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  Foundation Year    
  After the successful completion of the Foundation Year you can register to continue as full-time student in the Business Administration (Hons) Bachelor programme of the University of Portsmouth
 
 
  Business Administration
       
 

Course features

  • Popular and successful courses
  • A well-established general business degree which enjoys an outstanding reputation
  • Destination statistics for our Business Administration graduates show high levels of employment success
       
 

Course profile

When you join Portsmouth Business School/IU you will be the latest in a long tradition of Business Studies graduates stretching back over 30 years. Previous graduates are employed in a wide range of private and public organisations and many now hold senior management positions.
       
  Assessment    
 

Coursework assessment contributes to the evaluation of performance throughout the degree and examinations are held at the end of each Semester.

Year 1 is the foundation stage of the course while assessments in Year 2 and 3 or 4 contribute progressively to the class of degree awarded.
       
  Career prospects    
 
A major which has proved to develop excellent professionals for a very broad variety of companies, both for brand managers, line managers, and general managers. Units such as Innovation Management, Managing Business Relationships, Human Resourse Management as well as International Marketing Strategy add value to every BA specialist in the labour market.
  Mode: Full Time Duration: FY + 3 years  
   
 
Course Structure:
 

Year 2: Cert HE

  
 
Semester 1
Introduction to English Law
Economics
The Knowledge: IT and Academic Skills
Organising  Behaviour
Principles of Marketing
Internet for Business

Semester 2
Divisions of Labor  
Financial Accounting  
Operations Management
Statistics for Business 
Introduction to Business Information Systems
IT Skills for Business

 
       
       
 

Year 3: Dip HE

  
 
Semester 1
Career Management
Human Resource Management
Management Accounting and Finance
Principles of  Employment Law
Semester 2
 Innovation  Management
Business Research Methods
Contract and Commercial Law
Managing Business Relationships 		 
   
       
 

Year 4: BA (Hons) Business Administration

  
 
Semester 1
Strategic Management
International Marketing Analysis
Cross Cultural Awareness for the International Manager
HRM: Developments and Debates
Semester 2
 Management Futures
Management and Information Systems
International Marketing Strategy
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise
Dissertation