Business Management and Entrepreneurship with Placement Year

Seize the initiative on an exciting degree linking business management with enterprise. The BA (Hons) Business Management and Entrepreneurship builds your creativity, flexibility, innovation and problem-solving skills so you can generate great business ideas and make them happen.

Why choose this course?

You will learn how to scan the business horizon, identify opportunities and progress viable commercial ideas. To enhance your business credentials further still, you will achieve a highly respected Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 5 Diploma alongside your degree.

Is this course for you?

BA (Hons) Business Management and Entrepreneurship is a smart move whether you want a platform for a business start-up or are keen to impress employers with your entrepreneurial mind-set.

How you will learn

Through specialist modules, employer-led projects, case studies and simulations, you will assess the potential of business opportunities and solve problems to create better products and services. In your final year, you will undertake one of the most important parts of the course: the Business Consultancy Project. After learning the project management and research skills that are essential to any business professional, you will then apply these to solve a real problem for a business. This is a fantastic opportunity to put to use all your newly-acquired knowledge and skills and prove what you can do. Not only will you gain valuable experience, but you will also become much more confident in your abilities.

Boost your employability with a placement year You’ll have the opportunity to take a placement year to put the skills you’ve learned into practice in a real-world environment. We'll support you to find your placement and throughout your year in industry. Placements allow you to gain valuable experience to add to your CV, make industry contacts and help you to narrow down what kind of role you may be interested in after graduation.

Opportunities and experiences

You will also have the opportunity to gain professional advice from an external CMI mentor and can draw inspiration from our wide-ranging business contacts, including our thriving Network of Entrepreneurs.

Careers and employability

BA (Hons) Business Management and Entrepreneurship prepares you for a rewarding career wherever people with ideas, drive and creativity are valued. It also stands you in good stead if you want to launch a business, develop a social enterprise or go self-employed. We offer comprehensive services to aspiring entrepreneurs, including incubation units.