BSc International Business
Entry requirements
A level: AAA BTEC: Applicants declaring a BTEC National Extended Diploma in Business or Enterprise and Entrepreneurship or Marketing must achieve Distinction* Distinction Distinction (an A-level is not required). IB: 35 points overall with 17 points from Higher Level subjects. Plus Mathematics can be met via a 5 at Standard Level or a 4 at Higher Level. English Language can be met via a 5 at Standard Level or Higher Level English A, or a 7 at Standard Level English B, or a 6 at Higher Level English B.
About this course
BSc in International Business, a business and management degree centred on commercial operations, economic strategy, and cross-border organisational dynamics. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade and includes a final-year dissertation project. Students can choose from designated pathways in Analytics, Consulting, Economics, Enterprise and Innovation, Marketing, and Ethics and Sustainability. The first year introduces foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Principles of International Business, Global Entrepreneurship, Organisational Behaviour, and Economics for Management. Optional choices in this year cover topics in statistics, decision-making, and small business creation. The second year develops core competencies through compulsory study in Cross-Cultural Management, Research Methods in International Business, and Managing International Business, while optional modules branch into economics, law, and corporate responsibility. The final year focuses on advanced global themes with compulsory modules including Transnational Corporations in the World Economy, International Business Dissertation, and International Strategic Management. Optional modules in the final year allow further specialisation in areas such as digital work, supply chains, sustainability, and artificial intelligence.
Modules
- Academic and Professional Development for Studies in International Business
- Principles of International Business
- Global Entrepreneurship
- Organisational Behaviour
- Economics for Management
- Institutions of Work and Employment
- Understanding Statistics in the Social Sciences
- Economic Perspectives and Controversies
- Introduction to Sports Analytics
- Business and Society: Combined
- Introduction to Effective Decision Making
- Starting your own Business
- Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1A
- Mathematics and Statistics for Economics and Business 1B
- Cross-Cultural Management
- Research Methods in International Business
- Managing International Business
- From Study to Work
- Small Business Internationalisation and Growth
- Advanced Management Decision Making
- How Managers Make Decisions
- Business and the Legal Environment
- Contemporary Topics in International Business
- Organisational Behaviour in Practice
- Experiencing the World of Work
- Visualising and Analysing Data Effectively
- Understanding Data in the Social Sciences
- Evidence Based Consultancy
- Industrial Economics
- Business Economics
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
- The International Economic Environment
- Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice
- New Enterprise Planning
- Managing Innovation in Business
- Leading and Managing Small Businesses
- Marketing
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Leadership Ethics
- Transnational Corporations in the World Economy
- International Business Dissertation
- International Strategic Management
- Managing Social Media and Digital Work
- Global Perspectives on Work and Employment
- European Business
- Managing Global Value Chains
- Freight Transport, Logistics and the Environment
- Sustainable International Business
- AI in International Business
- Data Analytics for Business
- People Analytics: Strategy and Practice
- Contemporary Management Consulting
- Enterprise Consultancy
- Environmental Economics
- Economics of Business and Corporate Strategy
- Critical Perspective in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
- Innovation in Practice for Change and Impact
- International Marketing
- Marketing Strategy
- Business Ethics
- Gender and Equality at Work in Comparative Perspective
- Diversity Management
- Sustainable Business Futures: Policy and Practice
- Ethics of Artificial Intelligence