreneurship (AC1517)
  • Getting Started at the University of Aberdeen (PD1002)
  • Managing Organisations (MS1009)
  • Controversial Classics (EL1513)
  • Rethinking Reading (EL1536)
• Optional Courses:
  • Controversial Classics (EL1513)
  • Rethinking Reading (EL1536)

Year 2

• Compulsory Courses:
  • Encounters with Shakespeare (EL2011)
  • Operations Management (MS2511)
  • Understanding Statistics (PO2508)
  • Marketing (MS2006)
  • The Tragedy of Knowledge (EL2512)
  • Building Skills and Experience for Career Success (PD2002)
  • Power, Empire and Equality (EL2518)
• Optional Courses:
  • The Tragedy of Knowledge (EL2512)
  • Power, Empire and Equality (EL2518)

Year 3

• Optional Courses:
  • Page and Stage: Renaissance Writings 1500 - 1640 (EL30CP)
  • Knights, Virgins and Viragos: Chaucer and Medieval Writing (EL35DQ)
  • Sympathy for the Devil: Scottish Short Stories (EL30QA)
  • Britain and the Nineteenth - Century World (EL35SB)
  • Fallen Women and Self - Made Men (EL35VC)
  • Haunted Texts (EL35KN)
  • Modernism: Make IT New (EL30FF)
  • American Voices: Self and Society, 1850 - 1930 (EL30RD)
  • Art and Atrocity: Representations of Violence and Trauma (EL35UT)
  • Romanticism (EL30XR)
  • Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (MS3056)
  • New Venture Development (MS3058)
  • Understanding the Consumer (MS3551)
  • Research Methods for Business (MS3553)
  • Human Resource Management (MS3554)

Year 4

• Compulsory Courses:
  • EITHER:
    • English Dissertation (EL4502)
    • Business Strategy (MS4536)
  • OR:
    • Dissertation in Management Studies (MS4540)
• Optional Courses:
  • Understanding and Managing Change (MS4048)
  • Understanding and Managing Behaviour in Organisations (MS4053)
  • Business Strategy (MS4536)

How You'll Study

Learning Methods

• Individual Projects
• Lectures
• Research
• Tutorials

Assessment Methods

• Coursework such as essays and reports completed throughout the course.
• Practical assessments of the skills and competencies they learn on the course.
• Written examinations at the end of each course.

Why Study Business Management and English?

• Study at a top UK University for Business and Management (11th) in the most recent major league tables (The Complete University Guide 2021)
• Business Management at Aberdeen provides an opportunity to study Management on its own or alongside one of a large number of the other disciplines taught at the University.
• Aberdeen is known as being the oil and gas capital of Europe and the industry has a high demand for Business Management graduates. The University's close links to international companies will improve your career prospects.
• Attractive, in-depth courses covering all periods of English literature plus Scottish, Irish and American literature, and creative writing with our prize-winning and published creative writing team.
• Friendly and committed teaching staff at the forefront of research in their field.
• Excellent library resources built up over 500 years and located in the Sir Duncan Rice Library, combined with state-of-the-art IT facilities.

Entry Requirements

Qualifications

• SQA Highers:
  • Standard: AABB
  • Minimum: BBB
  • Adjusted: BB
• A LEVELS:
  • Standard: BBB
  • Minimum: BBC
  • Adjusted: CCC
• International Baccalaureate: 32 points, including 5, 5, 5 at HL.
• Irish Leaving Certificate: 5H with 3 at H2 AND 2 at H3.

English Language Requirements

• IELTS Academic: OVERALL - 6.0 with: Listening - 5.5; Reading - 5.5; Speaking - 5.5; Writing - 6.0
• TOEFL iBT: OVERALL - 78 with: Listening - 17; Reading - 18; Speaking - 20; Writing - 21
• PTE Academic: OVERALL - 59 with: Listening - 59; Reading - 59; Speaking - 59; Writing - 59
• Cambridge English B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency: OVERALL - 169 with: Listening - 162; Reading - 162; Speaking - 162; Writing - 169

Fees and Funding

• England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland: £9,535
• EU / International students: £20,800
• Self-funded international students commencing eligible undergraduate programmes in 2025/26 will receive a £6,000 tuition waiver for every year of their programme.

Careers

• There are many opportunities at the University of Aberdeen to develop your knowledge, gain experience and build a competitive set of skills to enhance your employability.
• The Careers and Employability Service can help you to plan your career and support your choices throughout your time with us, from first to final year – and beyond.