Program Overview

BSc Business (Cornwall) - 2026 entry

Overview

Our innovative BSc Business degree focuses on giving you the skills to become a business leader of tomorrow, able to disrupt local, national and international business norms and bring about sustainable, ethical change.

Entry Requirements

• Typical offer: A-Level: ABB-BBB, IB: 32/655-30/555, BTEC: DDM
• Contextual offers: A-Level: BBC-BCC, IB: 28/554-26/544, BTEC: DDM-DMM
• GCSE: C or 4 in English Language, and B or 5 in Mathematics (or: GCE A-level/AS Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Pure Mathematics or Core Mathematics)
• Access to HE: 24 L3 Credits at Distinction Grade and 21 L3 credits at Merit Grade
• T-Level: Distinction

Course Content

Year 1

• Compulsory modules:
  • BEP1010: Business and Society
  • BEP1020: Business Practice and Analysis
  • BEP1030: Operations Management: A Sustainable Perspective
  • BEP1040: Marketing in a Digital Age
  • BEP1120: Introduction to Economics
  • BEP1100: Understanding Work and Organisations
  • BEP1070: Accounting
  • BEP1080: Theory and Practice of Management

Year 2

• Compulsory modules:
  • BEP2210: Circular Enterprise Economy
  • BEP2020: Project Management
  • BEP2030: Business Practice (Placement/Work Experience Project)
  • BEP2040: Strategic Concepts for Business
  • BEP2050: Finance for Business
  • BEP2060: Research Inquiry for Practice
• Optional modules:
  • BEP1034: Introduction to Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • BEP1039: Impactful Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • BEP2001: Business Beyond Profit
  • BEP2110: Workplace Wellbeing
  • BEP2120: Digital Technologies and the Future of Work
  • BEP2190: Understanding Financial Statements
  • BEP2200: Marketing Analytics
  • BEP3172: Future 17: Sustainable Development Goals Challenge
  • BIO2425: Introduction to Ecological Consultancy
  • ECE2001: Oceans and Human Health
  • GEO2440: Geographical Information Science and Systems
  • GEO2445: Rural Social Issues
  • LAW2016C: Environmental Regulation and Redress
  • LAW2112C: Legal Foundations for Business
  • BEP2140: Business Analytics
  • BEP2300: History of Black Entrepreneurship
  • BEP2003: The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Mindset
  • BEP2002: Foundations in Sustainable Solutions

Placement Year (if taken)

• This degree offers you the opportunity to spend a year working in a related industry or studying abroad.

Final Year

• Compulsory modules:
  • BEP3010: Social and Technological Innovation
  • BEP3020: Practice-Based Consultancy Management
  • BEP3030: Globalisation and Internationalisation
  • BEP3040: Local-Global Innovation (Cornwall Research Seminar Series)
  • BEP3050: Future-Facing Dissertation/Project
• Optional modules:
  • BEP3003: Sustainability Accounting and Reporting
  • BEP3011: Business and Climate Change
  • BEP3061: Managing Entrepreneurially
  • BEP3070: Crisis: Change and Creativity in Organisations
  • BEP3090: Business Field Trip
  • BEP3110: Marketing Strategy
  • BEP3172: Future 17: Sustainable Development Goals Challenge
  • BIO3037: Ecology of Environmental Change
  • ECE3002: Frontiers of Global Health
  • GEO2435: Evolution of Human Societies
  • GEO3437B: Climate Change and Society
  • GEO3459: Whole Energy Systems

Course Variants

BSc Business with Industrial Experience

• UCAS code: N113
• Duration: 4 years
• Entry year: 2026
• Campus: Penryn Campus
• Discipline: Business and Management
• Contact: Web: Enquire online, Phone: +44 (0)

BSc Business with Year Abroad

• UCAS code: N114
• Duration: 4 years
• Entry year: 2026
• Campus: Penryn Campus
• Discipline: Business and Management
• Contact: Web: Enquire online, Phone: +44 (0)

Fees

• Tuition fees for 2025 entry:
  • UK students: £9,535 per year
  • International students: £24,700 per year

Scholarships

• The University of Exeter has many different scholarships available to support your education, including £5 million in scholarships for international students applying to study with us in the 2025/26 academic year.

Learning and Teaching

• How will I learn?: Although lectures are one of the main forms of teaching, you will also learn through participation in workshops, tutorials and seminars.
• Study hours: Timetabled contact hours, made up of lectures, seminars and tutorials, vary over the duration of programmes and between programmes and are on average between 11 and 14 hours.
• How will I be assessed?: Modules are assessed through a mixture of group work, coursework, project work, presentations, and examinations.

Your Future

• Global opportunities: The BSc Business degree adopts an international outlook meaning you will develop an understanding of the global business environment.
• Your degree demonstrates that you have the following professional skills:
  • Understand organisations and the markets they operate within, with an appreciation for the interrelationship between business and the environment
  • Create, evaluate and assess business and management opportunities in the climate change era
  • Excellent communication skills including negotiation and persuasion as well as sensitivity to the diversity of people and cultures
  • Proven project management, leadership and consultancy skills applicable to a range of fields
  • Evidence of utilising an effective balance of creative and critical thinking to solve organisational challenges

Careers

• BSc Business degree will prepare you for a professional career in a wide range of sectors including e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing and/or wholesale, management relations, environmental consultancy or social enterprise.