Business Management (Top-up)

This one-year top-up course is for those who already have qualifications (Level 4 and 5 or 240 credits) or experience in a relevant field and wish to gain a degree in business management, with the option to follow a pathway with a specific focus. The course delivers an industry-relevant degree that provides a broad understanding of core business management across a variety of organisations, situations and operating conditions.

Pathway options include:

Business Analytics
Digital Marketing
Finance
Human Resource Management
International Business

Facilities and specialist equipment

• New, state-of-the-art business analytics suite to support data analytics, 'big-data', data mining, digital marketing, SEO and other management skills

• Our London Stock Exchange Group trading room, reacting to live ‘stock-market’ data

• Software includes Microsoft Power BI and Vensim simulation, for analysing complex and messy business problems, plus VR immersive skills practice

• Access to Sage, Eikon and the econometrics software STATA

Your student experience

• Benefit from regular engagement with industry and authentic assessment opportunities, dealing with real-world problems and issues.

• Access virtual simulation games that allow you to participate in running a business and experience collaborative working.

• Learn from research-driven academics actively involved in consultancy work including with the University’s Innovations Bridges project supporting local SMEs.

• Attend regular masterclasses from industry experts, learning from their experience and keeping at the leading edge of your field.

• Benefit from field trips to see business management and analytics in action at companies such as John Lewis, Volvo, PW Gates Logistics and Luton Recycling.