Course Details

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

STAGE ONE

Composition:

• 8 Courses (7 mandatory and 1 elective, all at SCQF level 7)
• 4 Courses required in each Semester 

MANDATORY

• Management in a Global Context (C17EB)
• Introductory Micro Economics (C27AA)
• Introduction to Accounting (C37FA)
• Enterprise and its Business Environment (C17EC)
• Business Skills (C17BS)
• Introductory Macro Economics (C27BA)
• Introduction to Finance (C37FI) 

ELECTIVES (Choose 1 from Semester 1)

• Accounting Profession and Practice (C37AP)
• Introduction to Psychology 1 (tbc)
• Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc) 

Progression Requirements – Stage 1 to Stage 2:

STAGE TWO

Composition:

• 8Courses (4 mandatory, 2 optional and 2 elective – all mandatory and optional courses are at SCQF level 8)
• 4 Courses required in each Semester 

MANDATORY

• Human Resource Management (C18HM)
• Fundamentals of Marketing (C18FM)
• Commercial Law (C18CL)
  • Operations Management (C18OP) 

OPTIONAL – Choose 2 from Semester 2

• Business Entities (C18CM)
• Enterprise Concepts and Issues (C18TP)
• Marketing Perspectives (C18FO)
• Organisational Behaviour (C18OB) 

ELECTIVES

• Accounting Profession and Practice (C37AP)
• Introduction to Psychology 1 (tbc)
• CriticalWriting and Analysis (tbc)
• Financial Reporting (C38FR)
• Financial Markets Theory (C38FM)
• Quantitative Methods (F78Q7)
  • Business Entities (C18CM)
  • Enterprise Concepts and Issues (C18TP)
  • Marketing Perspectives (C18FO)
  • Organisational Behaviour (C18OB)
  • Management Accounting in Organisations (C38MO)
  • Corporate Financial Theory (C38FN)
  • Social and Environmental Accounting (C38SE)
  • Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
  • Introduction to Psychology 2 (tbc)
  • Business Skills (C17BS) 

Progression Requirements – Stage 2 to Stage 3:

• At least 210 credits, with a minimum of 90 at SCQF level 8 – with a minimum of grade E required in the 4 mandatory courses, and a minimum of grade D required in any 4 courses at SCQF level 8. 

STAGE THREE

Composition:

• 8 Courses (2 mandatory, 4 optional and 2 elective – all mandatory and optional courses are at SCQF level 9)
• 4 Courses required in each Semester 

MANDATORY

• Business Research Methods (C19RH)
• Strategic Management (C19BU) 

OPTIONAL- Choose 2 in each semester

• Consumer Behaviour (C19CE)
• Employment Law (C19EL)
• Innovation Management (C19IN)
• Project Management (C19PT)
  • Critical Approaches to Management (C19CA)
  • Marketing Communications (C19MC)
  • ELECTIVES – choose 1 in each semester
    • Consumer Behaviour (C19CE)
    • Employment Law (C19EL)
    • Innovation Management (C19IN)
    • Project Management (C19PT)
    • Management Accounting Techniques (C39MT)
    • International Bond and Currency Markets (C39SM)
    • Auditing and Assurance (C39AU)
    • Statistical Techniques (C08QU)
    • Mergers and Acquisitions (C30CN)
    • Financial Reporting (C38FR)
    • Financial Markets Theory (C38FM)
    • Quantitative Methods (F78Q7)
    • Accounting Profession and Practice (C37AP)
    • Introduction to Psychology 1 (tbc)
    • Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
      • Business Entities (C18CM)
      • Enterprise Concepts and Issues (C18TP)
      • Marketing Perspectives (C18FO)
      • Organisational Behaviour (C18OB)
      • Critical Approaches to Management (C19CA)
      • Marketing Communications (C19MC)
      • Critical Approaches to Management (C19CA)
      • Marketing Communications (C19MC)
      • Financial Derivatives (C39CN)
      • Contemporary Issues in Financial Accounting (C39CA)
      • Managing Corporate Value (C89CE)
      • Management Accounts in Organisations (C38MO)
      • Corporate Financial Theory (C38FN)
      • Social and Environmental Accounting (C38SE)
      • Critical Writing and Analysis (tbc)
      • Introduction to Psychology 2 (tbc)
      • Business Skills (C17BS) 

Progression Requirements – Stage 3 to Stage 4:

• At least 360 credits, with a minimum of 60 at SCQF level 9 – with a minimum of grade C, at the first attempt, required in the 2 mandatory courses and 4 optional courses at SCQF level 9. 

Award Requirements – Ordinary Degree

• At least 360 credits, with a minimum of grade D required in no less than 4 courses at SCQF level 9. 

Award Requirements – Ordinary Degree with distinction

• Where a student obtains grade A in no less than 5 SCQF level 9 courses, out of the 8 courses completed at Stage 3, the examination board will consider whether to make the award of Bachelor of Arts with distinction.