Business Administration

Description

Our Bachelor of Business Administration is a three-year course offering a holistic understanding of contemporary themes in modern business management. We cover a range of issues reflecting modern management practice, including entrepreneurship, innovation, marketing, finance, technology management, international business and human resources. We develop high quality, entrepreneurial management professionals with the ability to lead different types of business ventures where innovation, networks, ethics and sustainability are the key drivers of change.

Your first year provides the foundation for business studies covering business economics, accounting, finance, entrepreneurship and marketing. Your second year offers more specialised knowledge on some of the most contemporary themes in management, supported by a generic business research methods module. In your final year, you gain a holistic understanding of business and entrepreneurial issues around business strategy, development of entrepreneurial ventures, business ethics and law. Moreover, you have the opportunity to choose options in human resources and international business, marketing and finance..

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 11950 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

Our courses are characterised by choice and flexibility. Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory ('core') and optional modules to ensure you gain key knowledge in the discipline while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our modules change from year to year in response to new developments and innovation, but our module directory can show you which modules are available to our current students.

Example structure

Because of our interdisciplinary approach, many of our courses offer a wide selection of available modules, often including options from departments other than your own. Your course content will therefore depend on your own unique interests, but the structure below gives an example of what’s available to you.

Year 1

• Business Creation and Growth (core)
• Business Economics (core)
• Introduction to Accounting and Finance (core)
• Principles of Markets, Marketing and Selling (core)
• Research & Study Skills for Professional Development (core)

Year 2

• Managing Innovation (core)
• Organisational Behaviour and Management (core)
• Business Research Methods (core)
• Digital Business (core)
• International Business Environment (optional)

Year 3

• Business Strategy
• Business Ethics
• Management of Marketing Channels
• Growth & Development of Entrepreneurial Ventures
• International Human Resource Management (optional)

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

• A-levels: ABB-BBB
• GCSE Mathematics: C
• GCSE English: C
• IB: 32-30 points, including Standard Mathematics grade 4 (we consider IB certificates at the Higher level on a case-by-case basis)
• BTEC qualifications, in relevant disciplines, will be considered on an individual basis, depending on the units studied. The standard required is generally at Distinction level.
• Achievement of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 6 level three credits at distinction and the remainder at merit (or above) or achievement of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 45 level three credits at merit (or above).

English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each component (or equivalent). Different requirements apply for second year entry.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Essex.

Funding

For up-to-date information on funding opportunities at Essex, please visit: www.essex.ac.uk/studentfinance.