BA Business and Society (with a year in industry)
Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 35 points BTEC: DDD We consider a range of BTEC qualifications equivalent to 3 A Levels, or in combination with A Levels or other qualifications. For example: Distinction, Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus A at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus AA at A level Distinction, Distinction in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus A at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) Business and Society (with a year in industry), an undergraduate degree in Social Policy and Business Management. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Entrepreneurship, and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students complete a professional placement year in industry between the second and final years. The first year covers core foundations through Economy and Society, Introduction to Business Ethics and Sustainability, Contemporary Issues in Social and Public Policy, and Research and Information Critically. The second year introduces The Policy Think Tank, Business Planning and Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Capitalism and the Public Good, and Social Inequalities. The final year includes compulsory study through Management in the Twenty-First Century, an Independent Study Module, and a Dissertation. Optional modules allow specialisation in areas such as Leadership in Practice, Housing and Homelessness: Overcoming Inequality, Strategic Management of Risk, and Business Consultancy Project.
Modules
- Economy and Society
- Introduction to Business Ethics and Sustainability
- Contemporary Issues in Social and Public Policy
- Social Science and the Chocolate City
- History of Management
- Research and Information Critically
- The Policy Think Tank
- Business Planning and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
- Capitalism and the Public Good
- Strategy, Management and Society
- Researching Policy and Society
- Social Inequalities
- Management in the Twenty-First Century
- Independent Study Module
- Dissertation
- The Dark Side of Organisations
- Leadership in Practice
- Globalisation, Politics and Culture
- Industrial and Corporate Change
- International Perspectives on Leaders and Leadership
- Applied HR, Business and Society
- Welfare States in Crisis
- Housing and Homelessness: Overcoming Inequality
- Wellbeing of Children and Young People
- Managing Diversity
- Sustainability and Business
- Management, Technology and Society
- International and Comparative Employment Relations
- Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Strategic Management of Risk
- Managing and Leading Change
- Vulnerability, Deviance and Social Control
- Migration, Immigration and Social Policy
- Environmental Justice, Harm and Policy
- Education Policy: Divisions and Inequalities
- Global Social Problems
- Left Behind Places
- Business Consultancy Project