Business Management BA (Hons) Top-Up drafted
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-19 | - |
| 2024-01-16 | - |
Program Overview
What makes Business Management Top-up at Worcester special?
Our Business Management Top-up degree is designed for students who have a Higher National Diploma (HND), Foundation degree or equivalent qualification in a business-related subject. You will join the final year of the Business Management BA (Hons) degree and leave with the same award as those graduating from the full three years' full time undergraduate course.
The course will prepare you well for the widest possible range of careers in the private, public or voluntary sectors. It is particularly good preparation for early-career roles as a trainee manager, in areas such as sales, customer service or recruitment. Many graduates find fruitful opportunities working initially within specialist recruitment agencies or consultancies. It will also provide you with a route to postgraduate study.
Key features
- You can complete your business top-up in 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time.
- Builds on your existing business study from your HND or Foundation degree.
- Wide range of optional modules available to appeal to your interests and evolving career aspirations.
- Entry route to a very broad range of management careers.
- Taught in a highly supportive and welcoming environment by tutors who have real business experience - many of our staff act as consultants to local businesses, multinational corporations, governments or have run their own business.
Program Outline
What will you study
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How will you be taught?
You will learn how to:
Explore the real-life application of learning via tutors with business experience, via work placement, and via contact with local, national and international businesses - in the past these have included Shell, Barclays Bank and the BBC.
There will be opportunities to take part in projects for clients, visits to businesses, live and computerised simulations, case studies and exhibitions alongside the usual lectures, workshops and seminars. You will develop a range of skills, which you can evidence on your CV and talk about at job interviews.
Teaching approach
Teaching approach
Worcester is a place where you will be supported to reach your full potential as a self-directed learner ready to make an immediate impact in the world of work. Tutors are friendly, approachable and accessible and virtual resources enable you to work flexibly to suit your own learning preferences and busy lifestyle.
You will progressively build your knowledge and expertise across levels of study through modules which are delivered in different ways, perhaps through traditional lectures and seminars as well as e-lectures, workshops and simulations. In a typical week, you will have 12 hours of scheduled contact time, which you will supplement with one-to-one tutorial meetings and around 20 hours of guided independent study.
Assessment
Assessment
There are a variety of assessment types - reports, presentations, projects, examinations - and sometimes you will even be able to choose an assessment style to suit you.
Programme specification
Programme specification
For comprehensive details on the aims and intended learning outcomes of the course, and the means by which these are achieved through learning, teaching and assessment, please
download the latest programme specification document.
Where could it take you?
Employment
We recognise that optimising your future employment and earning potential are a key factor in selecting your degree. On our Business Management Top-up degree, you'll benefit from:
- Targeting selected Employability Standards in every module. These are designed by Worcester Business School in consultation with employers, so you will always be able to see the employability relevance of what you are studying
- Automatic access to our electronic CV Compiler Tool to create a live and evidence-based CV
- Being accredited by, recognised by or mapped to professional qualifications and/or associations as appropriate
- Employment preparation workshops which include CV preparation, mock interviews/assessment centres and meetings with employers
- Course content written and taught by business professionals and practitioners who are fully aware of what today's employers are looking for
- Work-based learning modules where you can learn via a live work-based project
- Adopting a real-world, applied approach to learning, teaching and assessment so that what you learn is relevant and useful to your future employer(s)
- Access to a host of CV-enhancing co-curriculum activities such as our start-up café, international study weeks, case study/business plan competitions, vacation research projects, mentoring activities, etc
- Our 'earn as you learn' part-time work opportunities which will significantly boost your employability after graduation
Further information about
employability and placements
on our business top-up degree is available.Careers and Employability
Our Graduates pursue exciting and diverse careers in a wide variety of employment sectors.
Find out how we can support you to achieve your potential.
Employment
We recognise that optimising your future employment and earning potential are a key factor in selecting your degree. On our Business Management Top-up degree, you'll benefit from:
- Targeting selected Employability Standards in every module. These are designed by Worcester Business School in consultation with employers, so you will always be able to see the employability relevance of what you are studying
- Automatic access to our electronic CV Compiler Tool to create a live and evidence-based CV
- Being accredited by, recognised by or mapped to professional qualifications and/or associations as appropriate
- Employment preparation workshops which include CV preparation, mock interviews/assessment centres and meetings with employers
- Course content written and taught by business professionals and practitioners who are fully aware of what today's employers are looking for
- Work-based learning modules where you can learn via a live work-based project
- Adopting a real-world, applied approach to learning, teaching and assessment so that what you learn is relevant and useful to your future employer(s)
- Access to a host of CV-enhancing co-curriculum activities such as our start-up café, international study weeks, case study/business plan competitions, vacation research projects, mentoring activities, etc
- Our 'earn as you learn' part-time work opportunities which will significantly boost your employability after graduation
Further information about
employability and placements
on our business top-up degree is available.Careers and Employability
Our Graduates pursue exciting and diverse careers in a wide variety of employment sectors.
Find out how we can support you to achieve your potential.