Business Studies with Education

This degree provides you with a distinctive undergraduate experience designed around a broad and flexible curriculum with subject choices. It gives you the opportunity of choosing a pathway to suit your own personal interests and career aspirations. The global business major develops your business skills, including; marketing, finance, leadership and entrepreneurial skills. Studying global business in combination with Education is an excellent introduction to a future career in the general education sector. It will provide you with an introduction to the main concepts of educational theory and practice in NI, the UK and internationally.

This programme provides a supportive learning environment, where the course team are leaders in their respective fields with strong industry and education links in both teaching and research. The degree has a strong focus on experiential learning with a combination of academic expertise and industry experience that focuses on business within the global economy. During this programme, students will have the opportunity to develop foreign language proficiency, avail of placement opportunities at home and abroad, as well as live and study in a university in another country.

The programme provides graduates with key attributes to lead their own professional career progression, during and after their undergraduate study. This is achieved through the authentic networking opportunities; local, national and international travel; employer engagement, ‘day in the life’ experiences and active learning pedagogical approach. As such, the programme offers an exciting blend of engaging, innovative and future focused learning opportunities to develop collaborative professionals and active citizens. If you wish to develop a career working in business or education, then this course if for you.

In each of the two semesters, students will take two modules in Business and one in Education.