BA (Hons) International Business Management Top-up
Overview
The world awaits
Do you have equivalent of the first two years of a degree – such as an HND or another qualification – but you’d like to top up to a full degree? Would you like to be prepared for a career in international business and management? Then this International Business Management Top-up to BA (Hons) is for you.
Why International Business Management at LSBU?
- No.2 in London for satisfaction with courses across Business, Management & Marketing (Guardian University League Tables 2019).
- Professional accreditation – The School has Centre of Excellence status with the IOEE, in recognition of our entrepreneurial culture and leading-edge practice.
- Outstanding facilities and access to the software widely used in industry: Bloomberg, SAGE, FAME, Nvivo and SPSS.
- You could study in Europe during the first semester of the second year, with semester abroad opportunities in the USA or Australia too.
- Our graduates have strong employment prosepects; we’re joint 2nd for career prospects amongst London universities (Guardian University League Tables 2020) and first overall for graduate prospects in Business Studies amongst London Modern universities (Sunday Times League Table 2020).
Modules
You’ll find this course has a strong focus on enterprise. It’s an international programme which focuses on business and management, preparing you to operate and compete in an ever-changing business world. The course covers strategic management, global markets, small and medium-sized enterprises, decision making, finance, business creativity, analytics and research methods.
Core modules:
- Strategic management and leadership
- Leading and managing SMEs
- Entry strategies for global markets
Optional modules:
- Management accounting for decision making
- Practical analytics
- Mobile applications – from idea to mass adoption
- Labour and capital in an age of globalisation
- MS – managing successful programmes (certification)
- Entrepreneurial finance
- Individual and organisational learning and development
- Legal protection of business creativity
- Brand management
- PRINCE2® foundation – training (certification)
- Retail boutique and shopper behaviour
- Social impacts of systems in contemporary society
- Business research methods
- A foreign language and applied research report.
Entry requirements
- Successful record of relevant, recent study to a level broadly equivalent to years one and two of undergraduate study including first two years of a degree or a completed foundation degree with a minimum merit profile on Level 5 modules or:
- Recent HND in a relevant subject. with a minimum merit profile on Level 5 modules or:
- Other recent relevant qualification that is equivalent to the first two years of a degree.
We welcome equivalent qualifications from around the world. English language qualifications for international students: IELTS score of 6.0 or Cambridge Proficiency or Advanced Grade C.
Advanced entry
If you have already completed some studies at another university, we may be able to consider you for advanced entry. Please see our advanced entry page for more information.