Business Management (Extended Degree)

Offering a variety of options, Northumbria University’s BA (Hons) Business Management is the most flexible of Newcastle Business School’s undergraduate degrees.

Northumbria University's Business Management course will equip you with the skills, qualities and capabilities valued by employers across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors and that underpin successful enterprise. It means you’ll complete your studies as a highly employable, culturally and ethically aware graduate with the potential to make positive organisational change.

You’ll have the freedom to explore and experiment in a range of different business areas. Broader management modules include marketing, finance strategy, organisational behaviour and HR. And you’ll also have the opportunity to choose specialist modules that suit your own interests and intended career.

The programme’s integrated, cohesive approach will enable you to develop your understanding of global business, and how different business functions operate and complement each other. Through problem-based and experiential learning approaches you’ll focus on real-world challenges that equip you to resolve complex business problems in sustainable, responsible and transformative ways.

Before your final year, we offer the chance to undertake a work placement in the UK or overseas, or to study outside the UK with one of our long-standing partner institutions. So, you’ll gain crucial real-world experience, preparing you for professional employment or other enterprise-related activity.
Newcastle Business School holds accreditation from the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) which places us in in an elite group of business schools globally.

Extended Degree
This extended degree provides an alternative route to higher education and supports those who don’t meet the standard entry requirements for an undergraduate degree. It includes a foundation year that gives you the chance to establish a strong academic foundation while exploring a wide range business issues, ranging from strategy and marketing to entrepreneurship and responsible management.

What will I learn in my Foundation Year?
This first year of this course will introduce you to the key concepts of human resource and marketing management and the concept of strategic and contemporary management. It will provide you with a broad context of knowledge and development of the essential skills required for industry. You will then learn how to apply key theoretical themes in an end of year project.

The foundation year of the course delivered at level 3 which develops your ability to study in Higher Education is not accredited. Subsequent levels and years are accredited and deliver the knowledge, competencies, and skills required to meet the specific course accreditation requirements that relate to the approved accredited award title.